Wearable
Tech
Summit
Returns
to CES
2018,
January
11
Beyond
Trackers:
Conference
Features
Emerging
Trends
in
Hearables,
IoT
Wearables,
Glasses,
Workplace
Wearables,
Fashion,
New
Bio-materials,
and More
NEW
YORK,
- Technology
changes
as
quickly
as
fashion
trends
these
days.
Put the
two
together
and
you've
got a
perplexing
landscape.
What
technologies
do
people
really
want to
wear on
their
bodies?
What do
they
want to
do with
those
technologies?
And how
do we
overcome
the
barriers
to
making
wearable
tech a
no-brainer?
All of
these
questions
and more
will be
addressed
during
the
second
annual
Wearable
Tech
Summit
at CES
2018 on
Thursday,
January
11th.
"With
shrinking
footprints,
new
flexible
and
woven
materials,
advances
in
battery
life,
new
interfaces
like
voice
and
gesture,
and a
collaborative
cloud of
data,
wearable
technology
is
heading
towards
its next
plateau.
We're
predicting
that
wearables
in the
workplace
will get
a major
boost
this
year, as
will a
host of
IoT
wearables
designed
to keep
you safe
and
healthier.
Debates
will
spark
around
privacy
as more
and more
companies
use
wearables
to track
everything
from
exercise
to
access
at the
workplace,"
said
Robin
Raskin,
founder
and
president,
Living
in
Digital
Times.
This
year's
can't-miss
sessions
at the
Wearable
Tech
Summit
include:
A
look at
how
wearables
are
moving
away
from
"geeky"
and
toward
"fashion-forward"
with
experts
from
ELLE
magazine,
Heisel,
Fossil
Group
and
Ashley
Chloe.
The Top
Five
Wearable
Trends
of 2018
with
Xenoma,
Interaxon
(Muse)
and
Google.
Wearables
that
keep you
safer
and
healthier
with
insight
from
Nuheara,
ShotDoctor,
Euromonitor
International,
Tractive
GmbH and
TrackR.
A
discussion
about
wearables
for
safety
and
security
in the
workplace
moderated
by Piers
Fawkes,
Founder
&
President,
PSFK.
Dr.
Amanda
Parkes
shares
her work
on
future-forward
wearables.
The
half-day
conference
is
Thursday,
January
11, from
9 AM to
12:30 PM
at Tech
West
(Venetian,
Level 4,
Lando
4302).
To view
the full
conference
agenda,
visit
here. Be
sure to
also
visit
the
Wearables
Marketplace
to see
wearable
products
from
more
than 50
exhibitors
in
action
including
the
latest
fitness
devices,
connected
fashion
accessories,
wearable
payment
devices
and
innovative
health-related
wearables.
Products
will be
shown
all four
days of
CES
2018,
located
at Tech
West,
Sands,
Level 2,
Hall
A-D.
For
updates
on
Wearable
Tech at
CES
follow @WearablesCES;
#WearablesCES
and
#CES2018
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