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YOUNG RESEARCHERS WANTED!
The ICT 2010 conference will take place in Brussels on 27-29 September 2010. ICT 2010 is organised by the European Commission and hosted by the Belgian Presidency of the European Union. Around 4.500 participants are expected to attend this event.
This year we would like to strengthen the participation of young researchers, following the successful experience of ICT 2008 where they were played the role of reporters for the sessions.
Your project is likely to have, amongst its participants, academies and research centres which are employing young researchers as well as doctoral and postdoctoral students.
We would invite them to actively attend the conference as reporters of the main sessions, exhibition "watchers", web radio animators and interviewers of the VIPs. You can find the descriptions of these activities in the enclosed document.
The criteria for being selected are the following:
Involved in an FP7 ICT project that will be running at the time of ICT 2010
PhD student, postdoctoral student, researcher
Max age: 32 years old
very good drafting skills in English
motivation and interest
originality of the questions
Please note that participation of female young researchers and from new Member States is particularly encouraged.
Students selected will have free entrance to the conference venue; their travel and accommodation needs to be covered by the project budget.
We would kindly ask you to forward to the project partners the enclosed Expression of Interest form for the selection of the young researchers. The form should be filled up and sent by email to tiziana.arcarese@ec.europa.eu by the 21 May 2010 at the latest.
Yours sincerely
Tiziana Arcarese on behalf of the ICT 2010 conference steering committee
Visit the ICT 2010 Site! http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/events/ict/2010/
ICT 2010 Exhibition: cutting edge research
http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/events/ict/2010/exhibition/index_en.htm
Submission Deadlines: 30 March 2010 at 12.00 CET
Experience Europe's latest cutting edge research in digital technologies at the ICT 2010 exhibition: Researchers from all parts of Europe and beyond will present their latest work in upstream ICT innovation as well as close-to-market projects. This is an opportunity to explore what is happening at the coal face in your area of interest and to find potential future collaborators. Belgium's national pavilion will, in addition, showcase the innovation spirit of the host country through a range of Belgian digital solutions.
Show us your work: We invite any organisation involved in European research and development as well as deployment projects and associated support activities to submit an idea for an exhibit. It is open to all sorts of actors in ICT research: universities, research institutes, non-profit organisations, public authorities and commercial companies including small and medium sized enterprises.
Why projects should participate!
Some testimonies from past exhibitors:
Andres Stöhr, coordinator of IPHOBAC project says: "Our participation in the ICT 2008 exhibition was very beneficial in numerous aspects. We were able to demonstrate our achievements to all participants some of who knew nothing about our work. We discussed new applications of our technologies which afterwards led directly to new R&D actions and collaborations. Also, our demonstration and the fact that it has been voted into the Top 10 Best Exhibitions have substantially increased awareness of our project with several mentions in international press as well as a number of interviews to the national and local press. Based on our experience, I can only recommend participation to ICT 2010. It is really worth the effort".
David Manset, CEO MAAT France (maatG Group): "Participating to the ICT exhibition has been an extremely challenging exercise for us. It was a great place to meet with our community but also to reach broader landscapes. It is an important event which allows you showing others what your research/product is about and why it is so important. Exhibiting at the ICT in Lyon gave our project a great visibility. Europe-wide and even beyond, our project is now well known with such an awarding reference"
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Anna KATRAMI
Scientific Officer
European Commission - Information Society and Media Directorate General - Unit G5 Photonics
tel: +32 2 299 18 70 - fax: +32 2 296.83.90 – NEW-email: anna.katrami@ec.europa.eu
url: http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/ict/photonics/home_en.html
office address - rue Beaulieu 31, 05/73 Brussels Belgium
mail address - European Commission, [DG INFSO, G5, BU 31 05/73], B-1049 Brussels Belgium
assistant - Julien Lamblin - email: julien.lamblin@ext.ec.europa.eu - tel: +32 2 295 80 34 - fax: +32 2 296 83 90
First announcement
6th Global Plastic Electronics Conference & Exhibition
Messe Dresden, Germany, October 19-21, 2010
Dear Colleagues & Friends
First of all we wish you a Happy New Year and all the best for 2010! We cordially invite you to mark the 6th edition of our event in your calendar. The Plastic Electronics Conference & Exhibition will be organized for the second consecutive year in the city of Dresden, one of the major research centers and industrial hubs in electronics in Europe.
The event will be part of a full week of events organized in the period between October 18 through 22, 2010 with the focus on innovations in electronics under the common label “Converging Electronics Week 2010”.More information will be available soon, when the joint website www.converging-electronics.org becomes operational.
The two highlight events of the Converging Electronics Week 2010 will be co-located at the Messe Dresden and are expected to draw a large attendance of professionals within the electronics research community and electronics industry worldwide.
- Plastic Electronics Conference & Exhibition, October 19-21, 2010
- Semicon Europa Exhibition & Conference, October 19-21, 2010
Plastic Electronics is an enabling, and exciting new field of technology with a multitude of applications. The technology is expected to have a systemic impact on the way we will live, work and entertain in the future, together with a major impact on the greening of the economy. Research, development and engineering are progressing rapidly in the field of organic electronics, advancing the technology from the labs and fabs into the marketplace.
The Plastic Electronics Conference & Exhibition, being the largest convention in this field, is the forum to meet with other professionals with the same interests, both from research and industry.
For the first time, we combine the exhibition with a full scientific conference.
This conference will include five topical areas which are:
- Organic and mixed organic/inorganic electronics
- Displays and lighting
- Organic photovoltaics
- Integrated and organic smart systems
- Printed electronics
The conference will have both an industry-oriented program and a full scientific program with peer review. Based on the combination with the Semicon Europa Exhibition & Conference, the leading tradeshow in the semiconductor industry, and additional events to be announced for the same week, there will be added value for every participant. Bookmark this event in your calendar and take part at the leading event in this sector.
Important Dates you might not miss:
| January 15, 2010 | Start Abstract Submission |
| June 15, 2010 | Deadline Abstract Submission |
| July 15, 2010 | Deadline of Early Bird Registration Fees |
Take advantage of the attractive registration fees in this scientific sector
| Category | Registration Fee (early) before July 15, 2010 |
Registration Fee (regular) after July 15, 2010 |
Registration Fee (on-site) |
| Regular Fee | 585,00 EUR | 685,00 EUR | 785,00 EUR |
| Student Fee | 325,00 EUR | 425,00 EUR | 525,00 EUR |
Further details to the conference can be found on our website which will be updated regularly.
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We are looking forward seeing you in Dresden in 2010!
Positions for PhD students – VTT Graduate School starts in spring 2010
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland is an impartial and multitechnological R&D organisation that provides high-end technology solutions and innovation services. VTT promotes the development of industries and public services, the wellbeing of society, the health and safety of the environment, and improves the knowledge base for political decisionmaking.
From its wide knowledge base, VTT can combine different technologies, create new innovations and a substantial range of world-class technologies and applied research services, thus improving sustainable development in the society and competitiveness and competence of industries world-wide.
VTT is launching an international graduate school in the beginning of 2010 to attract new, motivated researchers. We are looking for 12 new PhD students that are expected to contribute to development of our prominent technological competences. Position description PhD students participate in high level research work at VTT on selected strategically relevant topics within a collaborative project environment. PhD work is done for four consecutive years under professional scientific supervision by highly experienced and competent senior researchers. The PhD thesis should be finalized within the four-year period and fulfil high level scientific standards. The open positions are related to applied materials, bio and chemical processes, energy, information and communication technologies, and microtechnologies and electronics.
Expectations
• a solid academic background with an MSc in relevant fields
• scientific ambition, motivation and strong interest in cutting-edge research
• team working skills in an international working environment
• inventiveness and initiative personality
• good analytical and problem solving skills
• excellent English language skills
We offer you
• an opportunity to contribute to the strategic capabilities of a worldclass research organization
• outstanding PhD supervision by top research scientists of your field
• excellent prospects for personal development
• an innovative work community for aspiring researchers
• a work contract for 1 + 3 years
• assistance with housing and other relocation issues
Schedule
Please apply before the 31st of December 2009. PhD positions can be started flexibly during spring 2010.
Additional information
For conditions of employment, relocation and accommodation please contact Vice President, Strategic Research Johanna Buchert (johanna.buchert@vtt.fi) or Senior Vice President, HR Riitta Tolvanen (riitta.tolvanen@vtt.fi).
For in-depth information on the PhD topics please follow the link below to VTT Graduate School’s website and contact the owner of the position you are interested in.
PhD topics
AMA 1: Bionanomaterials
This position aims at interdisciplinary work to combine bio-based or bioinspired materials in a new context, such as: composite materials, tribology, biosensing, and nanoelectronics. In developing bionanomaterials we take a bio-based approach towards understanding and making different types of functional materials. Techniques will involve genetic engineering and production of proteins, their biophysical characterisation and as well as studying their functionality.
Success in this position requires a background in biotechnology, organic chemistry, biochemistry, or physical chemistry
Contact: Prof. Markus Linder (markus.linder@vtt.fi)
AMA 2: Novel chemo-enzymatic methods for activation and functionalisation of polysaccharides
This position aims at developing novel chemo-enzymatic means to activate and modify carbohydrates and carbohydrate containing biomaterials in a targeted, structure retaining manner. The target carbohydrates would primarily be cellulose and hemicelluloses and the biomaterial lignocellulosic fibres. The action of selected enzymes in activation of carbohydrates for further chemical reactions in different solvents will be studied and the effects on carbohydrate chemistry and properties will be determined. The work contributes to the important expertise area of tailoring carbohydrate materials and products for food and non-food applications.
Success in this position requires a solid background in organic chemistry, especially in carbohydrate chemistry, and basic knowledge or interest in learning and exploiting of applied enzymology. Enthusiasm for the challenging interdisciplinary scientific work, interest in working abroad and ability to work both independently and in a team is also required from the candidate.
Contacts: Dr. Anna Suurnäkki (anna.suurnakki@vtt.fi) and Dr. Jarmo Ropponen (jarmo.ropponen@vtt.fi)
BIC 1: Metabolic engineering of microbes for the production of platform chemicals
This position investigates new biocatalysts and metabolic engineering possibilities to produce from biomass sugars platform chemicals and monomers for synthesis of novel biopolymers. The work belongs to the Finnish Centre of Excellence in White Biotechnology – Green Chemistry (2008-2013), led by research professor Merja Penttilä. The
PhD student will investigate organic acid derivative production in yeast and/or filamentous fungi and the physiological stress responses at different pH and oxygenation conditions. The methods include amongst other things genome-wide analyses and bioinformatics to identify leads for strain improvement and strain engineering for enhanced end product and process tolerance. The work will include collaboration with European research groups.
Success in this position requires a background in molecular biology. Skills in bioinformatics, biochemistry, bioprocess engineering and/or modelling are of benefit.
Contact: Prof. Merja Penttilä (merja.penttila@vtt.fi)
BIC 2: Modification of catalytic materials for biomaterial conversions
This position is focussed on development of novel conversion routes from bio-based poly and mono aromatic compounds to performance chemical precursors. Catalytic materials are prepared, modified and evaluated for improved selectivity and conversion of bio refinery sidestreams. The catalytic materials developed will be tested in model reactions for deactivation kinetics and recovery related to chemical reaction engineering.
Success in this position requires a background in inorganic synthesis, related analytical methods, bench-scale testing and in-line chemical analysis as well background in industrial chemistry or chemical reactor design.
Contact: Prof. Ali Harlin (ali.harlin@vtt.fi)
ENE 1: Improving fuel quality of bio oil
This position aims at developing further one of VTT’s key technologies, fast pyrolysis of biomass. We aim to develop catalytic processes in modifying the current product composition in a manner which enables to replace light fuel oil directly with bio oil. Depending of the initial outcome also other higher value products may be addressed. The
work will be part of the on-going VTT PNNL collaboration, which is currently partly funded by Tekes and US DOE, respectively.
Success in this position requires prior experience of experimental fast pyrolysis of biomass, and knowledge of upgrading catalysts.
Contact: Dr. Anja Oasmaa and Dr. Yrjö Solantausta (anja.oasmaa@vtt.fi; yrjo.solantausta@vtt.fi)
ENE 2: Micro structural basis of bentonite behaviour (MIBEL) (nuclear waste study)
The aim of the PhD work will be formulation of a micro structural model for wetting compacted bentonite clay by using advanced analytical tools and modelling. Bentonite clay forms a chemical and mechanical buffer between bedrock and copper canister in the proposed final repository concepts of spent nuclear fuel. Its beneficial properties are essentially determined by the microstructure. The work will provide the basis for scientifically rigorous multi scale understanding of bentonite behaviour that is needed as part of the safety assessment of spent fuel disposal. A safe nuclear waste
Management is also requirement for building of new nuclear power. The topic has a close connection to the national and international nuclear waste research programmes. The work will be performed in close cooperation between VTT, University of Jyväskylä and Helsinki University of Technology (Aalto University). Preferable background in this position could be studies in physics or physical chemistry. Though the main goal lies in applying modern analytical techniques, the applicant should have broader interest to collaboration with modellers.
Contact: Dr. Markus Olin and Dr. Arto Muurinen (markus.olin@vtt.fi; arto.muurinen@vtt.fi)
ICT 1: Novel models for software business analysis within Cloud Software Ecosystems
This position aims at developing novel models for cloud software business analysis and evaluation. Cloud is emerging as a phenomenon and it is happening at the confluence of several trends in the software industry. The results of this work will significantly increase the diffusion of effective modern software business strategies, models, and value creation networks in order to convert cloud technology to significant economic value. The work has a close connection to large national and international software research programmes and will be done in close co-operation with the global
industrial organisations.
Success in this position requires a background in software industry and a M.Sc. or equivalent in computer sciences, engineering, economics, or a related discipline.
Contact: Dr. Tua Huomo (tua.huomo@vtt.fi)
ICT 2: Novel radar and interferometric techniques for global environmental and forest resource mapping
This position aims at developing new analysis and processing methods for global environmental mapping applications using data from current and planned satellite SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar) sensors. Many new and planned SAR satellites produce polarimetric data, which can be used in polarimetric and interferometric analysis. The results of the work will improve significantly monitor capabilities for those international conventions that aim at reducing carbon
emissions from forests. The results may also be used to map forest resources for sustainable forestry and forest industries. As a global application, the work has a close connection to VTT's technology strategy and business goals.
Success in this position requires knowledge of basic principles of remote sensing and a M.Sc. or equivalent in electrical engineering, surveying, physics or a related discipline.
Contact: Dr. Yrjö Rauste (yrjo.rauste@vtt.fi)
ISM 1: Broadening human-centred design
This position aims at continuing VTT’s successful methodological development in broadening human-centred design. Based on the PhD candidate's personal interests, the work can be focused on either
1) How to combine the methods of user acceptance studies and business studies to create a common framework to support the innovation, development and evaluation of new ICT services. A specific focus is on user-driven innovation, i.e. changing user role from a research object to a co-designer and how this affects design methods and practices, or
2) Methodological development in extending the human-centred design approach to the design of technical enablers such as technology platforms and architectural solutions. Extending design to technical enablers facilitates earlier
feedback of user needs and preferences to the technical development.
Success in this position requires a background in human-technology interaction research. Also knowledge on marketing or business performance studies would be beneficial. The work will be carried out in industrial case studies, and the research material will be gathered from there.
Contact: Dr. Eija Kaasinen (eija.kaasinen@vtt.fi)
ISM 2: Next generation electrical machines
This position aims at developing novel electrical machine and drive concepts. Those concepts should fulfil requirements of tomorrow's electrical machines that are energy-efficient, compact, highlyintegrated and silent. Upon the PhD candidate's personal interests, the work can be focused on: 1) innovative electrical machine concepts (e.g. transverse flux machines, poly-phase concepts) and their manufacturing aspects, 2) modelling and optimization of machine - drive operation, or 3) methods and materials for electrical machine temperature control.
Success in this position requires an open-minded personality with good knowledge in physics and capable of modelling complex coupled-physics systems. Furthermore, the ideal candidate has good command of English and an ability to collaborate with other workers in the field.
Contact: Dr. Kari Tammi (kari.tammi@vtt.fi)
MEL 1: Novel high-performance microsystems
This position aims at investigating and developing a new generation of microsystems in one of the following topics: silicon-based MEMS sensors, resonators, and oscillators, silicon radiation detectors, novel imaging sensors for a wide range of wave-lengths from UV – visible – IR – THz range, adaptive radio-frequency (RF) circuits based on various tunable RF components.
Success in this position requires a background in one or several of the following fields: physics, microfabrication, electrical engineering.
Contact: Prof. Aarne Oja (aarne.oja@vtt.fi)
MEL 2: Printed electronics/intelligence components and systems
This position aims at development of generic enabling printed intelligence or printed electronics technologies: Novel fluidprocessable materials, roll-to-roll manufacturing technologies or novel functional devices like transistors, OLEDs, solar cells, thin film batteries, biofuel cells, large-area sensors and disposable biosensors.
Success in this position requires a background in one or several of the following fields: organic or nanoparticulate semiconductor materials and devices, roll-to-roll and/or printing like manufacturing methods, large area electronic-/optic-/chemical-/biosensors or sensor arrays, flexible electronic systems on foil.
Contact: Dr. Arto Maaninen (arto.maaninen@vtt.fi)
Invitation to present a paper at ISFE'2010
After the success of the First International Symposyum on Flexible Electronics held in 2008 in Tarragona, the Organizing Committee we are trying to keep the great level achieved there.
Thus, on behalf of the Organizing Committee, it is my great pleasure to invite you to present a paper on your research topic. The deadline for invited papers is the same than for posters: December 15, 2009. We can offer a travelling bourse for up to 300€. If you are willing to use it, please contact us for more details.
The Symposyum will be held in Palma de Mallorca (Spain) in April 11-14, 2010. Palma is one of the biggest touristic centers of the Mediterranean, and is well known thanks to its nice weather and beautiful landscapes and beaches.
For more information, please visit the web page:
http://www.engconf.org/10al.html
Best regards,
Rodrigo Picos
Technical Chair
ISFE'10
Organic and Large Area Strategic Research Agenda Launched
Towards a Green Electronics in Europe
The Strategic Research Agenda [SRA] for the Organic & Large Area Electronics [OLAE] is now available and downloadable at the link below. The SRA is a joint effort of a large number of European stakeholders, from industry, research and the academia. The title “Towards a Green Electronics in Europe” indicates that the OLAE technology, is expected to contribute to a lower CO2 footprint of electronics in general, and to a new class of applications and products with integrated enhanced functionalities. It will take however continued efforts of research, development and engineering to make this a reality and continued public funding to reach the indicated objectives.
Please go the following link on the OPERA website to read the full document and make comments:
http://opera-project.eu/index.php?id=23&lang=EN
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Workshop-Announcement: “Pre-Standards for oFETs and organic ICs”
A workshop on defining pre-standards for oFETs and organic ICs applications will be held within the frame of the OE-A (Organic Electronics Association) working group meeting in cooperation the European project OPERA in Leverkusen, Germany on Nov. 9th-10th, 2009. The workshop aims at establishing pre-standards for measurement protocols, quality control, and lifetime-testing for oFETs and oICs. The workshop addresses companies as well as research organizations being active in the field of organic & large area electronics (OLAE).
For further details and registration please be referred to http://www.oe-a.org or http://www.opera-project.eu
Information Day on "Microsystems and Smart Miniaturised Systems" and Opportunities in "Green Cars" and "Factories of the Future"
June 23, 09 – Brussels
Avenue de Beaulieu 25, Room 0/S1, 1160 Brussels
The Information Day on "Microsystems and Smart Miniaturised Systems" and opportunities in the private-public partnerships "Green Cars" and "Factories of the Future", which will be held in Brussels on 23 June 2009, is an excellent opportunity for already existing and future project participants:
• to familiarise themselves with the research challenges and objectives of ICT WP 2009-2010 in "Microsystems and Smart Miniaturised Systems", "Smart Factories: ICT for agile and environmentally friendly manufacturing" and "ICT for the Fully Electric Vehicle"
• to form project consortia for participating in calls for proposals (particularly in call 5- opening in July 31 and closing in November 3rd, 2009)
• to become familiar with the private-public partnerships "Green Cars" and "Factories of the Future"
Please visit the web site for the event (agenda) at: http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/ict/micro-nanosystems/events-20090623_en.html. The number of attendees will be limited to the capacity of the room and the priority in the registration will be given according to the reception of the registration form latest June 17. ( registration form see below)
Participants will have the possibility to present their ideas for potential proposals in these areas and discuss with Commission officials and potentially interested partners.
If you would like to present your ideas for potential proposals, please send 2-3 slides describing the proposal idea, your technology capabilities and/or partners you would be looking for. Send your viewgraphs in advance to our functional mailbox: INFSO-Microsystems@ec.europa.eu and Ms Sara Gallardo (sara.gallardo@ext.ec.europa.eu)
Please note that the time slots allocated to your presentation will depend on the total number of presentations, but would not exceed a few minutes. For technical questions regarding the presentations, you may contact Ms. Griet Van Caenegem (griet.van-caenegem@ec.europa.eu).
http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/ict/micro-nanosystems/events-20090623_en.html
Building a Strategic Research Agenda for the future of Organic & Large Area Electronics in Europe
The European Commission asked the industry to formulate a Strategic Research Agenda (SRA) for the future of Organic & Large Area Electronics (OLAE). The coordinated action [CA] project OPERA has invited OE-A (Organic Electronics Association), the European Technology Platforms Photonics21 and EPOSS to jointly formulate this SRA . A first draft of the OLAE SRA will be presented to and discussed with the Commission in Brussels, June 15 2009. The SRA is a major input for the definition of the "Flexible, organic and large area electronics" objective within the Information and Communication Technologies 2011 – 2013 workprogramme . The OLAE industry itself, together with organizations representing the other European OLAE stakeholders [such as university research groups, public authorities, etc.], must decide how it wishes to get organized and how it wishes to work towards a full-fledged research agenda supported by a majority of key European stakeholders in the field.
For your information. OLAE is an emerging technology, which deals with electronic components and systems based on new organic and inorganic functional materials. Through its very broad range of applications, OLAE will influence and affect many established industries and will revolutionize existing value chains. Coinciding with a long term trend in traditional silicon-based electronics towards lower price/performance ratio’s [More Moore], OLAE will stimulate innovation processes within the CMOS industry itself. It will also extend the scope and range of electronics to industries where ‘intelligence’ [information technology] was absent so far as a key-driver in creating new value propositions, such as in packaging, consumer goods, textiles, etc. Additional value and jobs will be created in a variety of participating industries, with no legacy in electronics.
According to recent market forecasts the revenues for printed electronics [organics, in-organics and composites] will rise from .92 Bn in 2009 to $ 57.16 in 2019. Manufacturers of electronic devices are expected to change to´post silicon´transistor technology, using thin film of both organic and inorganic compounds, and more and more printing, because of a greater output, larger areas and lower total cost of ownership [TCO] [IDTechEX’09].
Europe is generally considered to hold key positions in OLAE with respect to materials and processing technology. European vendors of materials, purpose built tooling and process integration are key drivers in this emerging field. But the world-wide landscape in OLAE is evolving rapidly, with world class competitors appearing in every application area.
European OLAE stakeholders decided to get organized, to address the value chain and to investigate the opportunities of manufacturing added value OLAE products and services in Europe. So a special industry interest group was initiated, supported by the OE-A, the European Technology Platforms Photonics21, EPoSS, the European Commission/DG Information Society & Media and the FP7 project OPERA.
The group decided to launch the interest group under the name “OLAE Industry Governance Board”. Initial step of this board would be to formulate a long term oriented research agenda [SRA] for the sector, based on the input of the vision paper “The Future of OLAE in Europe” developed within the OPERA framework and the “Organic Electronics” white paper developed by the OE-A. The group got organised into task forces focussing on short, mid and long-term R&D targets in topic areas, such as Displays, Lighting, Electronics, Organic Photovoltaics and Integrated Smart Systems. The board is to submit and to discuss a first draft of the OLAE strategic research agenda on June 15, 2009 with representatives of the Commission in Brussels.
For more information about the OLAE Industry Governance Board, please contact :
Dr. Thomas Geelhaar, thomas.geelhaar@merck.de
Mr. Ed van den Kieboom, ed.vandenkieboom@plastic-electronics.org
Workshop-Announcement: “Pre-Standards for oFETs and organic ICs”
A workshop on defining pre-standards for oFETs and organic ICs applications will be held within the frame of the oe-a working group meeting in cooperation the European project OPERA in Leverkusen, Germany on Nov. 9th-10th, 2009. The workshop aims at establishing pre-standards for measurement protocols, quality control, and lifetime-testing for oFETs and oICs. The workshop addresses companies as well as research organizations being active in the field of organic & large area electronics (OLAE).
For further details and registration please be referred to http://www.oe-a.org or www.opera-project.eu
OPERA Organic Electronics Venture Forum
Presentation schedule now available as download: uploads/OPERA Venture Forum Presentation Schedule 19 May 2009 V2_1.pdf
Click here for more information and late registration:
http://opera-project.eu/index.php?id=13&lang=EN or email victoria.plompen@Plastic-electronics.org now!
Short Corse on Polymer Nanocomposites
uploads/Alessandria Brochure_draft-2.pdf
Please open the attachment to access the brochure of the Short Corse on Polymer Nanocomposites organized by ECNP in Alessandria, Italy, on June 25-26, 2009 in the framework of our training activities. The Short Course is linked to the EUROFILLERS Conference and is one of the two main events organized by ECNP each year.
ECNP hope you can diffuse this information inside your institution/company and that they can count on the attendance of your young researchers/PhD students for a well balanced training program on the fundamentals of the chemistry and processing of polymer nanocomposites.
The deadline for the reduced registration fee is March 31st, 2009.
OPERA project announces Organic Electronics Venture Forum 19 May 2009
OPERA Organic Electronics Venture Forum
Download uploads/OPERA Organic Electronics Venture Forum 19 May 2009 V9_4.pdf
Downloadable presentation guidelines pdf:uploads/Presentation guidelines V3.pdf
Download registration form: uploads/Registration form V1.pdf and uploads/Registration form V1.doc
Programme (updated on 22 April 2009)
Note: Extended deadlines
Keynote speakers
Dr. David Fyfe, Chief Executive, Cambridge Display Technology Ltd.
Dr. Johannes Canisius, R&D Director, Merck Chemicals Ltd.
Investors
BASF Venture Capital GmbH -Capital-E Partners NV - Capricorn Venture Partners NV - GIMV NV - Inventure Oy - Intel Capital - Prime Technology Ventures - Sofinnova Partners
Participating companies
Braggone Oy, Finland - Canatu Inc., Finland - DisaTech, France - Enfucell Ltd., Finland -
Heliatek GmbH, Germany - Intrinsiq Materials Ltd., UK - isiQiri GmbH, Germany - Nano ePrint Ltd., UK
NeoDec B.V., Netherlands - Nicanti Oy, Finland - Novaled AG, Germany - NTERA Inc., Ireland
Polymertronics Ltd., UK (to be confirmed) - Vision Dynamics/Innophysics B.V., Netherlands
Organic Electronics Have Arrived!
Organic and large area electronics (OLAE) is an emerging industry, covering a wide range of applications from energy-efficient lighting to smart packaging and wearable computers, with an estimated annual
market value of USD 9 billion by 2012 (Intertechpira 2007)1. and USD 30 billion by 2015 (IDTechEx 2008)2. The future of OLAE is being created today. Get involved!
(1. Intertechpira (2007). The Future of World Plastic Electronics Market to 2012. Intertechpira Ltd. (www.intertechpira.com).
2. IDTechEx (2008). (www.idtechex.com).
Event objective
The OPERA Organic Electronics Venture Forum is organised by a EU-sponsored project OPERA (http://opera-project.eu). OPERA aims to develop the competitiveness of Europe in the field of organic and large area electronics. A particular objective of the project is to boost entrepreneurship and
to facilitate interactions between European investors and new start-ups and SMEs.
The OPERA Venture Forum will bring together ventures seeking new capital and venture capital firms seeking investment opportunities. Especially new start-ups are encouraged to participate. However, the
participating companies can be at any stage of their development path and can represent any part of the OLAE value chain - from materials to commercial applications.
The date and the venue
The OPERA Venture Forum takes place on 19 May 2009 at Novotel Brussels Centre Tour Noire, address: Rue de la Vierge Noire 32, 1000 Brussels, Belgium. The hotel is located in the lively Place Ste Catherine
area, 800 meters from the Grand Place. Please note that there are three Novotel hotels in the town: make sure that you are heading to Centre Tour Noire. If you arrive by car, note that there is a parking hall on the opposite side of the hotel entrance.
Please contact Mrs. Victoria Plompen-Philip for further instructions (contact details below).
Event format
The programme begins with two keynote speeches on the prospects for new innovation in OLAE. (See above for details) After the introduction we proceed to company presentations. We have reserved 10 min for each presentation and 5 min for subsequent questions and discussion. There will be a one hour lunch break, and the presentations will continue in the afternoon (see the programme ��).
The rest of the day after the presentations is reserved for pre-scheduled and ad-hoc meetings. If you want to book a meeting room for that purpose, please contact the event co-ordinators in advance (contact details below).
Important deadlines
April 30: Submission of presentation summaries (presenting companies)
May 6: Selection and disclosure of presenting companies (organisers)
May 8: Registration for the event (presenting companies and investors)
Instructions for presenting companies
The presentation guidelines are available on our website (see below) or in the downloadable pdf at the beginning of this brief.
Please note that presenting companies are expected to submit a short summary of their presentation to the event coordinators by April 30. The presentation guidelines provide further instructions.
Registration, fees and payment
To register, please download the registration form from our website (see below) or from the downloadable pdf at the top and send the completed form to the event co-ordinators by May 8, preferably as an email attachment.
Presenting companies and OPERA project partners can attend free of charge.
For investors and other delegates the participation fee is EUR 295 per person.
Please pay by bank transfer by May 8, 2009.
Bank account details:
Beneficiary: Plastic Electronics Foundation
Account (IBAN): NL41RABO0118939165
Bank (SWIFT): RABONL2U
NOTE: Since OPERA is a EU-funded project, receiving funding from the Seventh Framework Programme, only companies with a registered office in at least one of the EU member countries are eligible to
register as a presenting company.
Programme
09:00-10:00 Breakfast
10:00-10:45 Opening, keynote speeches
10:45-12:30 Presentations, part 1
12:30-13:30 Lunch
13:30-15:30 Presentations, part 2
15:30-17:30 Meeting rooms available
The presentation schedule iwill be available shortly.
Number of participants
The expected number of ventures presenting is 12-16, and the expected number of investors attending is 10-15.
Sponsoring
If you want to sponsor the event, please contact the event chair, Mr. Ed van den Kieboom.
Event chair
Mr. Ed van den Kieboom
President, Plastic Electronics Foundation
Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Tel. +31.6.2507 2805
E-mail: ed.vandenkieboom@plasticelectronics.org
Event co-ordinators
Mr. Jari Kettunen
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
Espoo, Finland
Tel. +358.20.722 6784
E-mail: jari.kettunen@vtt.fi
Mrs. Victoria Plompen-Philip
Plastic Electronics Foundation
Tel. +31.40.851 7530
Fax: +31.40.851 7539
E-mail: victoria.plompen@plastic-electronics.org
OPERA Venture Forum website: http://operaproject.eu/index.php?id=13&lang=EN
Hotel website (the venue) http://www.novotel.com/gb/hotel-2122-novotelbrussels-centre-tour-noire/index.shtml
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Opera Project announces
ISOS 2009
The first International Summit on OPV Stability was held last year in Denver, USA. It nucleated an international effort to look at lifetime, round robin testing and development of a concurrence roadmap for OPV. At the end of the meeting we agreed to follow on with a second conference so as to help refine and develop the initiatives started at the ISOS I. Thus, we are organizing the 2009 ISOS event, which will be held in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. It will be a joint initiative of Plextronics, NREL, DOE, Konarka and the European Coordination and Support Action Projects OPERA and OrgaPVnet. This event will bring together a select group of global leaders in the area of OPV development and commercialization to create global standards for measuring OPV stability, performance and lifetime. The meeting will consist of an introductory set of talks and then break into working panels to develop actionable plans.
We would like to invite you to attend and participate in this event to be held on April 21-22, 2009 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands at Sheraton Amsterdam Airport Hotel & Conference Center. No participation fees will be charged for the workshop.
Please email attandance notification to albert.vanbreemen@tno.nl by March 6, 2009.
We look forward to seeing you in Amsterdam!
ISOS 2009 Organizers
Dr. Darin Laird, Plextronics
Dr. David Ginley, NREL
Dr. Jens Hauch, Konarka
Dr. Jan Kroon, ECN (representative of OrgaPVnet)
Dr. Albert van Breemen, Holst Centre (representative of OPERA)
Meeting details
Venue:
Sheraton Amsterdam Airport Hotel & Conference Center
Schiphol Boulevard 101
1118 BG Amsterdam
Netherlands
Phone: (31) (20) 316 4300
Fax: (31) (20) 316 4399
Accommodation:
We have blocked a number of rooms in the Sheraton Amsterdam Airport Hotel & Conference Center for your overnight stays. Room rates are Euro 199 p.p. per night (including breakfast). Please make your own room reservation before April 7, 2009. The link toward an online reservation system will be sent to you shortly.
The cursory agenda of ISOS 2009
Day 1, April 21
09:00 Opening/welcome/meeting objectives
09:30 Correlation and Acceleration - How does laboratory accelerated testing correlate to real-life ageing?
Dr. Andreas Riedl, Atlas MTS
10:15 Stability and degradation of R2R processed flexible polymer solar cells.
Dr. Frederik Krebs, Risø National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy
10:50 Coffee break
11:15 Recent OPV lifetime efforts and results and status of current DoE roadmap
Dr. David Ginley, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
11:50 Standardization of OPV lifetime and Technology Update
Dr. Darin Laird, Plextronics
12:25 State of the art in ALT and outdoor testing of OPV
Dr. Jens Hauch, Konarka
13:00 Lunch
14:15 Break-out session 1: Testing protocols for OPV Lifetime
Break-out session 2: Round robin lab-to-lab efficiency measurement correlation
15:15 Coffee break
15:45 Break-out session 1: Testing protocols for OPV Lifetime
Break-out session 2: Round robin lab-to-lab efficiency measurement correlation
17:00 End of day 1
19:00 Dinner
Day 2, April 22
08:45 Coffee/tea
09:00 Summary of break-out session 1 + 2
09:45 Invited lecture: speaker and title to be confirmed
10:15 Coffee break
10:45 Break-out session 3: Techniques for measuring lifetime of cells/modules
Break-out session 4: OPV Roadmap review - DoE (USA) and EU
12:30 Lunch
13:30 Summary of break-out session 3 + 4
14:15 Wrap-up and post-summit activities
15:00 End day 2
ISOS 2008 website: http://www.wikispaces.com/opvlifetime
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HOLST CENTRE
Dr. Albert J.J.M. van Breemen
Sensor Tags and Systems
SP2 Smart Bandage
P.O. Box 8550
5605 KN Eindhoven
The Netherlands
Email albert.vanbreemen@tno.nl
Phone +31 40 277 4422
Mobile +31 6 22544247
Fax +31 40 274 6400
www.holstcentre.com
Visiting address:
High Tech Campus 31
5656 AE Eindhoven
Holst Centre - open innovation by IMEC-NL and TNO
24 February, 2009 :: Prodi Training Materials Now Available
We would like to announce that PRODI teaching material is now available. Please click on the links below to download the presentations of the workshop which have been recorded for live playback and then you will asked for your log in and password. It can be obtained by people connected to PRODI (network members) by a request by email to Inge La Riviere (larivier@imec.be).
01. Introduction / Jan Genoe – IMEC
http://mediasite.imec.be/mediasite/Viewer?peid=1d608384-bc90-49ca-ab07-7dcb614d7884
02. Design aspects of organic circuits / Eugenio Cantatore - Tu/e
http://mediasite.imec.be/mediasite/Viewer?peid=64ef768e-6d12-462a-92c4-9677ab61a45a
03. Design for roll to roll mass printing / Mike Hambsch - PM TUC
http://mediasite.imec.be/mediasite/Viewer?peid=b7ad8b0f-eee4-4a47-90f9-de02f5f65f2a
04. Digital design challenges / Kris Myny – IMEC
http://mediasite.imec.be/mediasite/Viewer?peid=40fa795e-3f55-426c-9b5d-d9a10cc66d4c
05. Design for organic CMOS / Dieter Bode – IMEC
http://mediasite.imec.be/mediasite/Viewer?peid=e3ecb3ba-3b68-47b2-9af7-6b76b5f05f98
06. Scaling advantages for organic electronics / Bill Eccleston - Liverpool University
http://mediasite.imec.be/mediasite/Viewer?peid=8bc56607-b0d3-48cb-b487-676fa78712bb
IAPP reports breakthrough towards single-layer high-efficiency white OLED
The Institut für Angewandte Photophysik (IAPP) at the Technische Universität Dresden has developed a novel device concept for white organic light-emitting diodes (OLED) based on simultaneous fluorescence and phosphorescence from the same emission layer. The blue part of the spectrum is fully covered by a fluorescent emitter material which as well serves as matrix for a matching phosphorescent orange emitter. Thus, singlet and triplet excitons are harvested for light emission nearly completely, avoiding the intrinsic energy losses of common host – guest approaches. Gregor Schwartz, who did these investigations in his PhD thesis, says “We have simultaneously significantly improved the efficiency and simplified the device, using this novel approach”.
The first device realization already achieves an outstanding power efficiency of 49.3 lm/W at a high brightness level of 1,000 cd/m² with a color rendering index (CRI) of 62. Further stack optimization improves the CRI to 82, making the device suitable for high-quality lighting applications. The efficiency is measured in an integrating sphere including light emission from the substrate edges, but without any additional light outcoupling applications like a microlens foil or a macroscopic half sphere. The corresponding external quantum efficiency of 24.1% emphasizes the high potential of this novel device concept (for details, see G. Schwartz, S. Reineke, K. Walzer, and K. Leo, Applied Physics Letters 92, 053311 (2008)). This work shows that high-efficiency white OLED devices do not need a very complicated stack design, and furthermore, do not need blue phosphorescent emitters with their stability issues. With an ideally tailored blue fluorescent host material and the use of state-of-the-art phosphorescent emitters, efficiency is expected to further improve, accompanied by less organic layers necessary. Karl Leo, head of the IAPP, comments “Our novel approach should lead to very simple high-efficiency white OLED devices, aoviding the complications of blue phosphorescent emitters requiring host materials with very large gap”.
The next goal is a single-layer high-efficiency white OLED ready for high-throughput large-scale production processes. The IAPP will continue to work on such novel approaches for highly efficient white OLED with partners from the Dresden network such as Novaled and Fraunhofer-IPMS and many other European partners in the new project OLED100.
Holst Centre reports breakthrough in organic RFID
Eindhoven/Leuven, February 5, 2008
The plastic RFID tag builds on IMEC’s plastic rectifier technology combined with Polymer Vision’s organic electronics technology and approaches item-level tagging requirements.
www.holstcentre.com