​yoona Fashion Summit - Digital Couture & Fashion AI - Berlin Fashion Week

​Update!: Tune into the live stream on YouTube: https://youtube.com/live/_Scal0QuGpw

Where Fashion Breaks. AI Takes Over.

​​This Berlin Fashion Week, step away from the noise and into the industry's most exclusive vantage point.

​​Join us at the Cinema Room on the 5th floor of CIC Berlin, a hidden, high-definition sanctuary where we will deep dive into the next era of fashion. This is more than a tech talk; it is a curated, intimate stage designed for those shaping the intersection of AI and digital couture.

Before the first frame rolls, join us for music and drinks at the private Cinema Bar overlooking the Berlin skyline in a relaxed, high-energy atmosphere where crossing paths with the industry pioneers and peers feels entirely effortless.

Introducing the AI Fashion Design Award sponsored by NATIFIC, Gersch Consulting & Sustaineurs.de: As part of the evening, we are proud to host the yoona.ai AI Fashion Design Award, a global design challenge spotlighting the next generation of fashion creatives working with AI. Three finalists will pitch their vision to an expert panel of industry leaders as they compete for a €1,000 cash prize and mentorship. Learn more here.

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The Experience:

• ​​The Main Stage: Inside the theater, the night comes alive with high-definition screenings of yoona.ai digital fashion shows and the AI Fashion Design Award live pitches.

• ​​The Content Hub: Experience fast-paced pitch sessions and raw conversations with AI pioneers and fashion veterans on the Cinema’s built-in stage.

• ​​The Cinema Bar: Enjoy direct, seamless access to the adjacent lounge throughout the night. Connect with founders, designers, and industry insiders as the night unfolds with music, drinks, and an electric future energy.

• ​​The Innovator Exhibition: Explore a curated gallery of next-gen fashion startups rewriting the source code of style

• ​AI Fashion Design Award Ceremony

• ​Networking featuring Nikka Lorak DJ Set closing the summit and pre-opening for Berlin Fashion Week

​The Program:

• ​Welcoming remarks by Ewa Gerez and Anna Franziska Michel

• ​Keynote from Sylvia Heisel (NYC)

• ​Panels:

  • ​Colour as a strategic commercial asset, with insights from Doug Bynum (natific) and Caitlin Kakoti (SwimUSA), joined by Janet Best, formerly of Marks & Spencer

  • ​Holistic digitisation in fashion, with Thomas Knick (nikkisfaktur) presenting his vision for connected digital systems, followed by a discussion with Clare Tattersall (NY Digital Fashion Week) and Stefan Gertsch (Gertsch Consulting)

• ​​Three finalists will be selected to present their work in front of an expert jury

• ​​The Jury: The internationally distinguished jury brings together experts from fashion and technology, including:

  • ​Sylvia Heisel, Fashion Innovator (NYC)

  • ​Scott Lipinski, CEO of the German Fashion Council (Berlin)

  • ​Bianca Lan-Bognar, Editor-in-Chief of Style Supplement S (Hamburg)

  • ​Nikka Lorak, Fashion Photographer & DJ (London & Dubai)

  • ​Julian Guthrie, Technology Expert at Parsons School of Design (NYC)

  • ​Christoph Bergmann, Senior Partner at natific (Basel)

  • ​Betty Barclay Design Team, represented by Andrea and Jasmin (Heidelberg). 

• ​Keynote from Prof. Dr. Andreas David about "Beauty is the Beast- Psychology of Motivation in the Fashion Industry"

​ Together, they will evaluate the designers’ creativity and their use of AI.

​​The Access: The Cinema Room is a high-demand space with a strict capacity of 98 guests. We are limiting entry to ensure an intimate environment where real connections happen. Once we hit capacity, the doors close.

​⚡ Secure your seat at the industry's most intelligent Fashion Week meetup.

​This event is happening as part of the Thursday Gathering by Venture Café Berlin.