Come to the Women of Wearables (WoW) Boston Chapter December event, in partnership with CIC (Cambridge Innovation Center). CIC has been a home for entrepreneurs all around the world, and we’re having this month’s event at its flagship location in Cambridge.

The WoW Boston Chapter aims to locally reflect the global WoW organization, highlighting women in the region working in wearable tech. This month, we’ll hear from Jocelyn Scheirer, an entrepreneur, scientist, and artist who has been working in wearable biometrics since the late 1990s. Her research focuses on emotion, which she began during her PhD studies at the nascent MIT Media Lab’s Affective Computing Group founded by Rosalind Picard. Scheirer invented and, along with MIT, patented a very early textile biosensor which measured skin conductance and eventually led to several wearable products currently on the market. She founded and co-founded several wearables companies including Empathyx, Inc. Affectiva, and Bionolux Labs. She has held research and faculty posts at Harvard and Brandeis Universities. In recent years, she has also consulted for industry, government and academia on numerous projects involving sensors, physiology, and VR/AR. Her clients include NASA, Brandeis University, NYU, and industry. She has served on the board of the MIT Enterprise Forum of New York and is a frequent speaker on topics relevant to technology entrepreneurship, sensors, and scholarship.

Read more about Jocelyn here!

We’ll network and learn about Jocelyn and her journey in wearable tech!

Please RSVP to put your name on the guest list. CIC Cambridge has lobby security, so we’ll need to know to let you in by having you register.

Some details on modes of transporation you choose to attend the event:

• By car: there is garage parking at 1 Broadway starting at $16/hr. We recommend walking or taking the T!
• By T: the venue is 2 min walk from the Kendall Sq train station!

About Women of Wearables

Women of Wearables (WoW) is a global organization that supports and connects women in wearable tech, fashion tech, health tech, IoT and VR/AR. Its mission is to encourage more women and diverse teams to participate in building hardware and software products as designers, product managers and developers or being founders of their own companies, as well as create more jobs for women in STEM.

With headquarters in London (UK) and more than 10,000 members located around the globe, including local ambassadors throughout Europe, USA, Middle East and Asia, WoW supports its growing community of women and girls in the tech space through monthly meetups, panels, mentorship and collaboration. Our community is composed of startup founders, SMEs, industry experts, accelerators, incubators, industry partners, bloggers, journalists and investors.

WoW is not just for professional women, but for anyone with an interest in technology and providing women with a platform for growth.