System Change
by Esther Smit
Join us for an inspiring session with Esther Smit, founder of Oxious Talent Factory. Esther has transformed textile waste streams into opportunities, creating a regenerative textile industry in Rotterdam Zuid. Recently honored as Rotterdam’s Businesswoman of the Year 2024, Esther’s innovative approach addresses environmental and social challenges head-on.
This session is about Oxious Talent Factory, launched in April 2023, who tackles the annual 300 million kilo textile waste mountain, anticipates new textile legislation, and enhances transparency and social conditions in the industry. This initiative brings together craftsmanship, cultures, generations, corporates, education, and government in a circular model. With clients like Zeeman, Jeans Center/Garcia, and KPN, Oxious Talent Factory is setting a new standard for corporate textile waste solutions.
This session is crucial for corporates, SMEs, policymakers, educators, and investors looking to tackle contemporary challenges like climate change, migration, and failing systems. It challenges you to think outside the box and be part of a sustainable future.
Preview program
- Kick-off eventARENA TWO, 10:00 am - 10:15 am
- Transforming MindsetsARENA TWO, 10:30 am - 12:00 pmEmbracing Circular Business
Models in Textiles
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With:
Valerie Boiten
Ellen MacArthur Foundation
Freek Snijders
Decathlon
Krispijn Faddegon
Hogeschool van Amsterdam
Anne-Laure Lambert
Patagonia
Bianca Streng
Moderator - Circular procurementARENA TWO, 11:00 am - 12:30 pmPowered by ClickNL
Strategies for SMEs
With:
Lisanne van ‘t Hoff
Rijkswaterstaat/ Versnellingsnetwerk Circulair Inkopen
Stephanie Steffers
PIANOo/ Versnellingsnetwerk Circulair Inkopen
Danielle Schouten
Gemeente Zaanstad
Andrew Jordan
The Boot Repair Company
Jean-Carlo Alves da Silva
Elis
Helga Steinmeier
ProRail B.V. - From fiber to standard frameworkARENA TWO, 1:00 pm - 2:30 pmShaping the future of circular textile laws and legislations
With:
Edwin Maes
Centexbel
Mauro Scalia
Euratex
Ingrid Hontis
Fedustria
Peter Koppert
Stichting UPV Textiel - Harnessing EU research for industry impactARENA TWO, 1:00 pm - 2:30 pmCollaboration, innovation, and systemic change
With:
Tilla Kross & Kamilla Drubina
ETP
Moderator
Jens Oelerich
Saxion
Birgit Stubbe
Centexbel
Willem Uyttendaele
Centexbel
Tom Duhoux
The SCIRT project
Frank Dingemans
PLASTICE - NextGen Fashion: AI and Digital ShiftARENA TWO, 3:00 pm - 5:00 pmThe rise and application of artificial intelligence (AI) and its the counter-movement
With:
Eva de Laat
Roger Gerards
AMFI
Aldo Spaanjaars
Strategist sustainable business models and author
Stefan Schlichter
Professor Recycling and AI at HS Augsburg
Chanel Hoogduin
CSR & ESG - Rethink Rebels
Brechtje Helderweirdt
ImpactBuying
Cläre Caspar
Moderator