Made to last, designed to repair. How will repair reshape future business models?
Made to last, designed to repair. How will repair reshape future business models?
A conference for brands and companies ready to rethink growth in a world where products are meant to last.
Care & Repair Day gathers designers, producers, brands and retailers from across Europe to challenge how care, repair and reuse can evolve from cost centers into competitive advantages.
As the EU’s Right to Repair directive accelerates the shift, the conference explores what it truly takes to turn regulation into opportunity—and make longevity a viable business model.
PARTNERS:
ORGANIZED BY:
Act of Caring x Trendstefan
The conference takes place at Moderna Museet in Stockholm on June 16, with the option to join digitally. All sessions will be held in English.
The program is structured around three key areas:
- Fashion and accessories
- Interior design and furniture
- Consumer electronics
Each featuring a keynote speaker followed by a panel discussion with industry experts.
All participants will receive a summary report with key take aways from the conferance.
Speakers
Moderators
Stefan Nilsson
Trend expert
Camilla Strange
Co-founder Act of Caring
Fashion
Daniel Schmitt
VEJA (FR)
Head of Repair at VEJA, a French sneaker brand combining contemporary design with ethical sourcing and a strong commitment to repair and product longevity.
Jodi Everding
Materials and Innovation Expert
Sustainability director with over two decades of experience driving sustainability, circularity, traceability, and material strategies for iconic fashion brands
Josephine Philips
SOJO (UK)
Founder and CEO of SOJO, a pioneering fashion repair company from UK
Anna-Karin Sundelius
The Swedish Environmental Protection Agency
Senior Policy Advisor Textiles | Consumption & Resource Utilization | Department of Sustainable Consumption
Louise Green
TOAST (UK)
Social Conscience Project Manager at TOAST, a pioneering sustainable fashion brand from the UK.
UNIQLO
Speaker to be announced
LEVI'S
Speaker to be announced
Interior Design
Mia Møgelgaard
Fredericia
Head of Impact at Fredericia Furniture, a family-owned danish heritage furniture brand established in 1911
Ernesto Garcia
Konstfack
PhD at Konstfack, interior architect and furniture designer.
Mirkku Kullberg
NOD
CEO of Kasthall, Board member at NOD and Chair of the Alvar Alto Foundation.
Bjørn Fjellstad
Vestre
CEO at Vestre, Scandinavia’s leading producers of sustainable urban furniture
IKEA
Speaker to be announced
Valentina Fontana
Altreforme
CEO at Altreforme, an Italian company that produces collections of high-end furniture
Consumer Electronics
Oscar Nöjd
Samsung
Head of Sales Innovation, SCM and Business Development at Samsung Electronics
Pernilla Enebrink
Elektronikbranschen
CEO Elektronikbranschen, a trade association for the consumer electronics industry.
Daniel Laving
Clas Ohlson
Group Sustainability Lead at Clas Ohlson
ELECTROLUX
Speaker to be announced
Topics
- 01
How can companies turn care & repair in to a profitable business and not just a service?
- 02
Where does care & repair really stand today—and what’s holding it back from scaling?
- 03
Are we actually solving for the end-user, or designing repair systems no one uses?
- 04
DIY vs. professional repair: where should brands draw the line—and why?
- 05
Beyond revenue: how do you define and measure success in a repair concept?
- 06
What will it take to make repair the default choice—not the last resort?
Detailed schedule will be updated soon.
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