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The Wearable Technology Show The Health 4.0 theatre at the Wearable Technology Show on 12-13 March is designed to inspire new ways of thinking about and solving the problems facing health today
Now in its sixth year, the Wearable Technology Show (WTS2019) returns to London, at the Business Design Centre on the 12-13 March 2019. WTS2019 features cutting edge technology across a multitude of fields, including smart home, healthcare, fashion, fitness, performance sports, enterprise, and augmented reality. The show will welcome visionary speakers working within the industry to discuss the future of wearables, smart technology and IOT. Over 6,000 delegates and 200 speakers will come together to exchange views, network and do business. The show floor will feature cutting edge technology attracting prosumers, distributors and buyers. Co-located with the Wearable Technology Show will be the AR360 Show, Europe’s largest independent event for AR, VR and mixed reality, as well as the Digital Health Technology Show, where delegates can see the future of healthcare and learn about the latest disruptive technology transforming the medical sector. The Wearable Technology Show has seven different conference tracks: Main Stage; AVR360; Digital Health Technology; Smart Textiles; Performance Sports; AI Business; and the Innovation Stage. In the exhibition hall, visitors will be able to see some of the latest and most innovative products in the Maker Zone, as well as the latest advances in textiles and clothing in the Smart Textiles Zone. Main stage conference Some of the world’s leading companies and disruptive start-ups will deliver insight and opinions on the main stage. Visitors will get to
hear the latest on the evolution of wearable technology, the benefits of ‘getting connected’, and hear from industry leaders about how devices are being used to increase productivity. Alan Foreman, CEO of B-Secur will take a session on continuous health monitoring. The benefits and opportunity to patients, carers and hospitals to move health monitoring into the home are significant. Continuous monitoring in the home environment provides the quantity and quality of data to allow trending and to spot underlying issues that may otherwise be missed with ad hoc testing in the hospital setting. This is not a new phenomenon and even consumer technology companies such as Apple are pursuing this through ECG monitoring on the Apple Watch already. However, one challenge leads to another – how does the system ensure that data from a patient is truly theirs and has not been corrupted with data from another patient? B-Secur is exploring some of these more obscure challenges that could really unlock the potential of the future. Health 4.0 The Health 4.0 theatre is designed to inspire new ways of thinking about and solving the problems facing health today. Featuring global innovators and thought leaders, the aim is to cover the most advanced digital innovations, business models and
health strategies fit for the future. Former Secretary of State for Health, Patricia Hewitt will engage the audience with a presentation on where the health sector is heading. Professors from De Montfort University will take a session on delivering the best of digital health. De Montfort University has established a new Digital Health and Care Unit within the school of Health and Life Sciences to address many of the frustrations experienced by patients, clinicians and digital health companies at the pace of access to, and thus benefit from, emerging technologies. Starting in 2018 the Unit set out to establish partnerships with local clinicians and digital health companies to answer real clinical and social needs with technologies that are ready for use in the UK, but not deployed. This partnership is bearing fruit for patients, clinicians, digital health companies and the university and the team will share some early results. They will share their approach and encourage clinicians, companies and patients to get involved and see the benefits.
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Hearing healthcare David Cannington, CMO & co founder of Nuheara will take a presentation on how hearables are going to revolutionise healthcare. With exciting new product innovations typically found in medical devices to new consumer engagement models, hearables will drive a new movement towards affordable and accessible healthcare. Find out about E
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