Sustainability Challenges in the Fashion Industry: Civilization Crisis, Decolonization, Cultural Legacy, and Transitions

Miguel Angel Gardetti (Ph.D.), founded the Centre for Sustainable Textile. He was guest co-editor for severals publications in journals and books and renowned professor at different Latin American universities. Between 2012 and 2015, he was also a member of the Consulting Board of the "Future Fashion" Project of MISTRA (a Swedish government foundation that conducts research into environmental topics). He participated in the activity "Changing the World through Fashion," organised by the United Nations for the 4th Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20). He is an active member of the Global Compact in Argentina -which is a United Nations initiative-, and was a member of its governance body -the Board of The Global Compact, Argentine Chapter - for two terms. He was also part of the task force that developed the "Management Responsible Education Principles" of the United Nations Global Compact. This task force was made up of over 55 renowned academics worldwide pertaining totop Business Schools.

Rosa Patricia Larios-Francia, PhD in Strategic Management with specialization in Business Management and Sustainability by the Consortium of Universities, Master in Industrial Engineering by the Ricardo Palma University and Industrial Engineer by the University of Lima. With a specialization in innovation by the International Program of High Specialization in Innovation Management. Researcher in the areas of innovation management, MSMEs management, cluster, biodiversity, sustainability, circular economy, humanitarian logistics, technology in the development of new materials and processes in the textile industry, fashion and handicrafts. She has been Director of the Textile Innovation Center of the University of Lima. Author of scientific articles and books on innovation, sustainability, fashion industry, handicrafts and small and medium enterprises. Professor at the Faculty of Industrial Engineering of the University of Lima. And atthe Faculty of Design of the Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas. With more than twenty years of experience in executive positions in the textile manufacturing sector. Member ISO/TC 279 Innovation management /WG1 Innovation management System. ISO/TC 279/STTF Spanish translation task force innovation management Member ISO/TMBG/SAG_ESG Strategic Advisory Group on Environmental, Social, Governance (ESG) Ecosystem). Member ISO/TC 133 Clothing sizing system - size designation, size measurement methods and digital fittings. Chairman of the Technical Committee of Standardization - INACAL for Research, Technological Development and Innovation Management. Secretary of the SC-CTN Apparel. Member of the CTNs of MSMEs Management, Textiles and Apparel, and Quality Management and Assurance. Director of the Peru Chapter of the International Association of Innovation Professionals- IAOIP. Member of the Latin American Association of Technology and Innovation Management - ALTEC.Member of the Peruvian Association of Textile Technicians - APTT. Member of the Sustainable Fashion Cluster. Member of the Advisory Council of the Sustainable Fashion Association. Member of the International Alpaca Association.

米格爾·安赫爾·加爾德提（Miguel Angel Gardetti，博士）創立了可持續紡織中心。他曾擔任多本期刊和書籍的客座共同編輯，並在多所拉丁美洲大學擔任著名教授。2012年至2015年間，他還是瑞典政府基金會MISTRA的「未來時尚」項目諮詢委員會成員，該基金會專注於環境議題的研究。他參加了聯合國為第四屆可持續發展會議（Rio+20）舉辦的「通過時尚改變世界」活動。他是阿根廷全球契約（Global Compact）的活躍成員，這是一項聯合國倡議，並曾擔任其治理機構——阿根廷全球契約委員會的成員，任期兩屆。他還參與了制定聯合國全球契約的「負責任管理教育原則」的工作小組，該小組由來自全球超過55位知名學者組成，成員均來自頂尖商學院。

羅莎·帕特里西亞·拉里奧斯-法蘭西亞（Rosa Patricia Larios-Francia）擁有戰略管理博士學位，專攻商業管理與可持續性，畢業於大學聯盟，並在里卡多·帕爾馬大學獲得工業工程碩士學位，於利馬大學獲得工業工程學士學位。她專攻創新，參加了國際高級專業化創新管理課程。她的研究領域包括創新管理、中小企業管理、集群、生物多樣性、可持續性、循環經濟、人道主義物流、技術在紡織行業新材料和新工藝開發中的應用、時尚和手工藝。她曾擔任利馬大學紡織創新中心主任，並撰寫了有關創新、可持續性、時尚產業、手工藝及中小企業的科學文章和書籍。她是利馬大學工業工程學院的教授，並在秘魯應用科學大學的設計學院任教。她在紡織製造業擔任高層職位已有二十多年經驗。她是ISO/TC 279創新管理/WG1創新管理系統的成員，並參與ISO/TC 279/STTF西班牙語翻譯工作小組。她還是ISO/TMBG/SAG_ESG環境、社會、治理（ESG）生態系統的戰略諮詢小組成員。她是ISO/TC 133服裝尺碼系統——尺碼標示、尺碼測量方法和數位試衣的成員。她擔任INACAL標準化技術委員會主席，並是SC-CTN服裝的秘書。她還是中小企業管理、紡織與服裝、質量管理與保證的CTN成員。她是國際創新專業人士協會（IAOIP）秘魯分會的主任，並是拉丁美洲技術與創新管理協會（ALTEC）成員。她還是秘魯紡織技術師協會（APTT）成員、可持續時尚集群成員、可持續時尚協會的諮詢委員會成員，以及國際羊駝協會的成員。