Sessions of 2026 Connection Conference: Brian Hill
Hill, Brian
Executive Director
Brian works with hundreds of emerging fashion designers each season as the Executive Director of Phoenix Fashion Week. Brian is also the host of fast-growing podcast, "Fashion Rewired" focused on the 'Business of Fashion.' Brian has more than 15 years' experience in the fashion industry after launching a women's fitness apparel brand on his college campus. Brian's "tell-it-like-it-is" common-sense approach to strategically building fashion brands from the ground up, for fast growth, long-term success, and sharing these effective principles with driven fashionpreneurs globally, is what drives him today.
Sessions:
[5849] Build a Brand
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Loews Ventana Canyon
- Family and Consumer Science
This is an interactive, hands-on workshop where teams transform an idea into a launch-ready brand. Participants collaborate to develop core elements such as identity, audience, and messaging—gaining practical experience in creative problem-solving and real-world concept development. By the end, each team presents a brand prototype ready for launch.
[5851] Fashion x AI in the Classroom
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Loews Ventana Canyon
- Family and Consumer Science
This follow-up to the Build a Brand workshop brings classroom branding concepts to life using a custom GPT built for educators. As demand increases for practical, classroom-ready AI curriculum, this session gives teachers hands-on tools to integrate AI-supported branding activities into their lessons. Participants will learn how to help students create, refine, and launch their own professional identities using guided AI workflows.
[5850] Entrepreneurship REWIRED
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Loews Ventana Canyon
- Family and Consumer Science
Experience an interactive workshop inspired by the hit podcast Fashion Rewired. After listening to this action-packed, go-to-market episode, attendees complete Work-Based Learning (WBL) forms and participate in a guided discussion reflecting on key insights and takeaways from what they heard.
