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NB: Focus Groups and Think Tanks are delegate only sessions.
Day 1 : 28 April 2026
Gear Up & Grab Your Badge - Coffee Provided!
Break Lobby
Ciao a Tutti e Benvenuti!
Chairman's Address Room 1
Michael Ratcliffe, Director - Content & Production, PI
Is Europe Ready for the Digital Renaissance?
Panel Room 1
Francesco Torresan, COO & Head of Product, Nice Footwear Group
Eric Hullegie, Head of Innovation Design, ON
Matteo Pasca, Director, Arsutoria
Daniel Gordon, Vice President Footwear , Hugo Boss
Giustiano Peruzzo, R&D Footwear Design Manager, La Sportiva
Start-up Tech Showcase
Startup Stage Room 1
Thea Soti, Head of Strategic Partnerships, Colormass
Anna Franziska Michel, CEO, yoona ventures GmbH
Take a Break, You Deserve It!
Break Expo Hall
121 Meetings - Meeting Friends, Old & New
Meetings Expo Hall
Digital Reality Check: What’s Worked, What’s Broken & What We've Learned the Hard Way?
Panel Room 1
Detlef Mueller, Director - Advanced 3D, adidas
Emilien Arbez, Senior Manager - DPC & CAE, Salomon
Francesco Torresan, COO & Head of Product, Nice Footwear Group
Victor Verquin, Footwear 3D Designer, Decathlon
Alberto Franco, CTO & Chief Software Architect, Design&Develop
Making AI Work in Real Footwear Design
Deep Dive Room 2
Nico van Enter, Founder & CEO, Footwearology
Roundtables: Choose Your Topic & Get Talking
Roundtables Room 1 Lower Level & Ground Floor
Natacha Alpert, Founder & Tech Innovation Educator , Miras3D, IED & Washington University
William Pittman, Footwear Designer, Helly Hansen Workwear
Katarzyna (Kata) Kanturska, Footwear Designer & 3D Technologist, Numod
Susanna Zampieri, Founder, 3D Design Expert & Educator, Cocoawant
Stefan Rohner, Head of E-Commerce & Digital, GNL Footwear
Valentina Zanatta, ex-Manager, 3D Product Operations, Puma & Hugo Boss
Nico van Enter, Founder & CEO, Footwearology
Materials Might Be the Most Underrated Performance Lever
Deep Dive Room 2
Andrea Rinaldi, Innovation, Research & Process Lead, Vibram Group
It's Time to Eat - Buon Appetito! Sponsored by yoona.ai
General Session Expo Hall
Designing Beyond the Render
General Session Room 1
Alexander Hanhauser, Head of Sales, VIZCOM
Gergely Mihaly, Senior Product Expert, VIZCOM
From 35M AI Headshots to €1M Spending in Fashion Tech R&D
Think Tank Room 3
Ricardo Ghekiere, CEO & Co-Founder, Runflow
Fred Linfjard, Chief Solutions Engineer, Runflow
Additive Manufacturing in Footwear: Honest Answers to Hard Questions
Panel Room 1
Nico van Enter, Founder & CEO, Footwearology
Jesus Marini Parissi, Founder & Computational Design Engineer, Moon Rabbit Lab
Maia Zheliazkova, Senior Computational Designer, Innovation Concept Design, ON
Francesco Leonardi, Co founder, Puntozero
Chris Robertson, Product Success Manager, Carbon Inc
The Dos & Don’ts of Introducing 3D into a Heritage Footwear Workflow
Deep Dive Room 2
Chiara Zaratin, 3D Design Manager, Giorgio Armani
Closing the Loop Is the Easy Part. Making It Work Isn’t.
Deep Dive Room 3
Dipanwita Ray, Innovation Associate - Footwear, Fashion for Good
Take a 10-min Breather...
Break Expo Hall
121 Meetings - Meeting Friends, Old & New
Meetings Expo Hall
Mass-Production of Reality-Grade 3D Digital Twins
General Session Room 1
Franz Tschimben, CEO & Co-founder, ALLSIDES
The Digital Education Dilemma: How to Upskill the Next Generation of Talent
Panel Room 1
Defne Yalkut, Founder & Instructor, SOLE DESIGN ACADEMY
Louis de Vos, Founder & Senior Talent Consultant - Product Creation, Design, Creative & Innovation, DeVos Talent|ex-adidas & ON
Matteo Pasca, Director, Arsutoria
Virginia Fani, Research Fellow, Assistant Professor & CEO, Balance s.r.l. (Fashion for Future Lab, University of Florence)
Pierre Kasperczyk, Deputy Head of Design, Rubika
Inside the 3D-Printed Footwear Revolution
General Session Room 1
Cornelius Schmitt, Co-Founder & CEO, Zellerfeld Shoe Company Inc.
Day 1, Over & Out
Chairman's Address Room 1
Michael Ratcliffe, Director - Content & Production, PI
Now Raise a Glass with a Touch of Murano Magic | Sponsored by ALLSIDES
Break Ground Floor Bar
Day 2 : 29 April 2026
The Second Lap - The Morning After the Night Before
Chairman's Address Room 1
Michael Ratcliffe, Director - Content & Production, PI
Rethinking Footwear Design from First Principles
General Session Room 1
Asher Clark, Co-Founder & Chief Design Officer, Vivobarefoot
Coffee Time!
Break Expo Hall
121 Meetings - Meeting Friends, Old & New
Meetings Expo Hall
Here’s How You’ll Tackle Digital Scepticism (Without Pretending It’s Easy)
Deep Dive Room 1 Lower Level
Detlef Mueller, Director - Advanced 3D, adidas
Innovation Inside an Icon: Balancing Craft, Digital Tools & Sustainability
Deep Dive Room 2
Tom Evans, Senior Manager - Innovation, Dr. Martens
What Olympic Constraints Teach Us About Better Product Creation
Deep Dive Room 3
Eric Hullegie, Head of Innovation Design, ON
Why Being the Black Sheep of the 3D Design Family Isn't a Bad Thing
General Session Room 1
Davoud Ohadi, 3D Design Director, lululemon
Combining AI, xR and Craft Into a Coherent & Modern Design Workflow
Deep Dive Room 2
Luke McConnie, Creative Director & Founder, Tier Zero
Fixing the Last Mile of 3D for Retail-Ready Footwear Assets
Deep Dive Room 3
Alexander Lum, Principal Strategic Content Innovation Manager, Zalando
Mangia, It's Lunchtime! Sponsored by yoona.ai
General Session Expo Hall
Roundtables: Choose Your Topic & Get Talking
Roundtables Room 1 Lower Level & Ground Floor
Natacha Alpert, Founder & Tech Innovation Educator , Miras3D, IED & Washington University
Valentina Zanatta, ex-Manager, 3D Product Operations, Puma & Hugo Boss
Susanna Zampieri, Founder, 3D Design Expert & Educator, Cocoawant
Louis de Vos, Founder & Senior Talent Consultant - Product Creation, Design, Creative & Innovation, DeVos Talent|ex-adidas & ON
Stefan Rohner, Head of E-Commerce & Digital, GNL Footwear
William Pittman, Footwear Designer, Helly Hansen Workwear
Katarzyna (Kata) Kanturska, Footwear Designer & 3D Technologist, Numod
Alexander Lum, Principal Strategic Content Innovation Manager, Zalando
Craft, Community & Human Experience in a Tech Driven Industry
Deep Dive Room 2
Giustiano Peruzzo, R&D Footwear Design Manager, La Sportiva
Making Sense of Computational Design
Panel Room 1
Jesus Marini Parissi, Founder & Computational Design Engineer, Moon Rabbit Lab
Maia Zheliazkova, Senior Computational Designer, Innovation Concept Design, ON
What Repair Reveals About the Future of Footwear
Panel Room 1
Benjamin Thompsett, Co-Founder, NUINO | ex-adidas & Framas
Marta Amigo, Co-Founder, NUINO | ex-adidas & Framas
What Nobody Tells You About Making Digital Work
Panel Room 1
Natacha Alpert, Founder & Tech Innovation Educator , Miras3D, IED & Washington University
Valentina Zanatta, ex-Manager, 3D Product Operations, Puma & Hugo Boss
Katarzyna (Kata) Kanturska, Footwear Designer & 3D Technologist, Numod
Susanna Zampieri, Founder, 3D Design Expert & Educator, Cocoawant
And That's a Wrap - Ciao for Now!
Chairman's Address Room 1
Michael Ratcliffe, Director - Content & Production, PI