Bio
@JordiBoza has over 20 years of experience in executive corporate management, global strategic business development, and management of multidisciplinary teams in Europe, United States, and Latin-America. As Managing Director of the Shopping Center Division and Member of the Board of Directors of Metrovacesa – the leading listed real estate company in Spain, was responsible for the largest portfolio of shopping centers in Spain. As entrepreneur: Founder of RREC, Private Equity Broker for commercial real estate assets, dealing with banks, financial institutions, investors, investment funds, and family offices. Key Speaker at the European Family Office and Private Wealth Management Forum in Geneva (Switzerland). Published several studies of real estate industry and collaborated in writing the Real Estate Program of IESE Business School. Directed the study "Strategic Alliances in the Spanish Real Estate" for the Aguirre Newman Foundation and Instituto de Empresa. Founder of ITGLAS, (www.itglas.com) a start up specialized in developing apps for wearable technologies and smart glasses with Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality. Nominated at Bully Awards at Pathways 2014 White Bull as Entrepreneur of the Year. Winner of the Imagine Express Banc Sabadell Financial Final Challenge. Winner of the hackatton organized by Google for Google Glass Developers at Google Campus in London (UK). Finalist of Premios Innovación Sacyr. Co-Founder and CEO of the start-up Remote Eye (www.remoteeye.com) a remote technical assistance platform with video streaming and augmented reality for professional use. Winner of Startup Next from Techstars, Winner of Intesa San Paolo Startup Initiative (Italy), Winner of Start up Next Step Challenge (Scandinavia) and Winner of Open Axel as one of the most promising startups in Europe. Recently has joined VUZIX, a leading supplier of smart glasses, and Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR/VR) technologies and products for the consumer and enterprise markets. Vuzix holds 43 patents and 23 additional patents pending and numerous IP licenses in the Video Eyewear field. The Company has won Consumer Electronics Show (or CES) awards for innovation for the years 2005 to 2016 and several wireless technology innovation awards among others. Founded in 1997, Vuzix is a public company (NASDAQ: VUZI) with offices in Rochester, NY, Oxford, UK and Tokyo, Japan. He is the Director of Enterprise Business Development for EMEA.
Sessions
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Smartglasses Panel10:15 AM - 10:45 AM Oct 19Panel with Optinvent, Vuzix, Glassup Optinvent: 1. Optinvent’s patented see-through display technology: - Developed for low cost and high volume manufacturing - Brighter virtual image vs. others -Better power consumption (up to 5 hours of battery life) 2. Optinvent’s products use the patented “Flip-Vu” feature -Allows the virtual image position to be either above, below, or centered to the wearer’s vision. -Better ergonomics for prolonged use 3. Performance is not compromised vs. cost competitiveness - At 700 €, Optinvent’s product is very competitive although it maintains a high level of performance (full standalone wireless android computer, true optical see-through, GPS, 9 axis sensor, BT, WiFi, camera, memory, sound, microphone, great battery life, etc.) GlassUp: GlassUp eyeglasses are fashionable notification glasses following a "less is more" concept and focused on aesthetics and comfort of use. They have the appearance of designer eyeglasses, no camera, a bluetooth low energy connection with the smartphone of the user, so that the batteries last a full day. The information is displayed to one eye only, in monochrome green. The choice of apps determines the content displayed to the user. VUZIX: A leading supplier of smart glasses, and Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR/VR) technologies and products for the consumer and enterprise markets. Vuzix holds 43 patents and 23 additional patents pending and numerous IP licenses in the Video Eyewear field. The Company has won Consumer Electronics Show (or CES) awards for innovation for the years 2005 to 2016 and several wireless technology innovation awards among others. Founded in 1997, Vuzix is a public company (NASDAQ: VUZI) with offices in Rochester, NY, Oxford, UK and Tokyo, Japan.