Last year WT organised the WTconference in Asia at the Nangang Exhibition center. Due to last year´s succes and the positive results of the previous 12 WTconferences we have organised so far since 2006, we are back again in Taipei this year for the 13th WTconference.
Read the recap as-it-happened here.
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17:35h It´s a wrap! Christian Stammel just finished his closing presentation at the WTconference I Asia at the Nangang exhibition center. BlogsRelease twitters: “Its been a great day at #WTASIA14”
17:15h Last but not least: Bruce Batement on the topic of data interpreatation. We are creating all this quantifiable data when developing and using wearable device, but how should we interpret it in a meaningful way?
CEO of Bateman research turning our attention to the true meaning of this new data we are generating while using wearable devices.
14:45h Former Foxconn employee and founder of Rooti Labs Michael Li is on the stage.
16:20h the session Best in class product commences. First up: AiQ, headquartered in Taiwan.
01:15h time for lunch! A visual impression of the exhibitors´ area:
Flextronics exhibiting
12:10h Mr. Leopold Beer Regional President Asia Pacific, of Bosch Sensortec is explaining how sensors can and should be used in wearable devices.
11:55h Mikko Maalmivara from Clothing + all the way from Finland comments on how smart clothing can be used in health care.
11:20h Coffee break time!
Thomson Reuters journalist Michael Gold is trying on smart glasses at the exhibitors´ lounge and tweets:
09:35h – Keynote by John Dwyer from Flextronics on Interconnect and Assembly Solutions.
09:28h We have lift off! CEO Christian Stammel commences his opening speech
08:55h it is getting quite busy…AR company Augumenta tweets:
08:39h The first attendees are trickling in.
D-Day, October 8
08:00h WT team at the Nangang center in Taipei is all set. Ready for registration!
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| Wednesday, 8th October 2014 | |
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| 09:30 | Welcome and Introduction |
| Keynote – Interconnect and Assembly Solutions – Transforming Wearable Electronics Joan K. Vrtis, Ph.D. Senior Director, Interconnect Technology Center, Flextronics | |
| 10:00 | Enabling Tech Part 1 |
| Wireless Power in Wearables Jacky Hsu, Business Development Manager, TE Connectivity | |
| The right energy for wearable technologies Melvin Lee, President Marketing and Sales Operations, VARTA Microbattery | |
| Driving the Next Wave of Wearable Devices Robert Yu, Sr. Technical Marketing Manager, STMicroelectronics | |
| Designing wearable devices with security in mind Grace Yang, OEM & Consumer Electronic Device Sales Director Asia, Gemalto | |
| 11:15 | Coffee Break |
| 11:35 | Enabling Tech Part 2 |
| Key Display Features for Wearable and Emerging Display Technologies Dr. Vincent Chou, Asia CTO , US Micro Products | |
| Smart Clothing in Healthcare Mikko Malmivaara, Manager Sales and Marketing, Clothing+ | |
| Sensor Requirements of Wearable Devices Leopold Beer, Regional President Asia Pacific, Bosch Sensortec | |
| Five Phases of IoT Evolution Sam Webster, President Asia, Exosite | |
| Simplify your Life with Wearable Technology Juliana Chua, Principal, Zensorium | |
| 01:10 | Lunch break |
| 02:40 | Best in Class Products Part 1 |
| Creating your own friendly environment Michael Li, CEO, Rooti Labs Limited | |
| Discovery in Motion – Prototyping and UI Insights Jong Chern (JC) Lim, Lead Android Applications Engineer, Shimmer | |
| Smart Analogue Watch Ron Gong, Founder and President, Lonshine Technologies | |
| Provide live cloud service in real time with SiME Smart Glasses George Tai, President, ChipSiP Technology | |
| 03:55 | Coffee Break |
| 04:20 | Best in Class Products Part 2 |
| Beyond Machine: Human Solution to IoT Steve Huang, VP, AiQ Smart Clothing | |
| Brain Computer Interface for Natural Cognition Shao-Wei Lu, Co-Founder and General Manager, Brain Rhythm Inc | |
| Big Data Meets Little Data – Moving to a predictive Connected Life Bruce Bateman, CEO, Bateman Research | |
| 05:30 | Wrap-up Session |
| 06:00 | Networking |
