BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20210314T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20201101T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:PST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20210312T043535Z UID:559B635E-E699-4EB2-A510-D53E845720F5 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201118T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201118T130000 DESCRIPTION:Consumer wearables have been at the forefront of ‘quantified self’ trends over the last several years\, and vendors have taken stride s in the depth\, breadth and accuracy of the data they feed back to consum ers. With wearable stakeholders such as Apple\, Fitbit\, Google and Garmin all seeking to navigate a complex regulatory environment to leverage the lucrative opportunities in health and wellness\, Futuresource explores the present state and future outlook of the consumer wearables markets\, befo re assessing the ambition of these Consumer Electronics giants and their p otential to disrupt the healthcare sector.\n\nTopics covered:\n\n- Market forecasts/data for smartwatches\, sports watches\, activity trackers\, hea rables\, at a global level.\n- Vendor breakdown at a global level – who are the incumbents\, who is emerging? Who are the frontrunners in healthca re use cases?\n- What are the current capabilities and limitations of thes e vendors? What opportunity are they seeking to leverage? (i.e. the growin g Aging in Place Market via fall detection)\n- What next? How will these v endors develop their wearables propositions? What are the barriers to entr y that consumer electronics vendors need to navigate?\n\nPresenter Bio:\n\ nStephen Mears is a Research Analyst at Futuresource Consulting\, and lead s the Wearables\, Mobile\, and Retail Distribution research in the Consume r Electronics team. He joined the team in 2018 after graduating from the U niversity of Warwick\n\nSpeaker(s): Stephen Mears\, Jason Luzinski\n\nAgen da: \n12:00 - 12:10 pm Consumer Technology Society Introduction\n\n12:10 - 12:40 pm Presentation by Steven Mears\, Futuresource\n\n12:40 - 1:00 pm Q &A and Networking\n\n1:30pm Conclude\n\nVirtual: https://events.vtools.iee e.org/m/247692 LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/247692 ORGANIZER:joseph.wei@ieee.org SEQUENCE:7 SUMMARY:Big Tech vs. Healthcare wearables: A Goliath and Goliath Story URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/247692 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p>Consumer wearables have been at the forefr ont of &lsquo\;quantified self&rsquo\; trends over the last several years\ , and vendors have taken strides in the depth\, breadth and accuracy of th e data they feed back to consumers. With wearable stakeholders such as App le\, Fitbit\, Google and Garmin all seeking to navigate a complex regulato ry environment to leverage the lucrative opportunities in health and welln ess\, Futuresource explores the present state and future outlook of the co nsumer wearables markets\, before assessing the ambition of these Consumer Electronics giants and their potential to disrupt the healthcare sector.< /p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p><strong>Topics covered:</strong></p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ma rket forecasts/data for smartwatches\, sports watches\, activity trackers\ , hearables\, at a global level.</li>\n<li>Vendor breakdown at a global le vel &ndash\; who are the incumbents\, who is emerging? Who are the frontru nners in healthcare use cases?</li>\n<li>What are the current capabilities and limitations of these vendors? What opportunity are they seeking to le verage? (i.e. the growing Aging in Place Market via fall detection)</li>\n <li>What next? How will these vendors develop their wearables propositions ? What are the barriers to entry that consumer electronics vendors need to navigate?</li>\n</ul>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p><strong>Presenter Bio:</strong> </p>\n<p>Stephen Mears is a Research Analyst at Futuresource Consulting\, and leads the Wearables\, Mobile\, and Retail Distribution research in the Consumer Electronics team. He joined the team in 2018 after graduating fr om the University of Warwick</p><br /><br />Agenda: <br /><p><strong>12:00 - 12:10 pm Consumer Technology Society Introduction</strong></p>\n<p><str ong>12:10 - 12:40 pm Presentation by Steven Mears\, Futuresource</strong>< /p>\n<p><strong>12:40 - 1:00 pm Q&amp\;A and Networking</strong></p>\n<p>< strong>&nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\;1:30pm Concl ude</strong></p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR