“THE ONLY FASHION EVENT TRULY SHAPING THE FASHION INDUSTRY OF TOMORROW”
Thought leadership
Immersive experiences,
Creative innovation
NEW YORK CITY, SEPTEMBER 10 2026
WHO IS IN THE ROOM?
WHAT IS ON THE SCHEDULE
SEPTEMBER 2026
Digital Fashion Week presents the international fashion technology symposium in NEW YORK CITY.
We invite the most forward-thinking brands and the most exciting innovators to redefine for the world how the fashion industry can be reimagined from design concept, through product development to retail and e-commerce. How to deepen consumer engagement, amplify creativity, and drive measurable impact throughout the value chain.
Invite-only VIP cocktail hour for C-suite and investors
Immersive Retail Gallery with cutting edge shopping experiences
7 curated panel sessions spanning the days: cover agentic AI systems that autonomously optimize design and material choices, digital twins eliminating physical sampling, predictive analytics, and blockchain supply chain transparency. A parallel track examines fashion's opportunities in gaming, where virtual goods create new revenue streams and access to younger audiences.
Brand Deep Dive sessions: Participants gain practical insights for implementing scalable technologies that deliver operational efficiency and measurable sustainability impact.
Innovation Booths for early-stage startups: Fashion, Gaming, XR, AR, Styling, creating, manufacturing, digital textiles, and more showcase the latest technology that is driving the fashion industry forward.
Immersive Fashion Show
LOOK WHO’S COMING TO DIGITAL FASHION WEEK
FASHION AND E-COMMERCE 28%
Luxury: Heads of Digital Integration and Innovation
Apparel Brands: Founders, C-Suite, Directors and Managers
FASHION INDUSTRY
Brands
Designers
Stylists
Creative directors envisioning the future of the industry
FOUNDERS AND INNOVATORS 42.9%
Consumer fashion-tech
B2B retail-tech
PLM and Lifecycle
Design Software
AI
XR, AR retail Technology
ACADEMICS 5.1%
Heads of Department
Faculty
Deans
INVESTORS
Pre-seed through growth stage across fashion design, PLM, retail tech, and consumer technology.
MEDIA AND PRESS 6.1%
Editorial voices shaping the narrative across traditional publications and digital platforms: Vogue, BoF, WWD
Creators with 100K–2M audiences
Snapshot of who is speaking at Digital Fashion Week
BARRY MCGEOUGH
Senior Vice President of Innovation & Strategy, AmeriCo
LAUREN HOWLEY
Director of Content Marketing, Perfect Corp
KIMBERLY MORGAN
Founder & CEO, The Fashion Tech Exec
NOVA LORRAINE
Founder, House of Nova
HASEEB FONTE
Managing Director, Reality Hack at MIT Founders Lab
LEADING THE CONVERSATION IN FASHION
11a — Future Signals
Understanding what's next in fashion, culture, and technology.
Speakers:
Barry McGeough, Senior Vice President of Innovation & Strategy, Next Now|
Cassandra Napoli, Head of Consumer Forecasting, WGSN
Amanda Bacal, SVP Global Head of Marketing & Communications, Joor
12p — The brand Toolkit
AI, digital workflows, PLMs and next-gen tools.
Moderator: Nova Lorraine, Founder, House of Nova
Speakers: Jennifer Connors, Executive Director CX Quality, Education and Communications, Ex Estee Lauder
Muni Xu, Founder, CEO, MAIstyle,
Björn Bengtsson, Chief Product Officer, UNTUCKit
1p — Retail Reimagined
How customer expectations &values influence the future stores, experiences, e-commerce and
Moderator: Kimberly Morgan, Founder & CEO, The Fashion Tech Exec
Speakers:
Lauren Howley, Director of Content Marketing, Perfect Corp
Carlos Fernando Belmonte, Product Operations / COO, Sanderlak
Taylar Gomez, CEO, Syft
2p — The New Fashion Infrastructure
The emerging technologies that are moving fashion from reactive processes to smarter decisions
Moderator: Astrid Pilla, Founder, ThePerfectADD
Speakers:
Sucheta Klein, Co-founder, Aquerius
Jac Hsieh, Founder, CEO, NunoX
3p Capital & Innovation
Investment trends, startups, and building the future of fashion.
Moderator: Haseeb Fonte, COO Fashion in Gaming Awards, Managing Director, Reality Hack at MIT Founders Lab
Speakers:
Andrea Abrams, CEO, Phygicode
Stephanie Hurst, Partner – VC/Tech, Mayer Brown
Roxann Stafford, Managing & Creative Director, Blueprint FTC
4p — The New Fashion Workforce
How entrepreneurship, AI, and new ways of working are reshaping the teams and talent needed to build the future of fashion.
Moderator: Marie Driscoll, President, Retail Marketing Society, Assistant Professor, Parsons, The New School
Speakers:
Meg Ball, Senior Director, Creative Technology and AI Enablement, Centric Brands
Emem Adjah, Author, The Tech Interview, Hacked. Ex Google Hiring Committee
5p — Fashion Beyond The Customer
Circularity, sustainability tech and the future
Moderator: Nancy Rhodes, Founder & CEO, Alternew
Speakers:
Timothy Armitage, Founder, Randolph Goods
Lauren Sagadore, Ex-Founder, Senior Implementation Manager, Archive
Stephanie Benedetto, CEO, Aloqia
