Driving Green Marketing in Fashion and Retail

Evridiki Papachristou is an Assistant Professor at International Hellenic University, School of Design Sciences, Faculty of Creative Design and Clothing. She is also a research member of the CAD/CAM Lab (Technical University of Crete- School of Production Engineering & Management). Recent research projects involve a Conceptual Fashion Product Design Assisted by Artificial Intelligence - AI-CFPD, andi-mannequin a Digital Platform for the Design and Rapid Garment Prototyping - both co-financed by Greece and the EU. After many years spent researching and practicing the effective integration of 3D virtual prototype in the apparel industry, she is currently conducting applied research on the intersection of fashion and data mining and knowledge discovery, to further the technology and its adoption. Evridiki is also interested in the role of Industry 4.0 in creating institutional, social and cultural change towards more sustainable and circular practices. She is the scientific responsible for an Erasmus+ Capacity Building program, 3DGarT (3D Garment Training) and co-ordinator of Erasmus+ Capacity Building program 3D4U (3D for Ukraine). Her work has been published in various scientific journals (International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technologies, Journal of Textile Science & Engineering, Machines, Journal of Sustainable Engineering, Technologies, Journal of Textile Engineering & Fashion Technology) and in numerous international conferences (AUTEX, FAIM, PI APPAREL, SETN, 3DBodyTech, DFI, ICMI, DCAC). She has also appeared as a 3D expert in WhichPLM.com, a fashion technology editorial.

Mike Karypidis is a textile engineer, active both academically and in the textile industry for almost two decades. His orientation towards textiles emanates from his family textile business.His background is multicultural, having graduated from a public high school in Minnesota, USA. He pursued his undergraduate studies at UMIST (University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, UK) to receive a B.Sc. degree in Textile Science and Technology/Chemistry and a PhD in Textile Technology in 2001, sponsored by the EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Centre) and as a member of the University of Manchester's Total Technology Group. A subsequent M.B.A. (Executive) degree enhanced his interdisciplinary knowledge and enabled him to advance his professional career in the textile business of the medical and workwear sector for 19 years. He lectures since 2004, at the Faculty of Design and Production of Clothing of the Alexander Technological Educational Institute of Thessaloniki, taken over by the Technological University of Central Macedonia, Greece. In 2019 the institution merged with the International Hellenic University and the Faculty integrated in the Creative Design and Clothing of the School of Design Sciences, where he presently works as an Assistant Professor. His work has been presented at international scientific conferences and published in academic periodicals.

Vasileios Ismyrlis has worked in the Hellenic Statistical Authority as a statistician for five years. He was an administrative employee, for eleven years in the social insurance institute IKA-ETAM. He has also a two-year experience in a bank and an experience of teaching economics and management lessons in vocational post-secondary and in tertiary education. He graduated with a degree in Statistics and Insurance sciences from the University of Piraeus. His postgraduate studies are in the field of Quality Assurance. He has obtained his Ph.D. in the field of Quality Management and Multidimensional Statistics at the Department of Business Administration of the University of Macedonia, Greece. He has published many articles in scientific journals and conferences’ proceedings. He speaks well English and French. He is a referee in five scientific journals.