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		Dr Toshihide Kamata Research Group Leader, AIST Presentation: Low temperature print techniques of several metal electrodes for flexible devices low temperature print techniques of electrodes for flexible devices printed electrodes of aluminum, copper, and metal alloys on a plastic film work function tuning of electrode for printed diode, transistor and memory printed metal oxides for flexible devices Biography: Toshihide Kamata received a PhD in Chemistry from Kyoto University in 1991. He joined the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) in 1992. His research interests have been in the organic semiconductors and their thin films for photonics and electronics. He is currently a leader of organic semiconductor research group of AIST, and professor of Tsukuba University. He is managing a research program concerning the development of printed organic devices for displays, tags and sensors.


		Dr Bastian Marheineke Vice President Sales, Aixtron AG Presentation: OVPD/PVPD: Overcoming limitations of conventional manufacturing technologies Key enabling OVPD/PVPD - Organic/Polymer Vapour Phase Deposition equipment Superior process control, high yield and low cost of ownership equipment Large area and high speed deposition by Close Couple Showerhead (CCS) Technology Graded and Cross Faded Layers: pushing OLED device performance beyond conventional limitations Biography: Bastian Marheineke graduated in Physics at RWTH Aachen and received his PhD from University of Ulm, working on MOCVD and PVD technologies for deposition of compound semiconductors. Having joined the Sales team of AIXTRON AG, Aachen, Germany, in 1998 he relocated to Cambridge, UK, early 2000, accepting the position of Sales Director of the newly acquired Thomas Swan Scientific Equipment, Ltd. subsidiary. Upon his return to Aachen mid 2002 Bastian was in charge of AIXTRON's Asia/Pacific sales. From 2003 to 2006 he was responsible for the business development of the OVPD® technology for organic materials. Since August 2006 Bastian is in charge of world wide Sales for AIXTRON's compound and organic semiconductor technologies.


		Dr Thomas Däubler Head of Measurement Division, Botest Systems Presentation: Photoelectric testing of organic semiconductors Principle of photoelectric testing Current and voltage mapping for: Defect analysis Local performance studies Test examples Organic solar cells Organic sensors Large area OLEDs Shorts in OLEDs Biography: Dr Thomas Däubler studied physics and graduated at the Max-Planck-Institute for Polymer Research with a PhD on photophysical properties of semiconducting polymers. Dr Däubler worked for IBM on OLEDs for flat-panel displays and lighting applications. He joined SCHOTT in 2001 to start a project on OLEDs for lighting and signage applications. After additional studies in economy he worked in product management and business development of OLEDs for lighting, especially for automotive applications. Dr Däubler has been Head of the Measurement Division of Botest Systems GmbH since 2005. He is responsible for the development, manufacturing and marketing of advanced testing solutions for organic semiconductor devices.


		Prof P Kathirgamanathan Professor of Electronic Materials Engineering, Brunel University Presentation: The Effect of Nature of Charge Transporters on the Performance of Fluorescent and Phosphorescent OLED’s. Selection of electron transporters Selection of hole transporters Selection of hosts Biography: Professor Poopathy Kathirgamanathan C. Chem. FRSC. C. Phys. F. Inst. P. C. Sci. (Professor of Electronic Materials Engineering , Wolfson Centre, Brunel University, UK) is one of the world leading experts in Organic Electronics. After his Ph.D at Exeter, he pioneered research and development in the area of Organic Electronics at Newcastle University, Cookson Group plc., University College, London and London South Bank University (Chair in Electronic Materials Engineering since 1993). In 2000, he founded OLED-T, based on the technology that he developed at London South Bank University and served as the CTO of OLED-T until all the I.P (48 patents) of OLED-T was sold to Merck, Germany in August 2008. He moved to Brunel University in March 2009 where he is continuing to develop new materials for OLED's, OPV and OTFT in addition to electrochemistry and nanotechnology. He is passionate about the commercialisation of OLED's for displays and lighting. He has over 200 publications and patents and over 100 conference papers. He is also an Executive Committee Member of the Materials Chemistry Group, Society of Chemical Industries, London.


		Euan Smith Cambridge Display Technology Presentation: OTFT Development for OLED backplanes The performance requirements for OLED backplanes OTFT device development at CDT using TIPS Pentacene and proprietary OSC materials. Modelling and simulation of OTFT devices Biography: Dr Euan Smith leads the Advanced System Development group at CDT. Dr Smith began his career in laser design after studying his PhD at Heriot-Watt University in non-linear optics. In 2000 he joined CDT, helping to establish the product design group. Since that time he has been responsible for technical development in the areas of system-level electrical and optical operation of OLED displays including backplanes. He is the author on more than 50 patent families and is a member of the IEC TC110/WG5 working group (and the mirror BSI committee) developing OLED display panel testing standards.


		Tom Pounds Senior Scientist, Cambridge Display Technology Presentation: Developments in Solution Processable Polymers for Lighting The manufacturing advantages of using polymers for OLED lighting. Technology developments of White PLED materials and future challenges. The materials performance of simple solution processed polymer devices for White Lighting. Biography: Tom studied Chemistry at Liverpool University completing his PhD. on conducting polymers for electro-catalyst applications in 1998. After two years designing washing powders for Proctor & Gamble he joined CDT in January 2000 as a Development Chemist. During his time at CDT he has worked on a number of projects targeting new monomer synthesis, polymer formulations and processes. He is currently involved in the development of White PLED materials & leads the chemistry process development activities.


		Chris Rider Director, Cambridge Integrated Knowledge Centre Presentation: Advances in Large-area Photonics and Electronics at the CIKC Overview of the CIKC and its capabilities Current project portfolio Recent advances Future plans Biography: Prior to becoming Director of the Cambridge Integrated Knowledge Centre in July 2009, Chris pursued a career in industrial R&D with Kodak, most recently as Department Head at Kodak European Research, Cambridge, leading a team of scientists working on various projects to provide technology for Kodak's Displays and Graphic Communications businesses. Before this Chris set up and led a research team whose focus was to develop technologies to enable the manufacture of optoelectronic structures of all kinds on plastic substrates. Projects included cholesteric LC and electrowetting reflective display technologies, inorganic electroluminescent displays, zinc oxide thin film transistors, flexible photovoltaics, electronically tunable photonic crystals and additive self-aligning processes for patterning functional materials. Chris has also led commercialisation projects for Kodak's industrial materials and graphic arts businesses. Chris is a holder of 33 patents.




		Craig Cruickshank CEO, cintelliq Presentation: Biography: Craig founded cintelliq, the organic semiconductor industry specialists, in 2002 and has spent much of his career identifying, selecting, acquiring and exploiting new technologies. He gained first-hand industry knowledge and experience in commercialising organic light emitting polymers whilst working for Cambridge Display Technology. Craig also worked for Cambridge Consultants (Arthur D Little) where he was directly involved in providing strategic and operational advice to clients dealing with the commercialisation and impact of emerging technologies. Prior to working in consulting Craig spent two years at the Manufacturing Engineering Group (University of Cambridge) where he focused on developing tools and techniques for auditing technology management processes. Craig holds a BSc in Physics, MSc Digital Systems and an MBA from Manchester Business School.


		Dr Hiroki Maedea General Manager, Dai Nippon Printing Presentation: Flexible Electronics by Organic TFTs Printed Electronics in DNP Flexible TFTs for printed electronics Flexible displays with Flexible TFTs Biography: Dr. Hiroki Maeda is a graduate of Tokyo Institute of Technology, where he received his Doctor of Engineering. Prior to his graduate work, Hiroki joined Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. (DNP) in 1991 as a researcher in R&D Center. After 10 years involvement in development of LCDs and PDPs, he started to study on organic semiconductive material from 1998. He is in charge of R&D on plastic electronics, especially, device physics of OLED and OTFT.


		Dr Bill MacDonald Business Research Associate, DuPont Teijin Films Presentation: Latest Developments in Substrates for Flexible Electronics and PV DuPont Teijin Films (DTF) are developing engineered substrates for the flexible electronics and PV market. This presentation will present new information on DTF’s portfolio of films under development for flexible electronics and PV which includes: conductive films with sheet resistance ranging from 20-2000ohms/sq adhesive coated films UV and heat stabilised films The benefits DTF's planarised films bring to thin film barrier coatings DTF's films in end use applications Biography: After graduating B.Sc and Ph.D in chemistry from the University of St Andrew, Bill Macdonald joined ICI Plastics Division in 1980. He was initially involved in research into advanced materials, primarily liquid crystal polymers, and moved into the Polyester Films Business in the early 1990's. The Films Business was sold to DuPont and Bill MacDonald is currently a Business Research Associate in DuPont Teijin Films (DTF), a 50:50 joint venture between DuPont and Teijin. He is currently actively involved in developing substrates for flexible electronic and PV applications and in understanding the material requirements required for these emerging industries. He has coauthored ca 40 papers, several book chapters and regularly presents on the flexible electronic conference "circuit". He is a Visiting Professor in the Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry, University of Strathclyde.


		Augusto A. de Albuquerque Head of Micro Systems Unit, European Commission Presentation: Trends of Flexible, Organic & Large Area Electronics in the EU What is new in Flexible, Organic & Large Area Electronics (FOLAE)? The past, the present and the future: From EC FP6 to FP7 Call 4 The building of an EU-wide FOLAE Community Future opportunities Biography: Augusto A. de Albuquerque is Head of the Micro Systems unit in the Information Society and Media DG of the European Commission. The objective of this unit is the integration of heterogeneous technologies leading to novel multifunctional systems. He manages the Micro and Nano Systems, Flexible, Organic and Large Area Electronics and Visualisations Systems areas. His unit is also in charge of the coordination of the ICT part of two new Public Private Partnerships of the European Recovery Plan: Factories of the Future and Green Car (ICT for the Fully Electric Vehicle). He received the PhD in Electrical Engineering (University of Essex, 1982), the Master of Electronics Engineering (Eindhoven Technical University, 1977), the Electrical Engineering degree (Lisbon Technical University (LTU), 1972), and the Business Administration and Organisation degree (Lisbon University Institute ISCTE, 1979). He joined LTU in 1971, where he became a Professor. He was also a Professor and Chairman of two Departments in ISCTE. In 1989 he joined the European Commission, Brussels, Belgium. He was Head of several units coordinating research in Fixed and Mobile Networks and Services for Integrated Broadband Communications. He coordinated the research that led to the development of multimedia standards in MPEG and DVB and broadband standards such as xDSL, ATM and mobile broadband Internet. He is author of 3 books and over 130 papers and book chapters.


		Dr Heiko Thiem Project Manager, Evonik Degussa Presentation: Progress in solution processed metal oxide semiconductors for TFTs Recent improvements in solution processed semiconducting metal oxides Top Gate Transistors with solution processed metal oxide semiconductors Ink jet printing of metal oxide semiconductor for thin film transistors Conclusions Biography: Heiko Thiem studied chemistry at the Universität Bayreuth. He completed his PhD work in 2005 under the supervision of Prof. P. Strohriegl in the area of semiconducting polymers and oligomers for use in optoelectronical devices in close collaboration with Merck KGaA (Southampton) and Philips (Eindhoven). Since 2006 he has been with Evonik Industries at the Science to Business Center Nanotronics, where he is as project manager responsible for the development of new solution-processable semiconductors and dielectrics for TFTs.


		Mike Ciesinski CEO, FlexTech Alliance Presentation: Update on U.S. Business Activity in Printed and Flexible Electronics Key U.S. players FlexTech Alliance-funded R&D projects U.S. government initiatives and funding Biography: Michael Ciesinski is CEO of the FlexTech Alliance - www.flextech.org - appointed in April 1995. FlexTech is a private/public partnership chartered with building the infrastructure for electronic display and flexible electronics manufacturing From 1982-1995, Ciesinski was employed at SEMI, an international trade association serving the capital equipment and materials industry. As Vice President and Director of North American Operations, he managed the Information and Communications Group, which included market data, on-line market reports, electronic communications, technical programs, and marketing/public relations. Prior to SEMI, Ciesinski held various management positions with the State of New York, focusing on local government and economic development activity. He is a graduate of the State University of New York at Albany. Ciesinski is a member of FlexTech's Board of Directors and of several university advisory councils.


		Armin Wedel Division Director Functional Polymers, Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Polymer Research Presentation: Ink-jet printing of active and passive layers for organic photovoltaics Formation of printed hole injection and photosensitive layer for organic photovoltaics Advantage of printed devices Application of printed organic photovoltaic devices Biography: Armin Wedel studied physics at the University of Rostock from 1981 to 1986. In 1992 he received his Ph.D degree in physics. From 1986 until 1991 he works as a scientific research assistant at the Institute of Polymer Chemistry of the Academy of Science in Teltow. Since 1992 he works at the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Polymer Research in several research positions. He is responsible for the development of the technology of polymer electronic components.


		Dr Olaf Hild Group Manager Process Technology and Integration, Fraunhofer IPMS Presentation: Fabrication Technologies for Small Molecule OLED and OSC in COMEDD Introduction to COMEDD Tools for OLED and OSC development OLEDs for lighting Development of organic solar cells and modules Biography: Dr. Olaf R. Hild, born in 1971, received his diploma in chemistry from university of Bremen, Germany in 1998. From 1998 he was group member of Prof. D. Woehrle, Institute of Organic and Macromolecular Chemistry of University of Bremen, where he did his doctor thesis. In 2004 he joined to the Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystems (IPMS) as member of the business unit Organic Materials and Systems (OMS). He was and is involved in several European and BMBF funded projects, like PolyApply, Flame, OPEG and EMSIS. Since 2008 he is group manager of the working group Process Integration and Technology (PTI).


		Karlheinz Bock Professor for Polytronic Microsystems at TU Berlin and Deputy Director of Fraunhofer IZM Presentation: OLAE System Integration Technology on Foil Hybrid Micro-Fabrication Platform for OLAE System Integration on Foil Substrates Additive Micro-Fabrication Technologies Biography: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Karlheinz Bock, Professor for Polytronic Microsystems at the Technische Universität Berlin, deputy director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Reliability and Microintegration, IZM, Germany, and head of the department of Polytronic Systems, is concerned with the development of polytronics, components and hetero-integration technologies for cost-efficient production of flexible systems, ranging from low-cost electronic disposables to applications for most complex communication electronics as well as chemical and biological sensors and bio-analytical systems.


		Timo Meyer-Friedrichsen R & D Lab Manager, H.C. Starck Clevios GmbH Presentation: Conductors and Semiconductors for Advanced Organic Electronics High conductive PEDOT:PSS dispersions PEDOT formulations for printed electronics Oligothiophene based semiconductor materials SAM technology for low voltage transistors Biography: Dr. Timo Meyer-Friedrichsen studied chemistry at the Universities of Oldenburg and Hamburg. He recieved a PhD in Organometallic Chemistry in 2000 working on the synthesis and characterization of materials for nonlinear optics. He attended a postdoc at the University of Arizona at the group of Prof. Seth R. Marder working on two-photon absorption materials and metal nanoparticles. In 2001 he joined the Central Research Department of Bayer where he worked on organic materials for optical data storage systems. Timo switched to H.C. Starck in 2006 where he is currently responsible for the development of organic semiconductor materials and intrinsic conducting polymers.


		Dr Martin Pfeiffer CTO, Heliatek Presentation: Efficient and long-term stable organic vacuum deposited tandem solar cells organic p-i-n type tandem cells 6% efficiency on 2 cm2 certified modules with integrated series interconnection and upscaling issues Biography: Martin Pfeiffer studied physics in Tübingen, Lancaster and Dresden. In 2000, he obtained the PhD degree from the TU Dresden for a thesis on „Doping of organic semiconductors for use in organic LED and organic solar cells“, supervised by Prof. Karl Leo. From 2000 to 2005, he has been leader of the Organic Optoelectronics Group of the Institut für Angewandte Photophysik, TU Dresden. In 2002, he spent four months at Princeton University in the group of Prof. Stephen Forrest. He is cofounder of Novaled AG, Dresden and Heliatek GmbH and since 2006 CTO of Heliatek.


		Dr Masahiko Ando Manager, Senior Research Scientist Hitachi Europe Ltd Presentation: Printable OTFT technology for display applications Uniform and stable solution-processed OTFTs 5" LCD addressed by solution-processed OTFTs Characterization of operational device stability Biography: Graduate from Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Japan 1995 Ph.D. Applied Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan. 1999 Senior Research Scientist in Hitachi Research Laboratory, Japan. 2000 Visiting Professor of Tokyo University of Agriculture & Technology, Japan 2004-2006: PJ leader of organic electronics in Advanced Research Lab., Hitachi, Japan 2007 Senior Research Scientist in Hitachi Cambridge Laboratory, UK 2008 Manager of European R&D Centre, Hitachi Europe, Ltd., UK


		Dr Albert Van Breemen Senior Researcher, Holst Centre Presentation: Standardization in organic and large area electronics: opportunities and challenges Standardisation activities in organic and large area electronics Standardisation activities in organic and large area electronics in FP7-project OPERA Standardisation activities in OPV, present status Outlook Biography: Albert van Breemen received his Ph. D. degree in Organic and Polymer Chemistry from the University Hasselt, Belgium, in 1999. In that same year he joined TNO Science and Industry as Project Member in the Functional Polymers & Coatings department up to 2000, as Project Leader in the same department since 2001 (responsible for the technical and scientific content of several large projects on plastic electronics, inorganic photovoltaics and self-assembly. In 2008, he became senior research scientist at TNO/Holst Centre working on organic transistors, memories and electro-optical sensors. He is author and co-author of 30+ peer reviewed publications and patents.


		Dr. Coen Verschuren Project Manager, Holst Centre Presentation: Fast2light: OLED lighting on a roll OLEDs for lighting Flexible OLEDs R2R processing Barrier-foils Biography: Dr. ir. Coen Verschuren is a principal scientist and project manager within Philips Research, in the department "Photonic Materials and Devices". His present field of research is OLEDs, with an emphasis on flexible OLEDs. He leads an experienced project team covering both device architecture and system aspects, closely working together with the Holst Centre. Coen is also a work package leader and board member of the European Fast2Light project.


		Dr Tom Aernouts Team Leader, Organic Photovoltaics, IMEC Presentation: Strategy and recent developments of organic photovoltaics at IMEC IMEC's role in the OPV landscape New device concepts for improved efficiency and stability Development of cost-efficient process technology Biography: Dr. Tom Aernouts has a strong expertise in organic diodes and photovoltaic cells. He earned his Master of Science and PhD degree in Physics at The Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium. Firstly, he worked on organic oligomer-based diode structures, afterwards continuing his research in the Organic Photovoltaics group at IMEC. There, his work focused on the processing and characterization of polymer-based organic solar cells and monolithic modules, introducing techniques like screen and inkjet printing. At the moment, as a team leader, he is supervising the daily operations of the Organic Photovoltaics team at IMEC


		Jenny Nelson Professor of Physics , Imperial College Biography: JN is a Professor of Physics at Imperial College London. She has researched materials and device physics for applications in several novel types of solar cell at Imperial College since 1989. Her current research focuses on photovoltaic energy conversion using molecular materials, characterisation of the charge transport, charge separation and morphology properties of molecular semiconductors, and the modelling of charge transport in organic semiconductors.


		Dr Panos Keivanidis Research Associate, Imperial College Presentation: The influence of active layer microstructure on the photocurrent efficiency of organic solar cells The importance of the photoactive layer microstructure on charge carrier generation and charge collection The strategy for studying the microstructure-efficiency interdependence Hints on the active layer fabrication and processing protocols for more efficient solar cell devices Biography: Panagiotis E. Keivanidis studied Chemistry at the Chemistry Department of University of Crete (Heraklion, Greece). After the end of his practical work in the industrial sector (SaniCot SA, Piraeus, Greece) he completed his diploma thesis in the University of Utrecht (The Netherlands) in 2000. In 2001 he worked as a General Lab Assistant in the Sol-Gel Lab, in Materials Science Institute of the National Center for Scientific Research 'Demokritos' (Athens, Greece). In 2005 he completed his PhD on the electronic energy transfer processes in pi-conjugated polymers, in the Max Plank Institute for Polymer Research (Mainz, Germany) in liaison with Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz. He then joined the Opto-electronics group of the Cavendish Lab in Cambridge (UK) as Research Associate for working on the development of organic photodetectors. Since 2007 he is a Research Associate in the Experimental Solid State Physics group, in Imperial College London, conducting research on the physicochemical properties of photoactive organic composites and the characterization of their electronic devices.


		Ramesh R Navan Research Scholar, Indian Institute of Technology Presentation: Biography: Ramesh R. Navan received his B.E. degree in electronics engineering from Shah and Anchor kutchhi Engineering College, affiliated to Mumbai University in 2003 and M.Tech. degree in semiconductor device and VLSI technology from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay, India, in 2005. He is currently working toward the Ph.D. degree in the Electrical Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India. He did his Internship at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. His broad area of research involves Fabrication, Characterization and Simulation of polymer transistors and their application. He is also interested in establishing a simulation methodology for organic devices and circuits using standard simulators."


		Chun-I Wu ITRI Presentation: Biography: Chun-I Wu received his B.S. degree in 1998 and M.S. degree in 2000 both in physics and from the National Sun-Yat-San University. He received his Ph.D. degree in optical science from the National Central University in 2006. He is currently an optical engineer in Industrial Technology Research Institute. His research interests are in optical system design, polarization optical system and thin film coating.


		Dr Jens Hauch Director of R&D Operations, Konarka Presentation: Stability of Organic Photovoltaics The basics of Organic Photovoltaics & Konarka Power Plastic Introduction to stability testing at Konarka Current status of OPV stability First product & prototypes of OPV Biography: Dr. Jens A. Hauch is the Director of R&D Operations and the manager of the German R&D site of Konarka Technologies. He is responsible for stability and packaging development of Konarka's innovative Power Plastic®, a new type of solar module based on semiconducting organic polymers. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in physics from the University of Illinois at rbana-Champaign in 1993, where he was a member of the Center for Complex Systems Research. In 1998 he received his PhD degree in Physics from the Center for Nonlinear Dynamics at the University of Texas at Austin. Before joining Konarka in 2004, he was active in the development of thin-film magnetic sensors, electrochromic displays, and organic photodetectors at Siemens Corporate Technology from 1999-2004. He is author and co-author of numerous patents, patent applications and scientific papers in organic photovoltaics, thin film magnetics and dynamic fracture.


		Hagen Klauk Independent Junior Research Group Leader, Max-Planck-Institut Presentation: Low-voltage, lower-power organic complementary circuits The problem of large operating voltages in organic transistors Strategies to reduce the operating voltage of organic transistors Hybrid organic/inorganic gate dielectric with small thicknes and large capacitance P-channel and n-channel organic transistors with low operating voltage Complementary organic circuits with low operating voltage and low power consumption Biography: Hagen Klauk studied Electrical Egineering at Chemnitz University of Technology (Germany) and at the Pennsylvania State University. He received his Diplom-Ingenieur degree in 1995 with a thesis Si/SiGe heterostructures and his PhD degree in 1999 with a thesis on organic transistors and circuits. He then joined the Polymer Electronics group at Infineon Technologies in Erlangen (Germany). In 2005 he moved to the Max Planck Group for Solid State Research in Stuttgart (Germany) to lead an Independent Junior Research Group in organic electronics.


		Dr Giles Lloyd Senior Research Physicist, Merck Chemicals Ltd Presentation: Merck Organic Electronics: Making the Future Flexible Lisicon formulations achieve necessary performance for high-value applications Intelligent formulation design enables high-volume printing processes for mass production of Organic Electronic applications Quality and Reliability: How a material company can support the developing Organic Electronics industry Biography: Dr. Giles Lloyd has worked in the field of organic electronics for 13 years including receiving a PhD from the University of Liverpool specializing in organic thin film transistors. For the last 8 years he has worked on material and process development at Avecia and more recently, Merck, following the acquisition of the Avecia group in 2005. His role involved material development and device optimization leading on to customer project management. He now works closely with Merck's global customer base to optimize and improve Merck's material and formulation offerings to the Organic Electronics industry.


		Dr. Graciela Blanchet CTO, Nano Terra Inc Presentation: Reduction of Metallic conductivity of SWNT by a cyclo-addition reaction Precise control over the electronic properties of carbon nanotubes General approach to converting the grown mixture of metal and semiconductor tubes into high mobility semiconducting tubes without tedious separation requirements. Thin film transistors fabricated from such functionalized tubes exhibit mobilities of ~30 cm²/Vsec and on/off ratios in excess of 10⁶. This simple functionalization represents a low cost path to high performance semiconducting inks for printable electronics. Biography: After completing a Master's in Physics at the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina, Graciela Blanchet came to Brown University where she received a PhD in Physics. Afterwards, she held a postdoctoral position with Prof. Alan Heeger (chemistry Nobel Laureate 2000) working in conducting polymers. She joint DuPont's Central Research and Development Department in 1983. At DuPont she has pioneered the areas of laser ablation, digital proofing, digital color Filter and printable electronics. She has authored over 100 publications in peer review journals and holds about 80 patents in the fields of organic electronics, carbon nanotubes, laser ablation, high temperature superconductors and organic conducting and semiconducting composites. Graciela is currently the Chief Technology Officer of Nanoterra Inc. Cambridge, MA


		Dr. Jianping Lu Presentation: Biography: Dr. Jianping Lu received his Ph.D. in chemistry from Tsinghua University, China, in 1998. After that, he did his postdoctoral research with Prof. Hay at McGill University and then with Prof. Winnik at University of Toronto. In 2003, he joined Institute for Microstructural Sciences, National Research Council of Canada, as a research officer, conducting research on the design and synthesis of organic semiconductors for applications in organic light-emitting diodes and solar cells. So far, Dr. Lu has published 35 papers in top international journals and co-holds 4 patents.


		Dr. Craig E. Murphy Principal Research Scientist, National Physical Laboratory Presentation: Biography: Dr. Craig E. Murphy is a Principal Research Scientist leading a large research programme on Organic Electronics at the National Physical Laboratory. He joined NPL in 2008, having worked at Cambridge Display Technology since 1997 on the research and development of materials, fabrication and printing processes and device structures for polymer light-emitting diodes, displays and organic transistors. 5 granted patents, over 20 papers and presentations. Ph.D. (Oxford) Engineering Science, B.Sc. (Durham) Applied Physics / Electronics. MIET, MIOP.


		Dr Marie-Beatrice Madec University of Manchester Presentation: High Performance Solution Processible P-type Organic semiconductors Electronic Materials Direct Write Non-Impact printing Nano-particulate dispersions High throughput materials processing. Functional materials Coatings Synthesis of functional aqueous polymers Structure property relationships in polymers Physical chemistry in ultra thin films Biography: Dr Marie-Beatrice Madec graduated in both Chemical engineering and physical chemistry in 1999. She received her PhD (2003) Physical Chemistry of the Condensed Matter from the University Bordeaux I, focusing on charge injection mechanisms in conjugated polymer based OLED. She then worked as Materials scientist under the supervision of Prof Rajiv Singh (University of Florida). She joined the School of Chemistry of the University of Manchester early 2007, and since then is a postdoctoral researcher in Prof. Stephen Yeates group within the Organic Materials Innovation Centre of the University of Manchester. She joined of a multidisciplinary project involving electronic engineers, computer scientists and synthetic chemists. Her primary research interest focuses on understanding and controlling the morphology of conjugated organic semiconductor thin films or blends as active material in thin film organic transistor.


		Takuya Komoda Research Director, Panasonic Electric Works Co.Ltd Presentation: New Trend in OLED Lighting - High CRI OLED Technology with High Power Efficiency OLED technology for lighting is about to take off Efficiency is rapidly improved and expected to reach the level of inorganic LED. With the next generation lighting devices such as LED and OLED, high quality lighting atmosphere is expected. One of the key technologies with OLED is how to realise both high Colour Rendering Index (CRI) and high power efficiency. Biography: Dr. Takuya Komoda joined Panasonic Electric Works, Ltd. (PEW) in 1978. He has been working on inorganic and organic semiconductor device process and design technology. In 1991, he was appointed the head of MEW's UK Laboratory, where he researched nanocrystalline silicon and its visible light emission characteristics. In 1997, he received his Ph.D. from the University of Surrey, UK. He is now the Research Director of PEW and the project leader of the NEDO project on Organic LED for Lighting.


		Jurgen Daniel Senior Scientist, PARC Presentation: Flexible Printed Electronics: Approaches and Applications The position of 'jet-printing' in the field of printed electronics Current status of printed transistors and new developments The change in applications from form displays to sensors Biography: Jurgen H. Daniel is Senior Scientist at the Palo Alto Research Center where his research includes printed electronics, display technologies micro-electro-mechanical systems, and photovoltaics. Previously, he has held positions at Oxford Instruments and at FEI Europe and in 1998 he was visiting scientist at the Matsushita Research Institute, Tokyo. He holds a Dipl. Phys. degree from the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany, and a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the University of Cambridge, UK.


		Tom Taylor Director of PETEC, PETEC Presentation: PETEC - Current facility overview and plans for expansion of capabilities in printable electronics Progress in OTFT display backplane fabrication Current capabilities in printed electronics process development Future expansion plans for PETEC Biography: Dr Tom Taylor is CPI's Director of Printable Electronics and a co-founder of the PETEC centre. As Director of Functional Materials at CPI since 2004, he set up the Flexible Electronics substrates joint venture with DuPont Teijin Films, a precursor and supplier to PETEC. He is a Senior Industrial Innovation Manager with 20 years experience of high technology product and business development. Previously he was Head of the Chemicals business at Frost & Sullivan and held senior market and operational rolls at ICI, responsible for businesses in the UK, France and Thailand. He has a Chemistry D.Phil from Oxford University.


		Keith Rollins PETEC Presentation: Building an industry supply chain in printed electronics The role for the PETEC Centre, its mission and scope The "Northern Way" funded Printed Electronics project Progress to date Key activities moving forward Biography: Dr Keith Rollins has roles as both Global Plastic Electronics Marketing Manager with DuPont Teijin Films and is Business Exploitation Manager with the PETEC Centre in the UK. Dr Rollins has spent the last 30 years in the Advanced Materials and Speciality Chemicals industries, the majority of this time with the ICI, DuPont and DuPont Teijin Films' Polyester films businesses.


		Mike Simpson B.Sc Hons. C.Eng FCIBSE, FSLL, FIET, FILE Technical and Design Director , Philips Lighting UK Presentation: OLEDS- Changing the Design Horizon Will OLEDS challenge conventional technology What opportunities do OLEDS offer the designer When can we expect to see practical solutions Biography: Mike has worked in the Lighting Profession for over 20 years with experience in both product development and application for several European manufacturers. He has particularly focused on the use of light in the outdoor environment. In the UK he was involved in the preparation of national lighting standards and guides for road lighting, urban lighting and sports lighting and was given a commendation from the Campaign for Dark Skies for his work in promoting environmentally friendly outdoor lighting. He is a past president of both the Institution of Lighting Engineers and the Society of Light and Lighting in the UK and is currently President of CIBSE. He has lectured over the past 20 years on the MSc in Light and Architecture at University College, London and helped introduce an outdoor lighting module on the BA in Lighting Design at Rose Bruford College.


		Dr. Volker van Elsbergen Senior Scientist, Philips Research Presentation: OLEDs – a whole new lighting experience Biography: Dr. Volker van Elsbergen is a Senior Research Scientist and he is leading the OLED project at Philips Research in Aachen, Germany. He obtained a Dipl.-Phys. Degree in physics in 1994 from the University of Duisburg, Germany, followed by a PhD in 1998 at the same university. In 1998 he joined Philips Research Labs to work on ion-induced secondary electron emission of protective layers in plasma display panels and discharge lamps. Since 2001 he works on different aspects of organic light-emitting devices like thin film packaging, electronic properties of organic materials, new electrodes, and device physics of OLEDs. He was a board member of the EU-funded project OLLA and initiated the follow-up project OLED100.eu.


		Guillaume Fichet Senior Engineer, Plastic Logic Presentation: Manufacturing Flexible Displays Biography: Guillaume Fichet graduated from the European Engineering School of Chemistry, Polymers and Materials Science (ECPM) France. He received his PhD in Chemistry - Melville Laboratory - from Cambridge University (UK) in 2005 and joined soon after the research group in Plastic Logic. He is now a senior scientist in charge of the new materials for organic transistors and the development of the next flexible display generation.


		Brendan Florez Business Development Manager, Polyera Presentation: Advances in Functional Materials Considerations affecting functional material design Recent advances in semiconductor and dielectric materials Most immediate challenges facing further materials improvements Biography: Brendan Florez - Business Development Manager. Prior to joining Polyera, Brendan was Executive Team Consultant for Rosetta, a digital marketing agency. While at Rosetta, Brendan lead an organizational change-management effort to restructure the project-management function while helping manage early integration efforts after Rosetta's acquisition of Brulant. He aided the design and management of an award-winning CRM program for J&J Vision Care, Inc., which grew the customer database from 500,000 to over 2MM, contributing an estimated additional $15MM in revenue. Prior to that, Brendan managed a team supporting strategic marketing efforts for Microsoft, Church & Dwight, and others. Brendan holds a B.S.E. degree in Electrical Engineering from Princeton University


		Walter Fix Head of Technology, PolyIC GmbH & Co Presentation: Roll to roll printed electronics Key requirements for printed electronics Production scale high resolution printing process Performance of printed circuits Roll to roll testing Biography: Dr. Walter Fix is an authorized signatory with PolyIC and Head of Technology. In line with this, he is responsible for the development of products made of printed electronics. Dr. Walter Fix studied Physics and Mathematics at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg. Following his studies, he stayed with the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg and wrote his PhD thesis from 1996 until 1999 about optical transistors based on Galliumarsenide devices. After completing his thesis, Mr. Fix started to work for Siemens Corporate Technology in 2000, in the Department Materials and Manufacturing, which developed polymer electronics. When PolyIC was formed in November 2003 out of this Siemens department, he became Head of Technology with PolyIC. He is now responsible for the process and printing development as well as the device, chip and system design and for material tests and qualifications.


		Martin Helgesen Risoe Presentation: Biography: Martin Helgesen received his Master of Science in Chemistry from The University of Copenhagen in 2006. The same year he began his PhD under the mentorship of Senior Scientist Frederik C Krebs at Risø National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy, Technical University of Denmark. His research interests are in developing thermocleavable low band gap polymers and their thin films for organic photovoltaics.


		Roar Søndergaard Risoe Presentation: Biography: Roar Søndergaard received his M.S. in 2005 from the Department of Chemistry at the University of Copenhagen. After working as a research assistant first at The University of Copenhagen and later at Risø DTU National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy he is currently pursuing his PhD at Risø DTU. His research interests include synthesis of conducting polymers and synthesis of polymers that allow for different processing methods when preparing organic photovoltaics.


		Fabien Lienhart Project Leader, Saint-Gobain Glass Presentation: Coated glass substrates for high performances OLED Presentation of Saint-Gobain Large area thin films Silverduct product Ongoing improvements Biography: Graduated from Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, France. PhD in Astrophysics from Observatoire de Paris, France. Joined Saint-Gobain Recherche in Aubervilliers, France in 2006. Project leader on LED substrates for a couple of years, and currently project leader on OLED substrates.


		Ahmed Nejim TCAD Engineer, Silvaco Presentation: The role of physical simulations in the design of organic semiconductor devices. What is technology computer aided design (TCAD) and what are the advantages of physical calculations. Device design models for organic semiconductors and design optimisation strategies. The use of physical design models to create and calibrate SPICE models needed for organic IC design. Biography: Ahmed Nejim obtained his PhD in 1990 in Ion-Solid interaction. Experience in ion implantation and semiconductor processing obtained in 17 years of research in material science, semiconductor physics and microelectronic design. Since 2001 he has been working at Silvaco supporting TCAD software users and developing collaborative projects and building the TCAD process development team at Silvaco Europe in the UK.


		Robert Nitsche Director, Sim4tec Presentation: Optimization of OLED performance by optical modeling Biography: Dr. Robert Nitsche studied physics at the Technical University Dresden and graduated with a PhD on optical properties of organic semiconductors under the supervision of Prof. Karl Leo. After a two year engagement at Infineon Technologies he went back to the field of organic semiconductors in 2006 and founded the company sim4tec which is developing numerical simulation software for organic devices. After a successful fundraising in 2008 he is now heading a 5-people team at sim4tec.


		Dr Vishal Shrotriya Director of Business Development, Solarmer Energy Inc Presentation: Plastic Solar Cells - Challenges and Development in Materials, Manufacturing and Products. Progress in materials and device development Production technology for large scale manufacturing Plastic solar cells for portable power Biography: Dr Vishal Shrotriya is the Director of Product and Business Development at Solarmer Energy based in El Monte, CA. Dr. Shrotriya is leading the company's efforts on product development and commercialization of plastic solar cells. Dr. Shrotriya received his PhD and Masters in Materials Science from University of California Los Angeles, and BS from IIT Bombay, India. He has been active in the field of organic electronic materials and devices for the last 7 years. His research focus has been on organic materials and devices for electronic and optoelectronic applications including LEDs, photovoltaic cells, and thin film transistors. He has co-authored more than 20 publications and patents related to polymer solar cells and presented at several international conferences. Dr. Shrotriya also has a certificate in Management of Technology from California Institute of Technology.


		Mike Biddle Lead Technologist, Technology Strategy Board Presentation: Technology Strategy Board investment in UK Plastic Electronics Overview of the challenges we all face How Plastic Electronics can help address these challenges How the Technology Strategy Board will invest to support UK wealth creation in plastic electronics Biography: • Mike joined the Technology Strategy Board in July 2007 and was co-author for the UK strategy that was published for this Electronics, Photonics and Electrical Systems in October 2008. He is member of the UK Photonics Leadership Group and has been part of the Photonics industry for the last twelve years after graduating with a Masters in Physics from Imperial College, London. Mike is also a Chartered Physicist with the Institute of Physics.


		Dr Kiran Kamtekar Thorn Lighting Presentation: Solution-processable illuminations Project TOPLESS overview and objectives Progress towards targets The next phase - TOPDRAWER overview and challenges The benefits of integrated technologies Biography: Kiran Kamtekar completed his M.Chem. and Ph.D. in chemistry at the University of Durham in 2003 and 2006, respectively. His Ph.D. thesis was on novel charge-transport materials incorporating fluorene and oxadiazole systems. He is currently employed by Thorn Lighting working towards solution-proccessible white light-emitting polymers as part of the TOPLESS project in collaboration with Sumation/Cambridge Display Technology and the University of Durham. He is currently actively involved with the design and synthesis of novel monomers and polymers.


		Steffi Sensfuss TITK Presentation: Biography: Steffi Sensfuss received the diploma in Organic Chemistry in 1983 and the PhD in 1987 on Polymer Chemistry in the group of Prof. Hörhold at the University of Jena. During this time the development of optical adhesives and dental materials was in the foreground. Since 1998 she works at the TITK in the group of Prof. Heinemann. Presently she heads the activities of TITK group for polymer solar cells and polymer gel electrolytes for dye-sensitized solar cells.


		Jack Lin Tokyo Institute of Technology Presentation: Novel characterization techniques for OFET in dynamic regime Carrier behaviour in transient state for high frequency devices Development of transient-state characterization techniques: Time-resolved microscopy optical second harmonic generation (TRM-SHG) Impedance spectroscopy Time-of-flight (TOF) Evaluation of mobility and contact resistance from transient dynamic processes Biography: Jack Lin received his BSc from the Materials Science and Engineering Department of University of Toronto where he was first introduced to OLED. He then continued to obtain his MSc in Physical Electronics at Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech), focusing on carrier injection and transport in organic semiconductors. Since 2008, he has been a PhD candidate at Tokyo Tech, and his research interests include the transient behaviour of carriers. For this study, he is developing impedance spectroscopy, time-of-flight (TOF) and time-resolved microscopy optical second harmonic generation (TRM-SHG) methods, and implementation of nanoparticles as charge traps in organic electronic devices.


		Ric Allott Director, Photonics and Plastic Electronics KTN, UK Display and Lighting Network Presentation: Supporting the UK Plastic Electronics Industry -what help can I get and how? Introduction to the newly formed Photonics and Plastic Electronics KTN The current position of the UK Plastic Electronics Industry Examine the support landscape and introduce aspects of the emerging UK Plastic Electronics Strategy Biography: Dr Ric Allott is Director of the newly formed Photonics and Plastic Electronics KTN with specific responsibility for Plastic Electronics, Ultra-Efficient Lighting and Display Technologies. Prior to September 09 he was Director of the UK Displays and Lighting KTN. He received his BSc (Hons) degree and PhD from the University of Wales, Swansea. His doctoral and subsequent postdoctoral research involved the development of highly sensitive laser based spectroscopic techniques. He worked for 6 years at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in the UK, responsible for the Ultra-High Power Laser Target Areas. For the past 8 years he has worked in and with Industry in the areas of Flat Panel Displays, Solid State Lighting and Plastic Electronics.


		Peter Levermore Research Scientist, Univeral Display Corporation Presentation: Pushing the Envelope for PHOLED Lighting Development of phosphorescent WOLEDTMs meeting Energy Star requirements Optical outcoupling techniques: the route to even higher efficacy - building off the core platform of phosphorescence. Taking on the next challenge: scaling up from pixels to panels. Biography: Peter Levermore graduated from the University of Durham, UK in 2003 with an M.Sci in physics. In 2008 he received his Ph.D. in physics from Imperial College London, UK. During the last 5 years, he has been engaged in research in organic electronics, with a particular focus on OLEDs. Dr. Levermore has 9 peer reviewed journal publications in the field of OLEDs. He is currently a Research Scientist at Universal Display Corporation focusing on research and development of highly-efficient and long-lived phosphorescent OLEDs for display and lighting applications.


		Ian Underwood University of Edinburgh Presentation: On the development of OLED microdisplays and their applications Biography: Ian Underwood is co-founder of MicroEmissive Displays and co-inventor of its P-OLED microdisplay technology. Previously a pioneer of LCOS technology at the University of Edinburgh, he is a Fulbright Fellow (1991), Ben Sturgeon Award winner (2000), Entrepreneur of the Year (2003), Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (2004), and winner of the Gannochy Prize for Innovation (2004).


		Dr James Kingsley Post-Doctoral Research Associate, University of Sheffield Presentation:Polymer-Fullerene Photovoltaics: Materials and Processing Facilities and fabrication methods at the University of Sheffield Optimisation of P3HT/PCBM photovoltaics Low energy-gap polycarbazole materials for higher efficiency photovoltaics Biography: James Kingsley is a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Sheffield working on organic photovoltaics. Research interests include novel polymeric materials with low energy gaps as well as block-copolymers with a focus on increasing device efficiencies. Scalable fabrication methods for mass production are also being investigated alongside the process engineering required to make high efficiency devices reproducibly. James is also a director of Ossila, a spin-out company from the University of Sheffield which provides a catalogue of components to the organic electronics research community.


		Ifor Samuel Professor of Physics, University of St Andrews and Founder, Lumicure Presentation: OLEDs: Wearable light sources for skin cancer treatment Skin cancer - a growing healthcare problem Light-based treatment of skin cancer Development and testing of OLEDs for skin cancer treatment Biography: Ifor Samuel is Professor of Physics and Director of the Organic Semiconductor Centre at the University of St Andrews. He is also a founder and Director of Lumicure Ltd. He received his PhD from the University of Cambridge, working on optical spectroscopy of organic semiconductors. He was a lecturer and Royal Society University Research Fellow at the University of Durham before moving to St Andrews. His current work ranges from the physics of organic semiconductor materials to biophotonics.


		Dr. Jukka Hast VTT Presentation: PrintoCent Innovation Center - from lab to fab and to markets Introduction to PrintoCent Innovation Center PrintoCent pilot production facilites PrintoCent business development Biography: Dr. Jukka T. Hast received the M.Sc. (Tech.) and D. Sc. (Tech.) degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland in 1999 and 2003 respectively. He is currently a Senior Research Scientist in VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland. He is the team leader of Pilot Solutions team and the Technology Platform Coordinator of multitechnological smart products in VTT's strategic program "Printed Intelligence". His research interests are in printable electronics and optics where his team is responsible for developments of large area Roll-to-Roll mass production techniques for electronic, optic and optoelectronic components, modules and applications.