Masterclasses

Leader Dr.Susann Reuter Director IDTechEx Ltd

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Designed for those who are new to this disruptive technology or need to understand the big picture to assess the challenges and opportunities, this Masterclass will arm you with the latest knowledge of the applications and technology developments involving printed electronics. Led by experts, it is the ideal time to voice your questions as part of the interactive session and learn of the technologies that are available and emerging. The session will cover:

• Applications of printed electronics - now and near future
• Lessons to be learnt from early successes and failures
• The value chain
• Market forecasts
• The need for printed electronics
• Key markets that need printed electronics - reasons why and their technology requirements
• Creating new markets versus competing with conventional electronics in existing ones
• Assessment of technologies, companies, strategies and progress so far, including
• Thin film transistor circuits (organic, inorganic semiconductors, thin film silicon)
• Displays (OLEDs, electrophoretic, electroluminescent, electrochromatic and others)
• Sensors and conductive inks
• Batteries and actuators
• A discussion of manufacturing techniques, their relevancy and challenges
• Challenges and the roadmap to the full printed electronics toolkit

Leader Dr.Peter Harrop Chairman IDTechEx Ltd

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Energy harvesting is the use of technologies to generate electricity from the environment, which can be used to power electronics and electrics. Different technologies can be employed depending on the energy source. For movement, mechanical harvesters can be used (which can work from electrostatic, piezoelectric and electromagnetic movement), light, thermal, EM transmission or Human. Some versions are now even printed. This masterclass covers all the technologies involved, how they work, and appraisal of their strengths and weaknesses, relative costs and developments paths. The leading developers are given as are market needs and IDTechEx forecasts.

Leader Dr.Susann Reuter Director IDTechEx Ltd

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The new electronics world of printed electronics can utilize any solution-based material including organic semiconductors, inorganic semiconductors, metallic conductors, nanoparticles, nanotubes and more. This technical masterclass looks at the full range of these different materials, comparing for each one the available chemistries, performance, cost, printability, lifetime and multiple other parameters. The impact of using different print techniques (inkjet, gravure, etc) and substrates (paper, plastic, glass, etc) are also considered.
 
In addition, we look in detail at the printing technologies, demystifying the how, where, why and what next, bringing the subject alive with many real world examples. We go through inkjet printing, gravure, flexo, litho, DPN, screen and other types assessing their relevance to printed electronics.

Who are the major suppliers of materials by type? What are the biggest material challenges? What are the latest emerging materials capable of achieving? What are the biggest issues with printing electronics? Who is using what and why? It is all covered here by experts in material development and printing technologies. From organic semiconductors to liquid silicon to quantum dots and inkjet printing to lithography- attend this masterclass to understand the full range of materials and printing processes, their strengths and weaknesses, opportunities and much more.

Leader Dr.Peter Harrop Chairman IDTechEx Ltd

Speakers Prof Edward C. Wong - E-Business Solutions Limited, President Mr. KK Suen - Chief Architect and Principal Consultant, GS1 Hong Kong -

This masterclass covers the realities of the RFID and WSN market. What correlates with success? What makes investors invest? See the league table of the largest RFID companies and lessons of how they got there. Who is rapidly climbing up the league table and why? The session covers:

• V curve of profit, Boston matrix and other tools to position you optimally in the market
• Hot countries, technologies and positions in the value chain for profit
• What can be defended against the impending Chinese onslaught and what cannot
• Who will be the global winners in future and why
• Large profitable niches how to spot new ones
• Cash traps, warning signs and lessons of failure
• The boom in RFID acquisitions analyzed and what comes next
• The sure touch of Assa Abloy in their focussed acquisition programs compared with others which lack that clarity and consistency
• The boom in RFID investments analyzed and what comes next
• Markets and applications for WSN and energy harvesting
• Ten year forecasts

Leader Dr.Susann Reuter Director IDTechEx Ltd

Speakers Prof P Kathirgamanathan - Brunel University

Leader Dr.Peter Harrop Chairman IDTechEx Ltd

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Displays will be one of the largest market segments in printed/organic electronics. Already 70% of the MP3 flash memory music devices use an OLED display but TVs are the now the target. However, OLEDs are just the tip of the iceberg with electroluminescent, electrophoretic and electrochromic displays with unique benefits being commercially used now. Within ten years we will also see another major development - conventional lighting being replaced with lighting that is laminar and flexible.

This masterclass, led by experts in the field, will guide you through the full range of technologies, market opportunities and challenges, and issues to be resolved. The IP situation will also be covered as will companies in the value chain, along with their positioning and strengths.

Leader Dr.Susann Reuter Director IDTechEx Ltd

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Leader Dr.Peter Harrop Chairman IDTechEx Ltd

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This masterclass is designed to give an overall picture of photovoltaic technologies, from basic principles all the way to current advances. The masterclass is structured as follows:

• Photovoltaics: Basic principles and operation. Heterojunctions
• After an overview of underlying principles, further details will be given on specific technologies:
• Organic and hybrid organic/inorganic photovoltaics
• Dye-sensitised solar cells, and
• Thin film technologies (e.g. amorphous silicon, CdTe, CIGS)
• III-V/ II-VI multijunctions
• Advances/ Cutting Edge Applications
• Market Analysis