Export operations and how to master them will be the focus of the Australian Fashion Council's (AFC) next workshop on July 28.
Key speakers at the forthcoming Sydney event include Betina Simonsen, the managing director of Innonet Lifestyles. Simonsen's role is to ensure Danish apparel and interior design is among the most innovative in the world, and she will present on ways to manage design collaborations.
Toni Wade from the Hong Kong Trade Development Council will also present, addressing the AFC's plans for a trade mission to Hong Kong and China in 2012.
Other speakers include:
- Global general manager of supply chain management firm The Merino Company, Stefan Bernerius
- Director of the Australian Institute of Export, Dianne Tipping
- Singaporean fashion sales agent, Grace Clapham
- US fashion sales agent, Liz Mimis
- Australian Fashion Council industry liaison Paula Rogers
- Senior industry advisor at the Council of Textile and Fashion Industries of Australia (TFIA), Andreas Schimkus
The event is part of AFC's Export Cluster program, formed in 2010. The cluster aims to increase local fashion businesses' understanding of how to best service international markets, primarily via feedback from those already working in key territories.
The forthcoming seminar is the latest in a series of workshops, each of which has focused on a different aspect of exporting. Brands that have presented at past events include Zanerobe, Helen Kaminski, Nobody Jeans and Cerrone Jewellery.
AFC is a division of the TFIA and the Export Cluster is supported by Austrade, NSW Industry & Investment and Fashion Future.
For more on the Export Cluster, visit the TFIA's website.