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Rolls-Royce, United Kingdom
"The contents related with energy harvesting are excellent"
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"Very informative and an excellent cross section of technologies, applications and users."
EchoFlex, Canada
"Very productive networking opportunity. Nice organisation. High quality speakers and attractive presentations"
CEA, France
"...the Boston show last week by far was one of the best I have attended. The talks were mostly relevant, and the companies presenting their materials were exactly who they should be"
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Opening Presentation

IDTechEx
IDTechEx
Mr Raghu Das
CEO
United States
"Energy Harvesting and Wireless Sensor Networks: Markets, Needs, Opportunities"

Keynote Presentations

DECATHLON
DECATHLON
Mr Antoine Ravise
Testing Engineer
France
"Energy Harvesting for Electronic Sport Products"
Living PlanIT
Living PlanIT
Mr Thierry Martens
Executive Vice President, PlanIT Sensors
Portugal
"1 City, 100 Million Sensors"
United Technologies Research Center
United Technologies Research Center
Mr Nicholas Soldner
Staff Research Engineer
United States
"Energy Harvesting Technology Needs for the Built Environment, Realistic Requirements"
GE Energy
GE Energy
Dr Thomas Kafka
Field Application Engineer
Germany
"Condition Monitoring on Machines using Wireless Systems and Energy Harvesters"
Rolls-Royce
Rolls-Royce
Dr Werner Schiffers
Group Leader
United Kingdom
"Wireless Sensors for Gas Turbine Engine Measurements"
Maxim Integrated Products
Maxim Integrated Products
Mr Jason Wortham
Senior scientist
"Seeking Perpetual: The path to self-sufficient electronics"
Infinite Power Solutions
Infinite Power Solutions
Mr Richard Percival
Director Worldwide Sales
United States
"A Practical Example of Powering WSNs with Solar and Micro Energy Storage"

Assisted Living and Healthcare Applications

Future-Shape GmbH
Future-Shape GmbH
Dr Axel Steinhage
Germany
"SensFloor - A Large-area Wireless Sensor System for Ambient Assisted Living"
Universite Joseph Fourier
Universite Joseph Fourier
Dr Serge Cosnier
France
"Biofuel Cells: Towards the Development of Implantable Devices"
Smartex
Smartex
Ms Rita Paradiso
Scientific Director
Italy
"Sensors Integration in Electronic Textiles Platforms for Monitoring in a Natural Environment"

Application of Energy Harvesters to Textiles/Fabrics

University of Bolton
University of Bolton
Prof Elias Siores
Director
United Kingdom
"Smart Multifunctional Fibre for Energy Harvesting from Nature"
ETH Zurich
ETH Zurich
Mr Christoph Zysset
Dipl. Ing.
Switzerland
"Integrating Electronics into Woven Textiles"
Cetemmsa
Cetemmsa
Mr Eduard Loscos
Business Developer Manager R&D
Spain
"Dermo Smart Peptide Delivery: A Remote Release System"

Signage and Media

Opalio
Opalio
Mr Rik Wagter
CEO
"The powerfull potential of ECOOH: Ecological Out Of Home advertising"

Thermoelectric Energy Harvesters

Marlow Industries Inc
Marlow Industries Inc
Dr Robin McCarty
Member of Technical Staff, Product and Process R&D
USA
"Optimized, Low ΔT Thermoelectric Energy Harvesters for Water, Air or Solid Heat Sources and Sinks"

Wireless Sensor Applications

SolarPrint Ltd
SolarPrint Ltd
Dr Mazhar Bari
CEO
Ireland
"Next Generation Light Harvesting Technology for Wireless Sensor Applications"

Mesh and Sensor Networking: New Developments

Siemens AG
Siemens AG
Dr Rudolf Sollacher
Senior Research Scientist
Germany
"Technologies for Next Generation Sensor & Actuator Networks"
Schneider Electric
Schneider Electric
Dr Gilles Chabanis
Project Manager
France
"Self-Powered Wireless Sensors in Buildings: an Ideal Solution for Improving Energy Efficiency while Ensuring Comfort to Occupant"
Millennial Net
Millennial Net
Mr Dieter Schill
President & CEO
United States
"Dynamic Meshing - Next Gen WSN for the Dynamic World"
University of Washington
University of Washington
Alanson Sample
Department of Electrical Engineering
United States
"Evolving Passive RFID Beyond the Supply Chain with the Wireless Identification and Sensing Platform"
DecaWave
DecaWave
Mr Luc Darmon
VP of Strategy and Business Development
Ireland
"DecaWave Scensor Chip makes Low-Power and Precise Location at Low-Cost a Reality"

Footstep Harvesting for Grid Replacement

TU Munich
TU Munich
Dr Norbert Schwesinger
Associate Professor
Germany
"Energy Harvesting from Ground - Possibilities and Technical Realisation"
Powerleap Inc
Powerleap Inc
Ms Elizabeth Redmond
President and Director of Product Development
United States
"Footstep Harvesting and Data Tracking"
Sustainable Dance Club
Sustainable Dance Club
Mr Eric van Duin
Head of Product Design and Engineering
Netherlands
"From Energy Generating Dance Floor System to Smart Energy Generating Floor Solution"
University of Hull
University of Hull
Dr James Gilbert
Senior Lecturer
United Kingdom
"Footfall Energy: Potential and Reality"

Energy Harvesting for Vehicles

IMEC/Holst Centre
IMEC/Holst Centre
Dr Rob van Schaijk
Principal Researcher
Netherlands
"Energy Harvesting for an 'Intelligent' Tire"
TU Eindhoven
TU Eindhoven
Dr Ir Johannes Paulides
Assistant Professor
Netherlands
"Electric Mobility Components to Enable Chassis Electrification"

Metrology Requirements for Energy Harvesting

National Physical Laboratory
National Physical Laboratory
Prof Markys G Cain
Leader of Functional Materials
"Energy Harvesting Technology: Metrology Requirements for Commercialisation"

Significant Energy Storage Progress

OptiXtal
OptiXtal
Dr Sagar Venkateswaran
President
United States
"Ultrathin, Flexible Supercapacitors and their use in a Flexible Integrated "GreenPatch" Device for use in Green Buildings and smart Infrastructure"
Cellergy
Cellergy
Mr Eli Alon
CTO
Israel
"Innovative Printing Technology makes Supercapacitors More Affordable for Energy Harvesting"

Vibration and Motion Based Energy Harvester

Fraunhofer IKTS
Fraunhofer IKTS
Mr Thomas Roedig
Germany
"Wireless Sensor Node Powered by Very Low Acoustic Structural Vibrations"
Kanazawa Univ. TLO
Kanazawa Univ. TLO
Dr Toshiyuki Ueno
Director/Vice President
Japan
"Micro Energy Harvester using Magnetostrictive Material"
ALGRA AG
ALGRA AG
Dr Venkatesh Sivasubramaniam
Research & Development
Switzerland
"Self-Powered Piezoelectric Wireless Switch"

New Photovoltaic Options: Printed & Flexible

G24 Innovations
G24 Innovations
Mr John Meschter
VP Global Manufacturing and Engineering
United Kingdom
"Printed Photovoltaics: Current Progress and Commercialisation Successes"
SunFlake A/S
SunFlake A/S
Mr Morten Schaldemose
CEO
Denmark
"High Efficiency Nanostructured Solar Cells for Energy Harvesting in Portable Electrical Devices"
Konarka Technologies, Inc.
Konarka Technologies, Inc.
Dr Roland Steim
Project Leader
Germany
"Organic Photovoltaics for Energy Production"

Home and Industrial Automation - Rapid Roll-Out

EnOcean GmbH
EnOcean GmbH
Mr Armin Anders
Co-Founder & Vice President of Product Marketing
Germany
"Energy Harvesting Wireless in Volume Deployment"
Gas Sensing Solutions Ltd
Gas Sensing Solutions Ltd
Dr Des Gibson
Chairman and CEO
United Kingdom
"Self Powered NDIR CO₂ Sensor For High Growth Emerging Markets"
Robert Bosch (Bosch Group)
Robert Bosch (Bosch Group)
Dr Tjalf Pirk
Corporate Research
Germany
"Motivation and challenges for Power Harvesting in different business areas of Robert Bosch GmbH"
ABB AG Forschungszentrum
ABB AG Forschungszentrum
Dr Marco Ulrich
Principal Scientist
Germany
"Energy Harvesting For Autonomous Devices in Industrial Process Automation"

Ultra Low Power Electronics and System Design

Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments
Mr John H Carpenter
Design Engineer
United States
"Power Management Considerations for Energy Harvesting Systems"
Microchip Technology Inc
Microchip Technology Inc
Mr Jason Tollefson
Product Marketing Manager
United States
"eXtreme Low-Power Solutions for Energy-Harvesting Applications"
Imperial College London
Imperial College London
Dr Paul D Mitcheson
Lecturer
United Kingdom
"Advanced Power Electronics for Energy Harvesters"
Tyndall National Institute
Tyndall National Institute
Mr Wensi Wang
PhD Student
Ireland
"Energy Harvesting Design Model and Implementation"
ShortLink AB
ShortLink AB
Mr Torbjörn Fransson
Key Account Manager
Sweden
"Ultra Low Power Proprietary Wireless Solutions"
Loughborough University
Loughborough University
Prof Shuang-Hua Yang
Professor of Networks and Control
United Kingdom
"Energy Efficient Hardware Design for WSN Nodes"
Fraunhofer IIS
Fraunhofer IIS
Mr Henrik Zessin
Germany
"Adaptive Power Management Circuits for Energy Harvesting Systems"

The Venture Capitalist View

Target Partners
Target Partners
Dr Berthold von Freyberg
Partner
Germany
"Investing in Energy Harvesting & Storage: The VC view"

Energy Harvesting Applied

IDTechEx
IDTechEx
Dr Harry Zervos
Technology Analyst
United Kingdom
"Energy Harvesting In Automotive Applications"

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