Countdown Begins: Barcelona Fashion Summit 2026 Reveals First Speaker Lineup

Barcelona Fashion Summit begins the countdown to its fourteenth edition and announces the first confirmed speakers. The leading expert in risk management at the University of Cambridge or some of the most relevant Spanish executives in international companies in the sector begin to make up the program, which will feature speakers from companies such as Asos, Primark, Awwg, Pronovias, Silbon, LC Waikiki, The Animals Observatory, EY, McKinsey & Company, among others.

The 2026 edition of the Barcelona Fashion Summit, which will take place on January 29 at the Palau de la Música, will be held under the theme Crossroad, making fashion in a world that trembles, and will feature one of the leading international experts in risk management: Daniel Ralph, director of the Centre for Risk Studies at the University of Cambridge.

The program will also feature some of the most prominent Spanish executives in international fashion, such as José Antonio Ramos, global CEO of Asos, and José Luis Martínez de Larramendi, CEO of Asos. Luis Martínez de Larramendi, global head of expansion at Primark, as well as Paula Dumont, currently global product manager at LC Waikiki, the leading Turkish company in the fashion business.

Barcelona Fashion Summit will take place on January 29th at the Palau de la Música Catalana

Cristina Alba, new CEO of Pronovias; Iván Vender, COO of All We Wear Group; Juan Jurado, COO of Silbon; and Felipe Cano, founder of The Animals Observatory are other names that will make up the Barcelona Fashion Summit program, which will be announced in full in the coming weeks.

Other names of the day will be Javier Vello, director of EY Transforma; Gemma D’Auria, head of the global fashion and luxury practice at McKisney & Company, and Carmen Marín, co-founder of the fintech specialized in textile and distribution Twinco Capital. Another speaker at Barcelona Fashion Summit 2026 will be Oscar García Gutiérrez, creative director of Pocoyó since 2000.

Supported by 080 Barcelona Fashion, Barcelona Fashion Summit 2026 will be developed with the support of Comerzzia, Nextail, Mixer, Moinsa and Reveni. Tickets to attend the event, organized by Modaes, are now available until full capacity is reached at www.barcelonafashionsummit.com.