In this year’s SVCWireless Conference 2015, we aim to explore wearable technologies with a line-up of prominent speakers and thought leaders in the arena of wearable technologies. Among them, are Wallace Wu, VP Software Products and Asian Affairs of Misfit, which specializes in wearable activity trackers; Sridhar Solur, General Manager for IoT and Wearables of HP, who led the creation and launch of the first HP wearable in four decades, the Michael Bastian Smartwatch; as well as Bill Liu, CEO of Royole, a company that’s behind a next generation wearable display technology. SVCWireless 2015 Annual Conference on Nov 21, 2015 in Intel SC12 Auditorium – for registration, please go to SVCWireless 2015 AC: http://goo.gl/BR8m4Z

1. Wearable Technologies – Fad or Future?
SVCWireless 2015 Annual Conference on Nov 21, 2015 in Intel SC12 Auditorium – for registration,
please go to SVCWireless 2015 AC: http://goo.gl/BR8m4Z
We’ve seen it in sci-fi movies and we are starting to experience it in real life. Google launched the much touted
“Google Glass” in 2013 to much fanfare but pulled the plug in January this year to what was called a “failed beta”.
Apple launched the “Apple Watch”, as their answer to the smartwatch market, and according to a new report
published by Canalys, has sold 7 million units to date.
Wearable Technologies are, in fact, not just a recent phenomenon. Some may recall an early piece of wearable
technology, popular in the 70’s and 80’s, known as the calculator watch. However, the success for calculator watches
was short-lived when PDAs and multi-functioned cell phones became popular in the early 90’s.
Thus, despite the success of the Apple Watch, the million dollar question remains: Are wearable technologies a
passing fad? Or do they represent a future where function meets fashion?
In this year’s SVCWireless Conference 2015, we aim to explore this with a line-up of prominent speakers and thought
leaders in the arena of wearable technologies. Among them, are Wallace Wu, VP Software Products and Asian
Affairs of Misfit, which specializes in wearable activity trackers; Sridhar Solur, General Manager for IoT and
Wearables of HP, who led the creation and launch of the first HP wearable in four decades, the Michael Bastian
Smartwatch; as well as Bill Liu, CEO of Royole, a company that’s behind a next generation wearable display
technology.
About the SVCWireless Conference 2015: This year’s SVCWireless Conference is themed “The Rise of the Millennials –
Emerging Disruptive Trends”. In this installment of our annual conference, we explore topics in Mobile Health, Software-defined
Networking (SDN) / Network Function Virtualization (NFV), Wearables, Internet of Things as well as Big Data. We will be
discussing the influence arising from innovation hungry millennials and how businesses can stay relevant and ride the waves of
these disruptive trends.
About SVCWireless: SVCWireless, founded in 2000, is the leading non-profit, non-bias independent professional association
bridging the technology industries between China and the United States. With over 30 alliances and more than 5000 members,
SVCWireless is an open association that promotes innovation, entrepreneurship, venture investment, and networking to benefit
its members.