Latest Agenda

• Get the who, when and how of OLEDs from the Americas, and familiarise yourself with your competitors overseas
• Hear how the OLED Assocaition are championing the technology across the world, and what your business will gain from the uptake of OLED thanks to their work
• Get ahead of your competitors by spanning the Atlantic and being up-to-date on the very latest analysis worldwide

Barry Young, Managing Director, OLED Assocaition

• See where the growth areas lie for OLED Technology, what the progress has been over the last year, and who you need to keep up with
• Understand the future potential of OLED with manufacturing capabilities and how the European lighting market will be affected
• Stay informed and stay ahead of the curve by learning where your investment in OLEDs will be best placed

Geoff Archenhold, CEO, InGaN Research

• Bridge the gap between designers and technology providers and understand how enhanced communication can give you the best opportunity for growth
• Enhance your business by seamlessly integrating your business into the minds of designers and specifiers
• Assess requirements and preferences of companies throughout the supply chain and make sure your business is in the best position with the best commercial angle

Peter Ngai, VP OLED Technology, Acuity Brands Lighting

• Develop your understanding of how OLED technology is developing, where you can look to next, and how this exciting new light source is getting close to full commercialisation
• Discover the compelling advantages OLEDs have over existing lighting technologies and how you can use this to win over and delight your clients
• Compare and contrast lumens/watt, efficacy, colour, price and lots more between panels from all major manufacturers,

Kristin Knappstein, Business Development Manager, Philips
Karsten Diekmann,  Senior Manager – OLED Applications, OSRAM
Joerg Amelung, CEO, LEDON OLED
Mike Hack,Vice President, Universal Display Corp.

• Unique properties of OLED technology
• Examples of OLED lighting
• Benefits of OLED technology
• Challenges of OLED technology
• The market and how it has changed
• How to make an OLED, an overview of the material science
• Solving the problem of no reliable test data
• How to control OLED for optimum performance
• Matching OLEDs when bin-matching is not possible
• Countering OLED degradation

Stephen Clemmet, CEO, E2M Technology

• Interact with leading lighting and product designers as they give their opinions and ideas on OLED technology and what you could gain from it
• Debate with advocates and sceptics of OLED as a light source and evaluate how you can open new markets and access customers that you've never had before
• Hear from expert creatives, designers and lighting professionals on how OLED could transform the way the public sees products, and the way you sell them

Arfon Davies, Associate Director, ARUP
Mark Ridler, Lighting Director, BDP
Steve Philips, Lead Product Designer, ARUP
Karina Siegmund, Textile Artist, Karina Siegmund

• Access your inner designer with our feedback group from 25+ of Europe’s leading lighting designers as they evaluate, improve and acclaim the technology
• Answer the “killer app” question for yourself, with intimate networking, roundtables and top-level analysis from the people who will make the decisions on what lights to use
• Impress designers with the potential of your products, and improve and refine them with the highest level of critical analysis

25 Lighting Designers confirmed so far...

• Assess OLED Lighting as a separate opportunity, not as a direct substitute for other light sources, and see the opportunities this brings
• Open doors to new markets that lighting hasn’t reached before with flexible, transparent, large-area OLED
• Understand how you can meet government targets, generate revenue, attract new clients and really impress your customers with the different qualities that OLED offers

Geoff Williams, OLED Group Leader, Thorn Lighting

• Change your perception of what OLED can do with leading printed electronics product designers
• Stop the direct comparison between OLED and other light sources, and explore applications and customers that could only be reached with this new technology
• Access new markets and gain new customers that could only be reached with OLED lighting, and start broadening your portfolio for increased revenue

Kate Stone, CEO, Novalia

• See how OLED has been used in practical applications, and what challenges, pitfalls and benefits you can expect when implementing OLED concepts
• Understand the idea, implementation and results of using OLED, and how cooperation with industry can produce fruitful and successful results
• Hear the latest from leading research into flexible, roll-to-roll production of OLEDs at the Holst Centre, and how it could revolutionise the industry

Ton Van Mol, Head of OLED Lighting, Holst Centre

• Explore Cluster+, the latest modular luminaire which incorporates both LED and OLED light
• Understand how OLED and LED aren’t directly in competition, and how each technology can complement the other in different areas
• Smoothly adopt OLED into your business, not as a replacement, but as a supplement to other light sources

Ben Wirth, Director, Benwirth Licht

• Hear from global manufacturers about their opinions on OLED, how they’ve used it, and the benefits that your business will receive from it
• Don’t let your competitors get ahead of you by diversifying their portfolio; see first-hand what OLED can do for your business
• Interact with the leaders who are forging their way ahead with our interactive open-floor discussion, and add your business to the list of pioneers

Sebastian Ludwig, Engineer, Trilux

• Compare and contrast the relative merits of OLEDs and LEDs and understand where the battleground is and will be
• Evaluate the opportunities for indoor diffuse lighting - are OLEDs the answer?

J Norman Bardsley, President, Bardsley Consulting

• Hear what national governments are doing to encourage OLED Development, and how the funding, incentives and backing makes its way down the supply chain
• Update yourself on EU wide policy to promote use of solid state lighting, and what this will mean for light sources in the near future
• Understand why governmental authorities see SSL as a significant player, and how you can make sure you’re aligned with regulation early.

Myrddin Jones, Lead Technologist, UK Government Technology Strategy Board

• Experience the drivers pushing OLED forward from within working group OLED100, and what it means to your business
• Get on board with early-stage measurement characterisation, so you know exactly what to expect from any light source you use
• Explore OLED100’s “Perception Case Studies” and change the view of your customers about OLED, paving the way to a profitable future

Karsten Diekmann,  Senior Manager – OLED Applications, OSRAM/OLED100.eu

• Explore the SSL industry in Asia, and how OLED production is scaling up as imported panels start to take hold
• Understand the opportunity presented by Chinese, Japanese and Korean lighting markets, and gain the right understanding of the market dynamics
• Hear where the largest gains are to be made, how Asian companies are taking the initiative with OLED, and what you need to keep up with to remain competitive

Shujie Liu, Lead Engineer, Chinese National Lighting Test Centre