Invest in future sustainable and ethical wearable innovations today
WEAR Sustain projects investment pitch at ICT2018
17:30-19:00, 5th December
Room 1.61-1.62
Austria Center Vienna,
Bruno-Kreisky-Platz 1, 1220, Vienna
Details: (https://ec.europa.eu/digital-singlemarket/events/cf/ict2018/item-display.cfm?id=2163)
Ten WEAR Sustain funded projects will receive the opportunity on the 5th December, at the ICT2018 conference, Vienna, to pitch their projects to a selection of corporate partners and investors.
The objective of the proposed session is to demonstrate the potential for arts and technology collaboration to create commercially viable, sustainable and ethical wearables products and to help teams take their projects to market. Some of the best performing WEAR teams will capitalise on their success so far, by pitching to and networking with potential corporate partners, investors and business angels that are either expected to attend ICT 2018 or who have been specially invited to the session.
The 10 most advanced projects from WEAR Sustain’s Open Calls 1 and 2, that are closest to market, will pitch in front of a 5-7 member jury (invited by the WEAR Sustain consortium). Each team will have 3 minutes for their pitch, followed by 2 minutes of questions and answers by the jury. Potential corporate partners, investors and business angels who will attend the session will also have a chance to ask questions during the Q&A session of each team and afterwards during the open networking.
All 46 WEAR sustain teams have been invited to attend the special ICT 2018 demonstration and networking session.
AGENDA
17:30
Opening & WEAR Sustain achievements presentation
Stavri Nikolov, Digital Spaces Living Lab, Founding Director
17:45
WEAR Sustain team pitches
18:45
Jury votes
18:55
Nominees announcement by Jury and closing .
19:05-20:00
Demos of prototypes of some of the pitching teams at the STARTS exhibition area in Hall X5
(https://www.starts.eu/agenda/ict-2018-imagine-digital-connect-europe/detail/)
with further networking with the teams, jury, corporate partners, investors, attendees of the session and the ICT conference.
(Please note that the session will be video and audio recorded)
MEET THE PITCHING TEAMS
YOUR LOCAL SMART MANUFACTURER PRODUCING CUSTOMISABLE CONDUCTIVE YARN.
Studio HILO wants to challenge the process of yarn production in the same way 3D printers are revolutionising manufacturing.
MAKING MUSIC WITH GESTURE
Mi.mu gloves exist to revolutionise the way we make music through movement. Mi.mu gloves are a wearable gestural interface which allow the user to compose and perform music with their hands.
A WEARABLE SOFT ROBOTIC DESIGN FOR THERAPEUTIC USE.
FleXo – flexible exoskeleton for therapeutic use – is a bioresponsive pneumatic garment that communicates healing touch.
PLAYFUL, E-TEXTILE SURFACES FOR TOUCH COMMUNICATION.
Touch Craft is a not-for-profit organisation that explores methods of embedding stories into textiles as a way to engage different audiences and contribute towards social cohesion and wellbeing.
A CONNECTED T-SHIRT TO HELP BACK PROBLEMS THROUGH BETTER MOVEMENT.
DYNABACK delivers wearable technology supporting a healthy lifestyle in everyday life. At the core is a functional base layer with an array of sensors.
ULTRA PERSONALISED SHOES
Solemaker.io is a platform for creating a new way to think about shoes.
MOGU LEATHER IS AN ALTERNATIVE TO ANIMAL LEATHER, NOT A REPLACEMENT.
MOGU materials and tech are based on fungi as main constituent, one of the most abundant living systems on the planet. MOGU Leather is an alternative to animal leather, not a replacement: a new natural material with comparable experiential/tactile qualities to the ones of traditional leather.
JEWELLERY & ACCESSORIES THAT ENHANCE THE EXPERIENCE OF DEAF WOMEN IN A SOUND-ORIENTED WORLD
Quietude will result in an ecology of jewellery products and accessories that enhance the experience of deaf women in a sound-oriented world.
SMART CLOTHES AND ACCESSORIES INSPIRED TO SENSORY THERAPIES
Sensewear’s clothes deliver sensory therapies usually addressed to Autism, which symptoms are, among others, stress, anxiety, panic attack, therefore our work is not only addressed to people with disabilities but to everyone having to cope with a hectic urban life.
THE WEARABLE THAT FIGHTS STRESS
The iBreve wearable analyzes breathing patterns in real-time and guides through clinically proven breathing and relaxation exercises.