24
Apr

Electronic textiles and Fashion webinar

On Tuesday 05. May 2020 at 17:30 h CET +2 (Berlin), Wear It Berlin is hosting its first Re-FREAM online webinar. Stakeholders from the technology and fashion industry are invited to join the Re-FREAM artists and scientists during the 90 min webinar.

Our goal is to connect you with our partner network, scientists, artists as well as likeminded people from our community.

The webinar is structured in a diverse and fun manner so that the keynote and panel discussion are complemented by interactive and playful breakout sessions. There is even a chance for you to become part of the official program by applying for the open mic session, which gives you a chance to tell our audience about your solution or request in a 3 min pitch.

Some of the topics will cover:

  • Co-Creation between technology and artistic sphere
  • Femtech and technology in women´s personal space
  • Sextech and technology to support disabled people
  • Soft electronics to support rehabilitation
  • Sensors made from textiles and conductive materials

Speakers


Agenda

17:15Doors open: Networking in small groups
17:30Intro to Re-FREAM Berlin Hub
by Thomas Gnahm, CEO Wear It Berlin
17:35Keynote: Smart textiles & the future of fashion
by Christian Dils, Fraunhofer IZM
17:45Panel discussion on smart textiles in an art and tech transfer environment
with the Re-FREAM Teams from the Berlin Hub:
Witsense (Ivan Parati)
Constructing Connectivity (Jessica Smarsch)
Alma (Giulia Tomasello)
18:15Intro to Wear It Instant Pitch Game
18:20Break out Sessions:
Wear It Instant Pitch Game
18:45Presentations and Awards:
Wear It Instant Pitch Game
19:05Open mic
Pitches by audience members
19:15Open Get-together

Hurry, spots are limited


Christian Dils from Fraunhofer IZM demoing smart textiles to the Berlin Hub artists.

About Re-FREAM:
Re-FREAM is European wide project funded by the European Union´s Horizont 2020 research and innovation program. The mission of Re-FREAM is to co-explore digitally-enabled small-scale production/manufacturing systems with artists and designers and invite to tinker and experiment in a fully geared-up infrastructure and community-supportive environment. We enable 20 Artists with 55.000€ each and a 9 month art/tech collaboration program over two calls. Learn more here: www.re-fream.eu