Mark Held (EOG) : The Asia Sourcing Model is Broken

Mark Held, European Outdoor Group argued that the challenges facing the UK outdoor industry in 2012 include :                Is the ‘Asian Dawn’ becoming a ‘sunset’?                Climatic and … Continue reading

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Jenni Campbell wins the 2012 innov_ex innovation design prize

  Jenni Campbell, a recent graduate of BEng in Sports Engineering at Strathclyde University, is the 2012 winner of the innov_ex Innovation Design Prize. Her innovation is Cleat Feat adventure-racing cycling shoe system is praised by Outdoorsmagic  has been described as ‘a well … Continue reading

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Amended Agenda for Day 2 19 April

Due to illness we have had to amend our Day 2 Agenda as follows and will be showing a recorded version of Martin Charter’s presentation at the end of the day. Day 2 Sustainability Journey 9.00- 9.45 Simon Reid WRAP (Waste … Continue reading

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Martin Charter, Director, The Centre for Sustainable Design, University for the Creative Arts.

Martin has worked at director level on business sustainability issues in consultancy, leisure, publishing, training, events and research for over 22 years. Prior to this he held in a range of management positions in strategy, research and marketing in gardening, … Continue reading

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Victoria Eskdale, Innov_ex Innovation Design prize winner 2011 (Glove I.T)

Victoria Eskdale was a distinction MSC student from Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU) who was the overall winner of the INNOV_EX prize 2011 for her invention of the outdoor tactile glove. The innovative glove now named Glove I.T is proving every … Continue reading

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Alexis Olans, Senior Global Program Manager adidas Better Place, Innovation

Alexis’ goal is to change consumer and corporate behavior to more sustainable models through the promulgation of sustainable products. Alexis is the Senior Global Program Manager for Better Place, adidas’ sustainable product program, at the company’s headquarters in Herzogenaurach, Germany. … Continue reading

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Veronica Legg, Equip Outdoor Technologies (2010 innov_ex Design Prize winner

Combining a passion for outdoor activities and performance clothing, Veronica has a Masters in Clothing Product Development from MMU. She won the Innov_ex Design Prize and the Textiles Institute Young Person’s Award in 2010, before joining Equip Outdoor Technologies as … Continue reading

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Mike Redwood, University of Northampton

Mike Redwood is the Visiting Professor for Leather at the University of Northampton.  As a chemist he has spent his career in tanneries, footwear and sports companies. With FootJoy he managed product development in golf gloves. He consults in strategy … Continue reading

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Don Gladstone, Founder Explore RED and Peoplework

Don Gladstone works throughout Europe delivering retail coaching programmes within the outdoor industry. He’s the founder and director of Explore Red, which he started in 2009 in partnership with Leeds University. Explore Red was created to support the research and … Continue reading

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Simon Reid WRAP

Simon works in the clothing team at the Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP), the body responsible for delivering the Sustainable Clothing Action Plan (SCAP). Alongside managing a number of information gathering projects Simon manages the SCAP Design Working Group … Continue reading

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