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OPENING HOURS: Exhibition Area: 10AM – 5.30PM, Conference: From 11AM NEW LOCATION! FESTSAAL KREUZBERG, Am Flutgraben 2, 12435 Berlin THEMATIC FOCUS: Fashion, Street culture, E-sports & gaming, Mindful living PARTICIPATION: Conference / stage: #FASHIONTECH BERLIN EUR 240.00 (+19% VAT), Exhibition, masterclasses and networking area: Free for holders of a PREMIUM GROUP ticket shoppable shows, bringing together the best brands and cultural icons. With NTWRK, Levant creates the next wave of video commerce. Together with Pharrell Williams, Levant is founder of consumer event Complexcon, a mix of con- ference, festival and trade show for pop culture, music, art, food, sport, innovation, activism and education, where big names like Virgil Abloh introduce their products. Levant’s latest coup is NTWRK, a video commerce app for limited edition drops. BRIAN GREV Y, CEO, GANT Launched in 1949, GANT is rich in legacy and history but has never stopped reinventing itself. Today, the brand is the leading example for digitali- sation and omnichannel shopping experiences. After only two years as Chief Marketing Officer, in 2018 Grevy was appointed CEO of GANT. LUISA KROGMANN, FOUNDER & CEO, AEYDE Since its launch in 2015, aeyde has grown to work with over 50 top retail platforms, including Net-A-Porter, Moda Operandi and Lane Crawford, gaining cult status among global fashion and style influencers. Following a career at Mulberry, Ernst & Young and Zalando, Luisa Krogmann set up the “digital first” and “direct-to-consumer” footwear brand Aeyde, together with Constantin Langholz-Baikousis. Today, the shoes are sold via platforms such as Net-a-porter, Moda Operandi and Lane Crawford. PIETRO BOSELLI, FOUNDER & CEO, PETRA How he manage to create a sucfessfull fashion brand coming from an acedmic background as a model and as influencer to create a digital first and sustainable fashion brand. Petra – which means rock in ancient Greece - is a “digital-first” fashion and performance sportswear brand produced ethically and sustainably in Italy. In May 2019, Boselli launched his new collection which will again be available online. Pietro Boselli who has a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, starting lecturing Mathematics at UCL gained global press interest, gaining the title “World’s hottest Math’s teacher”. With working as fashion model for Armani, Moschino, Ralph Lauren and Versace, and as a pro fitness athlete, he soon became a global social media idol with impressive 3.5M active followers. www.fashiontech.berlin FOUNDER & CEO, NTWRK Shopping at the speed of culture: NTWRK offers A VISITORS: Trade visitors, media, special interest & the public RM DATE: 4 July 2019 A ARON LEVANT,