Luxury in the Age of Technology Conference Programme 26, 27 and 28 May 2021
Please note that all times are UK time BST
Day 1 – 26 May 2021
12.30 Welcome – Shaun Borstrock, Chiara Colombi and Veronica Manlow
12.40 – 13.55 – Podcast Live – Visionary Women hosted by Shaun Borstrock
Lydia Slater; Editor-in-Chief, Harpers Bazaar
Maria Grachvogel; Designer
Bijou Abiola; Director of Consumer Insights and Data Analytics, L’Oreal Luxe
Catherine Scorey; Chief Operating Officer, Allsaints
13.55 break
14.15 – 15.15 – Industry Panel – Luxury and Technology hosted by James Campbell; International Marketing Manager, Intellect Books
Mark Bloomfield; Visiting Professor Design UH and Innovation and Director, electrobloom
Alireza Parandian; Head of Global Business Strategy Wearables, Materialise
Silvio Carta; Architect and Head of Art and Design, UH
Jonathan Rowley; Additive manufacturing specialist and Managing Director, Advanced SLS
Kevin Bethune; Founder and Chief Creative Officer, dreams design + life
15.15 Break
15.30 – 16.30 – Panel 1 – Luxury and Innovation – chaired by Chiara Colombi
Deepsagar Verma; Communicating Fashion – A Collaborative Approach through Internet of Things (IoT) and Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Paula von Wachenfeldt; Luxury in the Digital Age: Challenges and Revisions
Federica Carlotto and Andrea Tanner; New Old Stories: Fortnum and Mason’s Digital Story-Telling
Ngoc Cindy Pham; Modelling the Antecedents of Customer Experience When Using Virtual Reality in Fashion Shows of Luxury Brands
Isabel Hiljding; The Role of Craftsmanship in a Luxury Fashion Company: The Case of LOEWE
Beatrice Rossato; The Change of Luxury Perception in Jewellery in the Age of Digital Technology
16.30 Conclusion
Day 2 – 27 May 2021
12.30 Welcome; Chiara Colombi
12.40 – 13.55 – Podcast Live – Visionary Women hosted by Shaun Borstrock
Jessica Helfand; Design Observer
Alison Lloyd; Creative Director, Ally Capellino
Charlotte Keesing; Director Corporate Affairs and International, Walpole
Effie Kanyua; Director of PR and Communications, Hearst Publications
13.55 Break
14.15 – 15.15 – Panel 2 – Luxury and the Circular Economy chaired by Shaun Borstrock
Annette Condello; Crafting Pearlescence: Brutal Luxury at Valerio Olgiati’s Pearling Gateway in Bahrain
Tomas Lopez-Pumarejo; How Hemp May Transform the Fashion Industry and the Global Economy
Erminia D’Itria; Fostering Socio – Cultural Sustainability. How Social-Cultural Values can Nurture Sustainability in the Fashion Luxury Sector
Steven Fischer; Tension Between Craft and Technology in the Production of Luxury
15.15 Break
15.30 – 16.30 – Panel 3 – Democratised Luxury – chaired by Veronica Manlow
Steven Fischer; The Role of Images to Demonstrate and Democratize Luxury
Nigel Lezama; From Unvalued to Surplus Value. ‘Made-in-Canada’ Luxury at Eaton’s in the 1920s
Kenneth Appiah-Nimo; Kente in the 4th Industrial Revolution; Balancing Innovation and Sustainability
Nermeen Mustafa; The Co-Creation Of Chanel in The Age of Technology: Consumer Narratives, and Social Media Engagement Dynamics
Emily Huggard and Patrick Lonergan; Luxury in the Age of Hypermodernity: Shifting the Cultural Authority from Brand to Online Subcultures
16.30 Conclusion
Day 3 – 28 May 2021
12.30 Welcome
12.40 – 13.55 – IPOL Special Issue 7.1 – chaired by Chiara Colombi
12.30 Welcome – Shaun Borstrock, Chiara Colombi and Veronica Manlow
12.40 – 13.55 – IPOL Special Issue 7.1 – chaired by Chiara Colombi
Franck Delpal; The Different Determinants of Purchasing Luxury Goods Online: an International Comparison
Mark O’Connell; Browsing the Virtual Boutique with Baudrillard: the New Realities of Online,
Device-based, Luxury Fashion Design and Consumption
Olaposi Olumuyiwa Olatubosun; Rethinking Luxury Brands and Sustainable Fashion Business
Model in a Risk Society
Shuchan Luo; Sustainable What…? The Role of Corporate Websites in Communicating Material
Innovations in the Luxury Fashion Industry
13.55 – 14:30 – Discussion
14.30 Wrap up – Shaun Borstrock, Chiara Colombi and Veronica Manlow