Sustainability
More than ever, brands and their suppliers are facing pressure to have more sustainable practices – whether by government regulations, by choice, or by consumer demand. Be a part of the conversation. Be a leader.
The Textile Color Summit is a meeting of color professionals within the textile industry.
During this FREE 1-day virtual event, color professionals will share knowledge gained throughout their careers, give advice for navigating current challenges and start conversations to affect positive change.
Join us for our virtual summit on February 7th, 2023 at 9am EST.
Color touches nearly every aspect of the production process – from concept to consumer.
Each of the sessions will tackle the most important topics and challenges facing color managers in 2023. Our goal is that you leave the Textile Color Summit equipped with the information you need to to make your color program as successful and efficient as possible.
More than ever, brands and their suppliers are facing pressure to have more sustainable practices – whether by government regulations, by choice, or by consumer demand. Be a part of the conversation. Be a leader.
Technology drives innovation. Discover how you can use color management tools to streamline production, empower vendors and meet new challenges that could enhance company growth.
The textile industry ecosystem is in a state of fluctuation. Hear from professionals who have successfully overcome supply chain disruptions, tariffs, raw material shortages, new government policies and more
Anyone who works with color in the textile industry, whether you represent a brand, mill, dye house, supplier or anything in between. If you like to stay up-to-date with industry trends and seek ways to improve your processes, this event is for you.
The Textile Color Summit will be packed with industry knowledge gathered through years of experience by experts who are excited to share their color journey with you.
According to color managers, the most important conversations happening in the industry revolve around technology, sustainability, optimizing workflows and being prepared to face new or unforeseen challenges.
Here are the confirmed session topics so far:
Presented by Albert Busch | CEO | Datacolor
Datacolor CEO Albert Busch welcomes you to the very first virtual Textile Color Summit!
Presented by Lisa Beck | Product Manager | Datacolor
The textile industry has had many changes in the past three years. In this session, Datacolor product manager, Lisa Beck, will share the current trends in the textile industry.
Presented by George Angle | Senior Applications Specialist | Datacolor
We’re all talking about the same color, right? In this session, you’ll learn how color can be subjective and easily influenced.
Presented by Ken Butts | Global Key Accounts Team Manager | Datacolor
In this session, Ken will discuss fluorescence and high visibility in textiles. You will learn his top tips on how to effectively measure fluorescent textiles.
Presented by Andrew Fraser | Director of Global Quality Control | Textile Color & Sourcing Solutions Inc
Todd Lee | Sr. Global Color Mgr | Fanatics
In 2023, the Textile and Apparel industry will continue to face challenges from inflation, war, energy cost, supply chain disruptions, lingering COVID impacts and others. In this session, color teams from various brands will share how they manage these challenges while keeping their product timelines as efficient as possible.
Lead by Mike Todaro | Managing Director | Americas Apparel Producers Network
*This session is limited to the first 100 participants!*
Presented by Jim Chi | Founder & Principal | Cascade Management Consulting
Brands want digital technologies and software platforms to help them move toward sustainability goals. We will review examples of changes in the product creation workflow including:
Presented by Yuming Pan | CEO | Shanghai Tiqiao Textile Yarn Dyeing Co., LTD
Zhanqi Zhang | Vice President | Luthai Textile Co., LTD
Xu Chen | Head of Marketing | Black Peony Textile Co., LTD
Quang Thanh Le | Yarn Production Leader | Decathlon Vietnam
In this session, you will hear from 4 leaders of Asian manufacturers on how they are empowering the shift to more digital operations to meet their sustainability and efficiency goals.
Presented by Danielle Thome | Global Product Manager | Datacolor
Milagros Watts | Product Applications Manager | Datacolor
In this session, Datacolor product managers Danielle Thome and Milagros Watts will give you the first peak into a new cloud-based color quality control platform.
Take some time to explore exhibitor’s booths, network in the Attendees or Partners areas, and connect with people in the industry!
(Or go stretch your legs and grab a bite to eat!)
Presented by Mike Todaro | Managing Director | Americas Apparel Producers Network
Lynsey Jones | Transition Advisor | Americas Apparel Producers Network
Tony Anzovino | Chief Sourcing & Merchandising Officer | Haggar Clothing Co.
*This session is limited to the first 100 participants!*
Presented by Hussein Syed Mohammed | VP of Product & Market Management | Datacolor
Setting up an efficient digital color management workflow can save weeks off of your product development timeline. In this session, Hussein Syed Mohammed, Datacolor VP of Product and Market Management, will walk through setting up your color workflow for success.
Presented by Karen McGhee | Sr Manager II, Color Operations | Walmart
Tim Williams | Marketing Manager | Color Solutions International
Scott Altman | Director Sourcing & Compliance | Pico Manufacturing
Managing color approvals across a vast supply chain with hundreds of suppliers can be a huge undertaking, but transforming a physical workflow into a digital one comes with big benefits. In this session, you will hear from color experts from Walmart, Color Solutions International, and Pico Manufacturing on how working digitally has improved their color processes for the better.
Presented by Jim Chi | Founder & Principal | Cascade Management Consulting
Brands have announced sustainability as a priority. We will look at various product management processes that impact the ability to move towards sustainability goals. The brand’s use of digital technologies and software platforms could help with moving these initiatives forward. We will wrap up with examples of established brands and how they address these challenges as well as start up brands who are more agile and can adopt new processes quickly.
Presented by John Newton | Head of Color Technology | Coloro
Learn how you can leverage the data from your color standards to empower your design teams to make better color decisions. In this session, John Newton, Head of Color Technology at Coloro will share how brands are providing data to design & trend teams at the earliest part of the color selection process to yield shorter, more efficient product timelines.
Presented by Andrew Fraser | Director of Global Quality Control | Textile Color & Sourcing Solutions Inc.
Ken Butts | Global Key Account Team Manager | Datacolor
AI is starting to make an impact in the textile and apparel industry. In this session, Andrew Fraser (incoming AATCC President) and Ken Butts (Datacolor Global Key Account Manager) will revisit an article recently featured in AATCC’s newsletter that examined the role artificial intelligence is currently playing in textile production and how it might shape color processes in the future.
Presented by Gerd Willschuetz | COO & Co-Founder | DMix
Johnny Yang | Marketing Manager | e.Dye
A showcase by DMIx partner e.dye, an innovative yarn and textile company, will highlight how holistic collaboration strengthens digital supply chain efficiency, sustainable digital product development and complete product visibility. Both companies are dedicated to using digital dye and processes to make product development in the textile and fashion industry more efficient and as environmentally sustainable as possible.
DMIx is the new generation of digital supply chain solutions, providing a unique and holistic SaaS (Software as a Service) – ecosystem. We combine industrial manufacturing processes and digital product development workflows for an end-to-end solution for brands and suppliers in the textile, fashion, and lifestyle industry.
Lead by Mike Todaro | Managing Director | Americas Apparel Producers Network
*This session is limited to the first 100 participants!*
Presented by Basto Wong | Service Product Manager | Datacolor
For most of color management history, evaluating color for trims, patterns, prints, zippers and other non-solid color materials had to be done visually. Today, you can manage color objectively using hyperspectral color technology. In this session, Basto Wong, Datacolor Product Manager, will walk through some of the use cases of this technology and how brands and suppliers can improve color management workflow efficiency with SpectraVision.
Presented by Roland Biemans | Owner | LMNS
In this presentation, LMNS experts dive into the ever-increasing demand of sustainable printing on textiles and the impact on economy and ecology when switching from high volume traditional analog processes to on-demand digital processes. Color reproduction and colormatching quality is heavily influenced by the choice of process, material and equipment. Moreover, commercial business models depend on the ability to understand the complexities in digital textile printing. This presentation offers insights into some of the main drivers and solutions in the current textile industry.
Presented by Qian Eschbach | VP of Marketing | Datacolor
Thank you for attending our first virtual Textile Color Summit! We hope you found it informative and learned something new that you can carry into your color processes.
If you missed any of the sessions, don’t worry, they were recorded and will be available to you shortly so you can watch at your leisure.