December 4-6, 2023
San Diego, CA
The annual WEAR Conference examines the significant breakthroughs and new opportunities made possible through the integration of textiles and technology through wearables. This event regularly brings together key players from across the smart fabrics, e-textiles, and wearable tech marketplace to hear the latest updates on market dynamics & industry innovations, wearable and smart fabric standardization, intellectual property and data collection, textile technology, wearable healthcare and wellness, and more.
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Dr. Kristy Jost is a Research Science Manager at Meta Reality Labs Research, and leads a team dedicated to Advancing the state of the art on smart textiles and functional garments. From 2015-2019, she was a Product Development Specialist at 3M focusing on industrial scale materials research and novel extrusion development, earning 3 internal grants to augment her research. In 2019, she joined Reality Labs Research working across disciplines in the field of smart textiles and materials science, building a research team focused on smart textile materials for soft and wearable interaction devices in AR/VR, with a focus on devices for the hand and wrist.
She holds a B.S. in Fashion Design from the College of Media Arts and Design, and a Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering, both from Drexel University.
George Sun, CEO and Founder of Nextiles, is a trained computer scientist and electrical engineer who received his Ph.D. from MIT in biological engineering. His study focused on sustainable and transformative technologies to imbue organic materials with semiconductive properties. His work was recognized by PUMA and later led their innovation team in embedding wearable technologies into their footwear. Through his work, he saw the ever-growing demand to make wearable technologies more accessible and sustainable for consumer use, and that required a new way to manufacture sensors. George launched Nextiles in 2018 and since then patented several methods and techniques to economically and sustainably sew semiconductive threads into clothing. The technology enables capture of biomechanical motion through fabric. For every bend, stretch, or pull, that information is sensed and communicated via Bluetooth – no straps, rings, wraps, or clunky attachments required. What differentiates this technology is the ability to leverage existing sewing methods, giving George the ability to rekindle the dormant manufacturing industry in New York. As a first-generation immigrant, it is also his mission to maintain ethical labor rights and manufacturing transparency. All of Nextiles’ smart thread technology is made ethically by employees in the Greater New York area.
Evelina Barhudarian is a Principal Technical Manager at Microsoft Research, where she co-leads the Future of Wearables Team. Evelina has a deep knowledge and expertise in the space of wearables and intelligent textiles and has authored multiple patents that cover areas such as NFTs, counterfeit goods and new textiles. Evelina is also the lead on strategic partnerships on behalf of the Future of Wearables team, and is responsible for innovating for business and industry wide solutions. Evelina joined Microsoft Research in 2018, and has since led several critical areas and high profile projects.
Bio coming soon!
Jerrah Edwards, current Acting Assistant Regional Director for the Western Regional Office, is a Supervisory Patent Examiner in TC 3700, managing a team of examiners in the area of medical prosthetics. After practicing as an attorney specializing in patent prosecution for several years, Jerrah joined the USPTO in 2010 as an examiner in the areas of computerized vehicle control, navigation and robotics. Before becoming a supervisor, she served on several details, including GS-14 Trainer for TC 3600, GS-14 Patent Academy Trainer and Assistant Outreach Coordinator for the West Coast Regional Office. Jerrah received her BS in Physics from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County and her JD from the University of Michigan Law School.
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Founded in 1982, Pickering Laboratories Inc. manufactures product testing solutions used for both the initial product development as well as ongoing quality and materials testing. Our line of artificial body fluids includes our proprietary human mimics, such as eccrine and apocrine perspiration. We have expanded our product line to include saliva, urine, lung fluid and blood. These complex solutions are the perfect choice for evaluating wearables under actual wear conditions. Pickering Laboratories also manufactures body fluids made to official product testing specifications from AATCC, ISO, DIN, BS, EN and other worldwide standards organization. Our analytical chemistry expertise and quality manufacturing ensure outstanding batch reproducibility and precise formulations. Custom formulations are also routinely produced with the same guarantee of precision and reproducibility. Our customer base uses our artificial body fluids in a wide range of applications including: durability studies, colorfastness testing and other assorted medical applications.
