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30 August, 2010 :: FP7 ICT PROPOSERS EVENT 
FP7 ICT PROPOSERS EVENT
Flexible, Organic and Large Area Electronics and Photonics
PE2010, Wednesday October 20, 2010: 6:00 - 09:00 p.m.
Venue: Messe Dresden, Room……. Germany,
Organic and large-area electronics is one of the most promising areas in the field
of electronics. The basic functionalities of these materials have been demonstrated, whilst the first commercial applications can already be found on the market.
The Commission highlights the value of OLAE, and seeks to encourage and support further engineering innovation. This event will review the research position and expose the current research issues such as: reliability, stability, device performance and architecture, and heterogeneous integration.
The European Commission’s next ICT Call, which will be published September 28, 2010 [and will close January 18, 2011] will seek proposals for Research and innovation aimed at the full technology chain for OLAE and Smart Textiles aimed at increased European competitiveness and the accelerated emergence of new devices, and product in key applications and/or the creation of new markets.
Attendees will be encouraged to study the new ICT 2011-2013 Work Programme with a view to participating in research projects which will result from the coming proposals round. Potential coördinators or even small consortium seeking to complete the setting are invited to present their pre-proposals in poster format at the meeting.
The evening Event [starting at 06.00 p.m. and ending at 09.00 p.m.], which will be organized in the context of the Plastic Electronics Conference & Exhibition in Dresden, will have an informal character [including a drinks reception].
There will be ample opportunity during the proposers event for parties [companies, research institutes or academia] to present an outline of their proposal to the expert public gathered and to stimulate further discussions and consortium formation.
The Event will start with brief formal introduction of Dr. John Magan the Deputy Head of the Photonics unit from the EC Directorate General for Information Society and Media on the ICT Work Programme 2011-2013 and the type and content of proposals expected.
There will be ample opportunity for networking and sharing of ideas in public or
in private. Attending the Proposer’s Event is free of charge. In case you would consider to attend the Plastic Electronics 2010 Conference & Exhibition, it will give you a discount of € 100.00 on the full ticket price of € 585.00 until August 30, 2010!
Looking forward to meeting you at the Proposers Event,
Dr. Bruno Smets
Chair of the Proposers Event
Chair of Photonics21/WG4
Director External Relations,
CTO Office Philips Lighting
To register please send an email to flaig@vdi.de
Or register online https://www.plastic-electronics.com/proposersevent
27 August, 2010 :: Networking Session at ICT 2010
Networking Event - ICT 2010 29 09 10 9.00 - 10.30
There will be a networking session under the title “Organic Electronics on its way from Lab to Market - Status and Paths for Commercialisation” at the ICT 2010.
The session will take place on Wednesday, September 29, from 9:00 to 10:30 a.m. in room 1101 at the ICT 2010 in Brussels
(cf. http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/events/cf/ict2010/item-display.cfm?id=3257)
The agenda: 4 talks (15 min each) and 30 min panel discussion.
Part 1:
1) OLAE today: the Scientific View (Prof. Henning Sirringhaus / Hitachi Professor of Electron Device Physics at the Cavendish Laboratory/Cambridge)
2) OLAE industry today (Mr. Wolfgang Mildner / President of Organic Electronics Association (oe-a) and Managing Director of PolyIC GmbH & Co. KG)
3) Future Scientific Challenges (Prof. Harri Kopola / Director of VTT "Center for Printed Intelligence" (CPI), Oulu/Finland)
4) Future industrial Requirements based on OLAE SRA (Dr. Thomas Geelhaar / Chief Technology Officer Chemicals / Merck KGaA)
Part 2:
The European View and Challenges: Panel Discussion with questions from the audience (Chair: t.b.d., Participants: Speakers)
For further information please email Constantin von Dewitz
VDI/VDE Innovation + Technik GmbH
dewitz@vdivde-it.de
06 August, 2010 :: Postions Available - PostDoc Open Position CEA Gre
PostDoc Open Position
July 2010
CEA Grenoble (France) - PostDoc Open Position at LETI
Duration: 1 ys (+1ys)
"Electrical Characterization of Phase-Change Non-Volatile Memories"
L. Perniola
17, rue des Martyrs, 38054 Grenoble
Tel. : 04.38.78.10.72,
Fax. : 04.38.78.51.40
e-mail : luca.perniola@cea.fr
V.Sousa / J.F.Nodin
17, rue des Martyrs, 38054 Grenoble
Tel. : 04.38.78.43.07/04.38.78.98.28
e-mail : veronique.sousa@cea.fr
jean-francois.nodin@cea.fr
The LETI environment A unique scientific, industrial and cultural environment, With its research centers, university campus, 500 foreign companies and 40,000 scientists, engineers and technicians employed in the area, the Grenoble-Isère region, otherwise known as France’s Silicon Valley, mixes world-class intellectual and scientific dynamism with exceptional quality of life. It is the ideal springboard for Leti’s expansion.
Located in the heart of a unique scientific, industrial and cultural environment, the CEA-Leti Institute for micro- and
nanotechnology research offers researchers alike a rewarding place to work. You will grow in an environment where the
scientific community is passionately engaged in technological research: men and women who are ready to share their
expertise with you in your scientific and professional development. From technologies to applications, Leti is a world leader in the creation and transfer of innovation within Europe. With 1,400 patents, its intellectual property portfolio is unusually rich for a research institute.
With Minatec, Leti boasts a concentration of resources that is unrivalled in Europe. An international benchmark in micro- and nanotechnology, the Minatec campus is home to state-of-the-art infrastructure and equipment that is available to every researcher working at Leti. Leti’s special place in the global research community is partly due to its natural surroundings in the heart of the French Alps, which offer an excellent quality of life. Leading experts who have been attracted to this natural environment have helped Leti form its mutually rewarding industrial alliances that provide students an unmatched learning experience (http://www-leti.cea.fr/en ).
The PostDoc Description
In an effort to overcome the scaling limit of the floating gate non-volatile memory (NVM) technology below the 30nm design rule, the semiconductor industry has been forced to find alternative NVM. Phase change random access memory (PCRAM or PCM) attracts great interest not only because it satisfies the various demands for NVM devices but also because its fabrication process is relatively simple.
For the digital data storage PCRAM uses the reversible phase change between the crystalline and amorphous state of chalcogenide materials, such as Ge2Sb2Te5 (GST), by joule heating. The crystalline GST has a low resistivity and the amorphous GST has a high resistivity, which corresponds to the data “0” (crystalline) and data “1” (amorphous). In PCRAM cells the reversible switching between these two states can be achieved by applying a short (~ 50ns) and high current pulse for the transition from the crystalline to the amorphous state (reset process) and a relatively long (Iset ~ 100ns) and low current pulse for switching from the amorphous to the crystalline state (set process). Recently, there
have been great advances in PCRAM development, but several reliability issues still remain to be solved before PCRAM will become a reliable commercial product. One of the main issues is the data retention at high temperature and the high level of Ires has been the major obstacle for further scaling of PCRAM because of the limited on-current drive capability of the cell transistor (< 1mA/μm).
To address these issues, a big effort in different research topics is still needed, as the evaluation of new phase change materials (GST, SbTe, GeSb, GeTe...), process technology innovations (PVD, CVD, ...), engineering of various device structures (planar Phase Change Bridge cell and vertical pillar or μ-trench cells), and device designs. This topic is targeted at LETI/MINATEC with our nanotechnology facilities.
Main objectives of this postdoc position will be the electrical characterization in view of basic physical modelling of chalcogenide materials and integrated devices for application to sub-45nm embedded Phase-Change Non-Volatile Memories. Electrical characterization (program dynamics, data-retention at different temperature, cycling,
data-retention after cycling, disturb during cell reading and programming of nearby cells...) on test structures will be performed in order to put in evidence the main performances and degradation modes. Electrical characterization on blanket deposition will be operated as well, in order to assess the chalcogenide resistivity, crystallization temperature and thermal conductivity.
The postdoc will be involved in a detailed experimental work, but he will have also to face the theoretical principles governing the functionality of a Phase-Change Memory. In particular, the obtained experimental data will be coupled to a basic physical modeling of the chalcogenide materials integrated in the test structure, considering the electrical & thermal dynamics governing the phase change process of PCRAM devices. The final intent is to improve the test methodology suitable for phase-change memories, perform a systematic characterization of different test devices in order to understand the most important parameters that govern the electrical behaviour of PCRAM cells and include them into very simple models that can be integrated in spice-like simulations to simulate the electrical behaviour of arrays of
cells.
The postdoc will interact in strict correlation with the material engineering group and device team to obtain properly tailored chalcogenide materials integrated in test device structures.
28 May, 2010 :: Plastic Electronics Conference and Exhibition 2010
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Press Release
Dresden, Germany, 28. May 2010
The Most Important Global Organic Electronics Conference and Trade Fair to be held in Dresden
The Plastic Electronics Foundation (PEF) in collaboration with Organic Electronics Saxony (OES) brings this outstanding worldwide technology & business event to Saxony.
The 6th edition of the Global Plastic Electronics Conference & Exhibition takes place from 19 - 21 October 2010 at Messe Dresden in Dresden, Germany and for the first time it will be held together with the SEMICON Europa 2010. Dresden will become an international focus for new developments in the electronic industries in this important week in October. About 8000 professionals from science and industry are expected to attend the combined event.
The Plastic Electronics Conference & Exhibition 2010 brings together worldwide expertise with leading global research scientists and top-class industry partners. The program will include speakers from Philips Lighting, Osram, Merck, Samsung, Cambridge University and Stanford University to mention just a few of the highlights. Additionally there will be more than 100 further lectures from prominent experts recognized for their outstanding achievements in this field. The 6 topic areas will be: organic electronics, displays, organic photovoltaics, lighting, integrated smart systems and mixed organic-inorganic electronics. The adjacent exhibition offers the opportunity to present your demonstrators, services and products to this targeted audience as well as unique, unparalleled networking opportunities.
The Plastic Electronic Conference & Exhibition 2010 and the SEMICON Europa 2010 are combined at the “Converging Electronics Week”. Within this dual-hosted and dually-organised event, there will be enterprise-tours to local businesses and expert workshops on organic electronics and semiconductor technology in addition to both conferences.
Dresden is already one of the most important European locations for organic electronics and belongs within the Top-5-locations in the international field. More than 850 specialists are working in one of Saxony’s fastest growing high-tech industries today. With its close network of universities, research-facilities and businesses, Saxony is destined for excellent knowledge transfer within this area.
About Organic Electronics
In Organic Electronics new organic molecules and polymers instead of silica and other inorganic semiconductors are employed to fabricate electronic devices. They are based on aromatic hydrocarbons, which are synthesized in laboratory and contain no polluting materials such as heavy metals, for example mercury. The organic electronic is a very young technology with promising prospects. There are possible applications, in part already in the market, from organic light emitting diode (OLED) over organic solar cells to products of display- and memory-fields.
About OES – Organic Electronics Saxony e.V.
The competence network, founded in 2008, represents the interests of the largest European cluster of organic semiconductor. The network combines local, midsize companies as well as some of the most important, global players working in the field of organic electronic research and development in Saxony. OES supports specifically the internal know-how-transfer in R&D and offers a platform to boost the existing global market position successfully and efficiently. www.oes-net.de
About PEF – Plastic Electronics Foundation
The Plastic Electronics Foundation is a not-for-profit organization whose main objective is to promote the technology of printable, organic based flexible electronics into marketable applications and products worldwide. For more information please contact victoria.plompen@plastic-electronics.org
About SEMICON Europa 2010
As the global microelectronics industries prepare for recovery and the next industry upturn, the European market stands especially well-positioned to take advantage of new economic growth. European companies are leading the world in the development of cutting-edge microelectronics applications and manufacturing technologies. SEMICON Europa connects them to your products and your solutions. As the leading European exposition for microelectronics manufacturing, and with an expanding focus on growing markets including MEMS, printed/flexible electronics, solid state lighting, and related technologies, SEMICON Europa is the ideal venue to showcase your technologies in front of a highly qualified and diversified audience of engineers, fab managers, researchers, executives, and other key decision-makers. www.semiconeuropa.org
Contact:
Mrs Jitka Barm, Public Relations, Organic Electronics Saxony,
Email: barm@oes-net.de Phone: +49 (0)351 / 46677-187
Event Website: http://www.plastic-electronics2010.com/
19 April, 2010 :: 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/
04 March, 2010 :: Photonics & Electronics Newsletter released!
Photonics and Organic Electronics NEWSLETTER Released
Please click on the link below to download newsletter
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February, 2010
Included in this issue:
Photonics21 Annual meeting, 14-15/01/10;
OLED100.eu project co-winner of the top prize in ICT4EE;
27 new R&D projects are launched
following ICT Call 4;
Evaluation of ICT Call 5;
ICT2010 conference comes to Brussels;
Photonics Europe 2010;
PhOREMOST project launches the Nanophotonics Europe Association;
Major step towards low-power all-optical random memories;
OLAE Cluster/Concertation meeting;
Project News: GIBON, AEVION, VERTIGO, NEMIS, VILLAGE, and ACCORD;
Diary of events;
The next issue of our newsletter has just been published. Its aim is to present and promote the latest developments and achievements of our projects, key events and news that will be useful to all those interested in the area of Photonics.
Thank you for your useful suggestions and input to our newsletter.
Next issue will be published in June 2010. The deadline for inputs is May 31st 2010.
The PHOTONICS Unit team
For further information please contact INFSO G5 Newsletter editor:
Anna Katrami
E-mail : INFSO-PHOTONICS@ec.europa.eu
08 February, 2010 :: VII International Krutyn Summer School 2010
VII International Krutyn Summer School 2010
Krutyn, Masurian Lake District, Poland, June 22-28, 2010
http://ikss.ichf.edu.pl/OLED2010/ and http://ikss.ichf.edu.pl/OLED2010/
“ORGANIC OPTOELECTRONICS ON THE MOVE”
Going large, flexible, and efficient
IMPORTANT DEADLINES:
Deadline for registration: April 15h
Deadline for abstract/poster: April 15th
Deadline for fee payment: April 30th
Deadline for presentations upload: April 25th
Organizers:
FP7 Projects: OLED100.eu & Fast2Light
The Polish Supramolecular Chemistry Network Foundation
The Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences
27 January, 2010 :: Photonics 21 SRA download available now
Please click on the following link to download the Photonics 21 Strategic Research Agenda and cover:
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18 January, 2010 :: New Research professor position in Printed Intelli
Please click on the link to view the Research professor position in Printed Intelligence open at VTT.
http://careers.fi/vtt/careers.cgi?action=view&job_id=2612&lang=uk&
11 January, 2010 :: Final SRA available to download
Please click on the following link to download the final version of the SRA:
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For more information, please go to the OPERA website: http://opera-project.eu/index.php?id=23&lang=EN
11 January, 2010 :: iSTAR - A Fraunhofer Project
iSTAR – a Fraunhofer project
Organic Materials make various new devices for the information technology possible. Displays based on organic light-emitting diodes are already established on the market. Further applications are among others OLED lighting solutions, signage, and organic solar cells. OLEDs are integrable into different substrates. Especially the OLED-on-CMOS integration offers, for the first time ever, the possibility to integrate highly efficient light sources with photo detectors on a single CMOS chip. This enables monolithically integrated optoelectronic applications based on standard silicon. Besides classic optoelectronic sensor applications, this also enables innovative solutions for personalized information systems. To bring these novel technology to market and to discover their intriguing possibilities, the Fraunhofer Gesellschaft has pomoted a project. The Fraunhofer institutes IOF, IITB, IGD and IPMS work on the development of:
Interactive See-Through Augmented-Reality Displays – iSTAR
To avoid an information overload and to provide the right information at the right time in a manageable manner, Fraunhofer scientists work on several solutions since long time.
As usually the user perceives his environment through glasses, however additional information is projected into his field of view (Augmented Reality AR). So it´s possible, that the technician always assembles the right parts into changing products, the tourist knows the facts about a contemplated building and the surgeon can always control the circulation of the patient without stoping his work. The visual information is consciously and unconsciously adaptable to the current situation and the user can interact without any manual or acoustic actions just by moving the eyes. OLED display pixels and photo detectors for the detection of the eye movement are interleaving in a mosaic style at the same chip. This allows to provide visual information to the user, at the same time the device is capable of sensing eye movements of the user. The information can be controlled by the eye like using an optical mouse.
Within the collaboration of the four Fraunhofer institutes a miniaturized system is under development, which is integrated into more or less normal eyeglasses. The aim of the project is to provide a reference technology demonstration system of a personalized mobile interactive see-through AR display. Based on this, industrial partner are able to develop their own information eyeglasses according to their special applications. First evaluation samples can be purchased in early 2011.
Concrete project results will be presented at the SID ME 2010 (Mid-Europe Chapter), from the 18th to the 19th of March 2010, in Dresden. The goal of the iSTAR project is directly related to the topics of the SID ME conference. The goals of the project are steered by an industrial advisory board with prominent members. Moreover, quite a large number of industrial and scientific partners have already shown interest in the iSTAR results. Participation at SID ME allows for direct access to the latest results in the emerging field of see-though head mounted displays with novel features.
iSTAR:
The aim of this Fraunhofer project is the development of a bidirectional display-terminal worn like glasses which provides information by eye-tracking interactions to the user’s field of view.
Within this project promising technologies for the system of the innovative personal information displays shall be developed and IPR shall be generated to establish a new business unit “personalized information devices”.
The consortium consists of:
�� Fraunhofer IPMS (Dresden): bi-directional OLED microdisplay, project coordinator
�� Fraunhofer IOF (Jena): head-mounted see-through optics
�� Fraunhofer IITB (Karlsruhe): eye/gaze-controlled interaction
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www.istar-project.org
Further information are available:
Fraunhofer IPMS Tel.: ++49 (0) 351/8823-238
Ines Schedwill Fax: ++49 (0) 351/8823-266
Marketing/Public Relations e-mail: Ines.Schedwill@ipms.fraunhofer.de
Maria-Reiche-Str. 2, 01109 Dresden, Germany
Internet: www.ipms.fraunhofer.de
11 November, 2009 :: Posistions for PhD Students at VTT
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)
23 October, 2009 :: Call for Papers - ISFE'2010
Invitation to present a paper at ISFE'2010
Following the success of the First International Symposyum on Flexible Electronics held in 2008 in Tarragona, the Organizing Committee are trying to keep the great standard that was 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 bonus 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
14 October, 2009 :: 10 November 2009 Workshop Announcement
====Workshop Announcement=========
A joint workshop between the Organic Electronics Association (OE-A), OPERA-, and PRODI- EU-projects on the topic of “Quality Control, Measurement, Manufacturing and Standards Preparation for OTFTs” will be held during the oe-a working group meeting on Nov. 10th 2009 in Leverkusen, Germany.
The following topics will be presented as a discussion base for the workshop:
•Report OE-A Working Group “Quality Control and Measurement” (Th. Hollstein, TU Darmstadt)
•Standards preparation efforts within OPERA (C. Winnewisser, CSEM)
•Evaluation of R2R manufacturing strategies of oFETs within PRODI (G. Pieterse, TNO)
•Why bother about Standards? (G. Lenhart, ETSI)
Please email to ingrid.willam@vdma.org if you want to join the workshop.
More information about the oe-a working group meeting is found at: www.oe-a.org.
23 September, 2009 :: OLAE Finance and Investment Roundtable
OLAE Finance and Investment Roundtable: Do European SMEs have any future?
Tuesday, October 27, 2009 morning (9am-12pm)
(As part of the 5th Global Plastic Electronics Conference and Exhibition 27-29 October 2009)
Maritim Hotel & Conference Center, Dresden, Germany
While many investors tend to agree with developers on the relative advantages and the long-term market potential of plastic electronics with respect to silicon-based electronics, the long and capital-intensive development cycles and market readiness concerns have caused some investors to hold back.
The difficulty of receiving seed-stage funding is a particular problem. Discussions with investors suggest that generally low (i.e. 'lower-than-expected') returns on seed-stage investments during the past ten years have discouraged investors from directing more money into seed-stage companies.
The roundtable will provide attendees with the opportunity to discuss the latest and expected future development trends in finance and investment in the field of plastic electronics. A particular objective of the roundtable is to explore alternative survival strategies, such as public-private partnerships, for European start-ups and SMEs.
The roundtable is hosted by Dr. Jelto Kromwijk Smits of Prime Technology Ventures. The programme is built around invited presentations, a group work session and a plenary discussion.
Please contact Jari Kettunen on jari.kettunen@vtt.fi for registration and more information
Objective and key themes
Scarcity of seed-stage funding, coping strategies
Financing seed-stage versus growth companies: perceived risks, ROI expectations, investment time span
The future prospects of European SMEs in OLAE, Europe's position vis-à-vis the USA and Asia
What should be done, what can we do?
Programme:
10 min. Opening remarks from the Chair - Dr. Jelto Kromwijk Smits, Prime Technology Ventures, The Netherlands
20 min. The entrepreneur perspective
20 min. The VC perspective
20 min. Is there any future for European OLAE? - A case for public-private partnerships - Ed van den Kieboom, CEO, The Plastic Electronics Foundation, The Netherlands
15 min. Refreshment break
1hr 15 min. Roundtable discussion on the above topics
20 min. Plenary discussion and close of session - Dr. Jelto Kromwijk Smits, Prime Technology Ventures, The Netherlands, & Ed van den Kieboom, CEO, The Plastic Electronics Foundation, The Netherlands
Please note that the representatives of the private equity and venture capital industry are entitled to a 25% discount off the full Plastic Electronics 2009 event fee. To find out if you qualify, please contact Caroline Potapa on +44 (0)1372 802101 or caroline.potapa@pira-international.com
Biography - Jelto Kromwijk Smits
Jelto Kromwijk Smits is a General Partner of Prime Technology Ventures (PTV) since 2009. Previously, Jelto led the Philips Incubator at the High Tech Campus in Eindhoven, The Netherlands. This Incubator has resulted in over ten ventures, of which four so far four have spun out and became independent technology start-ups: Polymer Vision (2006), Silicon Hive (2007), Civolution, and amBX (2008). Since mid 2008, the Incubator has focused on Lighting & Cleantech, in which area Jelto is also actively pursuing investment on behalf of PTV.
Until 2001, Jelto was manager of the Philips Strategy group at its headquarters in Amsterdam, in which capacity he contributed to the strategic turnaround of Philips as well as to a number of high-profile M&A projects. Prior to this post, he was engaged in industrial and scientific R&D.
Jelto obtained a PhD in Physics from the University of Groningen, The Netherlands, complemented by executive business education at IMD, MCE and Harvard.
http://opera-project.eu/subpages/nieuws.php?lang=EN
15 September, 2009 :: OLAE Strategic Research Agenda Published
The Organic and Large Area Electronics Strategic Research Agenda has now been published and is available from the Opera website. Follow this link to access:
http://opera-project.eu/index.php?id=23&lang=EN
01 September, 2009 :: Smart Textiles Salon 25 September 2009 Ghent
Smart Textiles Salon! Prototypes on Stage! Smart Textiles Salon! Prototypes on Stage! Smart Textiles Salon! Prototypes on Stage!
Ghent is always worth a visit. Come and see….
Click here to download program uploads/Agenda Smart Textiles Salonx.pdf
Registration on www.smarttextilessalon.com
10 August, 2009 :: Invitation to the 1st Distinguished Speaker Lectur
Invitation to the 1st Distinguished Speaker Lecture Series - Advances in Organic and Printed Electronics and Photovoltaics
Downloadable pdf: uploads/Invitation.pdf
Date and Time: Thursday 13th August, 2009 9.00-15.00
Location: University of Oulu, Lecture Hall L10, Erkki Koiso-Kanttilan katu 2
Introduction
The lecture series is organized by the PrintoCent Innovation Centre of Printed Electronics and Optical Measurement Technology. The center mission is to develop new research applications, and to enhance education and business activity in the field. PrintoCent was founded by VTT, the University of Oulu, Oulu University of Applied Sciences and Oulu Innovation Inc. The Centre is a part of the Oulu Innovation Cluster, which was established in February 2009.
This lecture series invites distinguished professors to give talks about low cost printed electronics and related enabling areas. In this regard, we have the pleasure to announce that Prof. C. Tang and Prof. S. T. Lee will give the first two lectures of the series for this year. The topic of the lectures will cover advances in organic electronics and photovoltaics. The aim of the series is to allow researchers, students and companies from Oulu, Finland, Europe and around the world to hear and discuss with renowned experts the latest achievements in the aforementioned exciting fields.
Everyone is welcome
Ghassan E. Jabbour
FiDiPro Professor
Program
8.30-9.00 Registration
9.00-9.15 Opening words - Professor Jabbour/ Rector Lajunen
9.15-10.45 Lecture Professor Tang
- Progress in OLED technology
- Development of thin-film solar cells
10.45-11.00 Break
11.00-12.30 Lecture - Professor Lee
- Interfaces in Organic Electronic Devices
- Nanomaterials for Solar Energy Conversion.
12.30-13.30 Lunch
13.30-14.15 Lecture - Professor Jabbour
- Advances in Inkjet Printing of Quantum Dots and Macromolecules
14.15-15.00 Lecture - Dr. Maaninen
- All printed OLEDs
Registration:
Please contact Hanna Haverinen for registration:
haverinenhanna@yahoo.com before Tuesday 11th August, 2009
Registration fee 120€ includes lunch and coffee breaks.
03 July, 2009 :: OE-A Press Release. Road map introduced at Lope-C
The Organic Electronics Association (OE-A) presented the new Roadmap and new demonstrators at the Large-area, Organic & Printed Electronics Convention (LOPE-C) 2009. With the third Roadmap the OE-A informs of currently available or possible applications as well as a preview of future product generations up to the year 2025.
Please follow link: http://www.vdma.org/wps/portal/Home/en/Branchen/O/OEA/OE-A_Press_StK_20090619_LOPEC_PressConference_en?WCM_GLOBAL_CONTEXT=/wps/wcm/connect/vdma/Home/en/Branchen/O/OEA/OE-A_Press_StK_20090619_LOPEC_PressConference_en
Organic and Printed Electronics Offer Great Potential for Growth
Frankfurt, June 24, 2009 - "The Market for organic and printed electronics will grow to a multi-billion Euro market in the next ten years", said Wolfgang Mildner, Chairman of the Organic Electronics Association (OE-A) and Managing Director of PolyIC GmbH & Co. KG, at the OE-A press conference on the occasion of the grand opening of the new conference and exhibition, LOPE-C - Large-area, Organic and Printed Electronics Convention, on Wednesday in Frankfurt, Germany.
More: http://www.lope-c.com/index.php?id=42&news_id=24
For a German version of this press release please click here: http://www.lope-c.com/index.php?id=42&news_id=23 Further press releases and pictures can be downloaded at www.vdma.org; www.oe-a.org and www.lope-c.com
Should you have any further questions please contact us.
Organic Electronics Association (OE-A)
Dr. Klaus Hecker, Managing Director
Phone: +49 69 66 03 - 13 36
klaus.hecker@vdma.org
www.oe-a.org
15 June, 2009 :: PrintoCent Innovation Centre
PrintoCent innovation centre: converting state-of-the-art research results into significant business
9 June 2009
The Finnish PrintoCent innovation centre programme will invest more than EUR 10 million over three years in projects that aim at converting research results in printed electronics and optical measurement technology into industrial and business activity. PrintoCent refines the results of ongoing research and development projects into business with the help of prototypes and product demonstrators.
PrintoCent is an innovation centre of printed electronics and optical measurement technology that develops research, education and business activity in the field. The centre is coordinated by VTT. Currently, PrintoCent's research and development projects employ approximately 150 persons. The centre's research and development project base already amounts to more than EUR 10 million per year.
PrintoCent's objective is to reinforce Finland's position as one of Europe's leading innovation centres in printed electronics and optical measurement technology. The new three-year special programme will aim at taking research results from laboratories into industrial production and products in cooperation with Finnish and foreign companies. The aim is to generate new companies and hundreds of industrial jobs in the Finnish region of Oulu, which is famous for its electronics expertise.
Funded by the European regional development fund, the State Provincial Office of Oulu's education department, the City of Oulu and companies, a project entitled "Printed electronics innovation environment 2009–2011" has commenced, building a pilot manufacturing environment for printed electronics and diagnostics for VTT in Oulu. The environment will serve the development of manufacturing and production methods as well as equipment from laboratories towards industrial manufacturing.
Research Professor Harri Kopola, VTT, considers the funding decisions significant.
"The funding provides us with an opportunity to build the leading innovation environment in Europe, if not the world. Now, we have the tools for taking the next step in the product industrialisation path," says Kopola.
PrintoCent was founded by VTT, the University of Oulu, Oulu University of Applied Sciences and Oulu Innovation Oy. The centre is a part of the Oulu Innovation Centre, which was established in February.
Please click on this lin for more information: http://www.vtt.fi/news/2009/06092009b.jsp?lang=en
12 June, 2009 :: News from NoE PolyNet
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News from NoE PolyNet
New URL
For easy access please use the new URL and restructured home page www.noe-polynet.eu.
News from the PolyNet Platforms
Research Cooperation Platform
Demonstrators at the LOPE-C: Find several demonstrators our of the PolyNet research cooperation displayed at the Quadriga booth H02 at LOPE-C 2009 in Frankfurt.
Currently six PolyNet research collaborations are running. For a comprehensive overview on the results please go to: http://www.noe-polynet.eu/public/cooperation
Service Platform
The revised PolyNet Service Platform contact is online. Please use the contact form included to send your requests to the PolyNet team: http://www.noe-polynet.eu/public/services/contact-form
Knowledge Platform
EOOE reports with selected topics and Conference reports are available: http://www.noe-polynet.eu/public/knowledge/eooe-results/
PolyNet Events
• ICOE 2009 (15. - 17.06.2009 – Liverpool, United Kingdom): Special Session on Nano Imprinting => http://icoe09.com/Prog_Monday.htm
• LOPE-C 2009 (http://www.lope-c.com/- 23. - 25.06.2009 – Frankfurt/M., Germany): PolyNet will display at the Quadriga booth n° H02 – Quadriga come together 24.06.2009 12:00
• ISFOE 2009 (http://isfoe.physics.auth.gr/ - 8. – 10.07.2009 - Halkidiki, Greece): Special Session on Multifunctional Materials on Wednesday, 08.07.2009 => http://isfoe.physics.auth.gr/program.html
About NoE PolyNet
The NoE PolyNet (Network of Excellence for the Exploitation of Organic and Large Area Electronics / OLAE) aims to establish Europe in the OLAE area as the world leader in science, technology development and subsequent commercial exploitation of printing and large area technologies for heterointegration of flexible electronics.
Contact
PolyNet coordinator: Lars HEINZE / VDI/VDE Innovation + Technik GmbH, Steinplatz 1, 10623 Berlin, Germany; Tel. +49 30 310078 165 / Fax +49 30 310078 223
heinze@vdivde-it.de, http://www.vdivde-it.de/polynet
Research Cooperation Platform: Isak ENGQUIST (isaen@itn.liu.se/ Linköping University, Sweden))
Service Platform: Markku KÄNSÄKOSKI: (Markku.Kansakoski@vtt.fi / VTT, Finland))
Knowledge Platform: Isabelle CHARTIER (isabelle.chartier@cea.fr / CEA-LITEN, France))
12 June, 2009 :: PRODI elaborates equipment roadmap
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PRODI elaborates equipment roadmap
Organic and large area electronics will have a large impact on the way flexible circuits are fabricated in the future. New and fast printing methods, uniform coating and patterning processes for large substrates, together with novel functional materials requires new ways of efficient manufacturing. The goal of the PRODI project is to identify and predict the demands on equipment for processing, automation and measurement instrumentation and to support European equipment suppliers to get ready for future OLAE applications.
Of course, this task is not easy to accomplish, since currently possible applications are visible but still away from being clearly specified from a manufacturing view. Roadmap has to be balanced between delivering too generic or too untrustworthy statements.
On May, 13th, the PRODI project consortium organised its 3rd workgroup meeting together with partners of its Industrial Advisory Board. Based on the results of a survey among different stakeholders an initial set of requirements has been already obtained. To put the process on a firm basis a further approach has now been started using the Quality Function Deployment (QFD) tool as systematic approach to structure information and to match application requirements with engineering parameters and finally with specifications of manufacturing equipment. The QFD method is expected to deliver more robustness in data evaluation and more reliable data. For initial analysis three applications - organic photovoltaic, display for signage and organic transistor backplane – have been chosen.
Of course, anyone interested in this task is welcome to contribute to this approach. The next meeting, where the method and its first results are presented, takes place on the occasion of LOPE-C conference in Frankfurt on 25th of June 2009. For additional information see also our website www.project-prodi.eu.
12 June, 2009 :: PRODI Intensive Course and Workshop 2009 on “Advan
PRODI Intensive Course and Workshop 2009 on “Advanced technologies for functional printing”
On April 21st and 22nd 2009, Chemnitz University of Technology (TUC) organized an intensive course and workshop titled “Advanced technologies for functional printing” under the general chair of Professor Dr. Reinhard R. Baumann. The event was held within the scope of the EU-FP7-CSA PRODI and co-hosted by the Fraunhofer-Institution of Electronic Nanosystems (ENAS) and 3D-Micromac AG Chemnitz as industrial partner. The aim of the event was to address decision makers of industry, small and medium sized businesses and employees of basic and applied research organizations about the fundamental requirements of printing for different areas of printed electronics.
Renowned scientists from Europe could be attracted as speakers both from universities (Chemnitz University of Technology, University of Jena) and applied research institutes (Joanneum Research Society, TNO/Holst Centre, CEA-Liten, VTT, Acreo AB) and well-known companies (PolyIC, Merck Chemicals, Steinemann Technologies).
Altogether, 45 participants registered for the workshop, mostly from Germany (24 local, 9 non-local) but also from Belgium (2), Finland (2), Spain (2), Switzerland (2), Austria, France, Great Britain, Sweden and the Netherlands. With a number of 30, the largest group of participants came from universities. However, there was also an adequate number of industry members (8) and representatives of applied research institutions (7).
The curriculum consisted of introductory plenary lectures, specialized keynote talks, lab tours through the Center of Microtechnologies and the Institute for Print and Media Technology and an all-day poster session. The topics of the presentations reached from introduction to printing technologies and functional printing to materials, technologies and applications. In a final panel discussion, it was summed up that functional printing is still part of a big process making though good progress was achieved within the last years. However, commercial examples are needed more than ever to convince the industries of the benefits possible by the use of printed electronic application and to bring them into industrial production.
12 June, 2009 :: OPERA welcomes new members
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OPERA PROJECT WELCOMES NEW MEMBERS PATRICK VUILLERMOZ OF PLASTIPOLIS, PROFFESOR STERGIOS LOGOTHETIDIS OF LTFN AND BERNHARD SCHWEIZER OF INNOVATIONLAB (iL)
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Above: Mr. Patrick Vuillermoz, Plastipolis, Professor Stergios Logothetidis of LTFN and Dr.Bernhard Schweizer of InnovationLab.
Plastipolis is a SMEs cluster network including most of the leading plastic industry clusters in Europe and nanotechnology for Plastic. Their relation with other European clusters and SMEs will support the communication and dissemination of the project. Plastipolis is France’s only industry and research cluster covering the plastic processing industry. It represents over 35000 employees in more than 1000 firms with a combined turnover of 8 billion € of turnover. The cluster currently has 195 members, including 17 research organisations, 150 industrial companies, both Large and SMEs, 10 Regional/local authorities and 12 Education centres.
- Plastipolis has experience in, and links to, a number of other European research projects including: MULTIHYBRID Project (led by Proplast, Italy, FP6), CORNET BIOPOLYMERS (led by Ecoplus, Austria, FP6), COTECH Project (led by Fotec, Austria, FP7), Interplast (French/Italian inter-regulatory project), CLUSTERPLAST (FP7 “region of knowledge” program – inter-cluster project aiming to build a joint action plan for the polymer processing industry in Europe).
- Our initiatives in the OPERA field:
- Plastipolis has established a set of 6 strategic technology programs. One of them is devoted to smart plastics meaning the implementation in plastic parts either of silicon based chips or of organic electronic polymer. The key player of this strategic program is CEA-Liten in Grenoble, France, but it involves a set of innovative companies (SMEs or big firms such as Schneider Electric).
- Our interest for OPERA:
- Organic electronics for large array application is one of the major of the Plastipolis member companies (material converters as well as OEMs). A specific seminar on this matter, organised by Plastipolis, is going to take place on June 16th in Lyon, France.
-To join OPERA group represents for Plastipolis the opportunity to get involved with the leading R&D players in this field in Europe.
For more information go to http://www.plastipolis.fr/index1.php?lg=gb
LTFN (http://ltfn.physics.auth.gr) is established at the Physics Department of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTh) in Thessaloniki, Greece. LTFN/AUTh is internationally acknowledged for its’ 18 year-old experience in Thin Films and Nanomaterials, Nanometrology and Optical Technology. LTFN/AUTh owns an excellent infrastructure for performing R&D activities related to Organic Electronics and is active on: The development of organic semiconductors and electrodes by vacuum & wet methods, barrier layers for the encapsulation of flexible electronic devices, Investigation of optical, electrical, morphological properties & charge-transport mechanisms, Modelling for simulation of structure of materials & devices, Applications in flexible organic electronic devices, OPVs, OLEDs for lighting, circuits, Training, Conferences (http://isfoe.physics.auth.gr/, http://nnconf.physics.auth.gr/) Summer Schools, Post-Graduate program including subjects related to organic electronics (http://nn.physics.auth.gr).
LTFN/AUTh is also coordinating the Thematic Research Network "Nanotechnologies & Nanobiotechnologies" (NANONET http://www.nanonet.gr) with more than 140 members from Greece and abroad. NANONET includes various thematic areas (clusters), and one of the main areas is related to Organic Electronics. LTFN also collaborates and networks with more than 100 worldwide research organizations and during the last years. LTFN/AUTh has participated (e.g. POLYNET) and has successfully coordinated several Research Projects related to Organic Electronics (e.g. FP5: TransMach, FP6: FLEXONICS, FP7: OLAtronics).
LTFN/AUTh is motivated to support OPERA’s main goal and thus strengthen Europe’s position in Plastic Electronics by interaction and exchange of European clusters in Organic & Large Area Electronics through participation of the related activities performed in Thessaloniki, Greece. In this area, several initiatives such as the creation of Thessaloniki Innovation Zone, promote exploitation of new knowledge for commercial purposes, aiming at the economic development of the region.
For more information go to http://ltfn.physics.auth.gr
InnovationLab (iL) is an application-oriented research and transfer platform of business and science in the German Rhine-Neckar Metropolitan region. It was jointly founded by the six companies BASF SE, Freudenberg & Co. KG, Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG, Merck KGaA, Roche Diagnostics GmbH, SAP AG, and the universities of Heidelberg and Mannheim.
iL is responsible for the management of the cluster Forum Organic Electronics which was awarded with a government grant of € 40 million in the Cluster of Excellence competition of the German Government in 2008. Within the field of Organic Electronics, the company focuses on following research areas:
• Organic Photovoltaics
• Organic Logic and Memory
• Organic Sensors
• Organic Light-Emitting Diodes
All projects are based on printing technology enabling low cost mass production. Additionally, these areas are supported by competence centers in simulation, synthesis, analytics and printing technology.
iL has joined the OPERA project because of the opportunity to contribute to a consolidated European strategy in the development of Organic Electronics. With its specific competencies, iL wants to be part of the joint effort to strengthen Europe’s worldwide leadership in this future technology.
For more information go to http://www.innovationlab.biz/index.html.en
The Opera partner’s welcomes and looks forward to working with these new members to achieve the overall objectives of the project.
12 June, 2009 :: ISOS-2 '09 Report
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International Summit on OPV Stability, ISOS-2 ‘09
Contact person: Albert van Breemen, Holst Centre/TNO, albert.vanbreemen@tno.nl
The first International Summit on OPV Stability (ISOS-1) was held in 2008 in Denver, USA. It nucleated an international effort to look at lifetime, round robin testing and development of a concurrence roadmap for OPV. The second International Summit on OPV Stability on April 21-22, 2009 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands was organized in a collaborative effort between the European Coordination and Support Action Projects OPERA and OrgaPVnet, together with Plextronics, Konarka, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and the Department of Energy (DOE). This event was an interactive and discussion-filled meeting, attended by 65 persons from 11 countries and 34 organizations. It brought together a select group of global leaders in the area of OPV development and commercialization to initiate the creation of global standards for measuring OPV stability, performance and lifetime. Talks were contributed from several companies and institutes addressing the current state-of-the-art in different sectors of the community:
• “Correlation and Acceleration - How does laboratory accelerated testing correlate to real-life ageing?” by Dr. Andreas Riedl, Atlas MTS.
• Stability and degradation of R2R processed flexible polymer solar cells by Dr. Frederik Krebs, Risø National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy.
• Recent OPV lifetime efforts and results and status of current DoE roadmap by Dr. David Ginley, National Renewable Energy Laboratory.
• Standardization of OPV lifetime and technology update by Dr. Darin Laird, Plextronics.
• State of the art in ALT and outdoor testing of OPV by Dr. Jens Hauch, Konarka.
While it was of course premature to establish a detailed, comprehensive set of measurement practices, there are number of concrete suggestions that resulted from the breakout sessions:
• technology specific qualification testing
simple advanced
shelf-life damp-heat
high temperature storage light-soak
illumination test outdoor
• Round robin lab-to-lab efficiency correlation
A round robin will be initiated in the 3rd quarter of 2009 to determine lab-to-lab efficiency correlations. 15 Participants have already volunteered. At first, a commercial package based on monocrystalline Si will be used. ECN and NREL provide a measurement protocol and report form. All data will be collected by NREL and disseminated to the community. In a second round, a similar protocol will be used to determine lab-to-lab efficiency correlations for OPV-based devices.
All presentations, together with the results of the break-out sessions will be published on the ISOS-2 ‘09 wikispaces website in the 3rd quarter of 2009.
Preparations for ISOS-3 ’10 have already started. It will be organized by Risø National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy, together with all the members of the ISOS-2 organizing committee. Tentative date and venue: week 16 (19-25 april 2010) in Roskilde, Denmark
Above: ISOS-2 organizers: from left to right Jens Hauch (Konarka), Albert van Breemen (Holst Centre, representative of OPERA), Darin Laird (Plextronics), David Ginley (NREL), Jan Kroon (ECN, representative of OrgaPVnet)
12 June, 2009 :: OPERA Venture Forum Report
FIRST EVER OPERA VENTURE FORUM HELD ON MAY 19 2009
Focused investor-entrepreneur match-making can make the difference
In total 41 people registered for the OPERA Organic Electronics Venture Forum that took place on 19 May 2009 in Brussels, Belgium. The attendees represented start-ups and small and medium-sized companies, venture capital companies, consultancies, business incubators and research organisations from nine European countries.
The objective of the venture forum was to facilitate interactions between European investors and new OLAE start-ups and SMEs. While seeking for funding / investment opportunities was perhaps the single most important reason to register for most commercial players, the ability to follow industry trends and to network were also referred to as motivators to attend.
The event was opened by Mr. Ed van den Kieboom, President, Plastic Electronics Foundation, after which followed two keynote speeches. The first was from Dr. David Fyfe, Chief Executive of Cambridge Display Technology Ltd. He talked about opportunities for innovation in the OLAE value chains and presented the key milestones of the CDT case. The second was from Dr. Johannes Canisius, R&D Director for Merck Chemicals Ltd. He outlined the challenges of and prerequisites for creating new businesses from emerging technologies, using the evolution of liquid crystals as an example.
Both keynote speakers stressed the importance of maintaining determination and building mutually beneficial partnerships with key customers, technology providers and investors. It may take a considerable amount of time before a technology can prove its creditworthiness. In the meantime, the first and second round investors may lose their faith in the enterprise.
The lesson is this: While it is generally perceived that the OLAE market is gradually taking off, the 'valley of death' may be wide and money, at least seed stage funding, will be tight for some years to come. Many investors share this view, too. However, many of these investors who are not yet investing in OLAE are nevertheless actively following the development of the industry.
After the keynote speeches the presenting companies had the chance for their sales pitches. Each company had a 15-minutes to present to the room. There were twelve presentations in all, followed by question and answer sessions.
The presenting companies represented different application areas within OLAE, including displays, lighting, solar cells, sensors, batteries, gaming and so forth, as well as various positions in the value chain - from materials and processing technologies to systems integration. Many of the companies were still relatively small, and their short-term funding needs varied between 400 k€ and 20 M€. Investments in production capacity, market development and expansion in general require a lot of money in particular, usually much more than the development of technologies and demonstrators.
The remainder of the day was reserved for one-to-one meetings. There were three meeting rooms reserved for that purpose and the remained busy for the rest of the day. We hope to be able to report further activity in the near future regarding the outcome. This was generally what the OPERA Venture Forum was essentially about!
In general, feedback has been very positive. As a result, the organisers are already looking forward to organising the next OPERA Venture Forum sometimes in the near to mid-term future.
The event was organised by VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland and Plastic Electronics Foundation (the Netherlands) as part of a EU-funded research project OPERA.
OPERA Venture Forum website
http://opera-project.eu/index.php?id=13&lang=EN
12 June, 2009 :: Building a Strategic Research Agenda
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 work programme . 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 focusing 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
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05 June, 2009 :: OE-A Unveils New Roadmap and Demonstrators
Mapping Out the Future of Organic and Printed Electronics -
OE-A Unveils New Roadmap and Demonstrators
Where do organic and printed electronics stand? Which applications will be launched over the next several years? Which production processes and materials are needed? Which technological hurdles need to be overcome? The new, expanded version of the OE-A Roadmap for organic and printed electronics provides answers to these questions. The Roadmap as well as numerous new demonstrators will be introduced by the OE-A for the first time at LOPE-C – the Large-area, Organic and Printed Electronics Convention – which will take place June 23rd through the 25th, 2009 in Frankfurt, Germany.
Please click on this link to access further information:
uploads/Microsoft Word - OE-A_PI_Roadmap_Demo_2009_English.pdf
26 May, 2009 :: Pre-Standrads for oFETS & Organic IC's Workshop
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
11 May, 2009 :: OPERA Venture Forum 19th May, Brussels
Venture Forum 19 May 2009 Brussels
Presentation schedule now available as downloadable file. Click here to download: uploads/OPERA Venture Forum Presentation Schedule 19 May 2009 V2_1.pdf
For late registration, click on this link now http://opera-project.eu/index.php?id=13&lang=EN or email victoria.plompen@plastic-electronics.org
12 March, 2009 :: International Summer School on OLED's
Vth INTERNATIONAL KRUTYN SUMMER SCHOOL 2009
Krutyn, Poland, 2nd - 8th June 2009
General information & Goal
This Vth International Krutyn Summer School - "ORGANIC ELECTRONICS: FROM LAB TO HOME" - is organized by the FP7 Collaborative Project "OLED100.eu" - "Organic LED lighting in European dimensions" (http://www.oled100.eu), in association with the Polish Supramolecular Chemistry Network and the Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences. The School is thought as a high-level and highly intensive scientific event focusing on cutting-edge know-how on organic electronics with a major emphasis on OLEDs (ranging from device stacks, light out-coupling, and organic materials for OLEDs to industrial requirements involving experimental and theoretical considerations), but also covering organic photovoltaics, .organic FETs, and OLED displays.
This Summer School aims at the state-of-the-art training in the form of lectures and consulting sessions addressed to Ph.D. students and young researchers willing to reinforce their knowledge and skills in the field of molecular optoelectronics. Top experts in this area will deliver lectures and consulting session. The school is intended both for people already active in this R&D field as well as for those new to the field.
VENUE
The School will be held in a picturesque and romantic summer resort - the village Krutyn - in Masurian Lake District, easily accessible from Warsaw. The Conference Centre "MAZUR-SYRENKA" provides an excellent conference and accommodation services. Except for the scientific part (lectures and consulting sessions), there will be a parallel evening "soft skills" programme for personal development. Also, a number of social events will be also proposed to relax after heavily scheduled programme, including: bonfire, excursion, guided or individual out-door activities (kayaking, trekking, horse-riding, bike, etc.). The Local Organizing Committee cordially invites you to take part in this Summer School.
For more information please visit the event website: http://oled100.ichf.edu.pl/ikss2009/
Contacts
Dr. Stefan P. Grabowski, IKSS2009 Scientific Director
Senior Scientist
Project Manager OLED100.eu
Philips Technologie GmbH Forschungslaboratorien
Solid State Lighting
Weißhausstr. 2
52066 Aachen
Germany
Tel. ++49 241 6003-380
Fax ++49 241 6003-483
E-Mail: Stefan.Grabowski@philips.com
Prof. Marek Pietraszkiewicz, IKSS2009 Managing Director
Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences
01-224 Warsaw, Kasprzaka 44/52, Poland
phone: +48-22-3433416
fax: +48-22-3433333
e-mail: pietrasz@ichf.edu.pl, pietrasz1@wp.pl
http://ichf.edu.pl
06 March, 2009 :: OSC-09
Organic Semiconductor Conference
Make a note in your diary now to attend the Organic Semiconductor Conference (OSC-09), which will be held at the London Heathrow Marriott Hotel, UK on 28-30 September 2009.
OSC-09 is the leading international event for scientists, engineers, manufacturers, business leaders and investors in the ìndustry.
Founded in 2003, OSC-09 is the only international conference to focus on the organic semiconductor industry. As well as its usual focus on technologies related to organic semiconductors, this year the conference will also explore the new opportunities offered by advances in other organic-based materials—carbon nanotubes, graphenes and fullerenes.
The OSC-09 Call for Papers for the peer review track will open in March. More information will be available shortly on the conference website: www.cintelliq.com/osc09
Optional pre-conference seminars will be held on 28 September. One seminar stream is aimed at industry professionals to help them update and extend their knowledge, while a second stream will enable those new to the industry get up to speed.
Running over two days, the OSC-09 exhibition will provide the opportunity for organisations to promote their latest products and services to a international audience. For more information about exhibition options, please contact
osc-exhibition@cintelliq.com or call +44 1223 421525.
OSC-09 offers a range of exciting sponsorship opportunities. To secure the best sponsorship package and to obtain the maximum benefit from your investment, please contact osc-sponsors@cintelliq.com or call +44 1223 421525.
The 2009 Organic Semiconductor Industry Awards (OSIA) will be presented at the conference networking dinner on the evening of 29 September. Nominations for the awards will open in April.
We are always interested to hear from recent start-up companies and we encourage them to submit a proposal if they would like to make a presentation at OSC-09. We would also be interested to receive proposals from established organisations with new progress to report, and from organisations outside of the industry which have new research or developments that are likely to be of interest to our delegates. Please send your proposal to osc-speakers@cintelliq.com
To keep up to date with news about OSC-09, join the mailing list.
Conference hosts
OSC-09 is hosted by cintelliq ltd, providers of information services and technology consulting to the organic semiconductor industry.
03 March, 2009 :: ICOE09 STOP PRESS
ICOE09 STOP PRESS
The Final Call for abstracts for ICOE(09) runs from 2nd March to 27th March 09 at Liverpool University. PhD postgrads come free. The conference runs from 15th to 18th June. There are special offers on Easyjet for flights to Liverpool: do your booking soon. The award winning website is at http://www.icoe09.com/ and includes hotel details. It includes the world famous Adelphi Hotel of Titanic fame at the conference rate where the Conference Dinner will be held. The estimated number of abstracts is estimated to be 17% higher than last year so overall acceptance rate is likely to be lower. The cut-off point is likely to be before the final deadline. Some oral presentations are reserved for the second call. There will be up to 50 poster places.
Among the invited talks are:
Richard Friend (Cambridge): PV
Stephen Choe (Princeton) : nanoimprint
Jan Genoe (IMEC): Circuits and rfid
Jiro Kasahara ( just out of Sony)
Plus 6 others which will appear on the website with abstracts soon.
Prof. Bill Eccleston FREng.
Organic Electronics Group
Electrical Engineering and Electronics
University of Liverpool
27 February, 2009 :: ISOS 2009
ISOS 2009
21 - 21 April
Sheraton Hotel, Schiphol Airport, Amserdam
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 indicate if you will attend ISOS 2009 in an email to albert.vanbreemen@tno.nl by March 6, 2009.
http://www.wikispaces.com/opvlifetime
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)
Venue:
Sheraton Amsterdam Airport Hotel & Conference Center, Schiphol Boulevard 101, 1118 BG Amsterdam
Netherlands (The hotel is situated within the terminal)
Phone: (31) (20) 316 4300 Fax: (31) (20) 316 4399
24 February, 2009 :: Opera Project Organic Electronics Venture Forum
OPERA project announces Organic Electronics Venture Forum 19 May 2009
OPERA Organic Electronics Venture Forum
Downloadable pdf: uploads/OPERA Organic Electronics Venture Forum 19 May 2009 V9_4.pdf
Presentation Guidelines
Downloadable pdf: uploads/Presentation guidelines V3.pdf
Registration Form
Downloadable pdf: uploads/Registration form V1.pdf and uploads/Registration form V1.doc
19 May 2009 - Novotel Brussels Centre Tour Noire
(NOTE: New venue!)
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 will 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.
Funding and sponsors
OPERA project [ www.opera-project.eu ] receives funding from the Seventh EU Framework Programme. If you want to support the event, please contact the event chair, Mr. Ed van den Kieboom.
Event chair
Mr. Ed van den Kieboom
Plastic Electronics Foundation
Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Tel. +31.6.2507 2805
E-mail: ed.vandenkieboom@plastic-electronics.org
Event co-ordinators
Mr. Jari Kettunen
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
Espoo, Finland
Tel. +358.20.722 6784
Fax: +358.20.722 5888
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
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
20 March, 2008 :: Presentation Kick-off Opera
08 March, 2008 :: Stop the press: Dutch newspaper rolls out e-editio
A major Holland newspaper, NRC Handelsblad has become the next European title to publish a daily electronic paper edition.From today the iLiad e-book, developed by iRex Technologies (the Dut...
08 March, 2008 :: China SSL Alliance Delegation visiting Plastic Ele
In regards to the importance of energy for China, the acquiring and/or securing of energy resources [oil, gas, etc.], and energy saving technology solutions could come from such technologies as HB-LED and OLED. China SSL will visit with a delegation the Plastic Electronics Event to look for partnerships in Europe with the assistance of Plastic Electronics Foundation being their mediator. China SSL is interested in tapping into the know-how available in Europe to assist in building it's own industry and looks forward to assisted partnership from the Plastic Electronics Foundation.
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05 March, 2008 :: Wearable displays take to the slopes
The next generation of wearable electronic outdoor clothing is upon us. Jackets with integrated flexible displays and speakers in the hood will be available later this year.As ever, the jack...