OLED events, exhibitions, trade shows and seminars

The SID International Symposium, Seminar and Exhibition, now in its 48th year, is the premier international gathering of scientists, engineers, manufacturers, and users in the electronic-display industry.

The event provides access to a wide range of technology and applications from high-definition flat-panel displays using both emissive and liquid-crystal technology to the latest in OLED displays, flexible displays, and large-area projection-display systems. This is where to find state-of-the-art information on image processing, systems software and display processor hardware, human factors and applied vision, and exciting new applications such as multimedia and the electronic cinema.

SID 2010's web site

The Flexible Electronics and Displays 2010 is the 9th annual conference by FlexTech alliance. The Call for Papers seeks abstracts addressing technical and business issues, advancements impacting the flexible electronics field, and areas where displays are a key driver. Topic areas of interest include flexible, printed electronics manufacturing, photovoltaics, solid-state lighting, medical devices, RFID, sensors and flexible displays.

This conference covers the components, materials and applications in the following topics:

• The Application of Printed Electronics to Products
• Radical New Printed Electronics Products
• Creative Design and Packaging
• Healthcare and Bionic Man
• Electronics as art, signage, human interface - large area displays
• Conformal/flexible displays
• Thin Film Transistor Circuits - new possibilities
• Smart Substrates and Stretchable Electronics
• Thin, flexible printed batteries
• Sensors Networks & Actuators
• Materials: Conductive materials, Meta-materials, Material scarcity, The big need: barrier/ encapsulation materials, Organic and inorganic semiconductors, dielectrics, Carbon Nanotubes and graphene
• Photovoltaics: Thin Film and Printed Photovoltaics, Nano-enabled technologies, Organic PV- Organic Concentrators, Inorganic PV
• Printed Electronics Standards and Global Progress
• Printing: Digital printing breakthroughs, Breakthrough in room temperature cure, Process/Inspection/testing systems
• Roll to roll printed electronics: co-deposition of components 

PE USA 2009 web site

PE Asia 2009 will feature the following issues:

• Thin film and printed transistors and memory
• Flexible, printed and large area OLED displays and lighting
• E-paper Technologies: Rollable, reflective, low power and light weight displays
• Progress to lower cost, flexible, printed, lightweight Photovoltaics
• New electronic materials: conductors, semiconductors, rare material replacements, carbon based materials
• Technologies enabling the printing of electronics 

PE Asia 2009 web site

The OLED world summit will feature an expanded multi-track program to provide comprehensive coverage to the multiple facets of this dynamic industry. As the only event dedicated exclusively to the OLED industry, this renowned international summit will bring together leading researchers, developers, manufacturers, end users, and visionaries to discuss market forecasts, technology developments and application reviews.

Topics to be covered at this year’s event include Market overview, Materials and Substrates, Displays, Lighting, Manufacturing and Equipment and Backplanes and New Technology.

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OLED world summit 2009 web page

Founded in 2003, OSC-09 is the only international conference to focus on the organic semiconductor industry. As well as its usual focus on technologies related to organic semiconductors, this year the conference will also explore the new opportunities offered by advances in other organic-based materials—carbon nanotubes, graphenes and fullerenes.

More info on OSC-09

IFA is the world's largest consumer electronic show, having 7 different segments -

Home entertainment, Audio entertainment, Home appliances, Media, Public media (TV, Radio, etc.) Communication (cable, mobiles, etc.) and Technology and components.

IFA 2009's web site

The Emerging Technologies 2009 is a 1-day conference, exploring how new display technologies (from touch screens, flexible displays, OLED displays, e-paper displays, and pocket projectors to 3D displays) can bring innovative form factors, attractive visual performance, power saving, and potentially drive growth in the near future.

Conference's web site

China's International Flat Panel Technology event 2009 scope includes LCD TVs, Plasma, LCDs for laptops and mobile phones, OLED panels and modules, and more.

The show will also host manufacturing equipment makers, components and other resources.

China FPD web page

At LOPE-C 2009 you will see the latest developments in the dynamic and innovative field of organic and printed electronics, where products are thin, light-weight, flexible and produced at low cost:

• Organic photovoltaic cells (OPV)
• Printed memory devices for games or consumer goods
• Printed RFID (radio frequency identification) for brand protection and logistics
• Flexible batteries to power mobile devices
• Rollable displays
• Organic sensors for single-use devices that monitor the environment or enable easy to use diagnostic devices for medical applications

Convention Topics include:

• Materials (e.g. organic, inorganic, carbon and nano materials, semiconductors, conductors, dielectrics, substrates)
• Devices (OTFT, circuitry, OLED, EL, batteries, memory, photovoltaics, etc.)
• Processes (e.g. printing and other large area mass patterning techniques)
• Equipment (printing machines, vacuum deposition, patterning, test & measurement, assembly and others)
• Production (e.g. roll-to-roll, in-line)
• Applications (smart objects, flexible displays, lighting, photovoltaics, RFID, consumer electronics, sensors, smart textiles, etc.)
• End-Users (packaging, logistics, consumer electronics, brand owner, pharmaceutical and medical, transportation, etc.)
• Services (R&D services, venture capital, prototyping and others)

More info here