Printed Electronics Investment Summit

Tuesday December 2 Afternoon  |  San Jose Convention center

High-quality Printed Electronics investment opportunities and perspectives

This half day summit  brings together leading pure-play printed electronics companies that are gaining traction and substantial revenues today, as well as hidden gems with enormous potential. Attendees will also have access to industry thought-leaders, valuable quantitative and qualitative research, and one-on-one meetings with Printed Electronics CEOs.

With over $5bn sales forecast for 2010 VCs are eager to invest in printed electronics

With over $5bn sales forecast for printed electronics in 2010, VCs are eager to invest in printed electronics. Suitable funding is required to drive development of printed electronics into viable commercial solutions. With massive opportunities there will be many successes.

IDTechEx is holding this half day summit dedicated to bringing together venture capitalists / investors with companies seeking investment. This optional event precedes the two day conference. Analysts IDTechEx will introduce the latest progress in this sector, such as fund raising so far, undersupplied sectors and company profiles. A panel of VCs will then cover their thoughts on the sector and company profiles they seek for investing. This will be followed by 15 company CEOs who seek investment giving 10 minute overviews of their proposition and technology. There will be one to one meetings afterwards.

Please refer back to this page for the full list of presenters.

Analysts & Experts Panel:

The analysts will discuss questions such as: What is the size of the market now and projected? What are they key technical and commercial barriers? What is happening territorially? What are the business model options that can lead to success? Discuss the IP landscape - is this going to hold the industry back?

• SciReality LLC, USA Mr Ray Pimentel, CEO
• IDTechEx, USA Mr Raghu Das, CEO
• Steptoe & Johnson, USA Mr Harold Fox

Venture Capitalists Panel:

Venture Capitalists and Investors will discuss their investments, what they seek in companies, valuing a company, routes to fund raising, expected returns.

• Tokyo Electron Venture Capital, USA Mr Ruben Serrato, Venture Partner
• Applied Ventures, USA (A division of Applied Materials) Tony Chao, Investment Associate

Printed Electronics Companies:

Executives from leading companies, cherry picked by the hosts, will briefly present their company and technology, followed by discussion from the audience.

Devices

• Planar Energy Devices, USA Mr Scott Faris, CEO
• AJJER LLC, USA Mr Anoop Agrawal, CEO
• Konarka Technologies, USA Dr Eitan Zeira, VP, Printed Photovoltaics
• Beltronics, USA Dr Robert P Bishop, President

Materials

• Inpria Corporation, USA Dr Andrew Grenville, CEO

Production know-how

• Novacentrix, USA Mr Stan Farnsworth, VP Marketing
• Muhlbauer, Inc, USA Mr Gerald Steinwasser, General Manager

We see this market growing to a multi billion dollar opportunity within 5 years and hundreds of billions in 20 years - namely due to the creation of new markets and going where conventional electronics cannot.

Companies involved or intending to be involved in any part of the printed and thin film electronics value chain and seeking funding should attend this event. There will be ample time to have a one-to-one discussions during the conference.

For those failing to find a match or unable to attend, IDTechEx provides a service in locating suitable investors, assisting with presentations and setting up meetings. IDTechEx has extensive contacts in the global investment community and frequently carries out such work on an international basis.

This is the only and must-attend summit for investors and companies seeking investment in printed and thin film electronics. Register now!