Smart Haptics

As the first industry driven haptics conference, Smart Haptics 2017 took place in San Diego, CA on December 6-7 and brought together multiple end use industries including medical, automotive, mobile, VR/AR and more to explore where the haptics industry is headed.

Smart Haptics 2017 featured:

  • Hear from companies such as Microsoft, Fitbit, Facebook, SynTouch, TDK Corporation, P&G, Adludio and more. 
  • Understand the latest trends, innovations and challenges facing the haptics industry
  • Build relationships and put your company's name in front of top industry leaders in the haptics field. 
  • Collaborate with your colleagues on topics such as current and future possibilities in haptics, touch in wearables, the future of VR/AR and gaming, the healing power of touch feedback, the driving force of automotive haptics, touch in advertising and more. 

Smart Haptics 2017 featured talks that served to inform the industry of the current capabilities and needs in the industry, as well as hands-on demonstrations that will provide the opportunity to explore through active participation.

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2018 Advisory Board

Alicia Berry Social VR Technical Program Manager Facebook
J. Edward Colgate Breed University Design Professor at Northwestern University Tanvas
Nicholas Colonnese Research Scientist at Facebook Reality Labs Oculus
Jim Holbery Research Director of the Microsoft Advanced Materials & Mechanics Group Microsoft
Hong Z. Tan Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Purdue University tangerineX
Chris Ullrich Vice President Technology Immersion Corp.

Well balanced information from academia, start-ups and large companies.

Panasonic Boston Laboratory ULT

A good mix of presentations from different fields, and good networking opportunities.

Texas Instruments

2017 Speakers

Steve Anderson Group Program Manager Microsoft
Peter Botticelli Sales & Production Engineer Syntouch
Sonja Brown Director of Marketing, Piezo and Protection Devices TDK Corporation
Tina Dao Senior Director, Research & Innovation Operations Fitbit
William Provancher CEO Tactical Haptics
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Smithers Apex conferences provide very informative talks with a good balance of top line views and detailed trends and technology.

Sony