Limited tickets are available to join us in New York on March 22 for the BoF Professional Summit – New Frontiers: AI, Digital Culture and Virtual Worlds. Click here to purchase your ticket now.

The third version of the internet, web3, will usher in a decentralised and open era — placing power back into the hands of consumers, creators and users and enable people-powered new routes to market.

Join us at our next in-person and digital event: BoF Professional Summit: New Frontiers in Fashion and Technology. Limited tickets are available to attend in person in New York — or join the global livestream, available to BoF Professional All-Access members. The BoF Professional Summit is presented by Coinbase.

We have assembled a line-up of expert speakers to debunk the myths and identify the opportunities of web3, including:

• Alexander Zhang, mayor of Friends With Benefits decentralised autonomous Organisation and former head of community at Clubhouse, Stephanie Simon, in conversation with BoF’s Sheena Butler-Young, who will discuss how fashion can engage authentically in web3, the opportunities it offers and how the technologies can help brands turn customers into communities.
• Highsnobiety co-founder Jeff Carvalho, Coinbase product manager Ejaaz Ahamadeen and Matt Powell, senior industry adviser at The NPD Group, will debate the evolving business cases and commercial potential of NFTs within the fashion industry.
• RTFKT co-founder Benoit Pagotto will join BoF Founder and Editor in Chief Imran Amed to share tangible opportunities for fashion within the metaverse following the acquisition of RTFKT by Nike last year.
• For the full speaker list, please click here.

BoF Professional Summit: New Frontiers in Fashion and Technology

Wednesday May 4, 2022 - The Times Center, New York

09:00 to 09:30 EDT: Arrivals & Coffee

09:30 to 13:40 EDT: Content Sessions

• An Overview of “The State of Fashion: Technology” report in partnership with McKinsey & Company
• Augmented Reality: What Breakthroughs Will Make the Metaverse Mainstream?
• The NFT Debate: Is There a Viable Business Model for Fashion?
• An Alternate View on How Web3 Can Transform Fashion
• Welcome to the Metaverse: Why the Fashion Industry Should Care
• Lessons on Working With Leading TikTok Creators
• How Fashion Brands Can Find Success on TikTok
• What Digital IDs Can Do for Fashion
• Connected Physical Stores: Personalising the Customer Journey
• Pioneering Post-Pandemic Wholesale Strategies
• Managing Fashion’s Relationship With Carbon Through Technology

13:40 to 14:00 EDT: Exclusive Q&A session

14:00 to 15:30 EDT: Networking Lunch (included in ticket price)

Join us at The Times Center in New York on May 4. Space is limited: purchase your ticket today. Unable to join us in person? The full summit will also be livestreamed for All-Access Professional Members. Register Now.

The BoF Professional Summit is made possible in part through our partners Coinbase, McKinsey & Company, Joor, Brandlive and The Invisible Collection.