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Day 1 - May 10th 2010

8:30 - 9:00

Will Printed Electronics Ever Replace Traditional Electronics? ...Report Results Revealed!!!

Printed Electronics has seen substantial successes in the last year, but still has a long way to go. Hear the results of the latest Printed Electronics Market report from New Venture Research, and where you can position your business for maximum profits

• Explore the broad spectrum of Printed Electronics, and where the industry will be heading based on new technologies, developments and research in the area
• Improve and expand your knowledge of the most forward thinking developments in each individual vertical, and learn what's going to be making money first

Randall Sherman, President, New Venture Research

9:00 – 9:30

World-view Panel – Explore the worldwide PE industry and position your business for globalization

With the market evolving constantly - and with different focuses in three different continents – the PE industry will need to be flexible to adapt for the world of printed, organic and flexible electronics.

• Assess future market forecasts and establish where to position your business to take advantage of global opportunities in multiple verticals
• Debate the future of the industry with an open-floor debate and representation from Asia, Europe and America

America: Bruce Kahn, President, Electronics Printing
Asia: Jae Shin, Director, DisplayBank
Europe: Tom Morrow, VP, SEMI

9:30 – 10:00

Printing advancements that will drive your business towards commercialization

With a wide variety of different printing techniques, each with benefits and limitations, it’s difficult to understand how to employ them to maximize their potential.

• Examine the technicalities of printing techniques such as Screen, Gravure, Flexography, Inkjet and more
• Compare and contrast the wide range of printing technologies, what they can achieve and how to select the optimum process for your technology
• Understand how improved printing techniques can refine and streamline your technology ready for large-scale commercialization

Dr David Fyfe, CEO, Cambridge Display Technologies

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10:00 – 10:30

Printing Silicon - Technology and application possibilities from Kovio

Amir Mashkoori, CEO, Kovio

10:30-11:00 Coffee Break

11:00 – 11:30

What does printed electronics mean to Crayola?

Over a hundred years Crayola has made being creative a fun activity. Toys, games and coloring have evolved, but how will printed electronics play a role in the future of creative fun?

• Do children care about technology? How can printed electronics be used as an enabler of consumer experiences.
• Understand challenges and limitations of creating products for children in terms of testing, materials and toxicology
• See Crayola’s approach to toy systems integration and how you can be a part of it.
• Learn what Crayola needs to bring printed electronics to fruition

Stephen Weiss, V.P. - Product Engineering, Crayola
Rodrigo Piñeiro, Manager – Technology Exploration & Process Development, Crayola

11:30 - 12:00

The adoption of printed electronics by the board game industry - How it affects you

Board games and toys are taking up printed electronics well. The first stages have boon interactivity and enhancements to existing products, but where will it lead?

• See what Printed Electronics has already provided to the gaming industry, what functions are used, and the drawbacks and limitations of work so far
• Explore potential aims and ambitions for the future of one of the oldest forms of entertainment, as it takes the leap into the next generation
• Gain insight into what is lacking for Ravensburger in terms of suppliers, producers and technologies, and how you can fill the gaps

Andreas Meyer, Director - Technical Product Development, Ravensburger

12:00 – 12:30

End-user panel session - Hone your business to provide exactly what your customers want

Having the most efficient, cheapest, or highest performance component is only step one of commercialisation. What you really need to know is how you can adapt your technology to suit the end-user.

• Hear from a range of end-users at the early stages of incorporating Printed Electronics into their products, and discover what they would like to be able to include
• Engage in floor-wide discussion on how the industry can Provide for the wide variety of industries which could integrate printed electronics into their product

Dr Richard Yang, CEO, Skyshades
Dave Knox, Director, MeadWestvaco Packaging

12:30 - 1:00

Printed Non-Volatile Rewritable Memories – Commercialization Plans and Roadmap for Integration with Sensors and Displays

Non-volatile memories have been commercialized for use on re-writable cards, as well as molded into plastic devices such as toys.  The development of an inexpensive hand-held reader/writer unit further differentiates the cost level of this printed memory compared to alternatives (e.g., magnetic cards and flash), on a per-chip/per-device basis.  Deployment of products in the field will start later this year, and a year from now, 10’s of millions of printed memories are expected to be in use. The second generation of passive array memories currently under development will increase memory capacity to 100+ bits per unit with small changes in layout, and by 2012, higher-density memories using shift registers or multiplexers/decoders to address individual memory cells will result in kbit-scale capacity.  Higher-density printed memories will also be coupled with printed primary batteries, sensors and displays, creating disposable packaging and status indicator elements.

Davor Sutija, Head of Business Development, Thinfilm

1:00 – 2:00 LUNCH

2:00 - 2:30

Status and Future of Digital Materials Deposition with Inkjet

Inkjet printing holds huge potential for the Printed Electronics Industry, and with the right understanding, it could really help your business

• Witness the latest technology capability and what this means for the industry
  
• Explore the key applications for inkjet deposition
  
• See the range of available products, and how you can benefit from them
  
• Investigate the challenges and opportunities for inkjet, direct from the experts who are producing the technology

Dr Jan Sumerel, Manager - Biomedical Sciences, Fujifilm Dimatix

2:30 - 3:00

Secure the investment and finance you need to drive your PE business forwards

• Hear expert advice from a hugely experienced Printed Electronics investor to ensure you make educated financial decisions
• Benefit from professional advice on PE technical risks, capital intensity and time-to market issues
• Evaluate your fundraising options and give your business the best chance of securing finance for long term success

Alexei Andreev, Managing Director & EVP, Harris & Harris Group

3:00 - 3:30

Integrating Printed Electronics into every-day printing

The integration of Printed Electronics into end products and delivering unprecedented functionality to every day objects is rapidly becoming commercial reality.

• Learn how the latest printing and converting technologies and printed electronic materials and devices can be combined with conventional electronics to maximize your PE potential
• How to use creative design to create compelling ‘can’t put down’ product experiences to transform Printed Electronics into the next ‘must have’ technology

Dr Kate Stone, CEO, Novalia

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3:30 - 4:00 - COFFEE

4:00 - 4:30

Printed Electronics, the U.S Army and what it means to your PE products

The US Army has long been an early adopter of cutting edge technology, and Printed Electronics is no different. Discover the progress the US Army has made – and how you can apply their lessons to your business.

• Investigate the current drawbacks surrounding the impact of the deposition processes on flexible electronics performance and how solving problems at this stage could lead to widespread adoption of the technology
• View potential Army applications for flexible electronics and the intersection with broader commercial opportunities
• Explore the development path for flexible electronics that parallels the successful flexible display program.

Eric Forsythe, Team Leader - Flexible Displays, U.S. Army

4:30 - 5:00

The wide world of smart-fabrics and their applications

• Investigate the methods used to add functionality to fibers, including; fabrics and yarns coated with electronically conductive polymers, carbon nano-particles and metals, and flexible conductive patterns and tapes on fabrics.
• Hear case studies on commercial antennas, radar absorbers, printed heaters, pressure sensors and musical instruments made from electro-active fibrous products.

Jamshid Avloni, President & CEO, Eeonyx Corp.

5:00 - 5:30

Integrating the supply chain with multi-function Printed Electronics

• Evaluate key target markets for printed batteries, including powered cards, medical patch and RFID/sensor based applications that require thin (0.45mm), flexible and safe batteries
• Examine the possibilities of a printed battery along with a printed display in the powered card application to create a transition between discrete supply chains to fully integrated systems

David Corey, CEO, Solicore

Day 2 - May 11th 2010

8:30 - 9:00

Flexible displays and e-paper market forecasts

• Get an overview of the flexible display market with analysis of display technologies and substrate type
• See the flexible displays and e-paper market forecasts by revenue for 2010 to 2018
• Explore the e-Paper display products currently on the market and review the market drivers, technologies and challenges

Dr Jennifer Colegrove, Director, DisplaySearch

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Technology advancements in color e-readers

• Explore the technologies being developed to provide color e-book displays and learn how you can apply this to your business
• Investigate the technology behind electrowetting and understand how it is providing a viable, low-cost, low-power possibility for color displays
• Evaluate the potential of the e-reader and how continuous improvements in the pipeline are signaling the onset of market explosion

Chris Nice, VP, Liquavista

9:30 - 10:00

The future of e-book technology… where next?

• Hear the latest updates from leading e-reader technology developers, and see what the technology has in store for the future
• Explore the expanding world of functional electronic-paper displays, and how they are evolving to meet the needs of the customer

Michael McCreary, VP, E-Ink

10:00 - 10:30

Taking the e-reader to market

• See how successful partnerships, business models and marketing can provide a platform for real success
• Update yourself the very latest e-reader technology, learn from consumer market successes and avoid common pitfalls that could stall your progress

Martin Jackson, VP – Technology, Plastic Logic

10:30 - 11:00 COFFEE

11:00 - 11:30

Preparing your business for the OLED lighting explosion

• Examine the OLED lighting market, explore opportunities, and prepare your business for challenges that await
• Enhance performance with the very latest in the state-of-the-art White OLED and ensure you make the improvements to drive commercialization of your products
• Learn where OLED technologies are being applied today, where the money will be in the future, and what the OLED industry will be able to do

Rudolf Hechfellner, Applications Director, Philips

11:30 - 12:00

Flexible OLEDs: Print-based manufacturing, devices and applications

• Learn about the latest print-based, flexible OLED manufacturing process , new unique device structure and charge injection-enhancing doping
• Explore the low capital investment and the cost reduction strategies for materials that make printed organic electronics an economically viable reality
• Discuss how specific device materials, R&D data and advancements from the materials suppliers are needed to take this technology to the next level
• Get the inside track on entry level applications in flexible media, mobile products and lighting along with prototyping and product scale-up activities

Dr J Devin McKenzie, CTO, Add-Vision Inc.

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12:00 - 1:00 LUNCH

1:00 - 1:30

Is OPV the next generation of photovoltaics?

• Examine the advantages of OPV including potential cost, flexibility and environmental stability and see why OPV is predicted be a significant player in the future
• Investigate the general paradigm shift from polymeric to small molecule materials in OPV, the lessons learned so far and what the future looks like

Andreas Rückemann, CEO, Heliatek

1:30 - 2:00

Morphology, degradation and the advantages of fibrous cells in OPV

• Analyze fiber shaped organic solar cells and see the performance advantages afforded by this geometry
• Discuss the mechanical behavior of organic electronic materials and correlations with film structure and device performance.
• Review morphology characterization methods for bulk heterojunction organic solar cells to aid device design

Brendan O’Connor, Postdoctoral Fellow, NIST

2:00 - 2:30

State of the art developments in printed plastic solar cells

• Examine the result of the latest cutting edge development of novel materials and inks designed to enhance both the stability and the lifetime of OPV
• Beat the challenges you face in scaling-up your business for commercial success with key developments in high throughput, roll-to-roll manufacturing

Vishal Shrotriya, Business Development Director, Solarmer

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3:00 - 3:30

Dye sensitized solar cells: an overview

• Understand why Dye Sensitized Solar Cells (DSSC) are considered one the most promising advances in solar cell technology since the invention of the silicon cell
• Learn the processes behind DSSC and how practical lessons can be learned for application across the solar industry
• Explore the materials, dyes, pastes and solutions, which make up DSSC, and how the similarities between them and Printed Electronics can further both industries

Marc Thomas, CEO – North America, Dyesol

3:30 - 4:00

Materials development for sensing-actuator systems

• Gain insight into film based and multi component fiber based piezoelectric, piezoresistive and capacitive sensors
• Understand and take advantage of the possibilities presented by cutting edge research into temperature sensors, pressure sensors, mechanically activated motion sensors and biometric sensors

António Vieira, CEO, Center for Nanotechnology and Smart Materials, Portugal

4:00 - 4:30

Medical applications for sensors

• Gain in-depth understanding of the technology being developed for the military for shock-sensing helmets with capabilities such as direct feeds to medics and printed antennae
• See where the industry could provide more light-weight, effective medical sensors for disposable, low-cost applications

Dr. Ana Arias, Area Manager, Palo Alto Research Center

4:30 - 5:00

Practical applications of sensors

• Investigate the barriers to market which make ULSI silicon appear too expensive for large-area or distributed application, and see why packaging is the main barrier to commercialization
• Explore the recently perfected transfer printing process which can handle small components of virtually any useful size in a very inexpensive process and how this is lowering costs dramatically

Dr. Jayna Sheats, CTO, Terepac

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