Tuesday, 07 Apr 2009
Keynote (08:15 - 12:25)
IDTechEx, United Kingdom, Dr Peter Harrop, Chairman
08:15 - 08:30 "Printed Electronics - Hot Applications and Market Sizes 2009-2019"- The new products
- Industry State-of-play
- 2009-2019 forecasts revealed
Ravensburger, Germany, Mr Clemens Tuerck, Chief Electronic Game Developer
08:30 - 08:55 "Past, Future and Requirements of Printed Electronics in the Games Sector"- Past experiences of combining paper board games with electronic components
- Future plans of Ravensburger regarding electronics in games
- Requirements for Printed Electronics in Games
Centro Ricerche Fiat, Italy, Prof Pietro Perlo, Director, Technology Division
08:55 - 09:20 "What Fiat needs from Photovoltiacs"
Creative, Singapore, Dai Wei Yeo, Director of Research and Development
09:20 - 09:45 "OLED Displays in Consumer Electronics"
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SBf Spezialleuchten Wurzen, Germany, Dietmar Czekay,
10:50 - 11:10 "Requirements for Organic LED Lighting in Train Applications"Organic LEDs do have some nice features. They are the first areal light source.
But they're worthless without an application. For the use in trains, the OLED technology has to fulfill a number of standards.
Is is that far developed?
Plastic Logic, Germany, Mr Konrad Herre, Vice President Manufacturing
11:10 - 11:35 "The E-Reader as a Product Application for Plastic Electronics Technology"- Overview of Plastic Logic's development and technology
- First commercial factory for plastic electronics based in Dresden
- E-readers: Product, uses and advantages
- Plastic Logic's e-reader based on organic electronics technology
IBM, United States, Mr Supratik Guha, Senior Manager
11:35 - 12:00 ""
NASA - Johnson Space Center, United States, Dr John Bacon, Systems Integration Engineer
12:00 - 12:25 "Printed Electronics at NASA"- What the World's largest space agency needs from printed electronics
- Photovoltaics, Displays and Logic - our current progress with the new electronics
Radical New Printed Electronics Products (14:00 - 15:15)
Kovio, United States, Mr Amir Mashkoori, CEO
14:00 - 14:25 "A New Semiconductor Technology Paradigm - Printed RFID is now a Reality"- Turning vision into reality
- From world's first all-printed silicon transistors (2007) to world's first silicon ink based RF tags (2008) to first applications (2009)
- Partnering for success
Bundesdruckerei, Germany, Jg Fischer, Principal scientist
14:25 - 14:50 "Prospects and Challenges for ID Documents with Integrated Displays"- Flexible electronics and device requirements for secure ID systems
- Technology description and security concept with e-paper and OLED displays
- Application scenarios and roadmap
Nokia Research Center, United Kingdom, Prof Paul Beecher,
14:50 - 15:15 "Morph - Transformable Mobile Device"- Key business and technology trends towards future mobile devices
- Nanomaterials for future mobile devices
- Printed electronics enables new device form factors
HdM Stuttgart and Hirschmann Car Communication, Germany, Ingmar Petersen,
15:15 - 15:40 "Integration of Screen-Printed Antennas in Plastic Body Parts"- Screen printing
- Antenna
- Antenna integration
Healthcare & Bionic Man (15:40 - 17:35)
Medixine, Finland, Ms Jana Nyrén,
15:40 - 16:05 "Preventive eCare using Printed Electronics, RFID and Communication Software"- Data acquisition and transfer
- Application examples
- Merging data to PHR (Personal Health Record)
- Alerts, reminders and support
CSEM, Switzerland, Mr Jens Arnulf Krauss, Section Head Control and Signal Processing
16:45 - 17:10 "Wearable Optoelectronic Life Sign Monitors"- Wearable, non-intrusive opto-electronic sensing elements to monitor continuously the user's heart rate (HR) and blood oxygenation (SpO2).
- Multi-channel (such as redundant emitters and receivers) and multi-sensor (such as auxiliary MEMS) approach to compensate artefacts due to body motion, ambient light and body contact.
- Development and integration roadmap towards a wearable and continuous health status monitor.
Toumaz Technology, United Kingdom, Dr Ganesh Kathiresan, Key Account Manager
17:10 - 17:35 "Sensium and Printed Electronics - Enabling Continuous Body Area Monitoring"- Sensium is a technology platform for clinical quality ultra low power body area monitoring
- Together with printed electronics solutions(batteries, sensors, etc.) this allows for small size wearable devices
- Description of the infrastructure around the technology platform to enable a variety of applications
Transit (17:35 - 18:25)
RATP (Paris Transport), France, Mr Michel Barjansky, Head of Marketing, RATP IT Dept
17:35 - 18:00 "Rail Ticketing in Paris - What we need from printed electronics"
Cubic Corporation, United States, Mr Walt Bonneau, Executive SVP / Chief Technologist
18:00 - 18:25 "Securing Public Infrastructure with Organic and Printed Sensors"- Security systems are in need of organic and printed sensor solutions
- The state of technology and the challenges of applying nano-sensors within large security environments
- Organic and printed electronic solutions in consideration
Thin/Flexible Batteries (14:00 - 14:50)
Power Paper, Israel, Mr Boaz Nitzan, VP R&D
14:00 - 14:25 "Micro-electric Fully Integrated Patch Platform"
UCLA, United States, Prof George Gruner, Distinguished Professor, Dept Physics & Astronomy
14:25 - 14:50 "Printable Flexible Batteries using Nanotube Ink"
Conformal/Fexible Displays (14:50 - 17:35)
Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology, Korea, Dr Bonwon Koo, Research Staff, Display Laboratory
14:50 - 15:15 "Printable TFT's for Flexible Display"- Overview of printable TFT's
- Various technologies for Flexible Display
- Some results of SAIT
Sony Corporation, Japan, Mr Noriyuki Kawashima, Fusion Domain Laboratory - Materials Laboratory
15:15 - 15:40 "Ink Formulation and Printing Technique for OTFTs"- Formulation of small molucule semiconducor ink
- ink-jet printing technology of organic semiconductor
- integration techonology of printed organic TFT for EPD
Texas Instruments Deutschland, Germany, Mr Oliver Nachbaur, System Engineer Portable Power
15:40 - 16:05 "OLED, Flexible OLED, Flexible Batteries - Technologies and Power Supply/Charge/Discharge Requirements"- OLED and Flexible OLED Technology and Power Supply Requirements
- Flexible Batteries - Technology and Charge/Discharge Requirements
QD Vision, United States, Dr Peter Kazlas, Director, Device Development
16:45 - 17:10 "Printed Quantum Dot Light Emitting Devices for Displays and Lighting"
Liquavista UK, United Kingdom, Mr Simon Jones, VP Sales & Marketing
17:10 - 17:35 "Colour, Flexible Displays with Video Motion"- Electrowetting technology
- 3 distinct modes; transmissive, reflective and transflective
- Roadmap, costs and applications
E-readers (17:35 - 18:25)
Prime View International, United Kingdom, Ian French, Principal Scientist
17:35 - 18:00 "Progress from Glass to Flexible e-Books"- 1st Gen glass e-Boooks are recognised for being pleasant to read and easy to use
- 2nd Gen e-Books will be thinner, lighter and more robust due to the use of flexible displays
- Our flexible displays use most of the same equipment and processes as glass displays, so we have a largely proven technology with reduced start-up costs
Bridgestone Corporation, Japan, Mr Yoshitomo Masuda,
18:00 - 18:25 "Electronic Paper QR-LPD by using Electronic Liquid Powder"- Electronic Paper
- Flexible Display
- Printed Color Filter
Photovoltaics (14:00 - 14:50)
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Switzerland, Prof Michael Graetzel, Professor of Chemistry, Inst of Physical Chemistry
14:00 - 14:25 "Power from the Sun: The Advent of Mesoscopic Solar Cells"
SOLARC, Germany, Dr Oliver Lang,
14:25 - 14:50 "Photovoltaic Microsystem Integration in Flexible Products"- Fundamentals of Photovoltaic energy harvesting systems
- State of the art components
- Applications and limits in mobile or flexible products
Organic Photovoltaics (14:50 - 18:00)
Konarka Austria R&D, Austria, Dr Christoph J Brabec, CTO
14:50 - 15:15 "Organic Photovoltaics - A Low Cost, Scalable Technology"- State of the art performance and future roadmap of OPV
- Production technologies for OPV - what does it take to scale up
- First applications and markets
Fraunhofer ISE, Germany, Dr Michael Niggemann, Dye & Organic Solar Cells, Dept Materials Research
15:15 - 15:40 "Flexible ITO-free organic Solar Cell Modules"- Upscaling of the production technology
- Investigations on the longterm stability
- Applications for small flexible organic solar cell modules
Heliatek, Germany, Dr Martin Pfeiffer, Chief Technology Officer
15:40 - 16:05 "Organic Based Photovoltaics"
University of Potsdam, Germany, Prof Dieter Neher, Professor
16:45 - 17:10 "Photovoltaic Performance of Polymer-Based Solar Cells with Non-Fullerene Acceptors"- Processes determining the efficiency of polymer-based solar cells
- Tuning nanomorphology in polymer-polymer blend devices
- Acceptors for polymer-based solar cells with high open circuit voltage and high fill factor
TU Ilmenau, Germany, Dr Harald Hoppe
17:10 - 17:35 "Geometry of Efficient Polymer Solar Cells"
IAPP - TU Dresden, Germany, Dr Moritz Riede, Institute for Applied Photo Physics - IAPP
17:35 - 18:00 "Photovoltaic Research at the Institute of Photophysics at Dresden University"
Energy Harvesting (18:00 - 18:25)
University of Southampton, United Kingdom, Dr Steve Beeby, Sr Research Fellow
18:00 - 18:25 "Printed Piezo-Electric Energy Harvesters"
Wednesday, 08 Apr 2009
Transistors & Logic (08:30 - 09:45)
Cambridge University, United Kingdom, Dr Flora Li, Research Associate
08:30 - 08:55 "Fabrication and Stability Characterisation of Thin Film Transistors Based on Indium Zinc Oxide Deposited at Low Temperature"- The deposition of metal oxides using a high rate sputtering technology will be described.
- Thin film transistors fabricated using amorphous indium zinc oxide as the channel layer will be shown to have a field effect mobility of 10 cm2 V-1 s 1, which is an order of magnitude better than amorphous silicon technology.
- The results of stressing metal oxide thin film transistors will be presented to allow assessment of stability.
Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal, Prof Elvira Fortunato, Professor
08:55 - 09:20 "Paper Transistors"
PriMeBits, Finland, Dr Ari Alastalo, Senior Research Scientist, Team Leader Nanosensors
09:20 - 09:45 "PriMeBits EU FP7 Project on Printed Memories"- Printable memory solutions for sensor, ID, and media applications
- Motivation and objectives of the project
- Targeted application areas
- Technical approaches taken
Roll-to-Roll Manufacture Challenges/Opportunities (09:45 - 11:15)
Soligie, United States, Mr Mark D Kapsner, VP Operations
09:45 - 10:10 "What to look for in a Printed Electronics Partner"
SWG - Sächsische Walzengravur, Germany, Dr Lutz Engisch,
10:10 - 10:35 "New Area of Printing Forms - potentials, challenges, applications."- Challenges / problems for printing forms and makers in the new century.
- Laser application - a versatile tool for print form makers.
- New generation of printing forms.
- Where? What? Why?: The need of characterization.
Optrex Europe, Germany, Dr Juergen Wahl, Director
11:15 - 11:40 "Printing for OLED and LC Display Manufacturing"
Digital Printing (11:40 - 12:30)
Trident Industrial Inkjet, United States, Mr Steve Liker, Business Manager
11:40 - 12:05 "Digital Fabrication Using Flexible, Inert Piezo Printhead Technology"- Ink Jet Deposition
- Jettable Materials
- Surface Treatments Minimizes Spread
- Inert Printheads for Aggressive Fluids
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Lighting (12:30 - 14:30)
Novaled, Germany, Mr Sven Murano, Leader Physics Group
12:30 - 12:55 "High Efficiency OLEDs for Lighting Applications"- Key Challenges for OLED lighting
- Latest Developments in OLED Technology for Lighting applications
- OLED Lighting - a Roadmap
Stretchable Electronics for Clothing (14:30 - 17:55)
Daimler, Germany, Mr Manfred Wagner, Research&Technology-PowerTrain & Cabin Electronics
14:30 - 14:55 "Application of Smart Textile Technology in Automotive Industry"
Interactive Wear, Germany, Dr Markus Strecker, CTO
14:55 - 15:20 "Wearable Electronics - Applications, Trends and Opportunities for Printed Electronics"
Embedded Systems Lab of University Passau, Germany, Prof Paul Lukowicz, Professor
15:20 - 15:45 "Wearable Electronics and Applications"
Sefar - Filtration Solutions, Switzerland, Dr Ivo Locher, Team Leader New Business Development
15:45 - 16:10 "Current Approaches to Bridge the Gap Between Electronics and Fabrics"- Fabrics as substrate for electrical circuits
- Insight into heating fabrics
- Pitfalls to market a smart fabric product
Philips Applied Technologies, Netherlands, Mr Giuseppe Coppola, Senior Director Business Development
16:40 - 17:05 "Smart Wearable Systems: Trends and Challenges"- Definition of Smart Wearable Systems and related main applications/trends
- Challenges to be solved for the related timely introduction in the market
- Related proof-points and activities carried out in Philips Applied Technologies
TEXSYS, Germany, Dr Hans-Walter Praas, Managing Director
17:05 - 17:30 "Wearable Electronic Solutions - mystic, challenging or reality explained at the first telecommunication glove G-cell and power heating"- Technical requirements on PCB, FPC and assembly for wearable applications
- Electronic design and reliability studies for embedded glove and power heating solutions
- Technology and product roadmap 2010/11
Fraunhofer FIT, Germany, Markus Klann,
17:30 - 17:55 "Printed Electronics; Weird Stuff: How people might come to use, hate, break, or love it"- How people relate to new technologies such as printed electronics
- The case of designing new technologies for firefighters
- Some considerations on creating technology that people use happily
Conductive Materials (08:30 - 09:45)
Applied Nanotech, United States, Dr Zvi Yaniv, President/CEO
08:30 - 08:55 "Inkjettable Copper Nanoparticles Ink Breakthrough: a stab to replacing silver ink"- Stable dispersions
- Piezo-electric and aerosole jetting capability
- No need of inert atmosphere and processing temperatures under 100 degrees C
- Obtained 30 micrometer wide traces with resistivities as low as 3 x 10(-6) ohm-cm
Agfa-Gevaert, Belgium, Mr Frank Louwet, R&D Manager
08:55 - 09:20 "Orgacon(TM), the high conducting and stable PEDOT electrode for printable electronics"- Newest developments in PEDOT technology
- Orgacon(TM) Inks in new high bright AC-EL
- Orgacon(TM) in OLED light
IFW Dresden, Germany, Ms Mandy Grobosch, Member
09:20 - 09:45 "Charge-Injection Barriers at Realistic Metal/Organic Interfaces: Metals Become Faceless"- Charge-Injection Barriers
- Energy Level Alignment
- Photoelectron Spectroscopy
Organic & Inorganic Semiconductors (09:45 - 10:35)
HTWK Leipzig, Germany, Prof Ulrike Herzau-Gerhardt,
09:45 - 10:10 "Printing of Functional Layers using Flexography" Is the flexographic process able to transfer special anorganicdispersions with conductive properties to certain surfaces?
- How do different solvents and additives influence the homogenity of
the transferred layers?
- Which defined mechanical porperties of the special coating and
flexoplates should be realized in flexoprinting units?
Merck Chemicals, Dr Johannes Canisius, Senior Project Manager
10:10 - 10:35 "Advances in Material and Formulation Development for Printed Organic Electronics"- How good can soluble/printable organic semiconductors be?
- Formulation concepts can enhance processability and improve material/device performance
- What does the industry need for the "final push"?
Graphene Carbon Nanotubes (11:15 - 11:40)
Rutgers - The State University of New Jersey, United States, Prof Manish Chhowalla,
11:15 - 11:40 "Graphene-Based Thin Films for Transparent and Flexible Electronics"- Graphene for high-performance electronics
- Mass production of graphene via chemical exfoliation of graphite
- Properties of large-area graphene-based thin films
Sensors & Actuators (11:40 - 12:55)
NanoTecCenter Weiz Forschungsgesellschaft, Austria, Prof Emil List, Scientific Director
11:40 - 12:05 "Novel Concpts for Organic and Inorganic (Printed) Sensor Devices"In this contribution we report on the design, realisation and characterization of novel active partly printed gas sensor and IR detectors. In particular we will present
- a novel concept of an integrated optical oxygen probe, which is realised using a OLED device
- a novel concept of a sub ppm ammoniac detector by means of a printed conducting polymer resistor
- a novel concept of a printed IR detector utilising different inorganic nanoparticles.
Future-Shape, Germany, Ms Christl Lauterbach, CEO
12:05 - 12:30 "SensFloor(R) - A Large-area Sensor System Based On Printed Textiles"- Printed smart textiles
- Textile sensor structures
- SensFloor(R) applications
NXT Technology, United States, Mr Geoff Boyd, New Business Development Director
12:30 - 12:55 "Printed Electronics Enables New Sound, Light and Touch Human Interface Devices"- Introduction to NXT and its Distributed Mode Loudspeaker (DML) technology
- Low cost multifunctional DML, Light, Touch and Haptics panels enabled by Printed Electronics
- High information Content Human Interface Devices using multifunctional NXT panels
RFID (14:30 - 16:10)
IDTechEx, United States, Mr Raghu Das, CEO
14:30 - 14:55 "RFID, the State of the Industry"- Progress with conventional RFID by vertical sector - the successes and failures
- Numbers and values of tags sold to date and forecast
- Requirements for printed RFID
- Challenges for printed RFID to penetrate markets
- End user views and acceptance of printed RFID
Schenker Deutschland, Germany, Mr Kai Herbst, Office Manager
KSW Microtec, Germany, Dr Frank Kriebel, VP R&D
memsfab, Germany, Dr Torsten Thieme, Managing Director
14:55 - 15:20 "An Innovative Combination of SMART RFID and MEMS Sensor - A Leading edge product for transport monitoring in the logistic"Joint presentation: Schenker, KSW Microtec & memsfab
- Transport monitoring
- Combinations RFID and mems
- Roll-to-Roll procedure
PolyIC, Germany, Dr Wolfgang Clemens, Head of Applications
15:20 - 15:45 "Printed RFID and more for New Applications"- Electronic ticketing with PolyID
- Printed smart objects with PolyLogo
- Status and roadmap for applications
VTT, Finland, Mr Panu Helisto, Chief research scientist, Team leader
15:45 - 16:10 "Ultra Low-Cost Printed Electric Tag Technology is Ready for the Market"- By using weakly conducting inks, low-cost invisible electric tags were demonstrated.
- An integrated, low-cost reader device was developed for reliable close-range detection of printed electric codes on various substrates.
- The electric coding technology is mature for applications in packaging industry, product authentication, forgery and counterfeit detection etc.
Smart Substrates & Stretchable Electronics (16:40 - 17:55)
Smartex, Italy, Ms Rita Paradiso, Scientific Director
16:40 - 17:05 "E-textile for smart monitoring: implementation onto fabric substrates"- Textile materials for sensing functions
- Textile technology for sensors fabrication and system integration
- E textile for health monitoring, state of applications and future challenges
TNO Science and Industry, Netherlands, Mr Anton Kaasjager, Project Leader
17:05 - 17:30 "Printing Conductive Structures on Textiles and Membranes"- Pretreatment of the substrates in order to prepare it for metallization
- New techniques to make selective metallization possible
- Application of a variety of electroless techniques on a wide range of substrates
Osmotronic, United Kingdom, Mr Matthew Falla, Creative Director
17:30 - 17:55 "Hybrid Futures - Printed Electronics in Product and Service Design"
Thin Film Inorganic Photovoltaics - CIGS & CDTe (08:30 - 09:20)
centrotherm photovoltaics, Germany, Dr Georg Ritter, Technical Sales Thin Film Division
08:30 - 08:55 "Turn-Key-Production Line from centrotherm photovoltaics AG for High Efficient and Low-Cost CIGS Thin Film Modules"
W・th Solar, Germany, Mr Bernhard Dimmler, Board Member
08:55 - 09:25 "Thin films in PV already penetrating the market, status and perspectives and in detail the CIS technology"Keywords:
- What is thin film CIS, CdTe and a-Si
- penetration of the PV market by thin films
- status and perspectives and potentials
- CIS technology of Wurth Solar
EMPA, Switzerland, Prof Ayodhya N Tiwari, Laboratory for Thin Films and Photovoltaics
09:20 - 09:45 "High Efficiency Flexible Solar Cells Based on CIGS and CdTe Thin Films"- Current status of flexible CIGS and CdTe technology
- Challenges of monolithic interconnection
- Advantages of high efficiency and roll-to-roll manufacturing
- Manufacturing challenges
- Future prospects
DSSC (09:45 - 10:35)
Universitat Jaume I, Spain, Ivan Mora Sero,
09:45 - 10:10 "Pushing up the Performance of Colloidal Quantum Dot Sensitized Solar Cells"- Sensitized solar cells
- Quantum dots
- Cadmium Selenide
Helsinki University of Technology, Finland, Mr Janne Halme, Research Associate
10:10 - 10:35 "Performance Limiting Factors in Flexible Dye Solar Cells"- How to understand and predict them by simple device modeling
- How to measure them with impedance and light modulation techniques
- How to minimize them though better materials and device architecture
Solar Textiles (11:15 - 12:05)
University of Michigan, United States, Dr Max Shtein, Asst Professor, Materials Science & Engineering
11:15 - 11:40 "Solar textile research update"
Power Textiles, United Kingdom, Prof John Wilson, Co-Director
11:40 - 12:05 "Development of flexible Solar Cells on Textiles"- Solar cells on textiles: structure and challenges;
- Microwave plasma enhanced CVD of silicon;
- Characterisation of Si films and devices on polyester
TITK Institute, Germany, Dr Steffi Sensfuﾟ, Dept of Functional Polymer Systems
12:05 - 12:30 "Comparison of Thienopyrazine-based Low-Bandgap Polyphenylene Vinylenes with MDMO-PPV under the Viewpoint of Polymer Solar Cell Applications"
Photovoltaic Materials (12:30 - 12:55)
DuPont (UK), United Kingdom, Mr Vince Arancio, Technical Specialist - Microcircuit Materials
12:30 - 12:55 "Advanced Screen-Printable Thin-Film PV Front-Side Silver Conductor Compositions"
Photovoltaics Manufacture (14:30 - 14:55)
Imaging Technology International (iTi), United States, John Spiers,
14:30 - 14:55 "Inkjet as a Digital Fabrication Process for Photovoltaics Applications"- Inkjet process development
- Implementing inkjet for printed electronics - application examples
- Digital fabrication equipment for printed electronics using inkjet technology
Ris・National Laboratory, Denmark, Dr Frederik Krebs, Senior Scientist, Manager Solar Cell Research
14:55 - 15:20 "Roll to Roll coating for photovoltaics"
Barrier Materials (15:20 - 17:05)
ITRI, Taiwan, Dr Robert Lo, Senior Researcher
15:20 - 15:45 "Breakthroughs in Barrier Materials for Flexible Electronics"- ITRI's work on flexible barriers
- Performance, cost
Alcan Packaging, Germany, Mr Bertrand Jannon, Marketing and Business Development Manager
15:45 - 16:10 "Barrier Materials for Printed Electronics"
IDTechEx, United Kingdom, Dr Harry Zervos, Technology Analyst
16:40 - 17:05 "Needs and Requirements for Barrier Layers for Flexible Electronics - The Big Opportunity"- Needs by device type
- Comaprisons of existing solutions
- What is still needed
