Programme - 17 October

13:00 – Registration and lunch

14:00 – Welcome by David Collinge, Chair of the Weavers’ Textile Committee

14:15 – Insights into the Textile & Fashion Industry by Elliot Barlow

14:30 – The Power and Attraction of Colour delivered  by Harriet Wallace-Jones & Emma Sewell, Partners – Wallace Sewell

15:00 – ‘The Future Fashion Factory – Creativity meets Technology” by Professor Stephen Russell (Director, LITAC)

15:20 – Manufacturing at Scale by Amanda McLaren (AW Hainsworth)

15:50 – Break

16:10 – Finishing the Cloth  delivered by Paul Johnson, Managing Director – W.T. Johnson & Sons

16:40 – Starting Up a Business delivered by Margo Selby, Creative Director – Margo Selby

17:30 – Interactive Session with Speakers

18:15 – End of Day 1

19:15 – Reception and Dinner

Programme - 18 October

08:30 – Mill Visits, delegates will visit one of the following mills:

• Abraham Moon
• AW Hainsworth
• Camira Fabrics
• Marton Mills
• Stanley Mills

13:00 – Setting the Path for your Career Trajectory by Elliot Barlow

13:30 – Career Perspectives, discussion with alumni students:

• Andrew Stevenson, Senior Textile Designer – Paul Smith
• Coral Dalgleish, Design Manager – Alex Begg
• Natalie Mumford, Business Manager – Humphries Weaving
• Piers Thomas, Designer at Large – Random Moment Ltd

15:00 – Closing remarks by Peter Baxendell