IFFTI 2008 AT RMIT
March 25, 2008
I recently attended and presented at the International Foundation of Fashion Technologies (IFFTI) annual conference IFFTI 2008 held at RMIT in Melbourne, Australia.
The name of my presentation was “Is It Virtual Or Is It Real?
The conference it self was very interesting there were many excellent presentations. I felt very fortunate to meet and listen to presentations from many exciting and creative educators and researchers from all over the world. Here is a link to the official abstracts from the conference.
Here is a link to the two fashion programs at RMIT
School of Fashion & Textiles
Fashion Program from The School of Architecture and Design
The facilities I visited were at the School of Fashion & Textiles on the Brunswick Campus. The Brunswick Campus is about a 10 minute Tram ride from the City Campus in Melbourne. The campus is very beautiful and the fashion & textile facilities are quite impressive in 4 or 5 buildings. I was told that the enrollment is about 800 students. If you are a college student – make sure you take the opportunity to spend one to two semesters studying here at RMIT, the college, the city and the country will provide a rich and rewarding experience for any student.
I had a chance to upload my photos to FLICKR here is a link to the FLICKR slideshow
The first 6 images are Storey Hall auditorium where I had one of my presentations – it was at the RMIT City Campus.
Here is a link to Storey Hall – is was really something – like being inside a beautiful work of abstract art. It was built in 1887 as a meeting hall and has a new wing added to it. The hall is original as it was built in all it’s green Irish glory.
The place we had the cocktail reception was in Federation Square in Melbourne in the Champions: Australian Racing Museum & Hall of Fame.
The keynote speakers were: Sue Morphet, CEO, Pacific Brands (Australia)
and Cameron Lamperd, Product Manager, Wetsuits Rip Curl (Australia)
On the last day of my stay in Melbourne, I took a walk around the City Center area. Here is a link to the photos I took on my walk.
Entry Filed under: Fashion Education, Fashion Technology, IFFTI, Professor. Tags: Australia, Federation Square, IFFTI, IFFTI 2008, Melbourne, Pacific Brands, RMIT, RMIT Brunswick Campus, RMIT City Campus, Storey Hall, Wetsuits Rip Curl.
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Keith Cowlishaw | March 26, 2008 at 8:49 pm
Dear Elaine, very nice indeed. Cheers keith
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Arnold Andrew | March 27, 2008 at 12:44 am
Elaine,
Hi it’s Arnold you chairperson here…. thank you for this and the PowerPoint presentation.
As discussed, you have set a very high level for us to aspire to reach.
Did you mange to do the sound inserts to make a “total presentation” ??
Please keep in touch.
Hope to meet you again very soon.
Arnold Andrew
RMIT
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finn1 | March 28, 2008 at 6:19 pm
Thank you Andrew – I am working on the sound clips – will keep you posted.
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Kaye Ashton | April 18, 2008 at 2:32 am
Hi Elaine
Nice to see our hard work appreciated and reflected back on your blog. Let’s keep in touch. I will send you a pdf of the abstracts to put in place of the iffti URL. We will probably be migrating the info on the current site to rmit website in the near future.
Kaye
RMIT University
IFFTI Organising Committee