THE FOLLOWING OUTLINE IS THE ACTUAL PROGRAM FROM THE

November 9-11, 2004

Tuscany Suites Hotel
Las Vegas, Nevada

CONFERENCE CO-CHAIRS

Dr. James Caruso, Cabot Corporation  james_caruso@cabot-corp.com
Dr. John Mills, Plastic Logic   john.mills@plasticlogic.com

CONFERENCE SPEAKERS

Dr. Ana Claudia Arias, Palo Alto Research Center
Dr. John Attard, Xaar
Clive Ayling, The Technology Partnership
Dr. Reinhard R. Baumann, MAN Roland
Chuck Bauer, TechLead Corporation
Larry A. Blue, Matrics
Jon Brodd, Cima Nanotech
Doug Chinn, Sandia
Dr. Linda T. Creagh, Spectra
Chuck Edwards, Cabot Corporation
Carlos Grinspon, Advanced Technology Program
Feng-Lin Hsu, Chunghwa Picture Tubes
Dr. Alan Hudd, Xennia Technology
Prof. Michael L. Kleper, RIT
Dan Lawrence, Precisia
Dr. Masaaki Oda, ULVAC
Dr. Bernhard Schleich, Degussa
Dr. Andreas Ullmann, PolyIC
Osamu Yamashita, Nakan
Liz Ziepniewski, I.T. Strategies

CONFERENCE FOCUS

IMI's 3^rd Annual Printable Electronics and Displays Conference & Exhibition (formerly known as the Digital Electronic Materials Deposition Conference) is the conference of the year dedicated to all critical aspects of printable electronics and displays. IMI's 3rd annual meeting and exhibition leverages its past expertise in this rapidly evolving industry and is designed to bring together experts and leaders in the areas of printable electronic materials, printing and printable electronic and display devices.

Electronic and display device manufacture is poised to undergo a renaissance through the utilization of low-cost, high-speed printing technology. Over the last several years, with the advent of such technologies as printable organic semiconductors, high-resolution ink jet printing presses and low-cost flexible substrates, just to name a few, manufacture of electronic and display devices by high speed printing is being seriously considered. This revolutionary shift in manufacturing philosophy will allow for significant cost reductions and hence will allow manufacturers to expand current products into new markets and develop entirely new, economically viable products such as flexible displays, RFID tags, sensors, etc.

IMI's 3^rd Annual Printable Electronics and Displays Conference & Exhibition will strategically represent all critical materials, printing and device technology in this emerging field. Areas which will be addressed include printing conductors, semiconductors, dielectrics and resistors, ink-jet, offset lithographic and flexographic printing as well as device manufacturing applications such as printed circuit boards, RFID tags, displays, sensors, smart packaging and membrane keyboards.

This conference and exhibition, the first of its kind, will be a worldwide meeting place for who's who in this rapidly evolving new industry. It will allow presenters, attendees and exhibitors to meet, learn and promote their technologies, vision, products and services.

In conjunction with IMI's new course, Printing & Materials Technologies for Printable Electronics Course being held on November 8-9, 2004 - this conference will provide tool developers, materials developers, integrators and end-use device manufacturers the opportunity to meet in one place to assess this rapidly evolving field; a field which will change the way electronic-based devices are designed and fabricated in the years to come.

BENEFITS OF CONFERENCE ATTENDANCE

• Learn the current state of the art for conventional and digital electronic printing and materials deposition technologies and gain first hand knowledge from current users, recognized experts and industry pioneers.

• Obtain understanding of electronic materials issues related to printing and deposition methods

• Hear from leading system integrators and tool developers involved in printing plastic electronics and displays

• Learn the electronics industry's needs from key end users and device manufacturers

• Gain an understanding of the significant market for printed electronics and displays

• Receive an appreciation for the challenges and issues requiring attention for advanced printing and deposition technologies to expand in importance in the commercial world

• Establish personal relationships with key players in the electronics, materials and printing fields

• Gain knowledge of the technology developments being made and still required to meet the needs for printed electronics and displays applications

• Display your printable electronics and displays related products, technologies, services, etc. with a complimentary exhibit space

• Give a 5-minute presentation on your products, technologies or services in the Suppliers' Forum

Over 135 registrations to the 3rd Annual Printable Electronics & Displays Conference & Exhibit have been received from the following companies as of October 29, 2004: Are you one of them?
3M	Add-Vision	Air Products & Chemicals	AKT America
Alps Electric North America	Armor Group	Autosophy	Atotech UK LTD
Avecia	Aveso Displays	Brady	Cabot Corporation
Canon Development Americas	Chi Mei Optoelectronics	Chunghwa Picture Tubes	Ciba Specialty Chemicals
Cima Nanotech	Codonics	Collins Ink	Corning
Creo	CSIRO	Daejoo Electronic Materials	Degussa
Dept. of Commerce ATP-NIST	Deutscher Drucker Publishing Co.	DNP Corporation USA	DuPont
Eckart America	Elementis Specialties	Esprix Technologies	Exatec
Flex Products	Graphic Solutions International	Hasbro Games	Hewlett Packard
ID TechEx	IIMAK	IMI	Information Mediary Corporation/Xinx
InkTec	Inkware	International Paper	IT Strategies
ITRI	Jetrion	KCL	Kovio
Kyoto Densanshi Insatsu	Labels & Labeling Magazine	Lexmark	LG Chemical
LG Electronics	Litrex	MacDermid	MAN Roland
Matrics	MicroFab Technologies	Milliken Research	Mitsubishi Chemical
Mitsui Chemicals America	Nagase	Nakan	Nanosys
National Consumer Journal	Nazdar	Neoresins	NexPress LLC
Nippon Kayaku America	Nukote International	OrganicID	Pacific Scientific
Palo Alto Research Center	Pall Corporation	Philips Electronics	Plastic Logic
PMIA	PolyIC	Precisia	Ricoh
Rochester Institute of Technology	Rogers Hill Associates	Saes Getters	Samsung
Sandia National Labs	Sappi Fine Paper	Sarnoff Corporation	Sartomer
Serigraph	Spectra	Taiwan TFT LCD Association	TechLead Corporation
Triphol Corporation	TTP	Ulvac	Unijet
Videojet Technologies	Vitex Systems	Weyerhaeuser	Xaar
Xennia Technology	Yonsei University	Zebra Technologies

3rd Annual Printable Electronics & Displays Conference & Exhibit November 9-11, 2004 Tuscany Suites Hotel Las Vegas, Nevada Program Coverage and Schedule   Tuesday, November 9, 2004   12:30 p.m. Conference Registration & Exhibit Area Opens   1:30 p.m. Opening Session: Markets & Implementation WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS Alvin G. Keene, President, Information Management Institute, Inc., Carrabassett Valley, Maine, USA TECHNOLOGICAL AND MARKET CHALLENGES/OPPORTUNITIES FOR PRINTABLE ELECTRONICS & DISPLAYS Dr. Charles E. Bauer, Senior Managing Director, TechLead Corporation, Evergreen Colorado Why Does Industry Desire Printable Electronics? What Frontiers Can Be Opened? Application Targets and Market Opportunities Strategic Technology Implementation Issues Market Performance Expectations INDUSTRIAL PRINTING OPPORTUNITIES FOR POLYMER ELECTRONICS Dr. Reinhard R. Baumann, Head of Special PrintMedia Projects, Digital Printing Systems, MAN Roland Druckmaschinen AG, Augsburg, Germany Traditional Press Makers & Printers Have Gained Abilities & Competencies Which Will Help Extend Them Beyond Printed Products Addressing The Human Visual Sensory Nerve Printing Patterns With Inks Having Functional Electrical Conductivity Provides Opportunity To Print Electrical Circuitry Or RFID Antennas Printing Patterns With Functionalities Like Semi-Conductivity & Electrical Insulation Open Routes To Print Polymer Transistors & LED's Opportunities, Challenges & Limitations Of Industrial Printing Systems For Printing Electronic Devices CAPTURING THE OPPORTUNITY IN ELECTRONIC SIGNAGE Liz Ziepniewski, Consultant, I.T. Strategies,Inc., Hanover, Massachusetts Target Markets For Electronic Displays: Consumer & Corporate Value Proposition Of Electronic Display: ROI Savings & Business Opportunities Segmentation/Sizing Of Signage Market Best Markets For electronic Displays Fitting Electronic Technology With Applications: Color Vs. Mono, Movement Or Nonmoving, Lifetime Requirements, Etc. Barriers To Electronics Implementation: Infrastructure Development, Images & Software, Cost Justification, Etc. Keys To Success COMMERCIALIZING PLASTIC ELECTRONICS FOR DISPLAY APPLICATIONS Dr. John Mills, Vice President Engineering, Plastic Logic Limited, Cambridge, England State-of-the-art For TFT Performance & Materials Stability What Is The Roadmap For Plastic Electronics? Early Applications For Plastic Electronics In Epaper Will Plastic Electronics Ever Be A Major Player In RFID? Requirements For Manufacturing Equipment Challenges & Opportunities For Commercialization ELECTRONICS MANUFACTURING ON PRESS: IS THE PRINTING INDUSTRY READY? Professor Michael L. Kleper, Paul and Louise Miller Distinguished Professor, Rochester Institute of Technology, School of Print Media, Rochester, New York What Capabilities Do Commercial Printers Have That Qualify Them To Enter Printed Electronics Field? What Opportunities Are Within Reach? What Will Printers Need To Do To Take Advantage Of Opportunities? Insight Into Major Issues Confronting Printers Limitations Of Various Printing Processes   5:30 p.m. Reception in Exhibit Area   Wednesday, November 10, 2004   7:30 a.m Continental Breakfast   8:30 a.m. Session 2: Printing & Deposition Technologies PRINTABLE ELECTRONIC MATERIALS - MOVING FROM RESEARCH TO MANUFACTURING Chuck Edwards, General Manager, Printable Electronics and Displays, Cabot Corporation, Albuquerque, New Mexico Printable Electronic Materials Applications & Benefits Technical Requirements Status Of Current Materials Printable Electronic Materials Trends & Forecasts MERGING THE RESOLUTION OF NANOCONTACT PRINTING WITH SPEED OF FLEXOGRAPHY PROMISES GREATER PROCESS CAPABILITY FOR PRINTED ELECTRONICS Dan Lawrence, Director of Technology and Commercialization, Precisia, Ann Arbor, Michigan Dot Formation In Contact Printing Using A Raised Image Area Photopolymer Test Image Insights Into Current Image Forming Capabilities Of Flexographic Process Printed Test Image Results (Dot Uniformity, Resolution, Spacing, Etc.) Establish Capability Baseline For Flexographic Printing Of Electronics CLEANROOM-READY FLEXOGRAPHIC AND LITHOGRAPHIC PRINTING EQUIPMENT FOR FLAT PANELDISPLAY MANUFACTURING Mr. Osamu Yamashita, Nakan Grop, Chiba City, Japan BEYOND DISPLAYS: NEW PRINTHEADS FOR MATERIALS DEPOSITION Dr. Linda T. Creagh, Business Development Director, Spectra, Inc., Denton, Texas Status Of Display Manufacturing Via Ink Jet Expanding Requirements For Ink Jet Manufacturing Novel MEMS-Based Piezo Printhead Design Performance Of MEMS Printhead New Opportunities XAAR'S STRATEGIC ENTRY INTO PRINTABLE ELECTRONICS & DISPLAYS Dr. John Attard, Business Development Manager, Organic Semiconductors, Xaar plc, Cambridge, UK Xaar Leverages Success In Non-aqueous Graphics Art Markets Product Roadmap For Printable Electronics & Displays Entry-Level Printhead Family: OmniDotTM Generation-III - Side Shooter Technology Case Studies  12:00 Noon Luncheon   1:30 p.m. Session 3: Is Nanotechnology A Key Enabler? NEW ELECTRONIC MATERIALS: EXPLORING NANO-SILICON FOR PRINTABLE ELECTRONICS Dr. Bernhard Schleich, Creavis Technologies & Innovation, Exploration & Validation, Degussa AG, Marl, Germany Degussa Nanotronics Science To Business Center To Develop Innovative Solution Systems For Electronics Applications With Universities & Industrial Partners A Main Focus: New Conducting & Semiconducting Nanoparticles & Integration Into Electronics Devices By Printing Technologies Silicon Nanoparticles Produced By Gas Phase Process As Printable Inorganic Semiconductors Techniques To Remove Surface Oxides & Reduce Defect Densities Nanoscaled Indium Tin Oxide For Printable Electronics & Flexible Displays Applications INDIVIDUALLY DISPERSED NANOPARTICLE INK FORMED BY GAS EVAPORATION METHOD Dr. Masaaki Oda, Manager, Nanoparticle Application Department, ULVAC Corporation, Sanbugun, Chiba, Japan Formation Of Individually Dispersed Au, Ag, Cu &ITO Nanoparticle Inks Particles Stably Dispersed In Non/Weak Polarized Organic Solvents High Solids Contents Achieved Specific Electric Resistance Of 3 Micro Ohm Cm for Ag Film & .02 Micro Ohm Cm For ITO Film COST EFFECTIVE NANO-CONDUCTIVE MATERIALS FOR HIGH RESOLUTION, CONVENTIONALLY PRINTED ELECTRONICS Jon Brodd, CEO, Cima Nanotech, Inc. St Paul, Minnesota Opportunities For Nano-materials In Inks - Screen, Flexo & Litho Offset Printing - Ink Jettable Conductive Inks Requirements & Performance For Conventional Printing In Electronics & Displays Applications (Conductivity, Resolution, Image Quality, Densification, Adhesion, Etc.) SUPPLIERS' FORUM: 5-Minute Presentations Related To New Digital Electronic Materials Deposition Technology, Product or Service Capabilities. The Suppliers' Forum is open to all Conference Registrants  5:30 p.m. Reception in Exhibit Area   Thursday, November 11, 2004   7:30 a.m Continental Breakfast   8:30 a.m. Session 4: R&D, Commercialization & Implementation PRINTED ELECTRONICS FOR INNOVATIVE AND LOW COST ELECTRONICS Dr. Andreas Ullmann, Senior Research Scientist, PolyIC GmbH & Co. KG, Erlangen, Germany Printed Electronics On Organic Semiconductors Will Enable Electronics On Nearly Every Product Result Will Be New Electronics Revolution - Not Replacement Of Standard Electronics Based On Silicon - Realization Of Electronic Intelligence To Products Currently Having No Electronics Applications Like RFID, Smart Objects, Electronics For Flexible Displays, Etc. Enabler Is New Polymer Electronics Technology Based On Organic Conducting & Semiconducting Materials Combination Of Soluble Electronic Active Polymer With High Volume Printing Processes To Achieve Low Cost, High Volume Printed Electronics APPLICATION AND CHALLENGES OF PRINTED ELECTRONICS IN RFID Larry A. Blue, Vice President, Engineering, Matrics, Inc., Rockville, Maryland History Today's RFID Tag Solutions Future Challenges For Printed Electronics ACCELERATING INNOVATIVE AND LOW-COST ELECTRONICS MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGIES Carlos Grinspon, Program Manager, Dept. of Commerce Advanced Technology Program, NIST, Gaithersburg Maryland ATP Partners With Industry To Develop Innovative, High-Risk Technologies Helps Firms Bridge Gap Between Research Lab & Market Place ATP Investment Spans Wide Range Of Technologies ATP Funding In Electronics Manufacturing Technologies Award Examples - CONJUGATED MATERIALS AND DEVICES AT SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES Doug Chinn, Principle Member of Technical Staff, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico Devices Based On Air Stable Conducting Polymers For Military & Homeland Security Uses Development Of High Mobility Composite Materials For Use As Conductors & Absorbing Media For Energy Collecting Devices Development Of Charged Particle Detectors & Lasers All-plastic Inkjet Printed Diodes Containing Conductors, Semiconductors & Insulators Potential of -conjugated Materials Incorporated Into Integrated Devices Such As Fabrics & Synthetic Bacteria Or Amoebots   1:30 p.m. Session 5: R&D, Commercialization & Implementation (continued) CHALLENGES OF DEVELOPING AN INK JET PRINTER FOR PASSIVE COMPONMENTS ONTO PCB'S Clive Ayling, Consultant, The Technology Partnership, Royston, Hertfordshire, UK Why It Can Be Necessary To Develop A Custom Printer In Order To Develop A New Printing Process? What Are Some Of The Technical Hurdles That A Passive Component Printer Has To Overcome? What Performance Can Be Achieved? Who Is (And Isn't) Capable & Motivated To Do The Equipment & Software Development? How To Keep Control Of Intellectual Property & Future Revenues ALL JET-PRINTED POLYMER THIN-FILM TRANSISTOR (TFT) ACTIVE-MATRIX BACKPLANES Dr. Ana Claudia Arias, Research Associate, Electronic Materials Laboratory, Palo Alto Research Center, Palo Alto, California TFT Backplanes Fabricated Using Jet-Printing As Only Patterning Method Printed TFT's Have High Yield With Narrow Performance Distribution Materials Used & Properties Obtained Pixel Design Benefits From Jet-Printing Registration Accuracy Electrical Performance Suitable For Addressing Capacitive Media Displays Technology Applied To Both Rigid & Flexible Substrates Technology Can Be Scaled To Large Areas POWER AND GLORY, THE FULL CONDUCTIVE INKJET STORY Dr. Alan Hudd, President & CTO, Xennia Technology Ltd., Royston, Herts, UK Conductive Inkjet Technology - Two Years On How The Technology Works - Chemistry - Process - Technology Options - IPR Position Properties & Performance - Electronic Properties - Inkjet Properties - Complementary Techniques Products & Status - RFID - Rapid Prototypes Design - Product Decoration - Other Applications Partnership Programs USING SURFACE-TREATMENT TO IMPROVE COLOR-MIXING PHENOMENON OF INKJET TECHNOLOGY IN MANUFACTURING COLOR FILTER Feng-Lin Hsu, Cell Department, Central Research Institute, Chunghwa Picture Tubes, Ltd., Taiwan, R. O. C. Using Ink Jet Technology To Produce Color Filter In Modern Digital Display Important Factors In Successful Manufacture: Accuracy Of Jetting Locations, Platform Velocity, Surface Condition & Others Development Of System To Print, Monitor Quality & Understand Process Droplet Placement Within Confined Pixel Area Remains Crucial Technical Challenge Demonstration Of Surface Treatments To Improve Results  5:00 p.m. Adjournment & Exhibits Close PAST CONFERENCE BINDER & CD-ROM The binder and CD-ROM for this completed program, containing handout materials from all speakers plus a registration list with names, addresses and phone numbers, may be purchased for: $300 US including shipping by Federal Express submit the order form now and follow with your payment by mail. 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