The Decorative Furnishings Association (DFA) announces its inaugural Luxury Design Summit: Strategies for Industry Leaders to Shape & Evolve their Businesses. This one-day event will serve as an intensive exploration of issues that affect the luxury design industry, and bring together innovators from across disciplines to share insights and strategies to help business owners plan for the future.
The Luxury Design Summit will be hosted at the New York School of Interior Design (NYSID) in New York City on October 4th from 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM, and include a series of panel discussions and presentations featuring top talents from across the luxury landscape including:
• Anna Brockway, Co-founder & President, Chairish
• Patti Carpenter, Principal + Global Trend Ambassador, carpenter +
company/Trendscope
• David Cohen, founder, I-Grace
• Jeremy Jankoski, Head of Data Engineering, Pinterest
• Seth Kaplowitz, founder, Kaplowitz Group
• Pete Michalsky, Head of Marketing & Business Development, Wadia Associates
• Chris Olshan, Chairman/CEO Luxury Marketing Council
• Eleonora Paulsen, President Gruppo Italia
• Amanda Schneider, Founder & President, ThinkLab
• Pam Shamshiri, founder, Studio Shamshiri
• Monica Stevenson, partner, FLG Partners
“DFA’s Luxury Design Summit reflects our mission to strengthen the industry through programs and experiences that bring business owners and industry leaders effective insights and strategies to grow and strengthen their companies. These talks are all action-oriented, with something for everyone,” said Meredith Xavier, DFA President, and Principal & Founder of The Ligné Group.
“Now more than ever, the DFA is committed to its founding principles—to bring leading design and décor brands together—and cultivate overall industry growth to ensure the future vitality of the interior design industry. Our focus is on education, enrichment, industry growth and the future of trade. I want everyone who attends the summit to walk away with something new and exciting that they can implement in their business, and insights through our data-driven presentations that helps guide the upcoming quarters in a rapidly changing global environment.”
Attendees will also enjoy networking opportunities with speakers and fellow guests over breakfast, lunch and a closing cocktail reception. Tickets are limited and available to both DFA members, as well as non-members. Tickets for non-members are $300 per person and can be reserved through Eventbrite. Businesses interested in becoming a DFA member, can visit the organization’s website at www.decorativefurnisingsassociation.com.
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