Dr. Philip Breedon is professor of smart technologies at Nottingham Trent University in the United Kingdom and leads the Design for Health and Wellbeing Research Group (Devices and Systems). He chaired the first International Design for Health and Wellbeing conference in 2014. He has guest lectured on smart materials in Europe, Canada and New Zealand. Dr. Breedon’s research interests and projects centre on new and emerging technologies and materials, including wearable technologies, 3D printing of pathological models, additive and subtractive manufacturing for medical applications, biomimetics, surgical robotics, augmented /virtual/immersive technologies and environments, and investigative research related to using “smart materials” for medical applications.