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Previous Speaking Engagements:

06/07/2022

COPENHAGEN

Global Fashion Summit: Copenhagen

Sustainability communications can get pretty boring pretty fast with- out incredible role models and nuanced discourse. Social media is supercharging storytelling in fashion through a powerful, SDG-guided blend of education and engagement: How is this movement contrasting and combatting media reporting neglect?

06/03/2022

The Pendry, West Hollywood

Environmental Media Awards Summit

In conversation with Livia Firth, Aditi Mayer and Amber Valleta on how to create a sustainable fashion future.

04/23/2022

The Revery, Los Angeles

Investing in Diversity: A pathway to Circular & Sustainable Systems in the Fashion Industry

A brunch featuring 50 amazing humans and a mix of disrupters and changemakers in sustainable fashion, creative economy, equitable wealth, holistic wellness, circular business, venture philanthropy, fashion influencers, and impact investors. This panel will present real talk in a safe space to share the current state of sustainability, circularity, fashion, equitable wealth, along with actionable solutions necessary at every level of the community and ecosystem.

04/22/2022

Stanford University

Stanford FashionX Redefined Conference

In conversation with Stanford's students, Aditi will unpack what sustainability means in practice, her work in the labor rights sector, and ways individuals can get involved in to help create a sustainable fashion future.

Sustainable Fashion Forum

Degrowth: Ensuring Equity Across The Value Chain

What does decoupling resource consumption from economic growth mean for emerging economies where resource extraction is often critical to their economy?

Saving Our Treasures: a Young Activists Panel

What happens when the worlds of fashion, photography, environmental activism, and political organizing collide? Answer: a path toward environmental sustainability and justice for all. Join us for a panel discussion with up-and-coming activists Aditi Mayer, Kapulei Flores, and Jeannie Jay Park for a discussion on how our hidden talents can affect change in our communities and beyond.

Earl Burns Miller Japanese Garden, Long Beach, California

LECTURER | Where Style Meets Sustainability

This monthly series will bring compelling experts and influencers from diverse fields to educate our community about a range of sustainability topics. Aditi Mayer is a sustainable fashion blogger, photojournalist, and labor rights activist. Her work explores the intersections between style, sustainability, and social justice through a lens of decolonization and intersectionality. The 45-minute talk will be followed by Q&A with our guest speakers so bring your curiosity and your questions!

PANELIST | How to Live a Greener Lifestyle

Bringing together pioneers and ambassadors of sustainable living, this webinar will identify ways you can make small but important changes in your lifestyle to help in the fight against climate change. From diets to household waste, energy efficiency to personal finance, you’ll hear about real, practical measures you can take to live more sustainably. We are delighted to be joined by inspirational sustainability advocates including TV presenter Tom Heap, horticulturalist and broadcaster Poppy Okotcha, Co-Founder of Make My Money Matter Richard Curtis, photojournalist Aditi Mayer and Smart Solutions Director Chris Carberry.

PANELIST | Reflecting on the Past, Reimagining the Future

What does the future look like for BROWNGIRLS? Join this panel discussion with Pragna Patel and Aditi Mayer to find out more about the legacy of South Asian women and how new generations are moving the needle forward on what ‘Brown Feminism’ looks like.

LECTURER | Decolonial Approaches to Land, Labor, & Fashion with Aditi Mayer

The fashion industry has observed a marked turn towards sustainability since the 2013 Rana Plaza incident in Bangladesh. Aditi Mayer, creator at ADIMAY.com and a labor rights activist addresses intersectional issues within the fashion industry pertaining to questions such as how does our fashion system today continue colonial practices, and how can we reimagine a new system? This lecture will explore sustainability beyond consumerism; addressing power dynamics in the industry and movement; and reframing our approaches to activism in sustainability.

LA CASERNE, PARIS, FRANCE

KEYNOTE SPEAKER | The Conscious Festival Paris

The Great 2020 Unlearn with Aditi Mayer, Photojournalist, and Isabelle Lefort, Founder of Paris Good Fashion, will introduce how attendees can engage as conscious fashion leaders.

MODERATOR | Fashion Open Studio X Mercedes Benz Fashion Week: Human Nature and Rights of Nature

This talk explores what makes human rights and the rights of nature interdependent and inseparable from each other. Together, we look at how by protecting nature we are protecting people, discussing how fashion can have a respectful relationship to both.