With
the Wearable Technologies Show, held at ispo winter 09, from February 1st
to the 4th, 2009, the world’s leading sporting goods trade show
offers a unique environment for marketing of new technologies in the sports and
lifestyle sector. The special exhibition covers 400 square meters, and provides
a bundled presentation platform for already existing WT products, but is also
organized as a networking event to bring together the sports and lifestyle
industry with a variety of suppliers of innovative technologies.
The
list of participating exhibitors reaches from innovative newcomers such as Baybox
and Sonim, research institutes like the Swiss CSEM and system integrators like Texsys,
to renowned industry giants such as Polar, Nokia, and the Bluetooth SIG. The major topics this winter
are exercise and activity monitoring, as well as integrated heating
applications. In addition, the focus at hall A3.207 is on technology trends in
the communication and entertainment segment, as well as high-tech materials. WT
exhibitors present the operation, functions, technologies, and sales strategies
of their innovations in daily product demonstrations from Noon to 1.00 pm.
As
part of the Wearable Technologies Show the first Bluetooth Innovation World Cup will be launched on Sunday, February
1st, at 5.00 pm – an international innovation competition, searching
for product ideas for the sports, fitness, and healthcare market, using the new
data transfer standard “Bluetooth low
energy technology” to network various sensors and systems for storage and
analysis of data and performance profiles.
Parallel
to ispo winter 09, the third Wearable Technologies Conference under the motto
“Where Fashion Meets Technology” will be held in Munich, on Monday, February 2nd,
2009. The primary topics include mobile power supplies, sport and healthcare
monitoring, as well as design-oriented integration of technologies.
For the first time, the proven exhibition
concept of the Wearable Technologies Show will also be part of ispo china, held
from February 19th to 21st, 2009 in Beijing.
Press
Contact:
Ulrike Daniels
Navispace AG
Madeleine-Ruoff-Str. 26
D-82211 Herrsching
Tel. +49(0)8152-9099047
Fax +49(0)8152-9099894
Email:
u.daniels@navispace.de 20/MK/vH
