CLOTEX D-FEST 2025

We invite you to a fashion event – FESTIVAL OF DIGITAL INNOVATION IN FASHION AND TEXTILE
Discover how digital technologies are changing fashion, manufacturing and education 👇
 
1. Future solutions:
See innovations in 3D clothing design, virtual fitting, garment production automation, and other technologies that are shaping the new reality of light industry.
2. Experience of one year of operation of EDIH CLOTEX-HUB and other EDIH in Ukraine:
We discuss results, partnerships, success stories, and prospects for international cooperation.
3. European projects that are changing the industry:
learn about the impact of Horizon Europe, Erasmus+, and Digital Europe programs on the development of the digital economy in Ukraine.
 
What awaits you?!
 
09:00 – 15:00 Exhibition of digital innovations and European projects
 
• Presentation of solutions in the field of 3D clothing design, virtual fitting, production automation, etc.
• Demonstration of the results of European projects that impact light industry.
• Working with QR codes that lead to video interviews with project representatives.
 
Educational building No. 4 (assembly hall hall)
 
09:00 – 10:00 Registration of participants, welcome coffee
10:00 – 10:30 Grand opening
10:30 – 11:30 Discussion panel 1: “A year of EDIH CLOTEX-HUB and EDIH in Ukraine”
11:30 – 12:30 Discussion panel 2: “Synergy of projects: Erasmus, Horizon Europe, Digital Europe”
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch
13:30 – 15:00 Discussion panel 3: “Sewing clusters of Ukraine are our clients”
15:00 – 15:20 Coffee break
15:20 – 16:20 Pitching session “Success stories of our clients”
16:20 – 16:40 Coffee break
16:40 – 17:30 Fidget Fashion Show
Location:
Khmelnytskyi National University
11 Instytutska St., Khmelnytskyi, 29016, Ukraine
Educational building No. 4, hall (entrance to the main building)

SPEAKERS

Block 1: Grand opening, welcoming speeches (representatives of the project, authorities)

Serhii Matiukh

Rector
Khmelnytskyi National University

Oleh Demchuk

Chairman of the Board
Public Organization "ASTAR"

Oleksandr Sukhovirsky

Chairman of the Board
Public Organization "Podilskyi Fashion Cluster"

Vyacheslav Askerov

Chairman of the Board
Public Organization "IT-cluster"

Block 2: Year of EDIH CLOTEX-HUB and EDIH in Ukraine

Kristina Saue

Project Adviser, European Health and Digital Executive Agency (HaDEA)

Oksana Zakharkevych

Coordinator of EDIH CLOTEX-HUB

Tatyana Askerova

Cluster Manager IT Cluster
city ​​of Khmelnytskyi

Lesya Sobolevska

Coordinator of EDIH Kyiv HighTech

Petro Pivovar

POLIDIH

Block 3: Discussion panel “Synergy of projects: Erasmus, Horizon Europe, Digital Europe”

Kateryna Skyba

Vice-Rector for Scientific and Pedagogical Work of Khmelnytskyi National University
Project U_CAN (Horizon Europe)

Pavlo Radiuk

Associate Professor of the Department of Computer Science
Khmelnytskyi National University
Project U_CAN (Horizon Europe)

Tetiana Hovorushchenko

Dean of the Faculty of Information Technologies of Khmelnytskyi National University
Project MOVEX (ERASMUS)

Oksana Zakharkevych


Coordinator of EDIH CLOTEX-HUB

Oksana Mykhaylovska

Associate Professor of the Department of IMLP
Khmelnytskyi National University
Project 3D4U (ERASMUS)

Maria Artemenko

First Vice-Rector of KhNTU
Project INNOVATEX (ERASMUS)

Kalyna Pashkevich

Dean of the Faculty of Design of KNUTD
Project INNOVATEX (ERASMUS)

Olena Gerasimenko

Associate Professor of the Department of Art and Costume Design, KNUTD
Project INNOVATEX (ERASMUS)

Block 4: “Ukrainian Garment Clusters – Our Clients” (Exchange of best practices in assessing digital maturity and supporting small and medium-sized enterprises)

Halyna Shvec

Moderator, cluster manager “Podilskyi Fashion Cluster”

Anna Semeiko

Advisor on digitalization of small and medium-sized enterprises in the Eastern Partnership countries

Marina Vasilyeva

Public Organization "Export Alliance
"Ukrainian wedding dresses"

Block 5: Pitching session “Digital Fashion Support: challenges, solutions and success stories”

Lyudmila Bukhantsova

Moderator, project manager,
Associate Professor of the Department of TDSP Khmelnytskyi National University

Ihor Markevych

EIT Сommunity Оfficer in Ukraine

Natalia Babanina

Project Manager of the Norwegian-Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce (NUCC)

Anastasiia Korobka

СЕО, GetMyLook

Dmytro Kovalchuk

Entrepreneur, co-founder and director
PE Maxsport, PE ADAPTIME.

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