Audience:
Open industry. All apparel and footwear industry professionals, regardless of AAFA membership, are encouraged to participate.
Description:
Digital Product Passports are set to reshape how apparel and footwear brands manage compliance, traceability, and circularity. Is your product data ready? Join TradeBeyond and EON for a practical look at what DPP readiness demands and how to move from fragmented information to connected, lifecycle-level visibility. Experts will unpack the evolving requirements, reveal the data foundations brands need, and show how integrated technology can trace a product from raw materials through resale, repair, and recycling.
You will leave with a clearer roadmap for closing data gaps, improving supplier collaboration, and turning transparency from a compliance obligation into lasting business value. Whether you are starting your traceability journey or scaling an existing program, this session will help you prioritize the next steps and prepare with confidence.
Attendees of this webinar will learn:
- About evolving DPP requirements and their implications for apparel and footwear brands.
- To identify the product and supply chain data needed to support end-to-end traceability and DPP readiness.
- How connected technology can unify data, streamline compliance, and unlock circular business opportunities.
Speakers:
Angela Rhea
Vice President of Product & Industry Consultant
TradeBeyond
Angela Rhea is Vice President of Product & Industry Consultant at TradeBeyond, where she helps shape innovative supply chain, sourcing, compliance, and traceability solutions for global retailers and brands. With more than 30 years of experience spanning product development, sourcing, quality, ESG, and supply chain transformation, Angela brings deep industry expertise gained through leadership roles at leading retailers. She is passionate about helping organizations build more transparent, sustainable, and resilient supply chains while fostering strong partnerships across the global sourcing ecosystem.
Elyse Tosi
Chief Customer Officer
EON
Elyse Tosi is a client success and digital transformation leader at EON, where she helps global brands unlock both compliance readiness and revenue-generating opportunities through connected products and Digital Product Passports. Her team leds large-scale digital identity transformations with brands including Tapestry, Target, Victoria’s Secret, Richemont’s Chloe, YOOX Net-a-Porter and more, enabling use cases across resale, customer engagement, traceability, and circularity. With 20 years of experience spanning enterprise SaaS, supply chain transformation, and go-to-market strategy, Elyse also collaborates with industry groups and regulators shaping the future of product identity and connectivity. She contributes to CIRPASS, an EU-funded program, advancing interoperability and DPP frameworks as the textile industry prepares for a more transparent, circular, and data-driven future.
AAFA Host:
Beth Hughes
Vice President, Trade and Customs Policy
AAFA
Beth Hughes is responsible for AAFA’s advocacy strategy on international trade and customs issues impacting the apparel and footwear industry. Beth oversees AAFA’s Trade and Customs Committee and leads the Coalition of Economic Partnerships in the Americas (CEPA). Beth also serves as a Cleared Advisor on the Industry Trade Advisory Committee 13: Customs Matters and Trade Facilitation advising the U.S Department of Commerce and the U.S. Trade Representative. Before joining AAFA, Beth worked at the International Dairy Foods Association and the USA Rice Federation covering agricultural trade policy issues. Beth earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science at George Washington University and received a Master of Arts in international affairs from Florida State University.
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