Scientific Committee
The Expo Riva Schuh and Gardabags Scientific Committee is a team made up of 3 professionals who come from prestigious, international businesses and who operate in areas which are transversal to the fashion industry, in economics, communication and innovation.
The Scientific Committee is the main entity in charge of the strategic development and innovation of the fair and of all the initiatives and content related to the fair's training and dissemination project, an in particular:
IDEAS AND PROJECTS
to identify new scenarios and areas of investigation and development aimed at maintaining the strategic role of Expo Riva Schuh and Gardabags within the global panorama of volume footwear, leather goods and accessories;
to develop strategies that take into account sustainable growth all the way along the value chain (health, well-being and safety of people and communities, respect and protection of rights, local development, the environment and efficiency in the use of resources, integrity, transparency and innovation).
RELATIONAL ACTIVITIES AND THEMATIC AND SCIENTIFIC EVENT CONTENT
to suggest relevant and topical issues for the sector by involving keynote speakers , industry operators, entrepreneurs and consultants able to contribute to the knowledge, study and interpretation of new trends.
16 - 19 JANUARY 202712 - 15 JUNE 2027
Exhibition CentreVia Baltera, 20 - 38066 - Riva del Garda (Italy)
Since 2016, bringing production closer to home has been the top priority stated by many fashion buyers, but the proportion of European and US imports from neighbouring countries has remained unchanged…
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