Dr. Jaron Rowan, Coordinator of BAU’s Research and Doctoral Unit, will participate as a presenter and speaker at SYNTHESIS, a digital fashion research network that seeks to connect academic institutions and industry partners to explore the field of digital fashion.
This network involves academic institutions in cities such as Amsterdam, Birmingham, Leicester, Cardiff and Westminster, as well as industry partners such as Digital Fashion Week New York and the Digital Fashion Group in Brussels.
Building on the success of previous events, the network is preparing to organise SYNTHESIS 3, a third edition that will focus on fashion and Web 3.0 skills from the perspective of speculative futures. The event will include a keynote and three panels, where crucial topics on the evolution of fashion in Web 3.0, the impact of AI on creative processes, the importance of digital literacy, the sustainability of digital fashion and ethical concerns related to datification will be discussed.
Agenda of the event
Tuesday, 9th july
- Introduction and Main Conference (16:30 – 17:30)
Intro: Sara Marquez-Gallardo
Keynote: Jessica Evans
- Panel 1: Mediatisation and Datification (17:45 – 19:00)
Moderator: Richard Hudson-Miles
Panel Members: Agnes Rocamora and Jaron Rowan
- Panel 2: Skills and Speculative Futures: What Creative Skills are Important for Fashion Designers in the Context of AI? (19:15 – 21:00)
Moderator: Sara Marquez-Gallardo
Panel Members: Ashwini Deshpande, Costas Kazantzis, Olksa Green
Wednesday, 10th July
- Panel 3: Digital Literacy (17:00 – 18:00)
Moderator: Sara Marquez-Gallardo
Panel Members: Beata Wilczek, Annamarie Vanska
- Closing Notes (18:00 – 19:00)
Jaron Rowan, Richard Hudson-Miles, Sara Marquez-Gallardo
For more information, visit the official event page or follow the research cluster’s Instagram.
