5:30pm | Reception | Great Hall

6:30pm | Lecture with Hermann Plank | Whiteman Lecture Hall

Free for ACI Members, $5 for non-members

Guest speaker Hermann Plank will take fashion digital. As the Co-Founder and Chief Innovation Officer of METAXFASHION Inc., the presentation will go in detail on NFTs and provide a first glance on how fashion designers and brands can mint their own designs, and customers can buy and trade fashion NFTs.

About the Speaker

Hermann Plank is the President of TecnoKal, an international marketing and technology company in Scottsdale, AZ focusing on innovation workshops, manufacturing assessments and digital twin implementation in the plastics industry. Hermann holds a Master's degree in Polymer Science and Engineering from University Leoben, Austria, and is a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt. Since 2007 he has been an advisory board member of Phoenix Fashion Week focusing on operational excellence, growth strategies and teaching emerging fashion designers Six Sigma philosophy. Hermann is also Co-Founder and Chief Innovation Officer of METAXFASHION Inc. creating the first ever NFT Eco System for Fashion designers and brands on the Algorand Blockchain.