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Lectra & ESCP Europe unveil fashion & technology chair

07 Feb '14
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"Innovation is part of Lectra’s DNA. It expresses itself through our technological breakthroughs to serve new business models. For 40 years, we have supported changes in the fashion industry and contributedto our customers’ development. 

Our commitment to future professionals and innovation has led us to create the Fashion and Technology Chair with ESCP Europe. We want thus contribute to encourage new technological advances in teaching and research for the fashion industry in France as well as around the world," said Daniel Harari. 
 
Steering and management committees will oversee governance and will be composed of Lectra and ESCP Europe representatives. Together, they will define and approve the academic program, including research guidance, and advise the scientific board on the Chair’s actions. 
 
 
“FASHION AND TECHNOLOGY” ROUND TABLE 
A round table entitled “Fashion and Technology: a paradoxical driver of innovation?” organized by Lectra and ESCP Europe for the Chair’s launch took place on February 6 at the campus of ESCP Europe Paris, bringing together several emblematic leaders and personalities from the fashion sector, including John Palacin, advisor to the minister of Industrial Renewal; Didier Grumbach, chairman of the Fédération Française de la Couture, du Prêt-à-Porter des Couturiers et des Créateurs de mode; Christian Blanckaert, chairman of Petit Bateau; and Jacques Bungert, chairman of Courrèges.  
 

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