The GLAZED Conference weekend would be incomplete without a hackathon. Wearable World has partnered with the specialists of all-things-hackathon, AngelHack to bring you a 2-day event focused around wearable platform applications! Compete against the industry's best developers to create apps for top secret and not so secret Wearable Platforms like Glass. Winning apps will get to demo live to over 900 investors, press, industry leaders during the Digital Fall Tech Fashion Show following the GLAZED Conference. Prepare to be amazed!
Wearable World presents the first ever Google Glass and Wearable Technology conference, GLAZED! Time to talk everything Wearables. GLAZED was created to get that conversation started and flowing. We've curated an environment that will bring together technology pioneers, founders, executives, influencers and investors.
Redg Snodgrass and Owen Thomas, Editor-in-Chief at ReadWrite, opens the floor of Glazedcon
Robert Scoble talks about how life is going to get a little bit easier with the impending context relevant revolution.
Prior to the emergence of the iPhone shopping’s biggest disruption was the industrial age. With the emergence of “Wearable Tech” we have the potential to see an even more incredible disruption in what we wear, how we shop, and how we make purchases. Let’s learn from today’s most disruptive players what to expect next.
BitTorrent, Myspace, Pandora, and the iPod have redefined an industry that goes back thousands of years. Hear a sneak peak about what is going to happen in the next few years from arguably the most connected in Tech and Music in the world.
Caffeinate, stretch your legs, make new friends, snag a few more LinkedIn connections, negotiate your wearable idea and head back to your seat.
Insights on how to build successful applications on wearables that will make you money.
Yobie Benjamin demos exciting wearable tech on stage!
Nir Eyal talks with Cheryl Kellond, CEO of Bia Sport, Alex Gourley, CEO of BitGym and Katy Fike, CEO of Innovation50, on how new interfaces, like Google Glass, change user behavior. How will technology affect our everyday habits and can it be a force for good? This panel of technologists, entrepreneurs, and experts will discuss how companies are building products to change the way people live by designing user behavior.
Simon Khalaf, CEO of Flurry, talks with Amir Efrati (Jessica Lessin) on the need for companies to switch gears from mobile to wearables.
Eric Migicovsky, CEO of Pebble, Kate Drane, Hardware lead of Indiegogo and Rob Coneybeer of Shasta Ventures discuss how to launch a successfully crowd-funded campaign with Mark Milian of Bloomberg.
Application builders on this new “Wearable Ecosystem” are finding it difficult to find “the right” tools and back end systems to support a different type of build out and architecture. Learn from the players, and an insider about how the industry is changing to adapt to this community.
Are wearables the imminent demise or potential resurgence of traditional media? Chris Tolles, CEO of Topix, Mark Johnson, CEO of Zite and Jon Swartz of USA Today discuss with Meghan Kelley of VentureBeat, the future of media and whether or not it will miss wearables as it missed web and mobile.
With the emergence of “mainstream wearable tech” our whole world is set to change. If change begins at home then how does this technology integrate with family, friends, hearth, and home? What are the early paths to market & monetization? What will this Wearable Home be? Hear from Chris Hughes, Jason Johnson, CEO of August, and Trae Vassallo of KPCB speak to this new world.
Owen Thomas grills Sonny Vu, CEO of Misfit Wearables, Marco Della Torre, CEO of Basis, and Casper De Clercq of Norwest Venture Partners, on how they intend to use their products to make all generations engaged with their health.
Orlando Portale, CEO of Glassomics and Sutha Kamal, CEO of Massive Health, and Michael Yang of Comcast Ventures talk to Kyle Samani, CEO of Pristine, on why quantified health wearables aren’t just for the consumer and how they will impact the entire future of the healthcare industry.
Caffeinate, stretch your legs, make new friends, snag a few more LinkedIn connections, negotiate your wearable idea and head back to your seat.
Getting to casual gamers takes a hard core gaming mindset. In this winner take most world being the first to market on a platform has the makings for tremendous success (Tapulous, ngMoco, Angry Birds). Come learn the hacks, cheats, and wisdom from these former success stories, and see what it takes to win the wearable gamer.
When you have a limited marketing budget, and even more limited resources to build compelling applications you need to make the right choice. Hear as these platform experts weigh the pro’s, con’s and hacks to making a product hit as opposed to a sure miss.
Vince Pizzica, SEVP of Technicolor, talks with Redg about how large companies are listening to consumers demands for wearable tech.
Jacob Mullins, CEO of Exitround talk to Stephanie Palmeri of SoftTechVC, Dave Liu, Managing Director, Co-Head of Internet and Digital Media Investment Banking at Jefferies, David Blumenfeld, Senior Vice President, Westfield Labs and Jeff Eddings, Senior Director, Product Management, Emerging Technologies at Turner Broadcasting.
Today’s entrepreneurs know virality is vitality, monetization is never a fixed path and the road to market is never paved with gold. The Wearable Platform arms race won’t be any different. Learn from experts that have built, taken to market, and made $$$ in an unknown environment.
Innovative founders, Peter Berger of People+ and Matt Wilkinson of Crushpath, delve into the mechanics of reinventing platforms to be ready for the future with Sunil Nagaraj of Bessemer Venture Partners and Kevin Swan of iNovia.
James Park, CEO of Fitbit, takes the stage for our final fireside keynote.
Elaine Fiolet takes the stage with Philippe Kahn, CEO of FullPower Technologies, Tan Le of Emotiv Lifesciences and Tanguy Leborgne, VP of Consumer Solutions at Plantronics about how to get around today’s technical challenges to create products for the future.
Augmented Reality has always been pontificating about the promise of impending revenue. In the last few months, we have seen an incredible resurgence of wearable platforms and this panel of AR visionaries will educate you how AR is the window to not only the souls of users but also to their pocketbooks.
After a weekend of conversation around wearable technology, the world's top tier investors, press, developers and entrepreneurs will gather to celebrate fashion, art, and technology during a fashion show that will showcase the latest innovations.