Happening this week - FemTech Forum 2020; 5 predictions for wearable technology; Digital Health passports; Why the next Jeff Bezos won’t be a white man + more
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Happy Monday everyone! 🙂
After months of preparations, it’s finally happening this week - our first global virtual conference about femtech FemTech Forum 2020 - is taking place via Zoom this Thursday 9am - 6pm BST! You can expect:
➡️ 8 educational sessions throughout the day
➡️ 30+ speakers - founders, innovators, investors and journalists
➡️ 800+ virtual participants from all parts of the world
If you still haven’t booked you ticket you can still grab yours until midday on Wednesday, June 24 when we are closing registrations! There are only few left so you better be quick! 📌
Thank you for tuning in this Monday, happy reading! 💌
Upcoming WoW monthly webinars 📆👇
WoW members monthly gathering, 1 July / 6pm BST / 1pm ET / 10am PT
Webinar - Women in E-Textiles, 8 July / 6:30pm BST / 1:30pm ET / 10:30am PT
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WoW press coverage
Femtech entrepreneurs revolutionising women’s health, feat. Women of Wearables / via Marie Claire
Femtech Insider’s Kathrin Folkendt interviews WoW CEO Marija Butkovic / via Femtech Insider
The rise of femtech - podcast with WoW CEO Marija Butkovic / via Marketing to Mums podcast
WoW community news and updates
FemBeat: Modern Fertility Launches Pregnancy And Ovulation Tests, Along With A Mobile App To Centralize All Fertility-Related Data / via Forbes (👉🏼meet Afton Vechery, Co-founder and CEO of Modern Fertility at FemTech Forum this Thursday!)
FemBeat: Gennev Releases A Menopause Journey Map To Help The 38 Million Women In The U.S. Manage Menopause Symptoms / via Forbes (👉🏼meet Jill Angelo, Founder and CEO of Gennev at FemTech Forum this Thursday!)
Women at work: Interview with Billie Quinlan, co-founder of Ferly / via Vanity Fair (👉🏼meet Billie at FemTech Forum this Thursday!)
Women’s Health: FemTech is set for growth but how to balance trust, privacy and innovation? / via Women of Wearables blog
Equality & Tech / via Women of Wearables blog
Do you own or have you ever owned a smartwatch or fitness tracker? Our friends from Smartline are looking to get feedback on a new smart bracelet and offering an exclusive pre-launch offer for testers and early birds. Get in touch with Esme on esme.verity@smartline.io!
Join a 10-week digital study to get to grips with your gut symptoms! Qina, a niche nutrition consultancy is conducting a 10-week digital study called Gutme! to identify triggers to common gut symptoms and to understand whether a food-based supplement can help to reduce these. For more information on participating in the study or to share the study landing page with colleagues, friends, network and family click here!
The 2020 G4A Partnerships Application is Now Open! Bayer G4A works with extraordinary people to develop new health solutions in the digital world. Since 2012, G4A has worked with numerous startups to deliver meaningful results, seeking startups to partner and collaborate and change the experience of health. The G4A Growth and Advance Tracks offer a gateway to partner with Bayer through integrated healthcare solutions in the digital health space. Applications are now open till June 30th, 11:59 CET.
Calling all creators – do you have an idea to help people in isolation? Cadent, Nordic Semiconductor and RS Components are inviting you to think big and transform the lives of people living in isolation using IoT technologies. Deadline for applications is July 3! More info here!
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Industry news and updates
When your health depends on a wearable / via Fast Company
Females are still routinely left out of biomedical research — and ignored in analyses of data / via StatNews
Fertility startups see burst in demand as minds turn to baby-making / via Sifted
5 Predictions For Wearable Technology: From Fitness Trackers To “Humans 2.0” / via Forbes
Amazon tests wearable social distancing device for warehouse workers / via CNBC
Singapore Considers Wearable Tech Devices For All to Trace Virus / via Bloomberg
Digital Health Passport Could Open the Door to Safe International Air Travel / via Interesting Engineering
Kaia Health gets $26M to show it can do more with digital therapeutics / via TechCrunch
Nominations open for Most Influential Women in UK Technology 2020 / via Computer Weekly
How Women Can Lead The Resistance Against Climate Change / via Forbes
Why The Next Jeff Bezos Won’t Be A White Man / via TechCrunch
Black Funding Matters: Time for LPs to Really Diversify — Through Diversity / via Different Funds
AMA with Sutian Dong, co-founder of the Global Women in VC Directory / via Elpha
Melinda Gates and MacKenzie Bezos unveil $30M gender equality initiative / via Geekwire
What black women in tech want their white colleagues to know / via LinkedIn
Vogue Business launches the Tech Edit podcast series / via Vogue Business
Vertebrae lets fashion retail websites offer AR try-ons, no app needed / via Venture Beat
On trend: sustainable fashion in the wake of COVID-19 / via UN Environment
Google is tracking sustainable raw materials. Will fashion buy in? / via Vogue Business
Nine change makers in the Netherlands making fashion more sustainable / via Dutch News
Fashion's most interesting sustainability efforts can also help fight racism / via Vogue Business
Mapped: The State of Facial Recognition Around the World / via Visual Capitalist
Artificial intelligence that mimics the brain needs sleep just like humans, study reveals / via Independent
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