WORKSHOPS

This year will feature 2 workshops; the first focussing on a rising area of technological interest; lighting and displays and the second focussing on how to effectively manage innovation and use it as a means of growing your business.

UK Displays and Lighting KTN in association with S2K - Plastic Electronics Workshop - 8th May 14.30 - 16.30

Over the coming 15 years, the number of electronic goods made possible by plastic electronics will revolutionize everyday life. Plastic electronic goods are slimmer, lighter, more efficient, more robust, easier to manufacture and cheaper than their rigid silicon counterparts. A primary motivation for the electronic manufactures is the appeal of the potentially low cost solution based fabrication processes, freedom of size, form factor and application architecture. Additive printing processes can be utilized to deposit a sequence of metal and organic layers, which may ultimately result in a laterally patterned array of transistors, a photovoltaic cell, sensor or display.

The global market for plastic electronics in 2005 was approximately $650 US Mn. Short term predictions are for $3 US Bn in 2009 and $30 US Bn in 2015. In most instances, plastic electronics will not replace silicon electronics but will allow electronics to be used in products which could not exist with current electronic materials and processing.

The UK is at the forefront of this technology with companies in all areas of the supply chain from suppliers of basic organic chemicals and printing press manufacturers through to producers of flexible displays and sensors. The UK’s strength in innovative design is already producing electronic goods which have broken the shackles of conventional electronics.

This workshop will give an independent appraisal of plastic electronics technology and business opportunities. Topics that will be addressed are
• Plastic electronics – Markets and opportunities
• Organic and inorganic semiconductors for plastic electronics
• Additive processing technology
• Industrialisation of plastic electronics.

The workshop is organised by UK Display and Lighting Knowledge Transfer Network. UKDL was setup by the UK Department of Trade and Industry (now managed be the Technology Strategy Board) as a means of encouraging networking opportunities within the displays and lighting industry (further details of its activities can be found at www.ukdisplaylighting.net). Copies of Presentations are shown below:

• A new generation of logic & memory - Dr Harry Zervos Technology Analyst, IDTechEx >>
• Opportunities in Plastic Electronics -Ric Allott Deputy Network Director >>
• Plastic Electronics Materials and Devices - Maxim Shkunov >>
• Welsh Centre for Printing and Coating - Tim C. Claypole >>

Winnovation in association with S2K - Growing your business through Innovation 14.30 - 16.30

Format: This will be a  dynamic interactive workshop. Attendees will learn about the subject of technology innovation and the management thereof both from the perspective of organisations' looking to acquire innovation and those wishing to market innovation.
 
Attendee Profile:This event will be suitable for those involved in business development and technology transfer as well as those people who develop new technology and are looking for effective ways of commercializing it.
 

·     What is innovation?
·     Creating an innovative culture
·     Ways of Managing risk
·     Sources of innovation
·     Collaboration for innovation
·     An overview of measures for protecting your IP
.      Using innovation for Business Development

Contact the JEMI Office now to sign up for these workshops Tel: 0131 650 7815