International expertise
The LOPEC Conference is the world's leading specialist Conference in the field of printed electronics. Its significance is not least reflected by the level of experience shared by the individual LOPEC boards. The members of these boards come from all over the world and work in a wide range of specialist fields.
LOPEC Conference Board
| Chair | Name | Company, Position |
|---|---|---|
General Chair | Wolfgang Mildner | MSW (DE), |
Business Conference Chair | Dr. Kerry Adams | Ventoux Ltd (UK), Director |
Technical Conference Chair | Dr. Richard Price | PragmatIC Semiconductor Ltd. (UK), CTO |
Scientific Conference Chair | Prof. Donald Lupo | Tampere University (FI) |
Short Course Chair | Dr. Bertrand Fillon | CEA Tech (FR), |
Exhibition Chair | Andrea Glawe | KROENERT GmbH & Co KG (DE), Regional Sales Director |
Technical Session Chairs
| Session | Name | Company, Position |
|---|---|---|
3D structural electronics | Prof. Jörg Franke | Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (DE), |
Biomedical and healthcare applications | Dr. Giorgio Mutinati | AIT - Austrian Institute of Technology (AT), Project Manager |
Circular economy and green electronics | Dr. Jérôme Gavillet | CEA-Liten (FR), |
Energy generation & storage | Dr. Karsten Walzer | Heliatek (DE), Senior Research Scientist & Project Manager |
User interfaces, Displays, and Lighting | Dr. Pälvi Apilo | TactoTek Oy (FI) |
Functional materials | Dr. Carla Negele | Henkel AG & Co. KGaA (UK), |
Smart and hybrid systems | Dr. Jeroen van den Brand | Holst Centre (NL), Head Of Department – Printed Electronics |
Wearables and smart textiles | Marina Toeters | by-wire.net (NL), |
Substrates and encapsulation | Dr. Manuel Gensler | Fraunhofer IAP (DE), Group Leader |
Upscaling production and manufacturing processes | Dr. Juho Paavola | VTT (FI), |
Scientific Board
| Chair | Name | Company, Position |
|---|---|---|
Scientific Conference Chair | Prof. Donald Lupo | Tampere University (FI) |
Program Chair America | Dr. Chloe Bois | Printability and Graphic Communications Institute (CAN), |
Program Chair Asia & Oceania | Prof. Dongjin Lee | Konkuk University (KR) |
Program Chair Europe | Dr. Barbara Stadlober | Joanneum Research (AT), |
Short Course Chair | Dr. Bertrand Fillon | CEA Tech (FR), |
Scientific Board Members
| Name | Institution, Position |
|---|---|
Prof. Paul Berger | Ohio State University US), Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and IEEE Fellow |
Prof. Paul Blom | Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research (DE), |
Prof. Antonio Facchetti | Northwestern University Flexterra (US), Adjunct Professor Co-Founder and CTO |
Prof. Jörg Franke | Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (DE), |
Prof. Jong Min Kim | University of Oxford (UK) |
Dr. Cheng-Chung Lee | ITRI (TW), |
Prof. Shlomo Magdassi | The Hebrew University (IL) |
Prof. Yong-Young Noh | Dongguk University (KR), |
Dr. Henning Richter | Nano-C Inc. (US), |
Prof. Takao Someya | University of Tokyo (JP) |
Prof. Ronald Österbacka | Åbo Akademi (FI), |
Prof. Fabrizio Toricelli | University of Brescia (IT), |
Prof. Chang-Qi Ma | Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics (SINANO) Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN) |
LOPEC Strategic Advisory Board
The Strategic Advisory Board represents our exhibitors. It helps us optimize LOPEC to meet the current needs of the market.