INTENSIVE SEMINAR IN PARIS
Ten days of classes and high-level lectures after New York and Hong Kong.
 A part of the GFM group in the courtyard of Alberto Pinto in Paris. The “Paris intensive seminar” of the Executive MBA Global Fashion Management (GFM) took place from March 30th to April 8th 2009. 46 students and lecturers of the 2008-2009 GFM class, from the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT - New York), the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (HKPU ) and the IFM, came together in Paris for a high-level seminar coordinated by Véronique Schilling, who heads up the program. The participants are from a number of countries (United States, China, France, India, Brazil, Germany, Turkey, Korea, Thailand...), and were given the opportunity to explore and gain a better understanding of the economic stakes of the sector, the current events in fashion and luxury brand management and the specifics of France on the international fashion stage. .  Sidney Toledano (PDG Christian Dior Couture), and Véronique Schilling (IFM). The seminar included contributions from big names in the sector including Didier Grumbach (President of the Fédération de la Couture, du Prêt-à-Porter des Couturiers et des Créateurs de Mode), Sidney Toledano (PDG of Christian Dior Couture), Guillaume de Seynes (Hermès International), Floriane de Saint Pierre (Floriane de Saint Pierre & Associés), Philippe Picaud (Head of design at Oxylane, the new identity of the Decathlon groups), and Dominique Chatelin (President of FDI Logbox)… Other highlights : - the trip to Chanel rue Cambon, with a talk from Bruno Pavlovsky (President of the fashion division at Chanel), to Rue du Mail par Martine Sitbon, with a talk by Marc Ascoli (Head of Image) and to the Cabinet Alberto Pinto, led with brio by Benoit Chottin (GFM2009) much to the delight of his classmates.
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