{"id":38587,"date":"2020-11-23T06:23:37","date_gmt":"2020-11-23T06:23:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/underlinesmagazine.com\/?p=38587"},"modified":"2021-03-12T06:22:44","modified_gmt":"2021-03-12T06:22:44","slug":"beyond-2020-survival-smartest-asbci","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/underlinesmagazine.com\/2020\/11\/23\/beyond-2020-survival-smartest-asbci\/","title":{"rendered":"Beyond 2020 \u2013 Survival of the Smartest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">After a year of seismic change, the ASBCI presents the first in a new event series focused on the future of the fashion industry \u2013 Smart Skills Beyond 2020: the new learning mentality. The free webinar will take place on 2 December 2020, focusing on the essential skills that will take the fashion industry forward beyond 2020.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As Covid-19 continues to cause disruption around the globe amid a worsening climate crisis, smartification has become the watchword of a new era. This is not just about adopting the latest technologies and accelerating the digitalisation of the whole supply chain, it is also about adopting a new mindset and a reassessment of traditional ways of working.\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><em>Smartification<\/em> requires businesses to adopt more agile ways of working, to be prepared to try new things, quickly, and to invest in the people, skills, and technologies that will deliver long-term business resilience.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-38588\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/underlinesmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Smart-Skills-ASBCI.jpg?resize=780%2C439&ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/underlinesmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Smart-Skills-ASBCI.jpg?resize=780%2C439&ssl=1 780w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/underlinesmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Smart-Skills-ASBCI.jpg?resize=350%2C197&ssl=1 350w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/underlinesmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Smart-Skills-ASBCI.jpg?resize=170%2C96&ssl=1 170w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/underlinesmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Smart-Skills-ASBCI.jpg?resize=768%2C432&ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/underlinesmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Smart-Skills-ASBCI.jpg?resize=585%2C329&ssl=1 585w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/underlinesmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Smart-Skills-ASBCI.jpg?w=1067&ssl=1 1067w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The online debate will open with a scene-setting presentation by Jackie Lewis from event partner MOTIF on the findings of MOTIF\u2019s State of Skills in the Apparel Industry 2020 report. Featuring input from 900 professionals and 19 industry associations, the report provides vital insight into the skills and training trends within the sector and reflects on the impact of the Covid-19 crisis on professional learning to inform business and talent development strategies.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Jackie\u2019s presentation will be followed by a debate between a panel of experts, including\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Jenny Holloway from Fashion Enter, a social enterprise specialising in training and manufacturing excellence, Kate Hills from Make it British, and specialist recruitment consultant Lindsay Clarke from Planet Personnel. The panel will consider how best to identify these essential skills, the importance of upskilling and investing in existing staff, and key recruitment strategies.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The panel discussion will be moderated by Dr Julie King, ASBCI Event Director, and is free to attend. To book your place, please <a href=\"https:\/\/www.asbci.co.uk\/event\/asbci-events-and-conferences\/asbci-free-webinar--smart-skills-beyond-2020--the-new-learning-mentality\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">visit the ASBCI website<\/a>.\u00a0The Beyond 2020: Survival of the Smartest digital conference will take place in May 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a year of seismic change, the ASBCI presents the first in a new event series focused on the future of the fashion industry \u2013 Smart Skills Beyond 2020: the…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":38588,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[924],"tags":[500397487,500397645],"class_list":["post-38587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","tag-asbci","tag-covid19"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/underlinesmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Smart-Skills-ASBCI.jpg?fit=1067%2C600&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/underlinesmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38587","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/underlinesmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/underlinesmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/underlinesmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/underlinesmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38587"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/underlinesmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38587\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38590,"href":"https:\/\/underlinesmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38587\/revisions\/38590"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/underlinesmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/underlinesmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/underlinesmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/underlinesmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}