Speakers

Stan Farnsworth

Chief Marketing Officer

Joining as a founding member of NovaCentrix in 1999, Stan serves as CMO, and is responsible for strategic and tactical global marketing and sales for all NovaCentrix products, including the company’s PulseForge tools and Metalon inks for printed and flexible electronics. Stan earned his BS in mechanical engineering from Rice University and MS in mechanical engineering from the University of Texas, Austin, specializing in heat transfer and fluid mechanics. Currently, he serves on the board as Chairman for the OE-A – the leading international association for printed and large-area flexible electronics. He is also an active Mentor at Capital Factory, the leading start-up ecosystem in the Austin area, where he advises entrepreneurs on marketing and sales topics. For the past 10 years Stan has also been the chair of the STEM advisory board for a local Austin area high school. In this capacity, he has been working to increase diversity in STEM education and improve awareness of technology opportunities for all students.

Dr Matthew Dyson

Technology Analyst, IDTechEx

Matthew is a Technology Analyst at IDTechEx, specializing in printed, organic, flexible & hybrid electronics. Matthew has previously been involved in research across a wide range of printed/flexible electronics areas, contributing to 15 scientific papers and presenting his work in a variety of international conferences. As such he has a comprehensive understanding across the printed/organic/flexible electronics field. At IDTechEx Matthew interviews and analyses industry trends across the sector.

Sheng Fu, Chiu

Project Leader of Innovation Foresight Functional Textiles, Government Funding, TTRI

Academic Experience:

1984-1985, Master, Dept. of Textile Engineering, University of Fun-Chia(Taiwan)
1991-1995, Ph.D. , Dept. of Textile Engineering, University of Leeds(U.K)
2002-2004, EMBA, Dept. of Business Administration, National ChengChi University (Taiwan)

Work Experience :

2005-2009, Director, Dept. of Industrial Information, Economic and Training, TTRI
2010-2016, Director, Dept. of Testing and Certification, TTRI
2017-2020, Director, Dept. of Planning and Publics, TTRI
2017-, Project Leader of Innovation Foresight Functional Textiles, Government Funding, TTRI
2001-2018, Secretary General, Textile Research and Development Association International(TRDAI), Taiwan
2018-, Member of a council, Taiwan Smart Textile Association (TSTA), Taiwan
2011-, Assistant Professor, Department of Textiles ,Chinese Culture University, Taiwan
2015-2020, Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular Science and Engineering , National Taipei University of Technology, Taiwan

Dr Frank Zhang

Principal Research Officer

Dr. Zhiyi (Frank) Zhang is a principal research officer at National Research Council (NRC). With a PhD. in polymer, he did R&D with universities, government lab and companies in various areas, covering polymer materials, packaging, photonic components, sensors, microfluidics, printable electronics, and smart textiles. He has published/hold over 200 research papers/patents, and has developed several commercialized technologies.

Andrea Ferrone, Ph.D. MEng.

Electronic Engineers in applied electronics for Industry and Innovation.

Dr. Andrea Ferrone is an Electronic Engineers in applied electronics for Industry and Innovation.
His Ph.D. from the University of Roma Tre, Italy, focused on wearable devices, E-textile and sensor development. During his research in Italy, he worked as an associate researcher for the Italian National Research Council, where he investigated and created novel sensor fibres that could be integrated into E-Textile. In 2016 Dr. Ferrone was invited to continue his research as a postdoctoral fellow at the Simon Fraser University (SFU), BC, Canada. Combining his research and the technology developed at SFU, he Co-founded and lead as a CTO a start-up to create a wearable device that monitors postures and movements that could lead to muscle-skeleton injuries.
Dr. Ferrone is currently working at Myant for the Research, Development, and Partner Integration Team to develop the next generation of textile computing.

Dr Thomas Stegmaier

Professor Dr Götz Gresser

Born in 1962 Born in 1962 Study at the University in Stuttgart in Mechanical Engineering with main topics in Automation / Control systems and Textile Technology.

1999-2020 – coordinator “Centre of Excellence for Technical Textiles Denkendorf”, – Head of research groups “Technical Textiles / Surface Treatment /Environmental Technology / Bionics” at DITF Denkendorf

2015 – Habilitation at Karlsruher Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany Since 2019 assistant manager of DITF Denkendorf

Since 2021 – Head of Competence Centre Textile Chemistry, Environment, Energy Involved in several German and European working circles and scientific committees. President of the “International Society of Bionic Engineering – ISBE”

Several scientific awards (Haltermann innovation 2000,  avantex 2000,  Prof. Adalbert Seifriz 2006,  patents 2006,  TechTextil Innovation prize 2007 TechTextil Innovation prize 2011 TechTextil Innovation prize 2013 TechTextil Innovation prize 2015)

Dominic Lachapelle, Eng.

Electronic Engineers Project Leader

Dominic Lachapelle is an electronics engineer which graduated form Université de Sherbrooke in 2003. He has been working on smart textiles industry for the last 12 years. His first years were dedicated to NSERC project “Futuristic Firefighter Bunker Suit” and then, participated in more than 60 R&D projects which required the integration of active systems in soft goods. His expertise brought him to work in different areas such as heating textiles, biometrics, medical, fitness, protection, military, transportation and infrastructures. He is now involved into smart textiles trainings for industry members and into an ASTM committee to establish new standards.

Terry Dennis

Consumer Products Executive with International expertise in Corporate Strategy, Marketing, Sales and Operations.

Additional studies in Blockchain Implementation at the University of Toronto and Executive Finance at the University of Chicago and Artificial Intelligence Business Strategy at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT Sloan). Terry has created and launched Award Winning companies/brands, driving category leadership and merchandising excellence in Consumer Goods and Packaging and Display sectors. Past Board Member of Food and Consumer Products Canada (FCPC) and recognized partner of The Retail Council of Canada.

James Lee

Director, Innovation Solutions Group

James is the Director, Innovation Solutions Group with Jones Healthcare Group based in London, Ontario, Canada, a leader in folding cartons, labels and contract pharmaceutical filling. In his role, James focuses on new packaging technologies for tomorrow and their potential impact and outcomes for consumers, patients and brand owners. James has over 25 years of experience in prepress and print production with organizations such as TC and SGSCO. With successful projectexecution under a varying set of global verticals throughout his career, James brings a diverse understanding of the packaging market with an eye for reproduction quality under differing print methods. James also serves as a co-chair for the North American industry association intelliPACK, to help accelerate adoption of intelligent packaging products in the marketplace.

Clément Bourgogne

Chief Operating Officer

Clément Bourgogne joined Scale AI in 2019 as VP of Strategic Programs and oversees all investment activities of the $300M fund.
Prior to joining Scale AI, Clement worked at the Boston Consulting Group in Montreal advising Fortune 500 companies on digital transformation and industry 4.0.

Marie Horodecki-Aymes

Director, Design & Packaging Metro Brands

Director, Design and Packaging – Metro Brands, in charge of the identity and global strategy of private brands and of the analysis and strategic monitoring of developments in the global food market. Prior to joining Metro Inc., Marie held various management positions in the food retail sector, such as Director of Private Label Development, Business Strategist, Sustainable Development Leader in France, Italy and Belgium. Mary’s greatest strengths are her creativity, analytical thinking, dynamism and leadership. It thrives on challenges, in particular those that broaden the scope of the business and the relevance of the offer for the consumer.

Marie Beaudry

Directrice Générale

Marie Beaudry began her career in the food sector with Groupe Export agroalimentaire Québec-Canada. She gained unparalleled experience in helping small and medium size food companies develop new foreign markets. Currently working as Chief Executive Officer for Aliments du Québec, Marie is known for her managing and marketing expertise both for export and local markets. She has spent more than 11 years promoting local food products at retail and in the foodservice sector. Being a strong advocate for local food, Marie is proud to discover new food products and share her discoveries with friends and Quebec consumers.

Stefan De Troch

Director of Business Development

Stefan De Troch is Director of Business Development of NXP`s NTAG® SmartSensor portfolio. Having started off as a researcher, his career spans a range of innovations and new product developments. For more than three years, Stefan has examined volume applications for healthcare, which resulted in the NTAG SmartSensor range. He holds a master’s degree in Engineering from the Catholic University of Leuven in Belgium.

Joao de Oliveira

VP Business Development

Joao is an experienced commercial manager with a strong background in electronic engineering.
Previously at XJTAG (part of the Cambridge Technology Group) he led business growth at over 30% annually from 2006 to 2012.
Joao has held business development roles at Plastic Logic and Arm,
where he initiated the business that evolved into the current Secure Segment activity.
He is fluent in 5 different languages.

Hamid Karbasi, PhD, P. Eng.

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research

Hamid Karbasi is the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Industrial Research Chair in Advanced Recycling Technologies for Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) at Conestoga College in Cambridge, Ontario since 2016.
He is also an Adjunct Professor at the University of Waterloo since 2009. Dr. Karbasi received his PhD in Robotics and Automation from the University of Waterloo in 2003. His PhD research on Uni-Drive Modular Robot received the first prize in the 2002 American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) international competition. He joined Conestoga College in 2005 with more than 15 years of industrial experience. After 10 years of teaching in the Mechanical Systems Engineering (MSE) degree program and applied research in advanced manufacturing and de-manufacturing, he was appointed as NSERC Industrial Research Chair in 2016. His research on novel robotic applications, laser materials processing, materials spectroscopy, and machine vision to innovate new electronic recycling technologies has been internationally acclaimed.

Gaël Depres

Central R&D Manager

Dr. Gaël Depres received his MS Degree in Pulp and Paper in 1996 from PAGORA and his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from INPG in France. He entered the group Arjowiggins in 1999 as a research Engineer and then as Innovation manager and worked mainly on new products developments in the area of specialty papers, Fine Papers and smart papers. He is now Central R&D manager for Arjowiggins, working especially on printing electronics and connected papers.
Gael Depres wrote several articles and participate in many conferences in the area of intelligent paper and holds more than 18 patents in the field of specialty papers, especially on printing electronics on paper.

Chloé Bois

General Manager at the Printability and Graphic Communications Institute (ICI), and NSERC Industrial Research Chair for Colleges in Functional Printed Applications Manufacturing at Collège Ahuntsic, Montreal, QC, Canada.

Howard W. Campbell

Business Development

As a consultant for more than a dozen years, Howard leverages knowledge and international contacts previously gained while working for semiconductor companies. Subsequent exposure to specialty materials aroused his interest in printed and hybrid electronics. He enjoys the variety of applications and challenges of solving technical issues with novel solutions. Howard has been building business for Memtronik Innovations for the last five years. During that time, he has been an active supporter of the intelliFLEX Innovation Alliance.

Arnold Kell

Research Officer

Dr. Arnold Kell studied chemistry at the McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario (BSc 1999) and The University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario (PhD 2004). He has 15 years of R&D experience at National Research Council Canada where he previously developed nanomaterials for biodiagnostic applications. He is currently the Technical Leader of molecular silver ink activities for Printable Electronics applications The focus of the Printed Electronics activities are develop molecular ink platforms that can be incorporated into scalable printing processes in order to enhance the performance of all-printed devices including a transistors, RF circuits and antennae. In addition, recent efforts are focused on the development of inks that can be utilized in stretchable and structural/in-mold electronics.

Ngoc-Duc Trinh

Project and Educational Transfer Manager

Ngoc Duc Trinh was awarded a Ph.D. in chemistry from University of Québec in Montréal in 2015. Afterwards, he worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Montréal. His graduate and postdoctoral studies focused on the development of high-performance electrode materials for lithium-ion batteries. In September 2017, he joined as a project manager at the Printability and Graphic Communications Institute (ICI). Since August 2020, he is now Project and Educational Transfer Manager. His expertise is applied in the manufacturing by roll-to-roll printing processes of fully printed batteries and printed electronics adapted to smart packaging. These devices make it possible to continuously provide additional information on the conditions of packaging throughout the supply chain to consumers. Within the multidisciplinary R&D team, he contributes to the industrialization of printed or hybrid flexible electronics using roll-to-roll printing processes and takes part in the technology transfer towards industrial partners.

Michael Sugarman

Hardware Engineer

Michael Sugarman is a Hardware Engineer with over a decade of experience in designing, debugging, and certifying both analog and digital circuits. He has a special interest in Audio Electronics and one of his favorite learning activities is tearing-down electronic products.

Michael is an expert at electronic designs and is known around the office for his error-free, “Board-in-one” skills. He has hands-on experience with board development, firmware integration support and is skilled at building reliable, efficient, and cost-effective hardware.

Dr Elisabeth Steimetz

Group Leader Intelligent Systems, Mobility and Infrastructure (SMI) at VDI / VDE Innovation + Technik GmbH

Dr Steimetz is Office Director of the European Technology Platform on Smart Systems Integration (EPoSS eV) where she coordinates a team of around 60 experts in the development of the next European Strategic Roadmap for Electronic Components and Systems (ECS -SRA). In addition, she is Senior Consultant at VDI / VDE-IT, a service providing company in project management, consultancy, supporting customers in analysis and promotion of innovation and technology. Dr Steimetz has participated in project sponsorship for the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) as well as for the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi). The tasks include the preparation of funding announcements, the evaluation of project proposals as well as the project approval and supervision of national as well as European research projects.

Thiago Reis

Product Marketing Engineer

Thiago Reis is a Product Marketing Engineer at STMicroelectronics with broad experience in IoT platforms for the industrial, consumer and automotive industries. Joining ST in 2013, he closely follows innovative applications enhanced by ST’s sensors and RF product offerings. Thiago has worked extensively in system-level design and has played a key role in many success stories benefiting from ST’s Open Development Environment.

Marie-Josée Turgeon, P. Eng., MBA,

Vice-President of Operations and Deputy General Manager

Marie-Josée Turgeon joined C2MI in October 2016 as Vice President, Business Development. Since 2018, Marie-Josée is Vice President of Operations and Deputy General Manager. Marie-Josée has been working in microelectronics for more than 25 years, starting her career at IBM Bromont where she played many roles including process engineer, manufacturing manager, engineering manager, finance manager before being appointed business unit manager where she was responsible for several technical and manufacturing teams. Then, she continued her career as a plant manager for Varitron in Granby before joining C2MI. Throughout her career, Marie-Josée has become involved and continues to be involved in the promotion of science in high school through many activities. Marie-Josée holds a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from Université Laval and a MBA from Université de Sherbrooke.

Erika Rebrosova

Global Technology Manager – Electronic Materials

Erika Rebrosova is the Global Technology Manager for Electronic Materials at Sun Chemical Corp. She is responsible for leading new product development and technology support for applications in printed electronics, biosensors, printed circuit boards, and photovoltaics. Erika has been working on ink/coating technologies for electronics applications for over 15 years, she co-authored multiple technical publications in the field and actively participates at various standard development committees. She received her Doctorate degree at Western Michigan University, where she worked closely with industrial partners as a research faculty member of the Center for Advancement of Printed Electronics.

Dr Ofer Shochet

Co-Founder & CEO

Dr. Ofer Shochet is an entrepreneur and a technology visionary, specializing in the development and successful implementation of future technologies in various companies at various fields of technologies.

Ofer is the founder of Copprint and serves as a Board member at Velo 3D and Saccade vision.

Ofer served between 2009 and 2014 as EVP Products, at Stratasys (nasdaq:SSYS), the world leader in 3D printing. In his position Ofer led the company’s Products division including Systems R&D, material development and R&D product management.

Prior to Stratasys, Ofer had been the founder in parallel of several companies in multiple high-tech fields. One of which, Navajo Systems, a pioneer in SaaS security, was acquired by Salesforce.com. This followed six years at Verint Systems (nasdaq:VRNT), where he served as SVP and built the Corporate Technology Group, focusing on future technologies development in the area of speech, text and video analytics, and delivering solutions to the corporate, retail and government markets. Prior to that Ofer had been founder and EVP of Vigil Technologies which specialized in automatic business intelligence gathering and analysis from internet sources. Ofer also served as VP R&D at Silicon Graphics Biomedical, where he focused on 3D medical imaging, Computer Graphics and High-Performance Computing.

Ofer served five years at the Israeli intelligence corps and was awarded with the prestigious Presidential Israel Security award. Ofer holds a PhD and MSc (Magna cum Laude) in Physics from Tel Aviv University.

Dr. Carla Negele

Head of Product Development Printed Electronics

Head of Product Development Printed Electronics. Carla joined Henkel Adhesive Technologies in 2014 and holds a PhD in Chemistry from the University of Konstanz.