HIGH-END SHOE

HIGH-END SHOE -Final Conference at theMICAM
2017-09-14 | ctcp
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- The Erasmus + project High-End Shoe will hold its final conference on 19 September 2017 from 15h-17h at theMICAM shoe fair in Milan, Italy.
  
  Partners will present the new developed qualification profile and training programme, and participants will also learn from renown European High-End brands about their priorities and best practices. The aim of the HES project is to strengthen High-End footwear manufacturing in Europe by developing a new profile and corresponding vocational training programme.
  
  AGENDA
  
  15:00h – Welcome
  Speaker: Stefano Miotto - CEO, Politecnico Calzaturiero
  
  15:10h – High-end and Luxury in the European footwear sector
  Speaker: Carmen Arias - Secretary General, European Confederation of Footwear Industry
  
  15:20h – The need for a specific profile and training programme: The High-End Shoe project
  Speaker: Rita Souto, CTCP (Portuguese Footwear Technological Centre)
  
  15:40h – First pilot exercise: Testimonials from the trainees
  Speaker: Angela Zuin – student of the Practical Training Weeks
  
  15:55h – Craftsmanship and Digital Evolution
  Companies love craft tradition which can be complemented with innovative technologies. Both worlds can be merged, e.g. in e-commerce (engaging and serving the new generation of luxury clients) and foot recognition apps (to transport the bespoke to online).
  Speakers:
  ·         Giacomo Fioravanti, Calzaturificio Fratelli Borgoli) – High-end business model
  ·         Hugo Ferreira, Calçado Centenárío – High-end business model
  ·         Antonio Quirici, Consorzio Cuoio di Toscana – The importance of high-quality materials
  ·         Giulio Finzi - Secretary General, NETCOMM (Italian eCommerce Association) - The new digital consumer: mobile, social, cross-channel
  ·         Giorgio Raccanelli - Snapfeet (powered by TRYA) - Foot recognition apps
  
  Open Discussion
  
  16:50h – Promoting international partnerships between designers and manufacturing SMEs in the fashion and high-end sector: The WORTH initiative
  Speaker: Cristina Molina, AITEX
  
  17:00h – Closure, coffee and networking
  
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