Post Show Report 2016
Jan.13-15, 2016
MESSAGE FROM WEARABLE EXPO SHOW DIRECTOR
“We will keep expanding WEARABLE EXPO as the world’s largest exhibition specialised for the wearable industry” First of all, I would like to thank everyone who was involved in the 2nd WEARABLE EXPO. This exhibition enlarged twice from the 1st edition, welcoming 156 exhibitors. Exhibitors varied from wearable devices such as smart glasses, smart watches, etc. to technology that can be adapted to develop wearable devices. (Technologies such as textile, resin, electronic components, etc. ) WEARABLE EXPO is known to be the world’s largest exhibition for the wearable device industry, and gathered a lot of industry professionals from all over the world. We are hoping that WEARABLE EXPO becomes the centre of wearable technology, and contributes to advancement of the industry. Then, 4 years from now in 2020, it will be the key site of wearable devices with as much as 1,000 exhibitors from around the world.
Yuhi Maezono, Show Director Reed Exhibitions Japan Ltd.
WEARABLE EXPO is... An exhibition covering wearable device to technologies. World's largest exhibition where all kinds of wearable device and technology for wearable device gather. Today as we see many wearable device interfering with our daily life, work place and the world being connected to the internet, WEARABLE EXPO has become the hub exhibition for the industry. The exhibition was filled with excitement of visitors wanting to know and tryout the latest technologies. This year we saw an increase in textile companies exhibiting.
Figures
156 Exhibitors
17,660 Visitors
Visitor Breakdown
Floor Plan
Click here to enlarge > http://www.wearable-expo.jp/en/doc/floorplan/
Show Highlights
Conference Next to the exhibition halls, 40 speeches were held. During the 3 day show period, key persons of industry giants, fast growing companies address on hot topics.
Participants’ comments “I was amazed at the number of different devices and unique new ideas that people were showing off.” – Intel K.K. Business Development Manager “WEARABLE EXPO is a valuable exhibition for us because we can find and learn the latest technology. What we find here helps develop our company.” - Samsung Electronics, Principal Engineer *** “ We had many broadcasting company, journalist come by and interviewed us for our product. We also met many manufacturers. The show was a great opportunity for us to promote and to let the world know what we do.” - Anicall Corp., Exhibitor “ We were surprised at the amount of visitors. Our products are mainly used by companies related to electronics, but at WEARABLE EXPO we met visitors from the development industry, medical industry and many other different industries who were also interest.” – Ryoden Trading Co., Ltd, Exhibitor “Of course we met a lot of Japanese visitors but we also met visitors from USA, Philippines and India. You can meet many visitors from various countries at once to have business meetings.” - Green Optics Co., Ltd, Exhibitor ***
Get Ready for 2017!
With a growing profile of exhibits, quality conference and expanding international mix of both exhibitors and visitors, the show concluded with a positive note with majority of the booth space sold-out already for the coming edition. Above is a photograph of the floor plan shot at the reservation counter on the final day of the show. The red squares represent the booth space that has been already reserved. If you are interest in exhibiting, please contact Show Management to discuss available booth space. Dates for 2017:
Dates: January 18 [Wed] – 20 [Fri], 2017 Venue: Tokyo Big Sight, Japan Organised by Reed Exhibitions Japan Ltd. www.wearable-expo.jp/en/
CONTACT INFORMATION For Exhibiting enquiries: wearable-eng@reedexpo.co.jp For Visiting enquiries:
visitor-eng.wearable@reedexpo.co.jp
WEARABLE EXPO Show Management
Reed Exhibitions Japan Ltd. Tel: +81-3-3349-8519 Address: 18F Shinjuku-Nomura Bldg., 1-26-2 Nishishinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 163-0570, Japan
Edited on: February 5, 2016