On March 20 at the "Russian Textile and Light Industry Week" as part of the plenary session "Clusters in the fashion and light industry. The digital approach in the organization of production" the first cluster of the fashion industry in Russia will be presented. The event is organized by Soyuzlegprom together with the Technopark "Caliber".

Main issues of the plenary session:

• Technopark "Caliber" (Moscow): opportunities for the fashion industry. The first fashion cluster in Russia.
• Design and processing of fabrics and textile materials: A cluster approach.
• The role of education in the fashion cluster.
• Cluster approach in the organization of production in the domestic textile and light industry.
• Support for the companies of the fashion industry ANO «METZ ».
• Sewing cluster of the Technopark «Kuntsevo».
• The importance of the digital textile economy in the era of Industry 4.0.
• Prospects for the creation of domestic digital factories in the fashion industry and the clothing industry.

The event will be attended by: Evgeny Ryzhov, Director of the Department of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Russia; Lyudmila Dmitrieva, Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Ivanovo Region; Andrey Razbrodin, President of Soyuzlegprom; Alexandra Kaloshina, President of Solstudio Textile Group; Anush Gasparyan, Director of Fashion Consulting Group; Vladimir Bogdanov, NPF Bask Andrey Shpilenko, Director of the Association for the Development of Clusters and Technoparks Russia; Sergey Sevostyanov, General Director of JSC "Caliber"; Andrey Pilipenko, Head of Strategic Development Department of LLC "Prominexpo" (TP Kuntsevo); Kristina Zarubina, Head of coworking "Caliber"; Andrey Churaev, Director of LLC "Manufactory BOSCO"Andrey Zharinov, Director of «Karosport» Dmitry Shishkin, Director of Shishkin, «Tailor Manufactory» Nikolay Dmitriev, President of Konica Minolta Business Solutions Russia; representatives of Zasport, Fashionlovestory. Moderator: Anton Alfer, Chairman of the Digital Technologies Committee of Soyuzlegprom.

Time: March 20, 2019, 12:00 – 14:00.

Venue: Blue Hall (Pavilion No. 2 of the Expocentre).

Participation in the plenary session for visitors of the exhibition is free of charge, providedpre-registration and receipt of an electronic ticket.

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