Smart Textiles, Fashion that Responds, Geneviève Dion, at Golden Networking’s @WearableCompCon

Building off of the momentum of past successful conferences, Golden Networking brings Wearable Computing Conference 2013 New York City (www.wearable-computing-conference.com), “Revolutionizing the Human Experience Through Next-Generation Technology”, November 7.

New York City, NY, USA (November 2, 2013) — Geneviève Dion is Assistant Professor, Director, Shima Seiki Haute Technology Laboratory at Drexel University, will speak at Golden Networking’s Wearable Computing Conference 2013 (http://www.wearable-computing-conference.com), “Revolutionizing the Human Experience Through Next-Generation Technology”, to be held in New York City, on November 7.

Ms. Dion is an award winning designer with an extensive background in bespoke clothing and industrial design. Her collections have been sold at Bergdorf Goodman and Barneys in New York and Holt Renfrew in Canada. Her work on permanently pleated silk is in the permanent collections of the Victoria and Albert museum in London (2003) and the DeYoung Museum in San Francisco (2010).

Her research focuses on identifying production methods that advance the field of wearable technology intended for a variety of high performance textiles applications. In 2012 following the signing of a groundbreaking $1 million partnership agreement with Shima Seiki USA, Ms. Dion founded the Shima Seiki Haute Technology Laboratory, a state of the art knitting facility dedicated to the design and prototyping of smart and technical textiles.

The Haute Tech Lab is located in Drexel’s ExCITe Center and supported by University’s Colleges of Media Arts and Design, Engineering, Nursing and Health Professions, Medicine, Information Science and Technology and the School of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health Systems. In her Laboratory Ms. Dion collaborates with a multidisciplinary team of faculty and students researching the development of knitted electronic components into garments, versatile production methods and mass customization of smart textiles and wearable technology.

Wearable Computing Conference 2013 is produced by Golden Networking (http://www.goldennetworking.net), the premier networking community for business and technology executives, entrepreneurs and investors:

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Panelists, speakers and sponsors are invited to contact Golden Networking by sending an email to information@goldennetworking.com.

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