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S. Logothetidis is Professor of Physics, Nanotechnology, Materials Science, Thin Films Technologies, Organic Electronics, Optics and Nanomedicine in the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. He has extensive R&D experience and leadership as a Coordinator in more than 130 EU and Nationally Funded R&D&I Projects. His research activity and excellence has generated over 1000 papers and review articles in International Journals & Conferences and 400 keynote and invited talks. He is the author of over 360 peer-reviewed papers, 6 books and 7 patents, and has received over 10000 citations holding an h-index=50. He is the Founder and Director of Nanotechnology Lab LTFN (www.ltfn.gr), of the Post-Graduate Program “Nanosciences & Nanotechnologies” (nn.physics.auth.gr) and of the Center of Organic & Printed Electronics Hellas (COPE-H). He is the organizer of the annually NANOTEXNOLOGY multi-event (www.nanotexnology.com) since 2004, and the Founder and Coordinator of the NANONET Research and Innovation Network (www.nano-net.gr) since 2003, with 650 Universities, Research Centers and Companies as members all over the world. Prof. S. Logothetidis is the Founder and President of the Hellenic Organic and Printed Electronics Association (HOPE-A) (www.hope-a.com) with 40 Companies and Organizations and has signed collaboration agreement with 6 other Associations all over the world, and he is the Founder of 3 Start-up Companies.

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Thomas D. Anthopoulos is a Professor of Material Science and Engineering at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in Saudi Arabia. He received his B.Eng. and D.Phil. degrees from Staffordshire University in UK. He then spent two years at the University of St. Andrews (UK) where he worked on organic light-emitting diodes before join Philips Research Laboratories in The Netherlands to focus on printable microelectronics. From 2006 to 2017 he held faculty positions at Imperial College London (UK), first as an EPSRC Advanced Fellow and later as a Reader and full Professor of Experimental Physics. His research interests are diverse and cover the development and application of novel processing paradigms and the physics, chemistry & application of functional nanomaterials.

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Dr. John Fahlteich (male) was born 1981 and graduated from the University of Leipzig with a diploma in physics in 2005. In 2010, he earned a PhD from the Technical University of Chemnitz with a thesis about vacuum deposited permeation barrier layers. In total, he has now 16 years of experience in Roll-to-Roll Thin Film Coating on Plastic Web. John is a Research Group Leader in the Business Unit "Plasma Technology" at the Fraunhofer Institute for Organic Electronics, Electron Beam and Plasma Technology FEP in Dresden, Germany. As of today, he published over 40 papers, conference contributions and patents as well as three book chapters in the field. John is currently principal consortium coordinator of three Horizon 2020 funded EU Projects (Switch2Save, NanoQI, and the Open Innovation Test Bed FlexFunction2Sustain).

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Since 2009 Georges Hadziioannou is Professor at the University of Bordeaux, Holder of the Chair “Advanced Functional Materials for the emerging Information, Communication and Energy Technologies”. He is heading the group “Polymers Electronic Materials & Devices” at LCPO. Simultaneously he is the Coordinator of the EquipEx ELORPrintTec and Scientific Director of the LabEx AMADEus.
Georges Hadziioannou received his Doctorate in Physical Sciences from the Louis Pasteur University of Strasbourg in 1980. Between 1980 and 1982, he was associate researcher at the Polymer Science and Engineering Department of University of Massachusetts. In 1982 he became research staff member at IBM Almaden Research Laboratory where he directed the group “Surface and Interface Dynamics” from 1986 to 1989. Between 1985 and 1989 he was simultaneously Industrial Research Fellow of the National Institute for Science and Technology (NIST), and consulting Professor at the Department of Chemical Engineering at Stanford University.
In 1989 he became Professor at the University of Groningen (Netherlands), where he directed the Materials Science Center (today named Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials) from 1997 to 2000. In 2001 he moved to the Louis-Pasteur University in Strasbourg where he took the direction of the European Engineering School of Chemistry, Polymers and Materials between 2004 and 2009.
His career is characterized by a strong commitment to fundamental research at different universities and research institutes worldwide and an important industrial tenure at IBM Almaden Research Laboratory. He has pioneered works on nanostructured polymers materials with innovations in flexible and printable organic electronic materials. He directed 60 PhD’s and hosted in his research group more than 100 post-docs and invited professors. He was co-founder of 2 startups: “Polymer Service Center”, for scientific consulting of small and medium size companies, and “Papyron”, for the development of innovative technologies for electronic paper.

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Thomas Kolbusch is Vice President of Coatema Coating Machinery GmbH, an equipment manufacturing company for coating, printing and laminating solutions located in Dormagen, Germany.
He is member of the board of the OE-A (Organic Electronic Association) in Germany, a global association for printed electronics.
He serves in the advisory board of Fraunhofer ITA institute.
He served as member of the board of COPT.NRW, a local association in Germany, as well as exhibition chair of the LOPEC in Munich for five years.
Thomas is active in the field of fuel cells, batteries, printed electronics, photovoltaics and medical applications. He organizes the international Coatema Coating Symposium for over 19 years and represents Coatema in a number of public funded German and European projects.
Thomas Kolbusch studied Business Economics at the Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences and got his degree as business economist in 1997. He started his career at 3M, Germany. Since 1999 he is working for Coatema Coating Machinery in different positions.

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Prof. A. Laskarakis is the Head of the Organic Electronics Group of Nanotechnology Lab LTFN & Center of Organic and Printed Electronics. He is a specialist in Flexible Organic & Printed Electronics nanomaterials (organic semiconductors, transparent electrodes, barriers for encapsulation) and devices (e.g. organic photovoltaics, organic thin film transistors) by vacuum and printing methods. Also, he is expert in optical metrology of inorganic, organic and hybrid nanostructured materials by Optical Spectroscopy methods as well as on the computational modelling of optical properties of nanomaterials and thin films. His work includes more than 73 peer-reviewed publications in International Scientific Journals, 4 book chapters, more than 120 presentations in International Scientific Conferences, and he has participated as Senior Researcher in more than 14 EU funded R&D projects. Finally, for the past 13 years he is responsible for the organization of the International Symposium on Flexible Organic Electronics (ISFOE).

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George Malliaras is the Prince Philip Professor of Technology at the University of Cambridge. He received a BS in Physics from the Aristotle University (Greece) in 1991, and a PhD in Mathematics and Physical Sciences, cum laude, from the University of Groningen (the Netherlands) in 1995. After postdocs at the University of Groningen and at the IBM Almaden Research Center (California), he joined the faculty in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Cornell University (New York) in 1999. From 2006 to 2009 he served as the Lester B. Knight Director of the Cornell NanoScale Science & Technology Facility. He moved to the Ecole des Mines de St. Etienne (France) in 2009, where he started the Department of Bioelectronics and served as Department Head. He joined the University of Cambridge in 2017.
Prof. Malliaras' research on organic electronics and bioelectronics has been recognized with awards from the New York Academy of Sciences (Blavatnik Award), the US National Science Foundation, and DuPont, and with an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Linköping, Sweden. He is a Fellow of the Materials Research Society and of the Royal Society of Chemistry, and serves as a Deputy Editor of Science Advances. He is the Director of the EPSRC IRC in Targeted Delivery for Hard-to-Treat Cancers.
Prof. Malliaras is a co-author of 300+ publications in peer-reviewed journals that have received over 34,000 citations. His h-index is 100 (google scholar, 08/21).

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Dr Stelios Neophytides is currently Research Director at the Institute of Chemical Engineering Sciences of the Foundation for Research and Technology. He holds diploma and PhD in chemical engineering from the university of Patras and postdoc at the university of Gent Belgium. His Expertise and competence is in electrochemical science and technology focusing on electrocatalysis and electrochemical reaction engineering for fuel cells and water or steam electrolysis. His activities range from basic research on the electrochemical interfaces and upto the design and construction of fuel cell and electrolyser stacks and systems. He is the author of more than 190 peer reviewed publications and more than 5000 citations and h-index 40. Dr Neophytides co-ordinated more than 15 European projects and prime investigator in 13 on the development of fuel cell technologies for PEM and solid oxide cells. He has been the co-founder of ADVENT TECHNOLOGIES and president of the board of directors. He is currently member of the Scientific board of the Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation (HFRI).

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Nello Li Pira, Dr. General Physics, University of Torino, 2000. He obtained a PhD degree at the Polytechnic of Turin in 2010. He currently works as Global Materials R&I manager in FCA Material Engineering and additionally he is in charge of Electrics/Electronics and Multi-functional materials department in EMEA. He is the global manager of Advanced & Aesthetics Materials plan managing within the internal FCA Innovation program the development of novel innovative trims/solutions for different FCA projects including Alfa Romeo, Maserati, FIAT, and JEEP brands. He was involved in the development of interior trims and display materials for several FCA brands (Alfa Romeo and JEEP). Currently he is the reference for materials and optical assessment of display in FCA. He masters in surface and coatings metrology and plastic electronics since 2009.
He has international experiences in European projects as project coordinator: FP7 ICT PRIAM and scientific responsible in ICT, FOF and NMPB projects in the frame of H2020 and FP7 programs. He is inventor of more than 10 industrial patents and author of more than 10 international publications.

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Professor Ravi Silva FREng is the Director of the Advanced Technology Institute (ATI) and heads the interdisciplinary Nano-Electronics Centre. His research interests encompass a wide range of activities with a focus in nanotechnology and renewables. A strong electronics background combined with materials science has enabled him and his team to produce bespoke nano-scale designer materials for specific applications. He is an expert in solar cells, carbon electronics and nanotechnology and is spearheading the Carbon Neutral challenge by 2030 for the University.
His research has resulted in over 580 journal papers, with circa 21,000 citations and won grants of over £30m over the last two decades.
Professor Silva has won many international awards including: the Albert Einstein Silver Medal and Javed Husain Prize by UNESCO (2003), Royal Society Clifford Patterson Award (2011), Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET) JJ Thomson Medal (2014), the Platinum medal of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (2015), and the Institute of Physics James Joule Medal and Prize (2018) for contributions to sustainable energy research. He is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering and is currently conducting a study on the deployment of solar PV in the UK and India. He is a Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences Sri Lanka and in 2015 received a President’s Award from The Government of Sri Lanka, for contributions to Sri Lanka Science and Society.

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Dr. Aikaterini K. Andreopoulou is a research scientist in polymer chemistry. She has been a Post Doctoral researcher at Greek Universities as well as foreign University laboratories (Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz, Germany and Roy & Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia PA, USA). Her research activities focus on the development of functional polymeric materials. More specifically she specializes in dendronized polymers and metallopolymers, in hybrid materials for optoelectronics and in polymer electrolytes for PEM fuel cells.

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Evgenia Athanasiadou has studied Agriculture at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and she is currently attending MSc in Nanosciences & Nanotechnologies. During her studies she is focusing on the effect of Organic Photovoltaics in the Greenhouse cultivation, the remote control of environmental conditions inside and outside of the Greenhouse and on the coverage of the energy needs of the Greenhouse from the OPVs.
Mrs. Athanasiadou joined OET (Organic Electronic Technologies) in 2020 as an agriculturalist and participates in National R&D projects related to the implementation of OPVs in Greenhouses and to their effect on the cultivation.

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Evangelos Bakalis holds a MBA degree from International Hellenic University. He has more than ten years experience in Business Innovation in mining industry through his participation in European funded projects. Evangelos has organized and participated in several dissemination events to inform communities about exciting and innovative ideas.

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He has most recently been working as Project Manager for R&D Projects at AIXTRON and APEVA. In 2000 he joined AIXTRON AG and in 2017 he joined APEVA SE, as it was started as a subsidiary of AIXTRON SE. His experience includes gas phase deposited semiconductors, electrodes, barriers and encapsulation materials for future generation device technology. He has been managing numerous R&D projects including various EU funded projects and a number of national funded projects in the area of organic vapor phase deposition (OVPD®), metal organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD), atomic layer deposition (ALD) and polymer vapor phase deposition (PVPD). He has authored or co-authored more than 80 peer-reviewed international scientific journal publications, 3 book chapters, 12 patents and has given numerous presentations at international scientific conferences in the field of organic electronic materials, perovskites, polymers, high-k dielectrics, wide-bandgap semiconductors, diamond and CNT for advanced device applications.

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Costas Charitidis is Professor in the School of Chemical Engineering of the National Technical University of Athens and Director of the Laboratory of Advanced, Composite, Nano Materials & Nanotechnology. He is member of the Scientific Council of the Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation. He has been elected in the Deanship of the School of Chemical Engineering of NTUA since 2017. From 2010 to 2016 he has been Director of Section III: Materials Science & Engineering of the School, while from 2011 he is Director of the Interdisciplinary Postgraduate (MSc) Program: Materials Science & Technology (NTUA). He has more than 25 years of experience in the fields of Materials Science & Nanotechnology, Carbon-based materials and Safety impacts of Nanotechnology. He has extensive R&D experience through collaborations with international research centers since he has participated in more than 60 European and National funded projects, in many of them as Scientific Coordinator (most recent are: Nanotechnologies, Advanced Materials, Advanced Manufacturing and Processing, Research Ethics and Integrity, Resource Efficient Economy with a Sustainable Supply of Raw Materials NMP FP7, Horizon 2020). He is a referee in International scientific journals, evaluator & scientific advisor of R&D projects. He is the author of several scientific books, chapters in international text books and more than 300 scientific publications in peer reviewed international journals and conference proceedings and cited ~5800 by other researchers (h-index 40). He has been supervisor of 15 PhD Theses and member of the examining committee of more than 60 PhD theses.

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Dr. Valadoula Deimede is an Assist. Professor in the Department of Chemistry at University of Patras. She received a BS in Chemistry from the University of Patras in 1997, and a PhD in Polymer Chemistry from the same university in 2001. She spent one-year post doc at the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research (2002-2003, Mainz, Germany). Her research activities are focused on the development of new polymeric membranes for use in energy related applications such as fuel cells, alkaline water electrolysis, lithium ion batteries and gas separation. She has participated in 12 national and European research programs and co-authored 37 publications in peer-reviewed journals and 5 international and national patents. Her scientific work has more than 1600 citations (h-index: 17, Google scholar).

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Salim Fachouri is one of OET's Researchers, a Physcist with MSc in Nanosciences & Nanotechnologies. He has a strong background related to stents and biosensors and characterization techniques, his current field of interest lies in the development of printable sensors. He has participated in National and European R&D projects related to the development and the optical characterization of organic electronics with novel materials and processes, their innovative applications and their integration within IoT platforms.

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He studied Industrial Design at the University of Genoa, in 2018 he joined Seristudio in the Research and Development department and involved in rapid prototyping and industrial equipment.
He has experience in the world of 3D modeling, printing and emerging production technologies, he is passionate about sustainable and decentralized production.

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Mr. Galatsopoulos graduated from the Physics Department (part of the Faculty of Sciences) of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, with master studies in Nanosciences & Nanotechnologies also at AUTh. He is specialized in Sheet-to-Sheet and Roll-to-Roll printing processes for techniques such as slot-die coating, screen printing and spin coating. His work is focused on the field of Printed Perovskite Solar Cells and Printed Organic Photovoltaics (PPSCs & POPVs). His experience also includes layers’ and devices’ characterization via microscopy and solar simulation techniques. Mr. Galatsopoulos joined OET in 2018 firstly as a researcher and since 2019 he holds the responsibility for the Peovoskite Department. His research, and currently the main object of his work, is the manufacturing of fully-printed perovskite solar cells and modules.

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Dr. S. Kassavetis is the Head of the Nanofabrication Group in the Nanotechnology Lab LTFN. His research interests cover a wide range of nanomaterials (thin films & nanoparticles, polymers) and fabrication processes (Vacuum and Lasers) for applications in Plasmonics / Photonics and Green Energy. He is expert in nanoscale characterization techniques such as Scanning Probe Microscopies, Spectroscopic Ellipsometry and Nanoindentation. He has authored and co-authored more than 50 peer-reviewed publications in International Scientific Journals, 2 book chapters, more than 50 presentations in International Scientific Conferences, and he has participated as Senior Researcher in 10 EU funded R&D projects.

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Frederik C. Krebs is the CEO of infinityPV, a previously a professor at the Technical University of Denmark, and a world-renowned scientist, recognized as one of the world’s most influential scientific minds. Frederik has been spearheading the development of polymer solar cells and has been awarded with the EliteForsk award, the DFF Advanced Grant for excellent researchers, and the Grundfos prize. When Thomson Reuters highlighted roll-to-roll processed polymer solar cells as one of 100 key research fronts, they wrote: "Frederik Krebs is the author of a remarkable 31 of 35 core papers in this highlighted research front. (...) These data clearly demonstrate the central position of Krebs in research on roll-to-roll processing of polymer solar cells."

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Mr. Kyriazopoulos holds a MEng in Materials Science and Engineering from the Polytechnic School of Ioannina and a MSc in Nanosciences & Nanotechnologies from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Currently, he is a PhD candidate in Physics, also in Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Mr. Kyriazopoulos joined OET in 2018 and is responsible for the Quality Control activities/functions of the R2R process and the development of in-line metrology tools and methodologies for the real-time monitoring of the OPV manufacturing process. He is also responsible for the Organic Light Emitting Diodes (OLEDs) production department, having expertise in various Sheet to Sheet and R2R printing techniques and methods, like slot-die coating, inkjet printing and spin-coating. Mr. Kyriazopoulos has also expertise in characterization of organic and inorganic materials using in-line non-destructive characterization tools and methods, such as Spectroscopic Ellipsometry (SE) and Raman Spectroscopy (RS) and ex-situ methods of Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM). Mr. Kyriazopoulos has participated in several European and national R&I projects and holds more than 10 presentations in conferences related to Organic Electronic materials.

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Dr. Lidorikis is Professor of Computational Materials Science in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Ioannina Greece. He received his BSc in Physics from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Greece (1993) and his PhD in computational physics from Iowa State University in USA (1999). He held postdoctoral positions in Louisiana State University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology as well as an industry position in the MIT spin-off Luminus Devices Inc. His research interests are in Computational Material Science focusing on nanophotonics and nanoplasmonics, organic- and graphene-based optoelectronics, integrated optics for ICT, multiscale modeling of materials, optical spectroscopy and modeling of nanostructured materials and thin films. He has extensive R&D experience in both academia and industry and co-coordinated several European and National projects (FET, NMP, NMBP, ICT, etc). He is author of over 100 peer-reviewed papers and received over > 5700 citations holding an h-index=33. He is the holder of 19 US patents and given more than 50 invited talks in international conferences.

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Dr. Panagiotis Mangelis is the Project Manager within OET R&D Department with a demonstrated history of working in the field of Materials for Sustainable and Renewable Energy Technologies. He is responsible for the management of projects focused on the development of Products and Applications of Printed Organic Photovoltaics, OLEDs and Sensors. Having worked as a Post-doctoral Researcher in University of Pisa, Italy and in Foundation of Research & Technology – Hellas (FORTH), he has long experience in supervision and management of EU, US and National funded research projects. He is skilled in material synthesis and processing as well as in the development and characterization of Photovoltaics and integrated thin film devices for energy harvesting. He is a holder of a BSc degree in Physics from University of Athens and a MSc degree in Materials for Sustainable and Renewable Energies from Heriot-Watt University, UK. In 2018 he completed his PhD in Materials Chemistry from University of Reading, UK.. Dr. Mangelis has several publications in peer reviewed journals and has participated in many international conferences.

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Francesco is an innovation manager with 20 years of experience spent as a researcher in materials science, as a Corporate R&D Manager within the field of technologies for renewable energy production and storage, and as an intermediary of knowledge trying to exploit the research results within the field of energy and environment. As R&D Corporate manager, he also cofounded and directed several start-ups and joint-labs managing public-private partnerships. As a facilitator of knowledge exploitation (IoK), he co-managed publicly funded projects, as well as Emilia Romagna Climate-KIC Innovation Centre, Dhitech Living Lab on Nanotechnologies, Emilia-Romagna Greentech Clust-ER. Francesco acted as scientific expert within the Vanguard Initiative ADMA Pilot, reviewer of research projects, co-authored over 30 scientific papers, 5 patents, and was Visiting Professor at the University of Ferrara as well as speakers in many conferences and workshops. Since October 2020 he is the EIC Programme Manager on Greentech with a focus on materials for energy and environmental sustainability.

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Mr. Mekeridis is specialized in Roll-to-Roll and Sheet-to-Sheet printing processes like slot die, gravure, flexo, inkjet and screen printing and dip coating.
He joined OET in 2013 as a Researcher. His current research interests as OET’s Production & Quality Control Manager are the development and optimization of OPV devices by printing processes for pilot production, pulsed laser process for materials patterning, manufacturing of prototype OE devices (OPV, PPV, OLED) with R2R and S2S processes, materials optimization & testing, encapsulation, development of laser processes for OE nano-materials patterning and characterization & Quality control. He is experienced in synthesis and characterization of Organically Modified Silicate (ORMOSIL) coatings as barrier thin films, chemical and electrochemical deposition. His expertise includes synthesis and characterization of nanomaterials, and loading and release studies of hollow nanocontainers. Mr. Evangelos Mekeridis holds 4 patents and 14 publications in international scientific journals and more than 40 in conferences related to organic electronics, laser processes, coatings, nanomaterials and electrochemistry. He has participated in more than 20 European and national R&D projects related to the development of materials, techniques for printing and optimization of organic electronics processes.

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Dr Georgios Ntinas holds a PhD degree from the School of Agriculture (Dept. of Hydraulics, Soil Science and Agricultural Engineering) of Aristotle University Thessaloniki (AUTh), Greece (2012). His PhD research focused on experimental and numerical study of a hybrid solar energy-saving system acting as a hydroponic grow gutter in a greenhouse with tomato cultivation and included greenhouse experiments and the development and validation of a dynamic mathematical model to simulate the thermal behaviour of the solar system. He has worked as a postdoc researcher at the University of Aarhus (AU, Denmark) where he studied airflows around agricultural structures, at National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA, France) where he parameterized heat and mass transfer coefficients for experiments in flux chambers, at AUTh for the production of energy from organic wastes, at Hellenic Agricultural Organization-Demeter (HAO, Greece), where he carried out the research project AgroETAK “Optimized Management of Tomato Crop Nutrition-Fertilizers: Investigating Energy-Agrochemicals Input and Determining Carbon and Water Footprint for the Production of High Added Value Products” and at Technical University of Munich (TUM, Germany), where he received funding to determine the carbon footprint in a semi-closed greenhouse. From 2014 until 2019, he has worked as a lecturer with teaching assignments of the courses “Systems Analysis as a Research Method” (6 academic semesters) and “Ecophysiology: Technical Procedures and Principles of Protected Cultivation” (2 academic semesters) at TUM. He has published 22 papers in international scientific journals, he is a reviewer in 15 international journals, and he has presented his work in many scientific conferences, seminars and workshops. He has participated as a coordinator, work package leader and research associate in 3 European and 8 national programs, while he is a member of scientific associations, societies and unions.

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Dr Michail Ntovas is specialized in High Value Manufacturing of aerospace and Oil and Gas components, and also holds a level 2 in Non-Destructive methos such as VI and UT.
Dr Ntovas holds a MEng in Materials Science and Engineering from the Polytechnic School of Ioannina and a MSc in Chemistry and Technology of Material from the same university. He received his EngD from the University of Strathclyde and worked for 4 years in the Advance Forming Research Centre (AFRC) in Scotland as a Research Associate and Knowledge Exchange Associate working for the Materials and Residual Stress Department. He joined OET in 2021 as a R&D and EU Project Manager. His current job is focused on European funded projects related to roll-to-roll manufacturing and OPVs and the Business Development activities for new opportunities for European funded projects.

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Dr Luigi Occhipinti has been managing research and innovation for over 25 years, encompassing multiple fields of engineering including sensors, biomedical devices, electronic design and manufacturing, advanced signal processing, AI and robotics, renewable energies, and nanomaterials.
Luigi is active both in academia and industry. After completing his PhD studies in 1995, he worked for over 18 years in the global semiconductor player SGS-Thomson Microelectronics (now STMicroelectronics), covering multiple roles in the organisation from team leader to group technical director, strategic alliances and R&D programs manager, with responsibility of teams located in Italy, France and Singapore.
Since 2014 he works at the University of Cambridge, Department of Engineering, where Luigi is currently the Director of Research in Graphene and Related Technologies and covering the role of Deputy Director and Chief Operating Officer of the Cambridge Graphene Centre.
Luigi is Senior member of IEEE, the world's largest technical professional organization dedicated to advancing technology for the benefit of humanity, as well as member of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS), the IEEE Electron Device Society (EDS), the American Chemical Society (ACS), the Materials Research Society (MRS), and sits in multiple advisory boards of multinational collaborative research programs, experts technology groups, and editorial boards of scientific journals and book series.
He also served in different standardisation committees, such as the IEEE P1620 on Organic Transistors and Materials, the IEEE P1620.1 on Organic Transistor-Based Ring Oscillators, the IEC/CEI CT105 on Fuel Cells technology, the IEC/CEI CT111 (Environmental Standardization for Electrical and Electronic Products and Systems), and the IEC/CEI CT113 (Nanotechnologies). Luigi is the General Co-Chair of the IEEE International Conference on Flexible and Printable Sensors and Systems (FLEPS) 2022 and former Technical Programme Chair since the first edition in 2019. He is also Programme Committee Member and former Chair of the Innovations in Large-Area Electronics Conference and Exhibition (innoLAE) since 2015.
His research interests are centred around four strategic themes: i) Bioengineering and Healthcare medical devices, namely Smart Sensor Technologies and bio-electronics with main interests in on-body sensors, molecular diagnostics, advanced biosystems and implantable devices; ii) Complex, resilient and intelligent systems, with focus on Wireless wearable devices, Smart sensors and systems, Micro and Nano-manufacturing, Analogue and neuromorphic computing; iii) Stretchable and biodegradable electronics, focusing on Manufacturing, design and materials, Flexible Hybrid Integration of Multi-functional systems in bendable, stretchable and biocompatible substrates; iv) Energy, transport and urban infrastructure, including Large-Area Electronics, Energy harvesting, Autonomous Sensors & Systems.
The outcomes of his research and innovation are captured in over 130 scientific publications in journals and conference proceedings authored or co-authored by Luigi with over 5000 citations, 3 book chapters, and over 65 patents and patent applications in 45 different patent families and having Luigi as inventor or co-inventor (9 as sole inventor).

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Mr. Orfanos is Production Manager of BL Nanobiomed. He holds BSc in Physics and MSc in Nanosciences and Nanotechnologies from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He has 2 years’ experience in biomaterials, in printing techniques and in nano characterization tools through his collaboration with Lab for Thin Films - Nanobiomaterials - Nanosystems & Nanometrology (LTFN). He is highly experienced in 3D Design and in 3D Printing with application on medical Equipment. Currently he is focusing on the field of fabrication of nano-filters for medical needs. Mr. Orfanos holds more than 10 presentations and posters in international conferences and participates in more than 4 European and National R&D projects.

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Miltiadis Papadopoulos holds a BEng in Electronic Engineering & Instrumentation Systems (University of Wales ) and a MSc in Electrical Engineering (University of Glasgow). Currently, he is OET's Business Developer and also has a key role in the Technical Sales department. He has developed many MWs in various sectors and different applications especially as an EPC contractor and developer through various companies (Schuco - Ecosun - Iliatoras etc). Last but not least he has been awarded 2 times (2015-2017) as a Silver Award contributor from Hellenic CRES (ΚΑΠΕ) due to his key role in achieving maximum energy efficiency and almost zero emissions in the building sector.

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Julian Koc-Richter studied Chemistry at the Ruhr-University Bochum and received his Ph.D. in 2019. During his studies he focused on the development and characterization of ultralow fouling polymer coatings for medical and marine applications.
In 2020 he joined Coatema as R&D Project Manager and coordinates national and European funded projects related to roll-to-roll and roll-to-sheet processes for organic electronic devices, sustainable packaging and battery applications.

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Mr. Chrisostomos Varlamis is the Product Manager of OET. He holds a BSc in Materials Science from the University of Patras an MSc in Nanotechnology from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and an MBA from the University of Bolton. He is experienced in the Roll-to-Roll manufacturing and encapsulation processes for Organic Electronics, lifetime testing, performance monitoring, and data analysis. He is responsible for the development of Energy Solutions and Products implementing large-area Organic Electronics. As a Product Manager, he focuses on innovative approaches for Product and Market Development, establishing partnerships with key stakeholders, thus making sure the product strategy matches the business model of OET. Mr. Varlamis operates closely with the Production, Marketing, and Sales departments to establish a comprehensive understanding of current and future user needs and ensure that products are manufactured and brought to market, achieving customer expectations. He has participated in several European and National R&I projects and holds 1 patent related to Organic Electronics.