Future Fashion Factory Annual Showcase 2023

Taking place at Nexus Leeds on 30th June, Future Fashion Factory's 2023 Annual Showcase will be a celebration of the outcomes of our programme, bringing together the industrial partners who have collaborated throughout our five years of R&D innovation.

The event will be Future Fashion Factory's first in-person Showcase since 2019 and will combine a series of roundtable panel-discussions with an exhibition area, illustrating the themes that have been central to our ethos of Heritage x Innovation by way of live demonstrations, including proof-of-concepts, prototypes, working products, curated garment displays and more.

Opening the day will be Tom Riordan CBE, Chief Executive of Leeds City Council, who will provide a welcome keynote.

Also paticipating will be collaborators from across Future Fashion Factory's Core Partners, such as the UKFT, the British Fashion Council, AW Hainsworth, and a variety of innovators from the fashion and textile industry, such as Sarah Angold, award-winning Jewellry Designer and Fashion Sustainability Consultant.

Specific topics that underpin the Showcase include Skills Development, UK onshoring and manufacturing, Data Driven Design, Sustainability across the Supply Chain and Next Gen Futures.

See below for the full schedule for the day, including the panel discussions and interactive R&D exhibition, where prototypes, proof-of-concepts and examples of ground-breaking research will be presented across a series of booths and curated fashion displays.

9:00am - 9:30am - Nexus Atrium - Registration and Welcome Coffee

9:30am - 10am - Nexus Lecture Theatre - Welcome Talks

10am - 11am - Nexus Lecture Theatre - Roundtable Panel Discussion - Navigating the Leeds London Corridor

11am - 11:30am - Nexus Atrium and Exhibition Rooms - Comfort break, first chance to explore the exhibition area

11:30am - 12:30pm - Nexus Lecture Theatre - Roundtable Panel Discussion - Celebrating Collaboration Between Academia and Industry

12:30pm - 1:45pm - Nexus Atrium and Exhibition Rooms - Buffet Lunch and Chance to explore the Exhibition

1:45pm - 2:45pm - Nexus Lecture Theatre - Roundtable Panel Discussion - Sustainability and Manufacturing - Mills, Spinners and Weavers

2:45pm - 3:45pm - Nexus Lecture Theatre - Roundtable Panel Discussion - Transition to Next Gen Futures and Material Circularity.

3:45pm - 4:05pm - Nexus Lecture Theatre - Closing Remarks

4:05pm - 4:15pm - Nexus Atrium - Final Comfort Break

4:15pm - 6pm - Nexus Atrium - Evening Drinks Reception

Please email contact@futurefashionfactory.org should you have any enquiries.