It is the place where the latest innovations in wearable products and smart textiles meet today’s industry leaders.

Piedad Rivas, European Commission at the Executive Agency for Small & Medium-sized enterprises for the EU COSME programme:

“Wear It is definitely the leading conference on wearable technologies in Europe: wearable techs made with the heart and soul! Wear It is made by motivated and visionary people who believe in the positive changes that wearable techs have in society.“

Numerous collaborations and projects have evolved from this modern and energetic conference, leading people to repeatedly want to attend Wear It Innovation Summit.

Oliver Lange, Head of Lab Germany at H&M Laboratory Germany, shared his thoughts on H&M’s participation in 2018:

“At Wear It Festival, we felt very comfortable and had impactful conversations with many design-driven startups during our office hour sessions. Now, we are in contact with three of them and highly pleased we could achieve meaningful collaborations so quickly!” In 2019 H&M announced a promising partnership with ZyseMe, a fashion tech Startup based in Berlin, whom they got in contact with at the 2018’s Wear It Festival.

Wear It is where the magic happens

This year’s audience is made of both established companies such as Airbus BizLab, Siemens, Samsung Next or Elten, as well as promising young companies and Startups such as Gait Up, re.flex or Mimi, but also EU representatives such as Andreas Lymberis, who is the Head of Sector “Wearables and Bioelectronics” and leading the project Horizon 2020.

The Wear It Berlin team doesn’t just organize an event for professionals in the wearable tech industry but is a part of the industry itself.

The key topics

After observing the way the industry evolved in the past years, they are predicting the future of the wearable tech industry by choosing the following focus topics that have the most potential of improving life and offering real solutions.

Medical Disruption: Reinventing an industry // The future of health

Sustainability + Tech: Environment and social // Fostering responsible innovation

Industrial + Safety: Industry 4.0 meets IoT // The future of workspaces and production environments

The Next Big Thing: Tomorrow’s business drivers // Blockchain, VR, Gaming

Materials + Product Development: From idea to product // Creating a new value chain

Lifestyle + Wellbeing: Consumer trends // The future of consumer goods is wearable

Startup Show

Meet the innovators. At the Startup Show, you can expect investors from companies such as Samsung Next or H&M and Startups such as re.flex or Kymira.

Women in Tech

Female entrepreneurs and professionals unite! This track will provide the perfect networking opportunity and platform for exchange for boss ladies working in the tech industry.

Nordic Track

This year sets a spotlight on the Nordic Countries. This track is a platform for the Embassies, Companies, and Startups to network and interexchange with companies from Europe.

Why take part?

“The worldwide market for wearable devices grew 31.4 percent during the fourth quarter of 2018 (4Q18), reaching a new high of 59.3 million units”, according to data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Wearable Device Tracker. The future is happening now, and the potential of the wearable tech industry is becoming more and more clear!

And the best of all: textile network readers receive a special code for a 15 percent discount on event tickets! Use the code TextileNetwork-WEARIT15 and redeem your ticket HERE.

Wear It Innovation Summit:

• When? 25–26 June 2019

• Where? Palais Kulturbrauerei Berlin

• 600+ attendees

• Confirmed speakers: Rey Buckman (Campus Leader at Airbus BizLab Hamburg), Andreas Lymberis (Head of Sector “Wearables and Bioelectronics” at the European Commission), Philipp Wehn, Dr Miriam Saage-Maass (Vice Legal Director at the European Center for Constitutional Human Rights), Benoit Mariani (Founder & CEO Gait Up) and many more

• Confirmed participation from: Siemens, Airbus BizLab, Samsung Next, H&M, Mimi, Gait Up, Berlin Partner, re.flex, cosinuss and many more

• Focus topics: Medical Disruption // Sustainability & Tech // Industrial & Safety // The Next Big Thing // Materials & Product Development // Lifestyle & Fitness // Women in Tech// Startup Show // “The Nordic” track