Lunch debate: On the road to sustainable fashion

Round table : On the road to sustainable fashion

• « Initiatives au niveau européen sur les textiles durables - Madame Marie-Hélène Pradines – Commission européenne – Head of Unit for tourism and textiles in the European Commission’s Directorate-General Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs DG GROW

• Modèles de consommation durable dans le domaine textile/ Sustainable fashion consumption models – Madame Katia Vladimirova, senior research associate, University of Geneva

• Présentation des pratiques du terrain au Luxembourg – Monsieur Georges Kieffer- fondateur de BENU village Esch

• Discussion/ table ronde/ questions – Modération MadameHedda Pahlson-Moller

Katia Vladimirova is a Senior Research Associate at the Institute of Sociological Research at the University of Geneva. She works on the topics of consumption and social change towards sustainability and her special focus is on fashion consumption practices. Dr. Vladimirova is a founder and coordinator of the International Research Network on Sustainable Fashion Consumption (www.sustainablefashionconsumption.org).

Marie-Hélène Pradines is Head of Unit for tourism and textiles in the European Commission’s Directorate-General Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (DG GROW). Before joining the European Commission, she worked as administrator in the French Ministry of economy and finance and then as deputy financial adviser at the Representation of France to the Europen Union. She joined the European Commission in 2004, where she started working for the Directorate-General for Human Resources and Security (DG HR). Between 2009 and 2014, she worked as member of Cabinet of Vice-President Barrot (Justice, Freedom and Security) and of Vice-President Šefčovič (Inter-institutional relations and administration). Back in DG HR, she has been head of two units before joining DG GROW in 2021.

Georges Kieffer is the founder and Director of Benu Village. The objectif of Benu Village is the conception and construction of the most sustainable EcoVillage in the Grand Region. It is entirely enrrolled in the circular economy and provides space to several professional actors willing to develop their business in this environment.

Langues: Français/ anglais

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Vegan food provided

ATTENTION : Les règles sanitaires en vigueur seront appliqués.