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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
Massimo Moretti, CEO, Solaya
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 & Expo Hall
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, Former 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
Michael Ratcliffe, Director - Content & Production, PI
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 & Expo Hall
Valentina Zanatta, ex-Manager, 3D Product Operations, Former 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
Rene Medel, Senior Digital Creation Engineer, framas group
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
Valentina Zanatta, ex-Manager, 3D Product Operations, Former 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