Key takeaways from FemTech Forum 2020; Future of Health Tech; Vote for Most Influential Woman in UK Tech 2020; Apply for Women in Sensors award + more
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Happy Monday everyone! 🙂
Last week we have shared some amazing feedback from our FemTech Forum that took place on June 25!
This week, however, we have prepared detailed blog post about the conference 👇👇, including some key takeaways and quotes from all our speakers!
Many of you have sent us your blog posts and articles about the forum, so we listed below some of them! Thank you all for taking the time to write these! 💌
Clinical trials have a historic gender gap – tech could help / by Laura Lovett, MobiHealthNews
Why I’m excited about FemTech: The FemTech Forum 2020 / by Jasmin Heimann, VC @Marcau Partners
Femtech: a bright future ahead / by Emma Haywood, Slaughter and May
Can FemTech help the NHS? / by Jenny Thomas, DigitalHealth.London
Investors are taking bets on femtech, now looking beyond just fertility apps / by Laura Lovett, MobiHealthNews
Upcoming WoW monthly webinars 📆👇
Webinar - Women in E-Textiles, 8 July / 6:30pm BST / 1:30pm ET / 10:30am PT
Webinar - The Future of Health Tech, 26 August / 6:30pm BST / 1:30pm ET / 10:30am PT
WoW members monthly gathering, 2 September / 6pm BST / 1pm ET / 10am PT
Premium WoW members get FREE access to all our paid webinars + recorded sessions and resources lists from previous and future webinars, more info here.
Join us for our webinar in August where we will discuss the present and future of healthcare, and the rise of new products in this space!
We brought together four founders to talk about innovative solutions and products disrupting the health tech industry, from wearables to sex tech and wellbeing support.
Some of the topics we will cover on this webinar:
1) how to launch a product in a highly regulated environment;
2) how to build a brand that can potentially have an impact on the lives of thousands of people;
3) what it’s like to start a business in an industry that is still very new, like femtech;
4) what's the importance of sustainability in building healthcare products;
5) how to design a high-impact medical wearable device;
6) why personalised support, tailored to each customer circumstances, is the way forward in healthcare industry and more.
Join us virtually on August 26, 6:30pm BST!
Big announcement ➡️ our CEO Marija Butkovic has become Forbes contributor 🎉
… and has been nominated for Most Influential Women In UK Tech 2020 by Computer Weekly for a fourth year in a row! 💯🔝
/Sensors/ (ISSN 1424-8220) is a leading international peer-reviewed open access journal on the science and technology of sensors. To celebrate and highlight the achievements of women in the sensors research area, the journal is running a Special Issue entitled “Women in Sensors”. This Special Issue will present the sensors-related work of a group of women scientists. We are pleased to invite you to contribute a comprehensive review or original paper to it. A “Women in Sensors Award” (1000 CHF) will be granted to the best paper published in this Special Issue.
Find out more via official website. Submission deadline: 31 December 2020. [#Ad]
Community and industry news and updates
I've started a new series on @Medium rounding up the week's news in #fashion and #retail innovation. You can find it here: medium.com/@amandacosco/f… #AR #VR #FashionTech @lululemon @getthemirror @focalsbynorth @Google @amazon @zoom_us @Holition @weareinterlaced @farfetchPortfolia’s Active Aging Virtual Pitch Competition on August 4, 2020 / via Portfolia
SXTECH Virtual Summit, July 28 - 29 (WoW members use code WOW15 for 15% off tickets)
Rosy Launches ‘First-Ever’ Telehealth Program to Connect Women With Intimacy Issues to Healthcare Providers / via Dallas Innovates
Why Google's vision for wearables is finally coming together / via Business Insider
Harvard's transforming robotic fabric could lead to therapeutic wearables / via Engadget
Will Sweat Be The Source Of Energy For The Next Generation Wearables? / via AndroBliz
How to Make Remote Monitoring Tech Part of Everyday Health Care / via HBR
Digital consumers are defining the new normal in health insurance / via The Standard
Online or on the line? Digital exclusion in people with severe mental ill health / via Mental Health Research Matters
Brainlab levels up surgical software with acquisition of video game for physicians / via MedCityNews
The Most Active Investors In Europe’s Digital Health Ecosystem / via CB Insights
Digital health investments stay the course in Q2 2020 / via MobiHealthNews
The Winners Of The Vogue Beauty Awards 2020 / via Vogue
This designer held a digital runway show while the fashion industry is on hold / via Mashable UK
Sustainable clothing’s future: Tech turns waste into fashions / via Sympatico
NASA Artemis moon space suit gets design help from artificial intelligence / via SyFy
CSAIL robot disinfects Greater Boston Food Bank / via MIT News
Top Artificial Intelligence Books to Read in 2020 | via MarkTechPost
AI 50: America’s Most Promising Artificial Intelligence Companies / via Forbes
World-first research shows female CEOs boost companies by $80m on average / via ABC News
There’s never been a better time to hire women in tech / via Sifted
In the Covid-19 Economy, You Can Have a Kid or a Job. You Can’t Have Both. / via The New York Times
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