David Savastano, Editor03.17.10
The field of printed electronics continues to enjoy growth in spite of the global economic downturn. Even at a time, when trade shows are facing difficult straits, the major conferences are enjoying success.
Such is the case with the upcoming Printed Electronics & Photovoltaics Europe, held by IDTechEx. Set for April 13-14 in Dresden, Germany, the show already has set record pre-registration attendance figures, and has an impressive array of end-users on hand to offer their insights and advice.
“We have more pre-registered attendees compared to this time before the show last year, and before our biggest show ever in the U.S.,” said IDTechEx CEO Raghu Das. “We are confident that we will exceed 1,000 attendees, genuinely making this the largest event on the topic, which it has been since we started it. One of the more exciting aspects is that a lot of the growth is attributed to end-users that are coming for the first time.”
Das said that one key to the show is the choice of end-users.
“We have selected a range of end users from different industries to present on their needs with the technology, serving as that vital ‘reality check,’ Das said. “As one example, Electrolux Italia who will be presenting at the conference is a global leader in home appliances and appliances for professional use, selling more than 40 million products to customers on more than 150 markets every year. Dr. Cristina Bertoni, a researcher leading one of the R&D groups in Electrolux in scoping out innovative technologies, told us recently, ‘Printed electronics holds a great potential for innovation across several manufacturing sectors including household appliances. Developments in printed technology for RFID, displays and sensors could enable improvements and new opportunities in a variety of applications of our interest: from the supply chain to the everyday control of home appliances.’
“The event will feature perspectives from companies such as P&G, Kimberly Clark, the U.S. military, Nokia, Total, ST Ericsson, Sharp, Paris Transit and others,” Das continued. “The combined revenue of the presenting companies exceeds €380 billion. This shows that the biggest companies in the world are taking this seriously, and it will give attendees insight into user needs.”
One new aspect in the European program is the combination of photovoltaics (PV) and printed electronics (PE) into one conference, an approach that IDTechEx used at its Printed Electronics USA 2009 program in December.
“Photovoltaics is such a large and current topic that we held a stand-alone event in 2008,” Das said. “However, the feedback was that because there is so much overlap with materials and processes of printed electronics we should combine the two which we have. Our PV track covers all thin film photovoltaic technologies and comparisons with more traditional silicon based PV. The common exhibition covers solutions for all aspects of the value chain.”
All in all, Das anticipates an excellent, informative show.
“The event gives even coverage of both organic and inorganic electronics, as well as printed and flexible electronics,” Das added. “It delves into relevant topics such as energy harvesting, smart textiles, printed silicon, transparent transistors, the common display types and much more. Distinguishing sessions include ‘New Enabling Products’ and ‘Integrating Printed Electronics.’ There is also an investment summit where VCs will hear brief pitches from start-up companies. Attendees will have the chance to see many samples of printed electronics in action, in addition to receiving a copy of the IDTechEx report ‘Printed Electronics – Customer Sourcebook and Routes to Profit’ which also lists activities of more than 1,000 suppliers.”
After IDTechEx charman Dr Peter Harrop opens the conference with his outlook on the next decade for PE, “Printed Electronics 2010-2020,” the session features a diverse group of keynote speakers, including Dr. Chris Bower, principal scientist at Nokia; Dr. Marc Vermeersch, head of department solar and new energies at TOTAL S.A. - Gas & Power; Dr. Kenneth McGuire, principal scientist, Procter & Gamble; and James Zunino of the US Army.
The second part of the keynote session features more major corporations: Konrad Herre, vice president manufacturing and managing director, Plastic Logic GmbH; Stephanie Fajtl, senior analog designer, ST Ericsson; Dr. Bonwon Koo, research staff, display laboratory, Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology; and Tolis T. Voutsas, senior manager LCD process technology lab, Sharp Laboratories of America.
After lunch, the conference splits into three tracks. Track 1 begins with a trio of end-users: Dr. Devanand K. Shenoy, program manager at DARPA MTO; Dr. Cristina Bertoni, project leader at Electrolux Italia S.p.A; and Thomas M. Ales III, personal care P&TD at Kimberly-Clark.
Transit, a key area, will be the focus of talks by Cubic Transportation Systems president Walt Bonneau and Michel Barjansky, innovation manager, engineering department for RATP (Paris Transport).
Healthcare is discussed by E2M Technology Limited CEO Stephen Clemmet. Commercial Progress with Electroluminescent Technology closes the session, with Wouter Moons, CEO of Lumoza NV & IMO, and Mike Powell, president of Pelikon Ltd.
Track 2 covers the burgeoning E-reader market, Printed RFID and Smart Textiles.
The E-reader Surge will be discussed by Dr. Alex Henzen, founder and vice president, process development & innovation for iRex Technologies BV; Sriram Peruvemba, vice president of marketing, E Ink Corporation; and Yoshitomo Masuda, electronic displays manager, Bridgestone Corporation.
Printed RFID will be the topic of Prof Chang Hee Lee, Seoul National University, Korea, and Prof, Gyou-Jin Cho, Sunchon National University, Korea.
Smart Textiles closes the track, with speakers Christian Dalsgaard, director at Ohmatex ApS; Prof. Markys G. Cain, leader of functional materials at
National Physical Laboratory; and Dr. Herman Schoo, senior research fellow at TNO Holst Center.
Track 3 covers Photovoltaics – Flexible/Portable Power and Inorganic Technologies. In the Photovoltaics – Flexible/Portable Power segment, Dr. Harry Zervos, technology analyst, IDTechEx, leads off, followed by Johan Peeters, industry sector manager solar at Bosch Rexroth AG.
They will be followed by Daniel Tomlinson, senior associate of business development at Ascent Solar; Jürgen Neuber, managing director of business development, and Mareike Friedrich, sales and marketing manager worldwide, at Neuber.
Inorganic Technologies will feature talks by Prof. Ayodhya N. Tiwari, laboratory for thin films and photovoltaics at EMPA; Dr. Oliver Lang, Q-mo solar AG; Dr. Murat Okandan of Sandia National Laboratories; and Solarion AG CEO Dr. Karsten Otte.
The Wednesday, April 14 conference features four concurrent tracks. Track 1 looks at a host of topics, primarily focusing on displays. These topics include New Enabling Products, Integrating Printed Electronics, Flexible Printed LCD Displays, OLED Lighting and Displays, Electrochromic & Electrowetting Displays, Stretchable Electronics and Global Trends & Developments.
In New Enabling Products, Dr. Juha Maijala, manager, intelligent solutions at Stora Enso Packaging Boards, and Dr. Peter Andersson, research scientist, Acreo, will present their talks. Integrating Printed Electronics is the topic of Mark Litecky of Soligie.
Prof. Vladimir Chigrinov, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and Kent Displays president Joel Domino will analyze Flexible Printed LCD Displays.
The session on OLED Lighting and Displays features Soon-sung Yoo, LG Display’s chief research engineer; Au Optronics Corporation manager Lun Tsai; and Prof. Stephen Kelly of University of Hull.
Electrochromic & Electrowetting Displays will feature three speakers: Dr. Gotthard Rieger, project manager, corporate technology at Siemens AG;
Dr. Juergen Rawert, business development at ADT GmbH; and Liquavista project manager Chris Nice.
Ryan Yoon and Harc Lee of Ryan Harc Design will speak on Architectural Lighting, while Stretchable Electronics will feature a presentation by MC10’s David A. Icke.
Global Trends & Developments will close Track 1, featuring talks by Dr. Robert J. Trew, division director, National Science Foundation; Dr. Beng Ong, principal scientist/director at IMRE and Dr. Laurence Hogg, network manager for Faraday.
Track 2 focuses on the materials side, with topics ranging from printed silicon, carbon nanotubes (CNT) and graphene, zinc oxide, copper ink and thin flexible batteres and indium tin oxide (ITO).
Talks by Dr. Shiv Chiruvolu, CTO at NanoGram Corp. and Prof. David Britton, associate professor – Department of Physics at University of Cape Town open the Printed Silicon session. Carbon Nanotubes (CNT) and Graphene will be discussed by Dr. Daiyu Kondo Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd. and Canatu Oy CEO Dr. David P. Brown.
Dr. Flora Li, research associate at Cambridge University, Dr. Bernd Szyszka at Fraunhofer IST and Dr. Warren Jackson, principal technologist, Hewlett-Packard, will analyze The Rise of Zinc Oxide Electronics. The Copper Ink Breakthrough is the theme of Stan Farnsworth, vice president – marketing, NovaCentrix and Dr Kazunori Yamamoto, manager high performance materials R&D, Hitachi Chemical Co. Ltd.
Thin Flexible Batteries will be covered by Dr. Albert Mihranyan of Uppsala University and Prof. Gunter Huebner of Hochschule der Medien Stuttgart. Replacing ITO will be the topic of Frank Louwet, business manager – advanced materials for Agfa Materials, and Dr. Peer Loebmann, senior scientist at Fraunhofer ISC.
The first half of Track 3 concentrates on Organic and DSSC Photovoltaics, featuring Prof. Chan Im, from Konkuk University; Dr. Zhikuan Chen, R&D manager for IMRE; Dr. Scott Watkins, research scientist at CSIRO; Dr. Keith Brooks of Dyesol; Prof. Juan Bisquert, professor of applied physics at TU Dresden; Universitat Jaume I; and Thomas Kolbusch, vice president for Coatema Coating Machinery GmbH.
Barrier Materials is discussed in presentations by Guido Hitschmann, Display & Graphics Business Laboratory of 3M Display & Graphics Business Lab, Dr Bernhard Sailer, Global Marketing Manager New Technologies for Huntsman Advanced Materials Switzerland and Dr Ton van Mol, Program Manager of TNO Holst Center and Dr Daniel Lenssen, Business Development Manager for DELO Industrial Adhesives.
After lunch, three different topics come up, given by Andreas Riedl, global manager solar energy competence center at Atlas MTT GMBH (Testing & Inspection); Markku Kansakoski, team leader at VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland (Sensors) and Dr. Steve Beeby of University of Southampton (Energy Harvesting for Printed Electronics).
Track 4 focuses on two main topics. Memory & Transistors includes talks by Dr Nadine Gergel-Hackett, researcher for NIST; Klaus Schmidegg of Hueck Folien Ges.m.b.H.; Toru Okubo, research leader, Toppan Printing Co. Ltd.; and Dr. Richard Price, vice president product management, Nano ePrint Ltd.
The Printing session includes presentations by Prof. Kee Hyun Shin of Konkuk University; Dr. Tim Phillips of Xennia Technology Ltd.; Peter Diepens, COO of PixDro b.v.; David Ramahi, president and CEO of Optomec Inc.; Udo Dittmar, president of Daetwyler R&D Corp.; Dr Dong-Soo Kim, vice president of Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials; Dr. Nicolas Renaud, EU Research Project Manager of Cetemmsa; Prof. Dörsam of Technische Universität Darmstadt; and Dr Jason King, CEO of MatOx Limited.
“We have more pre-registered attendees compared to this time before the show last year, and before our biggest show ever in the U.S.,” said IDTechEx CEO Raghu Das. “We are confident that we will exceed 1,000 attendees, genuinely making this the largest event on the topic, which it has been since we started it. One of the more exciting aspects is that a lot of the growth is attributed to end-users that are coming for the first time.”
Das said that one key to the show is the choice of end-users.
“We have selected a range of end users from different industries to present on their needs with the technology, serving as that vital ‘reality check,’ Das said. “As one example, Electrolux Italia who will be presenting at the conference is a global leader in home appliances and appliances for professional use, selling more than 40 million products to customers on more than 150 markets every year. Dr. Cristina Bertoni, a researcher leading one of the R&D groups in Electrolux in scoping out innovative technologies, told us recently, ‘Printed electronics holds a great potential for innovation across several manufacturing sectors including household appliances. Developments in printed technology for RFID, displays and sensors could enable improvements and new opportunities in a variety of applications of our interest: from the supply chain to the everyday control of home appliances.’
“The event will feature perspectives from companies such as P&G, Kimberly Clark, the U.S. military, Nokia, Total, ST Ericsson, Sharp, Paris Transit and others,” Das continued. “The combined revenue of the presenting companies exceeds €380 billion. This shows that the biggest companies in the world are taking this seriously, and it will give attendees insight into user needs.”
One new aspect in the European program is the combination of photovoltaics (PV) and printed electronics (PE) into one conference, an approach that IDTechEx used at its Printed Electronics USA 2009 program in December.
“Photovoltaics is such a large and current topic that we held a stand-alone event in 2008,” Das said. “However, the feedback was that because there is so much overlap with materials and processes of printed electronics we should combine the two which we have. Our PV track covers all thin film photovoltaic technologies and comparisons with more traditional silicon based PV. The common exhibition covers solutions for all aspects of the value chain.”
All in all, Das anticipates an excellent, informative show.
“The event gives even coverage of both organic and inorganic electronics, as well as printed and flexible electronics,” Das added. “It delves into relevant topics such as energy harvesting, smart textiles, printed silicon, transparent transistors, the common display types and much more. Distinguishing sessions include ‘New Enabling Products’ and ‘Integrating Printed Electronics.’ There is also an investment summit where VCs will hear brief pitches from start-up companies. Attendees will have the chance to see many samples of printed electronics in action, in addition to receiving a copy of the IDTechEx report ‘Printed Electronics – Customer Sourcebook and Routes to Profit’ which also lists activities of more than 1,000 suppliers.”
Day 1 Presentations
After IDTechEx charman Dr Peter Harrop opens the conference with his outlook on the next decade for PE, “Printed Electronics 2010-2020,” the session features a diverse group of keynote speakers, including Dr. Chris Bower, principal scientist at Nokia; Dr. Marc Vermeersch, head of department solar and new energies at TOTAL S.A. - Gas & Power; Dr. Kenneth McGuire, principal scientist, Procter & Gamble; and James Zunino of the US Army.
The second part of the keynote session features more major corporations: Konrad Herre, vice president manufacturing and managing director, Plastic Logic GmbH; Stephanie Fajtl, senior analog designer, ST Ericsson; Dr. Bonwon Koo, research staff, display laboratory, Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology; and Tolis T. Voutsas, senior manager LCD process technology lab, Sharp Laboratories of America.
After lunch, the conference splits into three tracks. Track 1 begins with a trio of end-users: Dr. Devanand K. Shenoy, program manager at DARPA MTO; Dr. Cristina Bertoni, project leader at Electrolux Italia S.p.A; and Thomas M. Ales III, personal care P&TD at Kimberly-Clark.
Transit, a key area, will be the focus of talks by Cubic Transportation Systems president Walt Bonneau and Michel Barjansky, innovation manager, engineering department for RATP (Paris Transport).
Healthcare is discussed by E2M Technology Limited CEO Stephen Clemmet. Commercial Progress with Electroluminescent Technology closes the session, with Wouter Moons, CEO of Lumoza NV & IMO, and Mike Powell, president of Pelikon Ltd.
Track 2 covers the burgeoning E-reader market, Printed RFID and Smart Textiles.
The E-reader Surge will be discussed by Dr. Alex Henzen, founder and vice president, process development & innovation for iRex Technologies BV; Sriram Peruvemba, vice president of marketing, E Ink Corporation; and Yoshitomo Masuda, electronic displays manager, Bridgestone Corporation.
Printed RFID will be the topic of Prof Chang Hee Lee, Seoul National University, Korea, and Prof, Gyou-Jin Cho, Sunchon National University, Korea.
Smart Textiles closes the track, with speakers Christian Dalsgaard, director at Ohmatex ApS; Prof. Markys G. Cain, leader of functional materials at
National Physical Laboratory; and Dr. Herman Schoo, senior research fellow at TNO Holst Center.
Track 3 covers Photovoltaics – Flexible/Portable Power and Inorganic Technologies. In the Photovoltaics – Flexible/Portable Power segment, Dr. Harry Zervos, technology analyst, IDTechEx, leads off, followed by Johan Peeters, industry sector manager solar at Bosch Rexroth AG.
They will be followed by Daniel Tomlinson, senior associate of business development at Ascent Solar; Jürgen Neuber, managing director of business development, and Mareike Friedrich, sales and marketing manager worldwide, at Neuber.
Inorganic Technologies will feature talks by Prof. Ayodhya N. Tiwari, laboratory for thin films and photovoltaics at EMPA; Dr. Oliver Lang, Q-mo solar AG; Dr. Murat Okandan of Sandia National Laboratories; and Solarion AG CEO Dr. Karsten Otte.
Day 2 Sessions
The Wednesday, April 14 conference features four concurrent tracks. Track 1 looks at a host of topics, primarily focusing on displays. These topics include New Enabling Products, Integrating Printed Electronics, Flexible Printed LCD Displays, OLED Lighting and Displays, Electrochromic & Electrowetting Displays, Stretchable Electronics and Global Trends & Developments.
In New Enabling Products, Dr. Juha Maijala, manager, intelligent solutions at Stora Enso Packaging Boards, and Dr. Peter Andersson, research scientist, Acreo, will present their talks. Integrating Printed Electronics is the topic of Mark Litecky of Soligie.
Prof. Vladimir Chigrinov, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and Kent Displays president Joel Domino will analyze Flexible Printed LCD Displays.
The session on OLED Lighting and Displays features Soon-sung Yoo, LG Display’s chief research engineer; Au Optronics Corporation manager Lun Tsai; and Prof. Stephen Kelly of University of Hull.
Electrochromic & Electrowetting Displays will feature three speakers: Dr. Gotthard Rieger, project manager, corporate technology at Siemens AG;
Dr. Juergen Rawert, business development at ADT GmbH; and Liquavista project manager Chris Nice.
Ryan Yoon and Harc Lee of Ryan Harc Design will speak on Architectural Lighting, while Stretchable Electronics will feature a presentation by MC10’s David A. Icke.
Global Trends & Developments will close Track 1, featuring talks by Dr. Robert J. Trew, division director, National Science Foundation; Dr. Beng Ong, principal scientist/director at IMRE and Dr. Laurence Hogg, network manager for Faraday.
Track 2 focuses on the materials side, with topics ranging from printed silicon, carbon nanotubes (CNT) and graphene, zinc oxide, copper ink and thin flexible batteres and indium tin oxide (ITO).
Talks by Dr. Shiv Chiruvolu, CTO at NanoGram Corp. and Prof. David Britton, associate professor – Department of Physics at University of Cape Town open the Printed Silicon session. Carbon Nanotubes (CNT) and Graphene will be discussed by Dr. Daiyu Kondo Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd. and Canatu Oy CEO Dr. David P. Brown.
Dr. Flora Li, research associate at Cambridge University, Dr. Bernd Szyszka at Fraunhofer IST and Dr. Warren Jackson, principal technologist, Hewlett-Packard, will analyze The Rise of Zinc Oxide Electronics. The Copper Ink Breakthrough is the theme of Stan Farnsworth, vice president – marketing, NovaCentrix and Dr Kazunori Yamamoto, manager high performance materials R&D, Hitachi Chemical Co. Ltd.
Thin Flexible Batteries will be covered by Dr. Albert Mihranyan of Uppsala University and Prof. Gunter Huebner of Hochschule der Medien Stuttgart. Replacing ITO will be the topic of Frank Louwet, business manager – advanced materials for Agfa Materials, and Dr. Peer Loebmann, senior scientist at Fraunhofer ISC.
The first half of Track 3 concentrates on Organic and DSSC Photovoltaics, featuring Prof. Chan Im, from Konkuk University; Dr. Zhikuan Chen, R&D manager for IMRE; Dr. Scott Watkins, research scientist at CSIRO; Dr. Keith Brooks of Dyesol; Prof. Juan Bisquert, professor of applied physics at TU Dresden; Universitat Jaume I; and Thomas Kolbusch, vice president for Coatema Coating Machinery GmbH.
Barrier Materials is discussed in presentations by Guido Hitschmann, Display & Graphics Business Laboratory of 3M Display & Graphics Business Lab, Dr Bernhard Sailer, Global Marketing Manager New Technologies for Huntsman Advanced Materials Switzerland and Dr Ton van Mol, Program Manager of TNO Holst Center and Dr Daniel Lenssen, Business Development Manager for DELO Industrial Adhesives.
After lunch, three different topics come up, given by Andreas Riedl, global manager solar energy competence center at Atlas MTT GMBH (Testing & Inspection); Markku Kansakoski, team leader at VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland (Sensors) and Dr. Steve Beeby of University of Southampton (Energy Harvesting for Printed Electronics).
Track 4 focuses on two main topics. Memory & Transistors includes talks by Dr Nadine Gergel-Hackett, researcher for NIST; Klaus Schmidegg of Hueck Folien Ges.m.b.H.; Toru Okubo, research leader, Toppan Printing Co. Ltd.; and Dr. Richard Price, vice president product management, Nano ePrint Ltd.
The Printing session includes presentations by Prof. Kee Hyun Shin of Konkuk University; Dr. Tim Phillips of Xennia Technology Ltd.; Peter Diepens, COO of PixDro b.v.; David Ramahi, president and CEO of Optomec Inc.; Udo Dittmar, president of Daetwyler R&D Corp.; Dr Dong-Soo Kim, vice president of Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials; Dr. Nicolas Renaud, EU Research Project Manager of Cetemmsa; Prof. Dörsam of Technische Universität Darmstadt; and Dr Jason King, CEO of MatOx Limited.