Attend the SPIE Photonic Devices + Applications symposium covering the technology and applications of organic and photonic materials and devices. Learn how materials are driving the lighting and energy needs of the future.
Conference registration includes access to all Plenary Sessions and 400 papers on organic materials and devices:
Symposium Wide Plenary Speaker:The Solar Decathlon: Building a Better Future with Solar Energy
Sunday 10 August, 6:00 pm to 6:45 pm
 | Richard King Director, Solar Decathlon, U.S. Dept. of Energy Mr. King has been with the U.S. Department of Energy since 1986 working primarily in the Solar Energy Technology Program. Recently he has been working in the DOE Buildings Program to work more closely with professional builders to develop cost-effective zero-net energy homes powered by solar energy.
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SPIE Solid State Lighting and OLED Plenary Session Plenary Session: Why the Developing World is the Perfect Market Place for SSL
Tuesday 12 August, 8:30 to 9:15 am
 | Dave Irvine-Halliday University of Calgary, Canada Nearly 4 billion people in the developing world have the same basic need for safe, healthy and affordable electric lighting. Dr. Dave Irvine-Halliday is a "LUTW University Professor" (Calgary), founded LUTW (1997), and brought SSL to nearly 20,000 homes, schools, clinics in 42 countries.
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Use of Heavy Metal Complexes in Solid State Light Sources (OLEDs) Tuesday 12 August, 9:15 to 10:00 am
 | Mark E. Thompson Univ. of Southern California, USA There has been a great deal of interest in developing new materials for the fabrication of light emitting diodes (OLEDs). A great deal of progress has been made with broadband, white emissive OLEDs. Dr. Thompson will discuss the chemistry and design of these devices.
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In a world where interdisciplinary collaboration is the rule rather than the exception, the scope of the Photonic Devices + Applications program gives you opportunities to collaborate across disciplines that no other event can.
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2008 Photonic Devices + Applications Symposium Chair

Zakya Kafafi, National Science Foundation
SPIE would like to express its deepest appreciation to the symposium chairs, conference chairs, program committees, and session chairs who have so generously given of their time and advice to make this symposium possible.
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