Welcome from the Conference Chairs
Plastic electronics, or organic and large area electronics appears to be coming of age. OLED technology is used in the mass manufactured OLED displays, successfully used in smaller formats such as for smart phones. The benefits are superior, faster response time, thin form factor, better color reproduction and lower power consumption. Large 55” size OLED displays have already been presented by both LG and Samsung at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in January this year and are expected to be prominently around at the Olympic Games in London this year. OLED lighting was showcased by OSRAM, Philips and other companies at the recently held Lighting & Building Tradeshow in Frankfurt and seem to catch up quickly with the successful HB-LEDs moving beyond the efficacy level of 100 lm/watt. In flexible PV the German company Heliatek recently recorded an 9.8% cell efficiency, and is rumored to announce 12% shortly. This efficiency is a leap towards a price point of $ 0.10 per p/watt, which allows for massive grind-linked BIPV and roof-top roll-out. More progress will become visible this and next year in film based printed sensors, printed batteries, smart labels for packaging and other integrated devices. Manufacturing technology [materials, tooling and integration] for displays, lighting, flexible PV, integrated smart systems and other plastic electronic devices are at the zenith of the conference and exhibition this year. You are very much welcomed to this forum of global experts from science, technology and industry You will be amazed!
With best regards from the conference chairs,
Prof. Arto Maaninen, VTT, Finland
Prof. Karl Leo, Technical University Dresden, Germany
Dr. Bernd Schulte, AIXTRON SE, Germany
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