The Maspalomas Summer University hosts this training program that, today and tomorrow, takes great professionals from the sector to the Island of Gran Canaria
The Casa Condal de San Fernando is the headquarters of this cycle that will feature the participation of nine designers and specialists in fashion and circularity such as Moisés Nieto, Isabel Berz, Albert Guerrero, María Giraldo, Pepa Bueno, Araceli Díaz, Aurelia Gil, Elena Morales and Jorge Toledo
The Department of Industry, Commerce and Crafts of the Cabildo of Gran Canaria promotes a training program on sustainability, entrepreneurship and circular economy through Gran Canaria Moda Cálida. This meeting, which will start today at the Casa Condal de San Fernando, is designed by the Association of Fashion Creators of Spain (ACME), which once again joins the insular corporation to develop a training initiative for professionals and future professionals of the Island fashion.
Designers and experts in the circular economy will help attendees delve deeper and deeper into the keys to the future of the fashion business. Regulatory framework, action plans, collaborative strategies, success stories or financing measures for the development of circular fashion projects will be some of the topics that will be developed during the two days.
The Minister of Industry, Commerce and Crafts of the Cabildo of Gran Canaria, Minerva Alonso, will be in charge of giving the starting signal today to a program that on July 18 and 19 will take top-level professionals from the sector to the University Maspalomas Summer Festival in the south of Gran Canaria.
Designer Moisés Nieto and designer and researcher Isabel Berz will be the featured speakers at today's event. Nieto, a designer from Jaén and a leading figure in sustainable fashion in Spain, will discuss his career with attendees, highlighting his commitment to original upcycling projects , the use of fabrics made from recycled materials, and his work in recovering and transforming traditional crafts.
For her part, Isabel Berz, fashion designer and researcher, will present the keys to understanding the opportunities for innovation and growth of fashion companies through transnational collaboration, speaking to attendees about different European Union initiatives that they can be part of.
The second day will start with the participation of Albert Guerrero, director of Quality and Sustainability at Lola Casademunt. His work at the forefront of the sustainability strategy of this renowned Catalan brand will serve as a practical example to convey to attendees the new regulatory framework in which, from now on, the fashion industry in Europe and its companies will operate. regardless of its size.
The day will continue with the intervention of the specialist in digital content and circular economy María Giraldo. Servitization, awareness, upcycling, and sewing will be key concepts of her intervention, in which she will talk about the great business opportunities that exist for the fashion industry in this new context.
The training sessions will conclude on Tuesday with a round table moderated by the executive director of ACME, Pepa Bueno, which will feature the participation of the director of Gran Canaria Moda Cálida, Araceli Díaz Santana, and the designers Jorge Toledo of Chela Cló, Elena Morales and Aurelia Gil, leaders of innovation, sustainability and crafts projects on the Island.