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NB: Focus Groups and Think Tanks are delegate only sessions.

Pre-Event Day : 14 September 2026

2:00pm

Tour the Getty

 Break  Getty Center

4:00pm

LA Chapter Meetups

 Focus Group  

6:30pm

Drinks by the Pool

 Break  Pool

Day 1 : 15 September 2026

8:00am

Grab Your Badge, It's Go Time

 Break  Lobby

9:00am

Opening Remarks & Chair’s Welcome

 Chairman's Address  Room 1

9:15am

Everything Is Digital, But Nothing Is Connected.

 Panel  Room 1

10:00am

Start-up Tech Sparks

 Startup Stage  Room 1

11:00am

Coffee and Cake

 Break  Expo

11:10am

Morning 1-2-1 Meetings

 Meetings  Expo

12:10pm

Cracking the On-Demand Code

 Case Study  Room 1

Building AI Workflows That Actually Deliver

 Case Study  Room 2

12:45pm

Why Is AI Working for Some and Not Others?

 Panel  Room 1

Local Manufacturing, Done Right

 Panel  Room 2

When Did Consistent Color Get So Complicated?

 Focus Group  Room 3

1:25pm

Lunch

 Break  Expo

2:25pm

Roundtables - Choose Your Topic

 Roundtables  Room 1

What Does ‘Good Fit’ Actually Look Like?

 Think Tank  Room 3

3:05pm

A How-To of Getting Design, Data, and Development to Talk

 Workshop  Room 1

Getting PLM to Deliver on Its Promise

 Workshop  Room 2

3:40pm

Afternoon Tea

 Break  Expo

3:50pm

Afternoon 1-2-1 Meetings

 Meetings  Expo

4:50pm

The DPC Hype Is Over. It's Time to Scale!

 Panel  Room 1

Building Profit and Purpose Together

 Panel  Room 2

Making AI Work Inside Real Teams

 Focus Group  Room 3

5:30pm

Bodies Are Changing Faster Than Fashion

 Keynote  Room 1

6:00pm

Chairperson’s Closing Remarks

 Chairman's Address  Room 1

6:05pm

Drinkypoos

 Break  Expo

Day 2 : 16 September 2026

9:00am

Getting to the Core of PLM Impact

 Think Tank  Room 3

You Think You Know Your Inventory? You Don’t.

 Think Tank  Room 4

10:00am

Chair's Second Lap - Day 2 Opening Remarks

 Chairman's Address  

10:10am

Local Production Needs a New Playbook

 Panel  Room 1

Caroline de Baere, Footwear Industry Expert & Adjunct Professor, California College of the Arts

10:55am

AI Renders It. 3D Builds It. Who Connects Them?

 Panel  Room 1

Digital Fit: Standards, Trust & Transformation

 Panel  Room 2

Circularity Sounds Simple…Until You Try to Implement It

 Focus Group  Room 3

11:35am

Morning Coffee

 Break  Expo

11:45am

1-2-1 Meetings

 Meetings  Expo

12:45pm

Making 3D Work Beyond Design

 Case Study  Room 1

Fit, Failures & Fixes

 Case Study  Room 2

1:20pm

Design Sprint Live - What I’d Build If I Started Today (Lunch Provided)

 Innovation Lab  

2:20pm

Everyone Touches the Product, But Who Owns It?

 Panel  Room 1

Caroline de Baere, Footwear Industry Expert & Adjunct Professor, California College of the Arts

What Fit Really Means When You Serve Millions

 Panel  Room 2

The Law Is Writing Your Next Design Brief. Are You Ready?

 Focus Group  Room 3

3:00pm

Roundtables - Choose Your Topic

 Roundtables  Room 1

3:40pm

Why Change Still Fails

 Panel  Room 1

4:20pm

Complexity Is Killing Fashion. But There is Hope.

 Keynote  Room 1

5:00pm

Farewell! Bon Voyage! See You Next Time!

 Chairman's Address  Room 1