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title: "Day 2 - Panel: Wearable Devices: New Era for Unprecedented Smart Connectivity"
description: "With the recent release of the Google Glass, wearable technology has now become a hot buzzword. The market for wearable technology will reach $4.6 billion by the end of this year, with explosive growth and high adoption rates expected over the next five years. The wearable technology market includes smartwatches, tech clothing, augmented reality glasses, mobile health devices, and fitness and well-being monitors. With virtually limitless applications to a number of verticals the wearable technology market is bringing great opportunities as well as challenges to all ecosystem members, from manufacturers to app developers and service providers. Moderator: Redg Snodgrass, Co-founder & Producer, Glazed Conference Panelists: Sean Tan, Director of Product Management, Inex Innovation Sam Guo, Associate, Fenox Venture Capital Kevin Shaw, CTO, Sensor Platforms, Inc. Jun Huang, Director of Mobility, Kaiser Permanente Akhsar Kharebov, President SVHealth2.0"
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# Day 2 - Panel: Wearable Devices: New Era for Unprecedented Smart Connectivity

**Speaker:** [Redg Snodgrass](https://www.speakrphone.com/Redg.md)
**Date:** 2013-10-23

With the recent release of the Google Glass, wearable technology has now become a hot buzzword.

The market for wearable technology will reach $4.6 billion by the end of this year, with explosive growth and high adoption rates expected over the next five years.

The wearable technology market includes smartwatches, tech clothing, augmented reality glasses, mobile health devices, and fitness and well-being monitors.

With virtually limitless applications to a number of verticals the wearable technology market is bringing great opportunities as well as challenges to all ecosystem members, from manufacturers to app developers and service providers.

Moderator: Redg Snodgrass, Co-founder & Producer, Glazed Conference
Panelists:
Sean Tan, Director of Product Management, Inex Innovation
Sam Guo, Associate, Fenox Venture Capital
Kevin Shaw, CTO, Sensor Platforms, Inc.
Jun Huang, Director of Mobility, Kaiser Permanente
Akhsar Kharebov, President SVHealth2.0

## Topics
- wearable technology
- smartwatch
- augmented reality
- m-health
- Fitness monitoring

## Resources
- [YouTube - Day 2 - Panel: Wearable Devices: New Era for Unprecedented Smart Connectivity](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Uf8u8FKFuA)