Eric Mizufuka
Product Manager, New Markets – Epson...
Dhan Balachand
Dhanushan (Dhan) Balachandreswaran is the Founder and CEO of Sulon Technologies, an exciting game technology start-up developing the first-ever, fully immersive spatial entertainment platform called the Cortex. The Cortex is positioned to revolutionize the gaming industry and fundamentally change the way players consume video games. It is a wireless plug-and-play system that transforms any physical environment into a holodeck-like experience. Dhan is an innovative entrepreneur passionate about the latest technologies with a special interest in interactive entertainment and gaming. He has a strong background in science, technology, manufacturing and product development having served previously in multiple top-level management roles. By the age of 23, he was already leading a multi-disciplinary team of engineers and scientists in developing next generation solar technologies at a renewable energy firm. As the Director of Engineering, he led their product development team and developed a revolutionizing solar farm system with a lifespan and durability twice as long as average systems and an assembly speed of a matter of minutes. He is also the inventor of a wide array of renewable energy testing systems that are currently being used by research labs at multiple universities in Canada and many other renewable energy organizations. Dhan has been featured in many journals and articles regarding his achievements in the renewable energy space, and has contributed to the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) through multiple written publications....
Nicolas Henchoz
Nicolas Henchoz is an art director with a background in engineering, journalism and communication. He is the founder and director of the EPFL+ECAL Lab in Switzerland, a bridge between the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL), and the University of Art and Design, Lausanne (ECAL). He has developed new strategies to turn emerging technologies into user experience through design exploration. His new book “Design for Innovative Technology” (Routledge, 2014) unveils his approach for disruptive innovation through several projects and more theoretical aspects, including perception, history and sociology. The EPFL+ECAL Lab research program on augmented reality is presented to the public through a constantly evolving exhibition called Gimme More. Featured at Eyebeam (NYC), The Royal College of Art ( London), Siggraph Asia or the Designer’s Days in Paris, it is the winner of the International Design Festival, Berlin. The research program creates visual, interactive and narrative principles to establish AR as a real media, in collaboration with the Computer Vision Laboratory of EPFL. Nicolas Henchoz has been appointed as Chevalier des arts et des lettres de la république Française, by French Minister of Culture and Communications....
Syuzi Pakhchyan
Syuzi Pakhchyan is an experience designer whose work investigates the intersection between code, cloth and culture. Her design and research interests include wearable technologies, physical and soft computing, and interactive textile design. Her book “Fashioning Technology: A DIY Intro to Smart Crafting” explores the emerging creative practice of soft circuits and soft technologies. Syuzi’s projects have been exhibited at Eyebeam, an Art and Technology gallery in New York, the Fashion Future Event in Pisa, South by Southwest Festival, Maker Faire and Emerging Technologies Conference. She received her BFA from UC Berkeley in Literature and her MFA in Media Design from the Art Center College of Design. http://www.fashioningtech.com/...
Nir Eyal
Nir Eyal writes, consults, and teaches about the intersection of psychology, technology, and business. He is the author of Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products. Nir founded two tech companies since 2003 and has taught at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford. Nir is also an advisor to several Bay Area start-ups , venture capitalists, and incubators. Nir’s last company received venture funding from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and was acquired in 2011. In addition to blogging at NirAndFar.com, Nir is a contributing writer for Forbes, TechCrunch, and Psychology Today. Nir attended The Stanford Graduate School of Business and Emory University....
Wedge Martin
CTO & Founder, Arqetype Former CTO and Co-Founder of Badgeville, currently Co-Founder of Arqetype, an augmented reality platform which aims to bring social networking back into the real world by fusing social media with physical surfaces viewable by mobile devices. In previous lives, developed web applications and constructed high availability platforms for Shopping.com ( now Ebay ), Reuters NASDAQ, the DoE, IBM, and Cisco. Designed the energy communications network for the power deregulation effort in California, and extended the network to cover the western half of the US. Loves working with web app platforms, databases, and wide area networking. Was a pioneer in the VoIP industry helping to build the first SaaS based iPBX system, now sold as 8×8....
Keri Waters
CEO & Founder, Arqetype Keri brings strategic marketing and platform management expertise. As CEO & Founder of start-up Arqetype she helps organizations leverage AR and behaviors to provide contextual intelligence. CEO of Chopwood, Inc, she leveraged Professional Services to develop a revolutionary network operations automation and management platform to help do this. Prior to that, she held senior Strategic Marketing positions at both Micronas and Magnum Semiconductor, managing a global team of applications engineers and leading design-in of SoC platforms at some of the world’s leading consumer electronics OEMs, including Sony and Samsung. Keri holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from MIT, and a MBA from UC Berkeley, Haas School of Business....
Alex McCallum
Head of Business Development and Strategic Alliances at Thalmic Labs Joined Thalmic Labs after a progressive career creating fruitful partnerships and joint ventures in roles spanning both major corporations as well as lending these skills to a variety of start-ups in Canada and abroad. At Thalmic Labs he leads the partnerships, business development, and corporate development activities. http://www.linkedin.com/in/alexmccallum...
Thalmic Labs
Thalmic Labs develops and markets exciting, new technologies in the area of human-computer interaction. Its first product, the MyoTM armband, measures electrical activity in muscles to wirelessly control computers, phones and other digital technologies, resulting in seamless interaction between humans and devices. Thalmic Labs was founded in 2012 by Stephen Lake, Matthew Bailey and Aaron Grant of the University of Waterloo’s mechatronics engineering program and has since grown to a world-leading team of scientists, engineers and designers committed to building the future of wearable technology. In June 2013, Thalmic Labs announced the closing of a $14.5M round of Series A funding led by Spark Capital and Intel Capital. In January 2014, Thalmic Labs received the Digital Trends “Best of CES 2014″ Award for Cool Tech and was named TechVibes’ Startup of the Year. https://www.thalmic.com/en/myo/...
Scientific Humanities, LLC
OrigaMIDI lets you control and visualize your electronic performance with printed pattern designs. The app requires no hardware to be worn on the body, just pictures, that you may print or draw on any object, which are then recognized through image processing on your mobile device. http://www.origaMIDI.com...