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The Best of VOICES 2022 with Tim Blanks: Day 2

Ziad Ahmed, chief executive of JUV Consulting and Stephanie Simon, the former head of community at Clubhouse, joined BoF editor-at-large Tim Blanks to recap the first two days of conversation.
Tim Blanks speaks with Stephanie Simon and Ziad Ahmed at BoF VOICES 2022 at Soho Farmhouse.
Tim Blanks speaks with Stephanie Simon and Ziad Ahmed at BoF VOICES 2022 at Soho Farmhouse. (Getty Images)
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The first three sessions at BoF VOICES 2022 tackled issues inside the fashion industry and far beyond. Speakers explored the climate crisis and accusations of corporate greenwashing; the potential of artificial intelligence and the associated ethical implications; the war in Ukraine and growing economic uncertainty and inequality across the globe and Gen-Z’s rising anger over these issues and how to start to fix them.

“At this event, fashion is often quite marginal,” said BoF editor-at-large Tim Blanks during the live recording of “The Best of VOICES With Tim Blanks.” “It’s in our minds, but what we’re talking about are the world’s big, definitive issues,” he added.

Blanks was joined by VOICES speaker Ziad Ahmed, chief executive of JUV Consulting and Stephanie Simon, the former head of community at Clubhouse, to reflect on the highlights from the first two days of talks and panel discussions.

Here are the first three sessions of VOICES:

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BoF VOICES 2022: Finding Optimism in an Unsteady World

BoF VOICES 2022: Fashion’s Fresh Challenges and New Directions

Register for the livestream to watch day three of BoF VOICES 2022, where we’ll hear from global pioneers shifting the industry’s status quo and a daring group of entrepreneurs, innovators and scientists using technology to power a better future.

BoF VOICES 2022 is made possible in part through our partners McKinsey & Company, Shopify, Flannels, Brandlive, Lenzing, ShopRunner, Snap, Canada Goose, Invisible Collection, Soho House, and Getty Images.

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