Boston QS and Women's Health: Starting the Conversation

The Quantified Self movement consists of users and tool makers who have a shared interest in self-knowledge through tracking of habits, behaviors, and life activities. One of the major innovations that Quantified Self tracking and technology offers is the possibility to better understand and improve our health.

Boston QS and Women's Health: Starting the Conversation will focus on the intersection of the Quantified Self movement and women’s health. We’ll learn how self-tracking technologies are being created and utilized by members of the Boston QS community to make strides in reproductive health, pregnancy and childcare. We’ll end the evening with a guided discussion about other ways that these technologies are being used or could be used in the women’s health space.

6 - 7pm SOCIAL TIME

Meet fellow community members and enjoy healthy refreshments provided by Neumitra.

7 - 7:45pm PRESENTATIONS

Dulcie Madden - Co-Founder and CEO, Rest Devices (http://www.restdevices.com/)
Empowering women in the developing world through self-tracking.

Jacqueline Thong - Co-Founder and CEO, Ubiqi Health (http://ubiqihealth.com/)
A self-tracking project on quantifying pregnancy, post-pregnancy, and newborns.

Jen MacLean - Business Development, Ovuline (http://www.ovuline.com/)http://img1.meetupstatic.com/img/clear.gif
How can self-tracking help women to better understand and control their reproductive health?

7:45 - 8:15pm BREAKOUT DISCUSSIONS

We’ll break out into groups to discuss our own ideas about self-tracking and technology in the women’s health space. Which challenges in women’s health are being addressed by QS right now, and which are not? Can we pinpoint opportunities for innovation and better health outcomes in women’s health using QS?

Event Sponsor:

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Neumitra develops wearable and mobile technologies to measure and mitigate the effects of daily stress on health, productivity, and happiness. Our biosensor technologies monitor bodily states associated with the autonomic nervous system and the people, places, and events that cause stress. Mobile applications add personalized support to mitigate acute and chronic stress. From one person to thousands across minutes to years, we develop the technologies to transform how we all live, work, and play.

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Meeting space has been graciously provided by:

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A wonderful space is generously being provided by the Cambridge Innovation Center (http://cic.us/), the area's largest and most popular flexible office space facility designed to meet the needs of small and fast-growing technology-oriented companies.

QS SPONSORSHIP AND MEETUP COSTS

We use the sponsor money and meetup donations to pay for professional video recording, incidental venue costs, and awesome, healthy refreshments, as well as to fund projects that help the larger QS community. If you or your company are interested in sponsoring Quantified Self, please let us know.