Can AI Save the Fashion Industry? - AI for Good Global Summit

Aleasha McCallion has worked in the fashion industry for over 15 years. With background training in textiles and agricultural science, and a Masters of Fashion (Entrepreneurship), Aleasha's career encompasses fashion retail and operations management, buying, styling and sustainable fashion design, as well as teaching ethical and sustainable fashion business. She sees collective interdisciplinary expertise and capability as critical to tackling the sustainability challenges facing the textiles sector. That's why her research is investigating what is required to transition the Textile, Clothing and Footwear (TCF) Industry to a circular economy model. Most recently, Aleasha has co-founded the Circular Textiles Economy Program at the Monash Sustainable Development Institute (MSDI), a world leader in interdisciplinary research and education in sustainable development.