Smart Fabrics 2012 Agenda

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 Tuesday, April 17, 2012 - Pre-conference Workshops
8:00amRegistration, Workshop #1
8:30am-12:30pmWorkshop # 1 - The Next Wave - Entrepreneurs in Fashion Tech
Raymond Thek, Member of the Firm, Lowenstein Sandler
8:30amRegistration, Workshop #2
9:00am-5:00pmWorkshop #2 - Electronic Textile Interface Swatch Book Workshop
Workshop Instructors:
Clint Zeagler, Instructor/Researcher, School of Industrial Design, Georgia Tech

Scott G. Pobiner, DDes, Assistant Professor - School of Design Strategies, Parsons The New School for Design

Thad Starner, Associate Professor, School of Interactive Computing, Georgia Tech

Scott Gilliland, School of Interactive Computing, Georgia Tech
Halley Profita, Computer Science Doctoral Candidate, University of Colorado - Boulder

Stephen Audym, School of Industrial Design MID Candidate, Georgia Tech
 *Please note the two workshops run concurrently and there is a separate fee to attend either workshop.

 

 Wednesday, April 18, 2012 - Conference Day 1
8:00amRegistration and Continental Breakfast
8:45amOpening Remarks and Presentation of the Advisory Board
Chandra Guyot, Onsite Conference Director, Pira International
8:50amOpening Remarks from the Co-Chairs
Stacey Burr, VP Wearable Sports Electronics, adidas, and Dr. Patricia Wilson, President and Principal, Fabric Works
 Business perspective: Markets, Going to Market, Trends, Financial overview
9:00amOpening Keynote: Wearable Electronics and The Chasm
Michael Corbett, General Manager, WEEL Technologies
9:30amNew Found Interest in Fashiontech -- Financing Perspective
Raymond Thek, Member of the Firm, Lowenstein Sandler
10:00amBuilding and Marketing a New Technology
Hap Klopp, Chairman, Cocona Fabric
10:30amNetworking Break
11:00amHow to Promote the Implementation of Electronic Textile Interfaces within the Fashion Industry
Clint Zeagler, Instructor, Georgia Tech School of Industrial Design
11:30amBringing Smart Textiles to Makers and the DIY Community
Dia Campbell, TechStyle Specialist, Spark Fun
12:00pmLunch will be served for speakers and attendees
 Technologies Involved in Wearable Electronics
1:00pmOpening Remarks from the Co-Chairs
Tom Martin, Associate Professor, Virginia Tech and Dr. Kunigunde Cherenack, Research Scientist, Intelligent Textiles Project, Philips Lighting
1:30pmHEATwear: Technology Designed by the Market
Steve Leftly, CEO, Fibretronic Limited
1:50pmWearable Sensing
Akseli Reho, CEO, Clothing+
2:10pmBringing Spaces Alive
Leon van de Pas, General Manager Large Luminous Surfaces, Philips Lighting
2:30pmFlexible, Inexpensive Cu-based Shape Memory Fibers
Stian Ueland, PhD candidate, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2:50pmNetworking Break
3:20pmTechStyleLAB - Explorations in Interfacing with Digital Fashion Technologies
Margarita Benitez, Assistant Professor and Fashion Technologist, Kent State University
3:40pmE-broidery: Smart Fabric Production on an Industrial Scale with Traditional Textile Techniques
Dr. Jan Zimmermann, Project Manager Technical Textiles, Forster Rohner AG
4:00pmTextile-based and Textile-integrated Sensors and Actuators Technologies - a Challenge
Dr. Uwe Möhring, Managing Director, TITV Greiz
4:20pmCustomized Manufacturing of Wearable Technology
Geneviève Dion, Director, Fashion Design, Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts and Design, Drexel University
4:40pmSelf Illuminating Spaces
Miguel Ridao, CEO, Sensing Tex, S.L.
5:00pmClosing remarks from the Co-Chairs
5:15-6:45pmNetworking reception

 

 Thursday, April 19, 2012 - Conference Day 2
8:00amRegistration and Continental Breakfast
8:50amOpening Remarks from the Co-Chairs
Hap Klopp, Chairman, Cocona Fabric and Stacey Burr, VP Wearable Sports Electronics, adidas
 Developments in Applications
9:00amLooking to the Past and Jumping to the Future of E-Textiles
Stacey Burr, VP Wearable Sports Electronics, adidas
9:30amNike Innovation
Patrick Williams, Apparel Innovation, Nike
10:00amFrom Fittech to Medtech: Possibilities for Smart Fabrics
Sonny Vu, CEO, Misfit Wearables
10:30amNetworking break
10:50amSensing and Heating Applications with SEFAR PowerMatrix
Dr. Ivo Locher, Senior Project Manager, New Businesses, Sefar AG
11:10amMaterials in Medicine: The Need for Smart, High-performance Textiles
Dr. Vicki A Barbur, VP Research and Development, M-Segment, Cardinal Health
11:30amSmart Fabrics for Consumer Health
Brian Russell, CEO, Zephyr Technology Limited
11:50amElectronic Packaging Concepts for Textile Integration
Johan De Baets, Senior Research Engineer, IMEC - Center for Microsystems Technology
12:10pmClosing remarks from the Chairs and conclusion of conference

 

Organisers

The Smart Fabrics Conference is organized by IntertechPira, a division of Pira International. IntertechPira provides events, market research, publications, strategic and technical consulting to niche, emerging and high growth industries.

 

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