Under support of: |
The Committee for enterprise |
St. Petersburg regional office |
Fashion Congress (Economic Forum of Fashion Industry) allows to establish a dialogue between producers and buyers. Discussion of all aspects of the industry is conducted in several areas. Scientific and practical conferences help to establish direct contacts with the local authorities and solve urgent problems. Proposals made during the conference are later submitted for discussion at administrative structures. Training seminars, workshops, training courses aimed to improve the professional level of all members of the fashion-industry: producers, buyers, designers and others.
March 16, Thursday
10.30–13.00 |
Сonference "St. Petersburg - the centre of the fashion and light industry" Leads Roman Gerasimov, TV presenter, moderator, business coach (Saint Petersburg) Press center, conference-hall №3 |
13.00–14.00 |
Official opening ceremony of the "Fashion industry" Rewarding of winners of Competition of Young designers "Generation NEXT" Central podium |
15.00–17.00 |
Seminar "Social media marketing for fashion brands" Leads Pavel Gurov, the founder and CEO of SMM-Agency "Gurov Pavel" (Saint Petersburg) Business centre |
16.00–18.00 |
Meeting of the Supervisory Board of RSPO Leads Svetlana Belyaeva, President of the Russian Union of Clothing Manufacturers Press center, conference-hall №3 |
March 17, Friday
11.00–14.00 |
Master class "Effective procurement – anti-crisis management tools" Leads Sergei Dubovik, business coach, Director of "Bolshe" training centre (St.-Petersburg) Business centre |
16.00–17.00 |
Seminar "Presentation of "Modny magazin" online platform The organizer is the "Modny magazin" magazine (Moscow) Business centre |
March 18, Saturday
11.00–14.00 |
Seminar "Key trends and commercial trends in women's and men's clothes for the season FW 17/18" Leads Maya Kuznetsova, artist-designer, a member of the St. Petersburg Union of designers, art Director of the Contest of young designers "Generation NEXT" (St.-Petersburg) Business centre |
15.00–18.00 |
Seminar "Fashion-sale in the crisis: innovations in the techniques of client communications and sales of clothes, shoes and accessories" Lead Anna Bocharova, business trainer, consultant for management and organizational development (Moscow) Business centre |
19 March, Sunday
10.30–13.30 |
Seminar "The image of a professional. My personal brand" Lead Marina Kornilova, Director of the image Agency ARTEGO (Saint Petersburg) Business centre |
14.00–17.00 |
Training "Sales strategy of entering regional markets in crisis" Leads Daria Yadernaya, senior business consultant, analyst, Director General Y-Consulting (Moscow) Business centre |
Daily |
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10.00–18.00 |
The job fair "a Valuable resource for fashion industry" |
12.00 and 14.00 |
demonstration of new collections of clothing (except March 19) Central podium |
More info at www.fi-expo.ru
To participate in the Forum, please fill out the registration card and send it to the organizing Committee no later than March 13, 2017.
Coordinator of the Economic Forum Svetlana Mukhortova, tel./Fax: +7 (812) 777 0407 | e-mail: fashion@farexpo.ru
The Competition of young designers «Generation NEXT» opens new names of talented and creative professionals in the fashion industry. In the spring of 2015 the competition was attended by 117 students and graduates from the 26 specialized educational institutions of Russia, Belarus, Latvia and Italy. Unique format of “Generation NEXT” - which is a joint exposition of young designers’ projects at the FASHION INDUSTRY Tradefair platform - helps the participants of the competition to establish contacts with the manufacturers and buyers at the beginning of their professional career.
The competition takes place in 4 categories: “Suit”, “Textiles”, “Graphic design in the fashion industry”, “Fashion-business”. Winners of the contest are determined by the professional jury composed of leading industry experts.
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Job Fair "Valuable staff for fashion industry" helps to establish a dialogue between job seekers and employers in the field of fashion industry. Job Fair is:
At a special stand you can leave your resume or open position description. FASHION INDUSTRY is a place where an employer finds his employee and the applicant - his job.
Daily from 11: 00 till 17: 00.
At the Business Centre visitors are welcome to organize seminars and presentations, take on negotiations with business partners, use office equipment. You can also take part in training activities held at Business Centre during the Tradefair which will help you to be up-to-date with the latest technologies of fashion industry, exchange with professional experience and realize the potential of your company.
Daily Fashion Catwalks organized at the main podium of the Tradefair present new clothing and accessories collections of up-coming season to buyers and visitors. This both advantageous activity is in a great demand as for exhibitors as for buyers. Manufacturers demonstrate the benefits of products and convince buyers to make orders directly at the exhibition while buyers find new collections to their stores which are supposed to be in demand for customers.
Each show involves 10-15 companies. Each participant presents 6 looks.
Daily at 12:00 and 14:00 (except March 13)
