The Plastic Electronics Foundation and IntertechPira announce the agenda for this year’s Plastic Electronics Europe 2009 Conference and Exhibition. The show takes
place 27-29 October 2009 at the Maritim Hotel & Conference Center in Dresden, Germany, and provides a vital platform where science and industry can meet to drive forward commercialisation in organic electronics.
Now in its 5th year, this well established, industry-leading event will again focus on the commercialisation of plastic electronics. The industry is awash with new developments in technology but the key to creating longevity for this sector is successfully pushing more prototypes through into effective end use applications.
Plastic electronics has the potential to save time and cost, and increase functionality in products as diverse as consumer electronics, construction, automotive, lighting and display, logistics and even fashion. With end users desperate to differentiate their products and cut costs in today’s ruthless business environment, now is the time for developers of plastic electronics to claim the crown that is rightfully theirs.
Plastic Electronics is the biggest annual event for industry with over 500 attendees in 2008, we expect 800+ this October.
Karl Leo, Institute Director of FRAUNHOFER IPMS in Germany comments:
“The Plastic Electronics meeting in Dresden will display the progress in the exciting field of plastic electronics. Like no other meeting, it will report on the full breadth of the field, from novel ultrahigh efficient white OLED over solar cells to application in sensors and many other fields. All key researchers and companies
from around the world will be represented.”
New event format for 2009
Based on feedback from attendees to the 2008 show, this year’s event will
expand to fill 3 full days.
Day 1 – 2 full day forums and a half day workshop on:
Forum 1 – Integrated Smart Systems
Forum 2 – Smart Fabrics and Intelligent Textiles
Workshop – Energy Harvesting (pm only)
Day 2/3 – morning plenary sessions and afternoon symposia sessions on the
following topics:
Flexible Displays
OPV
Organic Electronics
Lighting/Signage
Organic/Inorganic Opportunities
Key speakers
This year’s agenda features some of the leading lights from industry and
academic including:
Sir Richard Friend, Cavendish Professor at the University of Cambridge and
Chief Scientist & Co-Founder of Plastic Logic
Karl-Heinrich Hahn, Senior VP at BASF
Tetsuo Urabe, Corporate Executive SVP at Sony
Prof. Steve Forrest, Professor at the University of Michigan
Prof. Junji Kido, Professor at the University of Yamagata
Dr. Danilo de Rossi, Professor at the University of Pisa
Richard Archuleta, CEO of Plastic Logic
Prof. Karl Leo, Institute Director of Fraunhofer IPMS
Gildas Sorin, CEO of Novaled
Tapani Ryhänen, MD of the Nokia Nanoscience Center
James Buntaine, CTO of Eastman Kodak
Prof. Dermot Diamond, Professor at Dublin City University
Barry Young, President of the OLED Association
See
More infos here:
www.plastic-electronics-europe.com
