Thread the Future: Weaving Tradition into Tomorrow’s Fashion

Time | Programme
09:00 – 09:10 | Welcome Introduction to the day, programme overview, and participant orientation.

PART 1: Traditional Textile Knowledge & Weaving Practices

09:10 – 09:30 | Introduction to cutting-edge textile innovations, training modules, and key sustainability challenges within the fashion ecosystem.
 
Facilitator: Andrii Sichkovskyi

09:10 – 14:15 | Workshop: Timeless Threads: Weaving Tradition into Tomorrow’s Fashion
 
A hands-on workshop exploring how ancient textile knowledge, weaving techniques, and material intelligence can inform contemporary sustainable fashion practices.

Tradition as Knowledge / Hands-on Weaving / System Mapping / Vision Creation / Prototyping / Presentations & Discussion
 
Facilitators: Ismini Samanidou, Lambrini Nanou, Andrii Sichkovskyi

14:15 – 15:00 | Lunch Break

PART 2: Sustainable Systems & Future Practices

15:00 – 15:40 | Panel Discussion: Tailoring Greener Futures for Greek Fashion

Part 1: Shaping regenerative, sustainable textile and clothing ecosystems

Fiori Zafeiropoulou - Founder & Country Coordinator at Fashion Revolution Greece, Founder & CEO at SOFFA

Eftychia Panagopoulou - Art manager at PANSiK

Moderator: Vassilis Charalampidis / ECHN

15:40 - 16:30 | Panel Discussion: Tailoring Greener Futures for Greek Fashion

Part 2: The challenges, opportunities, and future pathways for advancing sustainability in Greece’s fashion industry and education

Poppy Anastouli - Fashion Designer & Programme Leader of BA (Hons) Fashion Design, AKTO

Alexandra Bissa - Textile Designer, Weaver

Maria Stavropoulou – Textile Designer, Weaver, Educator, Founder of MARIA SIGMA

Emma Efmorfidi - Co-founder "This was a sheet"  

Garyfalia Pitsaki - Co-founder 3QUARTERS

Moderator: Vassilis Charalampidis / ECHN


16:30 – 18:30 | Workshop: Crafting the Future: From Insight into Impact

A co-creative session focused on transforming sustainability insights into practical tools, collaborative initiatives, and actionable strategies for everyday fashion and textile practice.
Idea-to-Value Development / Stakeholder Mapping / Narrative Design / Concept presentations / Personal Action Planning

Facilitator: Andrii Sichkovskyi

18:30 – 19:00 | Closing Discussion & Networking 
Open discussion, reflections from participants, and informal networking.