Speakers from leading companies and universities will discuss growing demand for electronic and conductive inks during the first Electronic and Conductive Inks Conference, set for Oct. 11-12 at Pheasant Run Resort in St. Charles, IL, near Chicago. Estimated at $2 billion in annual sales, electronic and conductive inks and materials are found in a wide range of flexible and printed electronics applications, from photovoltaics and flexible displays to sensors, wearables and smart packaging. Major brands such as Ralph Lauren, L’Oreal and GE, to name a few, are successfully incorporating electronic and conductive inks into their products.
 
 
Among the highlights of the upcoming conference is a panel discussion featuring consumer brand companies moderated by Roy W. Bjorlin, commercial and strategic initiatives director, Sun Chemical, Advanced Materials Group, as well as a talk by Michael Fein, senior product manager, RFID, Zebra Technologies.

 
Conductive ink and material specialists offering their insights include Vahid Akhavan, Ph.D, global applications engineering lead at Novacentrix; Dene H. Taylor, PhD, president, SPF-Inc. and Dan Harrison, PhD, EVP, IIMAK; Frank Wallace, technical director, NANOGAP, Inc.; and Ajay Virkar, PhD, co-founder and CTO at C3Nano.
 

Presentations will also be given by George Fuchs, director of regulatory affairs and technology for NAPIM; Dr. Rachel Ma, assistant professor, Department of Graphic Communication, Cal Poly; Liam O’Hara, associate professor, Department of Graphic Communications, Clemson University; and David Savastano, editor, Ink World and Printed Electronics Now.
 

The potential applications for the flexible and printed electronics industry appear to be virtually endless, and electronic and conductive inks are essential to this fast-growing technology.
 

Electronic and Conductive Ink will be sponsored by the National Association of Printing Ink Manufacturers (NAPIM) and Rodman Media, which produces Ink World and Printed Electronics Now. The conference will feature experts in the field of electronic and conductive inks, as well as allied fields such as equipment, researchers and end-users. Join us to learn about the opportunities ahead for electronic and conductive inks.

 
For more information, visit: www.printedelectronicink.com. To register, click here. 

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