Day One (June 3rd)

    9:00AM Doors Open/Registration

    9:45 Welcome

    10:00AM The State of the Wearable Economy - Consumer Track

    10:00AM Doubling Down on Data in a Wearable World - Enterprise Track

    Chief Science Officer of the recently acquired Basis talks about the challenges and opportunities of turning Wearable Sensor data into a strong business model.

    10:20AM Creating A Wearable Ecosystem, Not an Echochamber

    As the world moves toward wearables, Intel has made a point to step up and enable the next generation of devices with a focus on blending function with fashion and design. Intel’s Steve Holmes will share the company’s perspective on “Whats Next” and what will be needed to make the wearable economy a sustainable and successful one.

    10:20AM Looking Ahead: Wearables In the Workforce

    Joe Burton, CTO of Wearable pioneer Plantronics, engages with Wearable World CEO, Redg Snodgrass, to discuss the trends both near-term and long-term in Enterprise Wearable Tech. What’s fueling this wearable tech wave? And how might enterprise environments leverage these new devices?

    10:40AM Curating Context in a Wearable World

    Our panel of experts discuss the issues our industry needs to overcome in order for us to deliver accurate contextual information to the consumer.

    10:40AM Enabling the Wearable CIO

    Top tier enterprise CEO’s and corporate executives discuss what CIO’s should prepare for and invest in to enable the next generation of Wearable Workers.

    11:10AM The Future of Connected Device Crowdfunding

    Vijay Chattha, CEO if Wareness.io leads a group of high impact Crowdfunding entrepreneurs to discuss whats next in this Crowdfunding “trend.” Learn how you can take advantage and avoid future pitfalls in this new funding world.

    11:10AM IoT vs. IoWT: Top trends to notice in the space - how the overall IoT ecosystem influences the wearables space

    The wearable technology adoption is growing rapidly, by the end of 2014 every 10th person in the US is expected to have some kind of wearable technology, but only 50% of consumers continue using their wearables after 3 months. What will ensure long-term consumer adoption? What can wearables space learn and adopt from the overall IOT ecosystem, trends and business models?
    - Moderated by Adriana Lee, ReadWrite

    11:40AM Break

    12:10PM Here Come The Wearable Apps

    Moderated by Shawn Hardin, Founder & CEO, Mind Pirate

    12:10PM A Streamlined Economy: Can Wearables Deliver What We Need?

    Financial transactions and Wearables could be the next step. These experts discuss the flow of money and consumers toward a more convenient world.

    12:40PM Putting the Fund in Fundable Wearable Devices

    These top tier VC’s funded the mobile revolution and are positioned to dominate funding the Wearable one.

    12:40PM Wearables Make Bank, But do Banks Need Wearables?

    The CEO of Coin discusses their fix for today’s financial products, and their concept of how Wearables and connected devices are going to disrupt the Trillion dollar financial system.

    1:00PM Lunch

    2:00PM The Rise of the Self-Actualized Wearable Human

    2:00PM Solving Social Contextual Big Data Problems

    Wearables have 99 problems, and Big Data is the biggest one. These Big Data and Wearable Experts discuss how CTO’s and developers can overcome these issues and turn them into big $$$.

    2:40PM Making Them F$%&ing; Care: Building a Wearable Brand

    Building a Wearable brand starts at the Crowdfunding campaign and continues to the first product in the hands of the consumer. These industry insiders talk about how to create a brand that people care about, rave and crave.

    2:40PM Marrying Hardware & Software

    The Holy Grail for Wearables is how CTO’s manage the Holy Matrimony of hardware and software. These technologists discuss how to keep the end users from divorcing your product.

    - Moderated by Kharis O’Connell, Director of Experience Design, Global Mechanic

    3:20PM Break

    3:40PM Parenting in a Wearable World

    Teens, tweens and children are the “new” earlier adopters. Industry experts give us the birds eye view toward enabling the Wearable Parents so we aren’t left behind in this sensor laden connected world.

    3:40PM Planes, Trains and Automobile Opportunities: The Wearable Commuter

    Phil Easter from American Airlines and Ricardo Aguilar from Mercedes-Benz engage in a lively debate about enabling a great customer experience for wearable commuters.

    4:15PM The Wearable MONSTER - Consumer Track

    Head Monster Noel Lee enabled the first sexy Wearable Technology and he is here to discuss Monster’s near and longterm future play into Wearable Technology.

    4:40PM Making the Consumer Bob Their Heads and Open up Their Pocketbooks - Consumer Track

    Few can argue that these Wearables focused on music and entertainment delight and bring joy to consumers. Learn how these platforms are seeing the revenue emerge from their wearable patrons.

    8:00AM Doors Open/Registration

    9:30AM Welcome

    9:40AM Fireside Keynote: Reviewing a Year of Wearables - Consumer Track

    Robert Scoble and Redg Snodgrass look back on an exciting year of Wearable Technology.

    9:40AM You Missed Mobile, Don't Miss Wearable - Enterprise Track

    Lior Ron is tasked with a big job. Heading one of the most storied mobile companies as it marches toward a wearable future. Lior has a candid conversation with Myriam Joire, Chief Evangelist for Pebble, about Motorola’s past, present and future in our first “Executive to Executive Inside Chat.”

    10:00AM Fashion Frostbite: Building Sexy Products that Matter

    A word on how to mobilize and create passionate users of your products from the mastermind behind Poshmark.

    10:00AM Beacons, Sensors and Wearables, Oh My! The Yellow Brick Road to $$$ OZ.

    Come enjoy Robert Scoble discuss what’s needed to bring about the connected Wearable World that consumers demand.

    10:20AM Make it Rain for Innovation

    Co-Founder of IndieGoGo discusses the past, present and future of one of the top Crowdfunding platforms in the world.

    10:40AM The Rise of Pre-Tail in a Post Crowdfunding World

    Crowdfunding is only the beginning. Learn tips, tricks and distribution hacks from these emerging startups and one of the largest distribution points for technology in Europe.

    Moderated by Dan Rosenbaum, President and Editor-in-Chief, Center Ring Media

    11:00AM Break

    11:30AM Design By a Belief, Execute on Data

    Humanization of wearables - How do you design something that is compelling and appealing to the mass consumer? How do you let the human experience drive the technology rather than the other way around? How can you design wearables to accentuate our natural tendencies as humans, rather than force us to do learn new procedures or movements?

    11:30AM Connecting a People and a City: Wearables and Government

    These CIO’s and pundits discuss the future of sensors, government and the future they are building for their constituents.

    11:50AM CPG In a Wearable World

    These Big Brands are looking for Deep connections with their customers. Learn how they see Wearables as “the Bridge” for turning strategy into tactical execution.

    11:50AM Building a Platform that Makes People F$%&ing; Care

    One of the key players in creating the iPhone and Palm’s Web OS gets down and dirty discussing what makes for a good, bad, ugly and successful platform in Wearables.

    12:10PM We Are What We Wearable

    Before you build another thing, take a Journey alongside Theo Forbath VP of Global Innovation for Frog Design and learn about wearables and their target demographic.

    12:10PM The Wearable Homefront

    Connecting a Human to a home is quickly becoming both the Holy Grail, and wholly possible. Join these executives in discussing the business, the pain and the inevitable triumph of establishing a Wearable Homefront from a business perspective.

    12:30PM Early Easy Money in Wearables - Consumer Track

    With only a small market of consumers in the beginning. You need to have the “right” initial monetization strategy in order to secure the revenues to make your Wearable App look exciting. Learn from these experts and platforms on how to approach this market and win.

    1:00PM Lunch

    2:00PM Creating a Viral Piece of Hardware

    Join us as we have a sit down conversation with Pebble CEO Eric Migicovsky around the past, present, and future of one of the most influential Wearable Startups to date.

    2:00PM The Wearable Tech Pay-off: Every employee can be as good as your best employee

    Creating workforce efficiencies and enabling good employees to be GREAT is part of the promise of Wearable Tech. Learn from industry experts how to create, deliver and implement a path to turn this “CIO’s dream” into reality leveraging existing and next generation wearable tech.

    2:35PM Wearing is Sharing

    We live in a world that is obsessed with sharing moments. These wearable companies are pushing the envelope with connected camera tech. Learn about their products and what value they bring to consumers. These wearable cameras are built on much more than the latest selfie craze.

    2:35PM Breaking the Mobile Paradigm

    While many startups are playing it safe and focusing on near term adoption curves like existing smartwatch and smart glass technology these startups are radically parting from the norm.

    3:15PM Break

    3:45PM Wearables and the Innovation of Sexual Intimacy

    Intimacy is changing before our eyes and so is the ecosystem of products to support and enhance it. Come be a part of the discussion with top tier manufacturers and marketers that are behind this game changing category.

    3:45PM Wearables and The Rise of Contextualized Personalized Medical

    Daniel Kraft joins GLAZED to discuss the future of Wearables, Sensors and Medical Technology.

    4:25PM Human Data, Who Owns it?

    Who owns the human data we generate with wearables? Where is the privacy around this data and how is it protected?

    4:25PM Wearable Healthcare: Doctor in your pocket?

    Learn from these emerging players around the true opportunity of creating a Wearable World of Health and Wellness.

    - Moderated by Casper De Clercq, Norwest Venture Partners

    5:00PM A Symphony of Wearable Questions

    One of the leading pioneers in Wearable Technology discusses how to humanize your tech without losing its hardened scalable soul.

    5:00 PM Accelerating Your Startup

    These Accelerators are pushing the limits to create the next Wearable/Hardware Unicorns. Learn what they see as the near term investable Hardware/Wearable startups.