Educational Work at Universities - Conferences
New encounters, intensive exchange
More together: FEMNET conferences create space for open debates. Whether corporate responsibility, new technologies or slow fashion - the previous FEMNET conferences addressed current and critical topics of the international apparel industry.
The participants were able to find out about a socially compatible and sustainable clothing industry and to deepen their knowledge in workshops. Speakers from business, academia, trade unions and civil society provided their expertise and their positions for discussion during the conferences.
Conference 2021: ‘It’s time to act’
Digital student conference gives decision-makers of tomorrow comprehensive insight into the complex challenges of the global fashion industry
The impact of the coronavirus crisis on supply chains that regulate or volunteer consequences for human and labour rights, corporate responsibility, and not least the question of an economy for the future – these thematic lines set the framework for the FEMNET student conference on 4 and 5 November 2021.
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Conference 2018: "SEWlutions for the future of the apparel industry? Human Rights and Machines
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150 students and lecturers. 15 workshops. Panel discussions, keynote speeches, interviews, debates, exchanges. Student initiatives and research projects. The SEWlutions conference on 15 and 16 November 2018 brought together experienced professionals from academia, business and civil society to give them an exciting insight into their diverse approaches to making the fashion industry more sustainable in the future.
The conference offered an all-round overview of the current trends in the industry - many pressing questions that stimulated change and in some cases sparked hot debates.
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Conference 2016: "FAIR FASHION works? Corporate responsibility in fashion studies’
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Fair production works. Or not? The word corporate responsibility is a trend!
No Sunday speech, no annual report and no list of lectures can do without the term. It is by no means clear what exactly individual actors from business, politics and science understand by this and how they separate greenwashing from real progress.
What is discussed in politics under the term corporate responsibility? What consequences do companies draw from political and social debates and what do their concepts look like in reality? And last but not least: How important is corporate responsibility in fashion studies? As a nice-to-have, does it depend on the personal commitment of individual scientists or is it integrated as an integral part of the curriculum? Who determines the content and what role do students play?
We discussed these and other questions with fashion students and teachers at the third FairSchnitt conference "FAIR FASHION works? Corporate responsibility in fashion studies" in October 2016.
Conference 2014: "Slow Fashion - Fast Fashion"
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Conference for teachers and students of the fashion and textile industry on 30 and 31 October 2014.
The FEMNET conference within the framework of the educational project FairSchnitt was an offer for students and teachers of fashion-related courses and dealt with a responsible and socially responsible fashion industry.
Over two days, the participants informed themselves through lectures and panel discussions about a socially acceptable and sustainable clothing industry and deepened their knowledge in workshops. Speakers from business, academia, trade unions and civil society presented their positions for discussion.
Conference 2012: "Ethics and transparency in the clothing industry"
© FEMNETOn 18 and 19 October 2012, FEMNET e.V. organized a conference for teachers and students of the fashion industry. More than 80 conference participants met at the Science Center Gelsenkirchen. In six workshops, two panel discussions and several thematic tables, many ascetics on the subject of ethics, transparency, sustainability and CSR in the apparel industry were discussed, illuminated and deepened at a high level and with a lot of commitment. Teachers and students from 12 fashion universities from all over Germany met activists, entrepreneurs and interest groups.
