Topics include:

• Displays, mobile augmented reality optics (freeform optics, lightguides, holographic and diffractive approaches)
• Haptics and actuators
• Sensing the body (movement, behaviour, physiology)
• Sensing the eye (gaze, patterns of looking, eye-computer interaction)
• Sensing the brain (wearable fNIRS, EEG, brain-computer interfaces)
• System architectures (networked and local), ad-hoc and mobile systems
• Manufacturing of wearable technologies
• Smartphone- and smartwatch-based systems and applications
• Power sources and management, thermal management
• Wearables and smart cities
• Cyber-physical systems, closed-loop sensing/actuation systems
• Biometrics and security
• E-textiles, advanced textiles, and clothing-based wearables
• Functional clothing and non-electronic wearable technologies
• Novel materials
• Machine learning, big data, and artificial intelligence for wearables
• Datasets and performance evaluation
• Individual activity recognition and behavior analysis
• Social and group activity recognition
• Exploratory domain mapping and feature identification/extraction, ontologies for wearable applications
• Human factors and HCI of wearables, wearability, interaction design
• Anthropometrics and fit
• Design and conceptual innovation in wearables; art and fashion; theatre and performance
• Social interactions and impacts
• Human augmentation and portable environments
• Human-robot interaction
• Human/environmental/economic impacts, long-term effects, and future of wearable technologies, ethics and privacy
• All applications of wearable technologies interpreted broadly, including medical; sports; entertainment; supporting physical, cognitive, and collaborative work; extreme environments; mental health and therapy; education; virtual and augmented reality; research on behaviour, psychology, and cognition; and others
• Markets and consumer behaviour in wearables