FT ALLIANCE MISSION

FTalliance is a 3-year academia-industries partnership aimed to facilitate the exchange, flow of knowledge and co-creation within the Fashion-Tech sector to boost students’ employability and innovation potential. The objectives of the project will be achieved through a series of knowledge exchange activities aimed at fine tuning a multidisciplinary Fashion-Tech curriculum integrating fashion, design and engineering with industry relevant challenges through open innovation and project-based learning methodologies.

In addition, the project is aimed at designing and piloting innovative mentoring formats for students and at developing Fashion-Tech Contest and Residency to co-create new opportunities and foster a portfolio of innovative concepts and products prototypes.

PROJECT ACTIVITIES

Over the next three years, the Consortium will deliver a series of knowledge exchange activities between partners to co-create innovation in the Fashion-Tech sector, and a series of educational activities, from designing and piloting innovative mentoring formats for students to the development of a FashionTech Residency, embedding young talents in the companies’ innovation activities.

Future of Fashion-Tech Alliance

FTalliance Roundtable Discussion about achievements and future development

Date: 20 October 2022

Location: Bidart, France

On 20th October 2022, from 2pm to 3pm (CET) FTalliance will be presenting the achieved results of this three-year (2020 –2022) Knowledge Alliance Project at Biarritz Good Fashion 2022 organised by Chaire BALI.

This year's edition, hosted at ESTIA, will welcome Chiara Colombi and Daria Casciani from POLIMI; Jose Teunissen, Michele Danjoux and Gabrielle Miller from UAL-LCF; Natalia Rodríguez Domínguez from ESTIA and Eng.D. Enrico Cozzoni from PGZ who will discuss achievements and future developments of the FTalliance Project, opening the dialogue to the participation of the audience.

Which educational experiences in the Fashion-Tech sector can result from the collaboration between universities and companies? How can talented students be integrated into the innovation activities of companies? What are the competencies of future fashion-tech professionals? What are the future recruitment strategies of fashion-tech companies?

Registration is required via this link.