Roger Grace Associates Delivering Exciting Pre-Conference Workshop (PRECON) at Sensors Converge

 Santa Clara Convention Center
Santa Clara, CA
June 24, 2025

June 24, 2025
1:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m.
PRECON:  CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR PRINTED, FLEXIBLE, STRETCHABLE AND FUNCTIONAL / E-FABRIC SENSORS AND SENSOR-BASED SYSTEMS: NEW PLATFORMS DRIIVING INNOVATION FOR IOT AND WEARABLE APPLICATIONS

SESSION ORGANIZER AND CHAIRMAN: Roger H. Grace, Roger Grace Associates 

The availability of sensors that can conveniently conform in shape to their imposed working environment has existed for quite some time, with the earliest being for aerospace applications. Most recently, there has been exponential growth in the field of flexible, printed, stretchable, and functional fabrics, a.k.a. smart textiles, driven by applications including physiological/activity monitoring in wearables for e-Health, sports/recreational, and military personnel, and the Internet of Things (IoT). These new electronics and sensors are fabricated on flexible plastic or paper substrates or are printed/woven into fabrics (e-fabrics), which offer advantages including low unit cost, mechanical robustness, shape conformity, lightweight, and low-profile. These non-classical platforms are created by the high-throughput manufacturing processes of devices, including those over large areas, using various technologies, including Roll-to-Roll printing. These sensors are finding application in several emerging areas, including military, point-of-care medical, sports medicine, and IoT.

The six speakers, including a keynote, represent the international Who's Who in this topical area, will present several of the more interesting printed/flexible/stretchable and e-fabric/smart fabric sensor technologies, their current and future applications, and products they enable.

In addition to these sensors, we will address several other electronic functionalities and the challenges presented by their packaging and integration with other functional elements of basic wearable and Internet of Things (IoT) applications. Finally, barriers to the successful commercialization of these sensors and recommended strategies for market success will be discussed.

PRECON Agenda

• Roger Grace, Roger Grace Associates, Introduction and Overview of      Printed/Flexible/Stretchable and Functional Fabric/E-Fabric Sensors and Sensor-Based Systems
• Hylke Akkerman, Ph.D., Holst Center/TNO, High-Resolution Additive Manufacturing for #D Multi-functional Microelectronic Devices (N
• Rob Podoloff, Tekscan, Innovations and Collaborations for Printed Tactile Sensors
• Janos Veres, Ph.D., NextFlex, Integration of Functionalities for Successful Scalability of Printed Sensors
• Sreeni Rao, Ph.D., and Paul Brook; Interlink Electronics; Advanced Printed Manufacturing Techniques for Smart Wearables with Application to Gas Sensors
• Panel Discussion: Overcoming Challenges to Successful Commercialization of Printed/Flexible/Stretchable and Functional Fabric/E-Fabric Sensors and Sensor-Based Systems

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EXHIBIT HALL
June 25
10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
June 26
10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
RGA Exhibit Booth #306
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PRECON price is $349 ($249 net of $100 discount)

NOTE: Get the Roger Grace Associates Friends and Family discount of $100 by using the discount code: RGRACE