Fireside chat with David Grunwald is VP of Innovation at Farfetch (valued at over $6 billion) and Heikki Haldre (named in Vogue's "Online Fashion 100" – top 100 most influential names of the digital fashion world). This talk was co-moderated by Hannah Drew, ex-Amazon Fashion and Head of Global Operations at Google for Startups, Amrit Dhir. Heikki Haldre successfully started & exited four companies. The latest one, Fits.me created groundbreaking bio-robotics technology for fashion e-commerce. Fits.me raised €15M in funding & was acquired by Rakuten – one of world’s largest e-commerce companies. David is Farfetch's VP of Innovation, where he leads open innovation & engagement with startups. Before Farfetch he spent 8 years at Google for Entrepreneurs. Before Google he founded three companies, and consulted to leading international media and technology corporations on product/digital. Get ready to acquire interesting knowledge, insights and context about the future of fashion.
Wednesday, February 27, 2019
6:00 PM – 9:00 PM UTC