Posted March 17, 2015
ATLANTA – TED speaker Seth Godin will address the 35th Annual Meeting of the Americas Apparel Producers’ Network (AAPN). The event is slated for May 3-5 at the Fountainebleau Hotel in Miami Beach.
According to the AAPN, this isn’t really a “meeting” but rather the continuation of conversations held face-to-face, in travel, at trade shows and online every day by the more than 600 executives from nearly 200 organizations in the AAPN. The format is open interaction, and more than half of the agenda is set aside for networking.
The entire supply chain overlaying the Western Hemisphere will attend this forum, according to AAPN. Representatives of fiber and yarn, fabric and finishing, trim and supplies, shipping and software, factories and logistics and brands and retailers participate equally, the network said.
TED speaker Seth Godin to address AAPN Annual Meeting
The AAPN is a factory-centric organization led this year by Juan Zighelboim, president of the El Salvador-based activewear producer TexOps. In fact, the AAPN has a 2:1 ratio of producers to service members. Participants are often the owners, presidents or senior executives of their firms.
The theme of the meeting this year is “Strategic Innovation.”
Speakers include:
Godin, Lectra Keynote Speaker
Seth is a world renowned author or marketing and management books, a TED speaker and a widely followed blogger. He will speak on change.
Anastasia Charbin, Worldwide Fashion & Apparel Marketing Director, Lectra
Evolutions of the Market: Product Innovation – an update on fashion and technology trends around the world.
James Vatalaro, Productivity, Inc.
Let's Get Personal ... Strategy Innovation and YOU! - how factories and other producers can implement change easily
Johnnie Rush, VP, Retail Innovation, HSN, Inc.
The Retail Discussion: Innovation and Engagement – amazing new ways for consumers to order directly instantly.
Shawn Neville, president RBIS for Avery Dennison Corporation
Driving Innovation from Consumer Through Supply Chain – how a “label” producer became an innovation company with Nike.
In his manifesto, Stop Stealing Dreams, Seth Godin wrote how students today are educated in "....collecting dots. Almost none of it spent teaching them the skills necessary to connect dots. The magic of connecting dots is that once you learn the techniques, the dots can change but you’ll still be good at connecting them."
Non-members of the AAPN can contact Mike Todaro or Sue C. Strickland in Atlanta att (404) 843-3171 to discuss attending this event.