Saturday, September 17
- BFF Detroit Breakfast & Mixer by BFF Detroit
- Black Footwear Forum by Our Sponsors
845 Days Later… A Conversation with Terrence Floyd, brother of George Floyd
- D’Wayne Edwards, President & Founder, Pensole Lewis College of Business and Design
- Terrence Floyd, Activist, Founder, We Are Floyd; brother of George Floyd
DETROIT
- D’Wayne Edwards, President & Founder, Pensole Lewis College of Business and Design
- Kofi Bonner, CEO, Bedrock
BLACKLIGHTS | Hometown She-ros
- D’Wayne Edwards, President & Founder, Pensole Lewis College of Business and Design
- Cheresse Thornhill-Goldson, Director, Design Education & Growth | S.E.E.D, adidas
- Ashley Comeaux, Vice President of Product Design, Allbirds
- Precious Hannah, Founder + CEO of Mister OK's Essentials™
- Eliya Jackson, Asst. Footwear Designer (Basketball), adidas
TAPPEDIN | The "L" Word
- Jazerai Allen-Lord, Founder, True to Size Agency
- Portia Blunt, VP of Apparel, Reebok
- April Dinwoodie, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging Lead, Steve Madden
- Katherine Allen, Trade Marketing Manager, adidas
- Janice Tennant, CMO, Merrell
Black Genius
- Kevin Carroll, Founder, Katalyst; Author, Speaker
Storytellers
- Tyrel Kirkham, Vice President, Brand & Marketing Strategy, Detroit Pistons
- Rick Williams, Entrepreneur, Artist, Creative Director & Co-Founder DISTINCT LIFE/CREAM BLENDS/BURN RUBBER
- Crystal Windham, Executive Director, Global Industrial Design, General Motors
- Che Pope, Grammy winning producer, WRKSHP
- Jacques Slade, Owner/CEO, Fellows Avenue Productions, INC
The Creator at the Center
- Jazerai Allen-Lord, Founder, True to Size Agency
- Cheresse Thornhill-Goldson, Director, Design Education & Growth | S.E.E.D, adidas
- Jessica Smith, Director of Strategy, adidas
- Liz Connelly, Manager, Design Education & Growth, adidas
Kitchen Table | The Power of Empathy
- Kevin Carroll, Founder, Katalyst; Author, Speaker, Performance Coach
- E. Scott Morris, Pensole Lewis College of Business and Design
- Damien Hooper-Campbell, Chief Impact Officer, StockX
- Lauren Guthrie, VP, Global Inclusion, Diversity, Equity & Action (IDEA), VF Corporation
- Malisa Bryant, Senior Vice President, Herman Miller Product
TAPPEDIN | Career Pathways
- Dion Walcott, Director of Partnerships, Pensole Lewis College of Business and Design
- DeLeyna Adkison, Director, Marketing – Brand Heat & Culture, North America, Puma
- Garry Thaniel, General Manager, Sneakers, eBay
- Sarah Waston, Sr. Color and Materials Designer, Ford
- Chuck Young, Franchise Operations Manager, US and The Caribbean, The Athletes Foot
BLACKLIGHTS | The Industry
- Jason Mayden, Chief Executive Officer + Creative Director, Trillicon Valley; Designer, Educator, Entrepreneur; Author of “A Kids Book About Design”
- Jeffrey Henderson, Founder, AndThem
- Scoop Jackson, Author; award-winning journalist, ESPN; Executive Producer of Facebook/andscape’s Legacy Series: Sneakers
- Sydney James, Interdisciplinary Artist
- Kenneth Anand, Co-Founder & Author, Sneaker Law
BLACKLIGHTS | Awards
- Portia Blunt presents The Jazerai Allen-Lord Advocate Icon Award to Jazerai Allen-Lord, Women's Advocate Icon
- The James Whitner Entrepreneur Award presented to James Whitner, Retail Icon
- Scoop Jackson presents The Scoop Jackson Media Award to Jacques Slade, Media Icon
- D’Wayne Edwards presents awards to Kevin Carroll, Katalyst, April Walker, Legend–Apparel Design, Wilson Smith, Legend–Footwear Design, and Suzette Henry, Legend–Color & Material Design
FREE GAME!
- James Whitner, American Fashion Entrepreneur; Owner of streetwear boutiques: Social Status, A Ma Maniere, and A.P.B.
- April Walker, CEO, Walker Wear
- Jalen Rose, ABC/ESPN Analyst, Puma Ambassador & Founder, Jalen Rose Leadership Academy
CLOSING REMARKS
- D’Wayne Edwards, President & Founder, Pensole Lewis College of Business and Design
- Matt Priest, President & CEO, FDRA
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