#WGSNHANGOUT: Fashion & Wearable Technology

I spoke at the "Challenge or Opportunity" event

United Nation’s 58th Commission on the Status of Women

I will speak at the United Natrion’s 58th Commission on the Status of Women in New York on March 12.

The Commission on the Status of Women “CSW” is a functional commission of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). It is the principal global policy-making body dedicated exclusively to gender equality and advancement of women. Every year, representatives of Member States gather at United Nations Headquarters in New York to evaluate progress on gender equality, identify challenges, set global standards and formulate concrete policies to promote gender equality and women's empowerment worldwide.This year’s theme is challenges and achievements in the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals for women and girls: http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/

TurkishWIN Presents: Challenge or Opportunity

I will speak at the "Challenge or Opportunity" event, here are the details;

Turkish Women  's International Network of New York Wednesday, March 12, 2014 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM (EDT) & New York, NY

Event Link:http://www.eventbrite.com/e/turkishwin-presents-challenge-or-opportunity-tickets-10563231911 

MWC14 Panel: Wearables

                           

What’s the Secret to Making Wearables That People Actually Want?

I spoke to Wired magazine on wearables… Wired article published on February 24 2014.…

Misfit Wearables launched the Shine, an activity tracker that can be worn almost anywhere on your body. Image: Misfit Wearables

Last September, right around spring/winter Fashion Week, an unexpected group of people gathered for a round table discussion at the main offices of the Council of Fashion Designers of America in New York City. Present was Steven Kolb, the CFDA’s CEO, a few higher-ups from Intel and a handful of CFDA members who also happen to be big names in fashion and accessory design.

Intel had called the meeting to discuss the idea of starting a collaboration between the company and the fashion industry at large, with the ultimate goal of figuring out a way turn their decidedly unwearable technology into something people—fashionable people—might actually want to put on their bodies.

‘Tech companies know what is useful, but do we know how to make something desirable?’