NEWS: Fashion Council Germany hosted a Fireside Dinner in Frankfurt am Main
Fashion Council Germany
Frankfurt am Main, April 24, 2024: On Tuesday evening, the Fashion Council Germany, together with Messe Frankfurt, hosted a Fireside Dinner in Frankfurt am Main on the occasion of Techtextil and Texprocess. From April 23 to 26, the global textile industry will come together to look to the future of the sector. The evening was a fitting conclusion to the first day of the fair and served as the official opening dinner. The 60 invited guests from fashion, business and politics as well as local press representatives came together to network and exchange ideas between the different industries. Relevant industry trends, groundbreaking research milestones and new technologies were also discussed.
Fashion Council Germany CEO Scott Lipinski welcomed the guests in a short speech and thanked Messe Frankfurt for the many years of cooperation. He emphasized the relevance of the trade fair formats and how important the innovative further development of the industry is. Detlef Braun, Member of the Board of Management of Messe Frankfurt, then added: “With 1700 exhibitors from 53 countries, Techtextil and Texprocess have got off to an excellent start. During these four days, Frankfurt is an enabler for research, digitalization and automation, networking and cooperation on a global level. The leading trade fairs drive innovation across all sectors and make it marketable. This includes the forward-looking topic of AI: artificial intelligence is no longer just a buzzword and does not only affect the fashion industry. Techtextil and Texprocess support the global textile industry in this process and deliver innovative textile solutions.”
Guests from the Rhine-Main and Rhine-Neckar region came together at the Margarete restaurant, including designers Otto Drögsler and Jörg Ehrlich from Odeeh, Mario Keine from MARKE, Anja Gockel and René Storck as well as Silke Emig and Markus Gotta from TextilWirtschaft, Alfons Kaiser from FAZ, Tanja Vojkic from eBay Germany, Hakan Temür from The Listener and board member Olaf Schmidt from Messe Frankfurt.
The FCG networking format “Firesidechat” has been taking place in various major cities in Germany since 2018 and regularly brings together the most important industry representatives to exchange ideas.