Emerging opportunities with smart e-textiles featured at IFAI

13 Aug '09

4 min read

Despina Papadopoulos is the founding director of Studio 5050, an interdisciplinary design and production practice based in New York. During her presentation, "Design Innovation and the Development of a Material Culture: Fashion, Tools, Tradition and Experimentation," Papadopoulos reviews ten years of experimentation in the field of wearable technology by examining the intersection of fashion and interactivity, technology and materials as a way to formulate a forward approach.

Brian Russell, CEO and founder of Zephyr Technology, is an expert in analog electronics, communications and physiology. Russell holds three patents in the area of physiological sensing using smart fabric sensors. Russell discusses, "Commercializing a Smart Fabric Sensor - Applications and Lessons," including a look at high volume manufacturing in a multi-supply channel, mutli-disciplined communication, partnerships and how to know when you really have something ready to go to market. www.zephyr-technology.com

Qaizar Hassonjee, Vice President of Development & Commercialization for adidas Wearable Sports Electronics - Textronics, presents "E-textiles - State of the Market." Hassonjee will highlight the recent advances in e-textile technology with a focus on commercial offerings in apparel. Opportunities for future growth will also be reviewed.

"E-textiles are an emerging solution in many application areas, from medicine to sports, to ubiquitous or next-generation computing. The pre-show Smart E-Textiles Symposium provides a forum featuring all components and disciplines to discuss and disseminate results, investigations and perspectives on these complex topics - from both industry and university!" Lucy Dunne, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota College of Design, Symposium Chair

IFAI Expo 2009, the largest specialty fabrics trade show in the Americas, will be held at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, Calif., September 23-25, 2009. IFAI Expo 2009 will attract major suppliers from all over the world, representing more than 60 countries, hundreds of exhibitors and an estimated 7,000 registered participants. "Smart E-textile Solutions" is one of 20 major continuing education symposiums for IFAI Expo 2009 visitors.

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