This event is in collaboration with Fashion Institute of Technology’s Jay and Patty Baker School Departments of Cosmetics and Fragrance Marketing and Entrepreneurship, New York District Export Council, United States Department of Commerce, and International Women’s Entrepreneurial Challenge on the Occasion of New York Fashion Week.

Date:  Wednesday, 15 February, 2017  Time:  12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.  Location: FIT’s Katie Murphy Amphitheater, Seventh Avenue at 27th Street

An impressive panel of entrepreneurs and business executives will discuss how their businesses started and expanded internationally.

Arranged by: Dr. Anastasia Xenias and Prof. Melissa Hill, both Senior International Trade Specialist, US Dept. of Commerce and Ms. Nancy Ploeger, Executive Director, International Women’s Entrepreneurial Challenge

Keynote Speaker: Honorable Carolyn Maloney, Representative, 12th District, New York (Pre-taped)

Introduction by: Dean Steven Frumkin, Jay and Patty Baker School of Business & Technology, FIT

Moderator: Prof. Virginia Bonofiglio, Chair, Department of Cosmetics and Fragrance Marketing, FIT

Panelists:

  • Prof. Joanne DeMartini, Vice President, Jump Design Group
  • Mr. Josh Gordon, Founder & CEO, Noyah Cosmetics
  • Ms. Olga Vidisheva, Founder & CEO, Shoptiques.com
  • Ms. Karolina Zmarlak, Designer, Karolina Zmarlak

All Talking Trade events will be available for attendance in person or online at FITnyc.edu/ITM

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Attendance is free.  For more information and to register, visit:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/talking-trade-new-york-fashion-and-beauty-entrepreneurs-international-business-tickets-31299733345