| | 19 April 2016, SLEM Waalwijk, The Netherlands | | Home | Program | Register | | On April 19, 2016, The Footwear Health Tech Conference will take place at SLEM Waalwijk, The Netherlands. The conference is part of a two-day event that also includes the Future Footwear Materials Conference, on April 20, as well as an exhibition. We invite you to take a look at who is speaking at the conference: - Nicoline van Enter, Trend Forecaster, Lecturer, Founder and Creative Director, SLEM Institute
- Dr. Benoît Mariani, CEO, Gait UP, will speak about “Applications with Foot Worn Inertial Sensors”
- Erik Vollebregt, Partner, Axon Lawyers, will approach the topic “Future footwearables: legal and regulatory issues”
- Joep Maussen, Founder, Mighty Styley S.L., will talk about “A Radical New Hands Free Shoe Concept”
- Dr. Wallen Mphepö, Display Technology research scientist for iShüu Technologies inventors of the Volvorii Timeless smart shoe
- Iris Ritsma, Designer, will present “Soule – New color changing technology for shoes”
- Fred Holtkamp, Associate Lector of Orthpaedic Engineering, Fontys University of Allied Health Professions, will tackle the topic “Innovation and Challenges in Pedorthics, Challenges of 3D printing”
Enhance your knowledge, expand your network! Registration is possible for each conference individually or a combination of the two conferences. Take advantage of special discount rates for educational institutes, available to faculties and staff at all grade levels. 
| | 9 March 2016 | 
| There is no longer a question that 3D printing will also be used within pedorthics, podiatry and orthopaedic engineering (P&O). The interesting question is how 3D printing will affect pedorthic practice and what the consequences will be. 3D-printing is not only a different method of construction, the technique also affects the design and how you look at the manufacture of products such as foot orthoses and shoes. The entire process of history taking – measuring – design – simulation – making the product (therapy) will need to be reviewed.
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| | | 2 March 2016 | 
| There’s a rule for that! State of the art technologies in footwear bring with them their own new legal and regulatory issues, e.g. in the field of personal data protection, monitoring of physiological parameters and processes and new production techniques (3D printing). This presentation will discuss these and provide practical ways to deal with these issues. About Erik Vollebregt
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| | | 1 March 2016 | 
| Shoes are the objects that connect us with the earth we walk on. Within this project this value has been taken to a whole new level. Soule is a shoe that tells the story of where you are and where you have been. By means of a new technology the colors of the shoe are influenced by rain, snow and surface waters of different places on the earth. When the shoe gets in contact with water from the environment new color combinations will appear. Soule aims to make the wearer aware of their surroundings and stimulates to go out and travel the world. For every person the shoe tells a different story. About Iris Ritsma
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| | | 1 March 2016 | 
| Our movement creates an essential signature of who we are. When measured, our body motion leads to meaningful insights about our health, wellness and performance. Learn how Gait Up’s Physilog inertial sensors are used to measure human biomechanics in healthcare and sports. Topics include elderly fall prevention, stroke and orthopedic rehabilitation, early diagnosis of Parkinson’s Disease, as well as running enhancement and injury prevention. With the rapid growth of digital health and the internet of things (IoT), when will these sensors make their debut into footwear products? About Dr. Benoît Mariani
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| | | 25 February 2016 | 
| Young kids sometimes even struggle with Velcro shoes. It´s not the Velcro, it´s getting their feet in and out of the shoes in the first place. A new shoe concept addresses this problem. A completely new shoe concept shows us a shoe that pops open by the touch of a button. Once the shoe pops open, kids easily introduce their feet after which they simply step down in order to trigger the auto lacing mechanism. About Joep Maussen
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