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BrainXchange is a boutique conference company dedicated to providing interactive learning and intelligent networking opportunities for leading minds and industry professionals at each and every quality event it produces.

BrainXchange’s Enterprise Wearable Technology Summits (EWTS) is the longest running and most comprehensive event focused on the enterprise industrial applications for AR/VR & wearables, bringing together end users and solution providers in an intimate environment conducive to learning and building long-lasting relationships.

ETSA represents the European training and simulation community. It provides a non-partisan environment for government bodies, academia, users and suppliers within Europe to network, exchange opportunities, ideas, information and strategies on education, training and simulation technology and methodology.

ETSA undergoes, and co-ordinates, research, development and innovation work to promote and help instigate, improve and extend the widespread use and efficacy of modelling and simulation technologies (including virtual, augmented and mixed reality) and practices for training and other applications throughout the European community.

The Evolve Media Group produces events, conferences, and digital products for the technology sector. Our brands include The Wearable Technology Show, AVR360, The Battery Technology Show, Smart City Summit and the Digital Healthcare Technology event.

RA’pro is a non-profit member-based association founded in 2010 to promote the development and use of Augmented Reality by French speaking companies, institutions and individuals. The association organizes events and establishes corporate partnerships in order to increase awareness of the benefits of AR.

RA’pro participates in a variety of conferences and events and offers informative presentations about Augmented Reality to companies and other organizations. In addition, the association operates Ago’RA, a platform for matching skilled professionals with those who need them for Augmented Reality projects.

The AEC (Architecture, Engineering and Construction) Hackathon is a non-profit organization established in 2013 for the purpose of connecting built environment professionals with technology designers and developers for the purpose of creating new technology solutions to built environment-related problems.

The AEC Hackathon provide weekend long hackathons with educational presentations and workshops from both tech and AECFM industry leaders. Attendees are mainly industry professionals from various AECFM (Architecture, Engineering, Construction and Facilities Management) firms and software/hardware companies.

The National Safety Council is a 501 nonprofit, public service organization promoting health and safety in the United States of America. Headquartered in Itasca, Illinois, NSC is a member organization, founded in 1913 and granted a congressional charter in 1953. 

Members include more than 55,000 business, labor organizations, schools public agencies, private groups and individuals.

The group focuses on areas where the greatest number of preventable injuries and deaths occur, including workplace safety, prescription medication abuse, teen driving, cell phone use while driving and safety in homes and communities.

The IEEE is the world’s largest technical professional organization dedicated to advancing technology for the benefit of humanity.

The IEEE and its members inspire a global community to innovate for a better tomorrow through highly cited publications, conferences, technology standards, and professional and educational activities. IEEE is the trusted “voice” for engineering, computing, and technology information around the globe.

IEEE sponsors more than 1,900 annual conferences and events worldwide, curating cutting-edge content for all of the technical fields of interest within IEEE. Use the IEEE conference search to find the right conference for you to share and discuss innovation and interact with your community.

MAKE UK stimulates success for manufacturing businesses, helping them to meet their objectives and goals. We empower individuals and we inspire the next generation.

Make UK is focused on creating the most supportive environment for UK manufacturers to thrive, innovate and compete. We do this so that together, we can build a platform for the evolution of UK manufacturing.

We enable manufacturers to connect, share, solve problems and create opportunities together. We do this through regional and national meetings, groups, events and advisory boards. We work at every level to ensure UK Manufacturing performs and grows, now and in the future.

Created in late 2012, b<>com addresses several industries: culture & creation, digital infrastructures, health, defence and industry 4.0.

Its laboratories bring together talented people from a variety of disciplines and cultures in areas like artificial intelligence, immersive video and audio, content protection, 5G networks, the Internet of Things, and cognitive technologies.

b<>com’s researchers and engineers, drawn from the ranks of industry and academia, work at its Rennes campus and at its sites in Paris, Brest, and Lannion.

Thanks to its world-class engineering team, its technology platforms and its unique mix of scientific and industrial knowhow, b<>com offers its clients technology solutions that give them invaluable competitive edge.

The Industrial Internet Consortium was founded in March 2014 to bring together the organizations and technologies necessary to accelerate the growth of the industrial internet by identifying, assembling, testing and promoting best practices. The open members organization works collaboratively to speed up the commercial use of advanced technologies. Membership includes small and large technology innovators, vertical market leaders, researchers, universities and government organizations.

Through multiple activities and programs, the Industrial Internet Consortium helps technology users, vendors, system integrators and researchers achieve tangible results as they seek to digitally transform across the enterprise. The resources of the Industrial Internet Consortium – developed collaboratively over the years by industry experts from around the globe and across all industries – give organizations the guidance needed to strategically apply digital technologies and achieve digital transformation.

ETSI is an independent, not-for-profit, ICT standardization organization  in Europe, headquartered in Sophia-Antipolis, France, with worldwide projection.

They are at the forefront of emerging technologies across all sectors of industry and society that make use of ICT. Their 900+ member organizations comprise a diversified pool of large and small private companies, research entities, academia, government and public organizations. They are drawn from 65 countries and five continents.