Sustainable Design Impact Hub · Next Edition
28 January 2027 · Paris, France
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The Fifth Edition · Coming Soon
Where material innovation meets the art of couture.
On January 28, the Sustainable Design Impact Hub arrives in Paris during Haute Couture Week. An intimate convening exploring the relationship between emerging materials, exceptional craftsmanship, and the future of luxury fashion.
An Evolving Global Series
Each city brings a different perspective. Explore the conversations, spaces, and material innovations that have shaped the Hub.
Fourth Edition · 2026
Fashion × Deep Tech
17 September 2026 · Newlab, Brooklyn Navy Yard
An official Climate Week NYC convening exploring what it takes to move the next generation of materials from lab to market. Founders, researchers, designers, investors, and industry leaders gathered for six curated conversations and a tactile Innovation Gallery.
New York, Fashion x Deep Tech Ediiton September 2026
2025 Edition
Next Generation Materials
29–30 May 2025 · Fondazione Sella, Lanificio Maurizio Sella
Set within Biella’s textile heritage, this edition explored the intersection of material innovation, design, and the future of textile production.
The Sustainable Design Impact Hub is a curated convening series bringing together the people shaping the future of materials, design, and industry.
Across cities and disciplines, we connect founders, scientists, designers, investors, and established industry to exchange knowledge, challenge assumptions, and explore how innovation moves from idea to application.
From Biella to New York and next Paris, each edition responds to the distinct creative and industrial culture of its host city.
Conversations Beyond the Convening
Intimate, expert-led conversations connecting founders, creative leaders, and industry specialists around the ideas shaping fashion's future.
Upcoming · Impact Talk 01
Exploring the legal, commercial, and strategic foundations that help fashion technologies move from invention to adoption.
Registration opens soon.
Upcoming · Impact Talk 02
A conversation on luxury textiles, craftsmanship, material choices, and their relationship to the spaces we inhabit.
Registration opens soon.
Upcoming · Impact Talk 03
Another conversation in the Impact Talks series. Topic and speakers to be announced.
Registration opens soon.
Meet the designers, scientists, founders, and industry leaders shaping the future of sustainable fashion.
Karen Pearson
Chair, FIT Sustainability Council
Fashion Institute of Technology
Adam Bent
Chief Executive Officer
Lonely Whale
Larissa Shepherd
Professor, Fiber Science & Apparel Design
Cornell University
Michelle Gabriel
Resident Fellow
Yale Center for Business & Environment
Raz Godelnik
Professor
Parsons School of Design
Martin Stübler
Founder
BioFluff / Savian
Joshua Katcher
Strategic Initiatives Lead
Canopy
Francesca Belluomini
Adjunct Professor & Author
Fashion Institute of Technology
Stephanie Downs
Founder & CEO
Uncaged Innovations
Serena Wessely
Lab Manager
Genspace
Shannen Henry
Founder & CEO
CocoaFiber
Fashion x Deep Tech
A curated presentation of design-forward deep tech built in New York.
The New York gallery spotlighted emerging companies, materials, products, and technologies shaping the future of fashion, manufacturing, mobility, and the built environment. Designed as an elevated exhibition rather than a traditional trade show, the space brought founders and their work into direct conversation with investors, brands, designers, researchers, and industry leaders.
The exhibition emphasized design thinking, technical ambition, and the potential for meaningful environmental and social impact.
2026 Application ClosedExibart
Dal 29 al 30 maggio 2025 — Fondazione Sella, Lanificio Maurizio Sella, Biella, Italy.
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Exploring how biomimicry can transform fashion systems in Small Island Developing States.
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On Grenada's Spice Island, the Sustainable Design Impact Hub merges heritage, innovation, and couture.
Read MoreCaribbean Beat Magazine
Through sustainable practices and circular product development, Shannen Henry is helping preserve and uplift Caribbean creative industries.
Read MoreTo learn more about attending, speaking, exhibiting, or partnering, please get in touch.
Or email us directly: team@sustainabledesignimpacthub.com
