| Speakers' Name: |
LIU, CL, Sc. D. |
| Job title: |
Chairman |
| Company name: |
LEDinside |
| Topic: |
Welcome address |
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Dr. C. L. Liu received his Sc.D. degree (1962) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He was on the faculty of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1962-72) and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1972-98), and served as President and Professor of Computer Science at the National Tsing Hua University in Hsinchu, Taiwan from 1998 to 2002.
In addition, he serves as Board member and consultant at a number of high tech companies in Taiwan, and is active in educational as well as charitable services on a worldwide basis. His expertise is in the semiconductor area, particularly in the design and manufacturing aspects.
He is a member of Academia Sinica, a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, and a Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery. |
| Speaker's Name: |
George Craford (Inventor of Yellow LED) |
| Job title: |
CTO |
| Company name: |
Philips Lumileds Lighting Company |
| Topic: |
1.Keynote
2.Panel Discussion: Accelerating the Adoption of LED Lighting in the Next 5 Years |
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Craford began his professional career as a research physicist at Monsanto Chemical Company. He advanced to the level of Technical Director of the Electronics Division, before joining the Hewlett-Packard Company in 1979. He is currently the Solid State Lighting Fellow at Philips Lumileds Lighting Company.
Craford's research has been mainly focused on the development of visible LED's using a variety of compound semiconductor materials. He first became known for the development of nitrogen-doped GaAsP technology in the early 1970’s, which became and remains one of the dominant commercial LED technologies. At Hewlett-Packard, Craford’s group pioneered the development of AlInGaP LEDs, and has developed AlGaAs and InGaN products.
Craford is a fellow of the IEEE and a member of the National Academy of Engineering. He has also received the IEEE Morris N. Liebmann Award, the Holonyak Award of the Optical Society of America, the Welker Award of the International Symposium on Compound Semiconductors, the Material Research Society Medal, an IEEE Third Millenium Medal, the Electronics Division Award of the Electrochemical Society, and the Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of Illinois College of Engineering.
In 2002, Craford received the National Medal of Technology from the President of the United States in recognition of Craford's contributions to LED technology
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| Speaker's Name: |
Jia Lee |
| Job title: |
Director of Marketing, MOCVD |
| Company name: |
Veeco Instruments |
| Topic: |
Reducing LED Manufacturing Costs Through Advancements in MOCVD Technology |
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Jia Lee, Ph.D. is currently the Director of Marketing for Veeco’s MOCVD business, serving the HB LED industry. Prior to joining Veeco, Jia held a variety of senior product marketing positions at Applied Materials, a leading global nanomanufacturing equipment provider to the semiconductor and related industries. Prior he was an Advisory Engineer at IBM Microelectronics, where he worked on low-k dielectric material development and integration technologies.
Dr. Lee earned his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Purdue University and his M.B.A. from the University of California at Berkeley. He holds a number of patents related to thin film chemical vapor deposition
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| Speaker's Name: |
Dr. Ming Jiunn Jou |
| Job title: |
President |
| Company name: |
Epistar Corporation |
| Topic: |
Technology Trends for Lighting Class LED Chips |
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Education
Ph. D degree in Materials Science and Engineering from University of Utah in 1990
B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering from National Taiwan University
Professional Experience
Dr. Jou worked for MRL/ITRI and OES/ITRI Taiwan in the field of optoelectronic devices (LEDs, LDS and PDs) from 1990 to 1996. In 1996, he joined Epistar Corporation as one of the founders and served as Vice President of R&D, responsible for AlGaInP and InGaN LEDs development. Currently, Dr. Jou is the President of Epistar Corporation. His main interests are Metal-organic Vapor Phase Epitaxial (MOVPE) growth of optoelectronic devices and semiconductor device processing. Dr. Jou has authored or co-authored more than 70 technical papers in scientific journals and conferences and holds over 60 patents in his fields of expertise. |
| Speaker's Name: |
Marc McConnaughey |
| Job title: |
Vice President, Strategic Development Lighting and Display Technology Division |
| Company name: |
Rambus Inc. |
| Topic: |
Breakthrough Approaches in LED Lighting |
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Marc McConnaughey, vice president of strategic development at Rambus, has an extensive background in building and managing teams to deliver high volume computer/consumer electronics to global markets. With nearly 30 years of global display electronics experience, Marc has a strong understanding of the electronics value chain and virtual business models. |
| Speaker's Name: |
Dr. Koukou Suu |
| Job title: |
General Manager Institute of Semiconductor & Electronics Technologies |
| Company name: |
ULVAC Technologies, Inc. |
| Topic: |
LED Equipment Trends |
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．Technology Development of High Permittivity Thin Film
．Used on the High-Volume Capacitor for the Mass Production of the Next Generation DRAM
．Technology Development for the Mass Production of FeRAM (by Sputtering, MOCVD, Plasma Etching and Ashing etc.)
．Technology Development for the Mass Production of ReRAM
．Technology Development for the Mass Production of PCRAM (by Sputtering and MOCVD etc.)
．Research Development for the Thin Film Li-ion Battery.
．Ferroelectric MEMS Technology Development for the Mass Production of the Sensor.
．LED Mass Production Technology Development
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| Speaker's Name: |
Dr. Alfred Felder |
| Job title: |
President & CEO |
| Company name: |
OSRAM Opto Semiconductors Asia Ltd. |
| Topic: |
Innovation LEDs as Market Drivers in Automotive, Pico Projection and Solid State Lighting |
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Dr. Alfred Felder is Vice President of Worldwide Sales in OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH and President & CEO of OSRAM Opto Semiconductors Asia Ltd. Prior to that, he was the General Manager of the business unit OLED of OSRAM Opto Semiconductors and based in San Jose, California. A 16-year-veteran and industry leader in the semiconductor industry, Dr Felder has held a number of management positions at Siemens and Infineon Technologies in Germany, Japan, USA and China, heading up departments from R&D to Product Development and Marketing. Dr. Felder received both his Dr. Ing. degree and Dipl. Ing. degree in Electrical Engineering from the Technical University of Vienna, Austria. |
| Speaker's Name: |
Fang Yue Huang |
| Job title: |
Chairman and President |
| Company name: |
Excellence Opto. Inc. (EOI) |
| Topic: |
LED Roadway Lighting and LED Traffic Signals - Market and Technology |
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Current:：
Chairman and President of Excellence Opto. Inc.
President and Board Member of Lianxinfeng Opto. Co., Ltd.
Vice Chairman of High Power Opto. Inc.
Major Products of EOI Group:
LED Component & Module
LED Road Lighting and LED Traffic Signal
LED Indoor and Outdoor Luminaires
Education：
M.S. in Computer and Information, De Paul University, Chicago, U.S.A.
B.S. in Library Science, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
Previous Working Experiences：
Vice President of Excellence Opto. Inc.
Board Member of United Epitaxy Company, Ltd. (UEC)., Lightronic Technology Inc., Elite Advanced Laser Corporation and Super Bright Optoelectronics Inc. |
| Speakers' Name: |
James, Mu-Tao Chu |
| Job title: |
Director of W Division Opto-Electronics Device and System Applications Division |
| Company name: |
Industrial Technology Research Institute |
| Topic: |
Crucial Product Development Strategies in Facing LED Patent Restrictions |
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Mr. Mu-Tao Chu serves as Research Director of Electronics and Optoelectronics Research Laboratories at Taiwan’s Industrial Technology Research Institute. His extensive experience in the technology industry includes:
Experience:
- Leader of the Science and Technology Opto-Semiconductors project, Ministry of Economic Affairs
- Leader of the Optoelectronics project at the Industrial Development Bureau, Ministry of Economic Affairs
- Executive Secretary of TaiwanOptoelectronic Semiconductor Industry Association (TOSIA)
Awards:
- Winner of the 24th "Management Excellence Award"
- Winner of the “Project Excellence” award Technology Development Program (TDP), Ministry of Economic Affairs
- Winner of the US “R&D 100”Award (2008) for On-Chip ACLED lighting Technology
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| Speakers' Name: |
Dr. David Hsiao |
| Job title: |
Director |
| Company name: |
TA-I Technology Co., Ltd. |
| Topic: |
Cost-Competitive and High-Performance Heat Dissipation Substrate |
| Speaker's Name: |
Ms. Wu Ling |
| Job title: |
General Secretary |
| Company name: |
China Solid State Lighting Alliance |
| Topic: |
1.Keynote
2.Panel Discussion: Accelerating the Adoption of LED Lighting in the Next 5 Years |
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Ms. Wu Ling is the director of Beijing SSL S&T Promotion Center; director of National Solid-State Lighting Program Office; General Secretary of China Solid-State Lighting Alliance. She organized “the Study of Long-term Development Strategy for New Materials” during “The Tenth-Five Year Plan” and the “the Study of Development Strategy for China SSL Industry” in “The Eleventh-Five Year Plan”. |
| Speaker's Name: |
Piet Derks |
| Job title: |
General Manager Lighting R&D China |
| Company name: |
Philips Lighting |
| Topic: |
LED Indoor Lighting – Outlook of LED Household Lighting |
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Piet Derks joined Philips in 1978 and has spent more than 25 years in various R&D management functions in Philips Lighting in the Netherlands. He was leader of the development team that created the energy saving compact fluorescent lamps (CFL) enabling the lighting industry to bring a meaningful alternative for the incandescent light bulbs. In 1995 he initiated the start of a Philips Lighting competence center for CFL development in China. During the nineties he was leader of the global development organization for fluorescent lamps and developed many very energy efficient lighting systems.
The past 9 years he was global technology manager for high intensity discharge lamps (HID), focusing on compact premium quality lighting sources for retail lighting and roadway lighting setting the industry standards for energy efficiency and light quality. Understanding end user needs has been crucial to find the best system offerings. Recently he moved to Shanghai to become General Manager of Philips Lighting R&D in China with the task to set up an R&D organization able to cope with the radical transformations the lighting industry is facing and to develop meaningful lighting solutions for emerging and global markets. |
| Speaker's Name: |
Sumio Shimode |
| Job title: |
Adviser |
| Company name: |
Sanyu Rec Co.LTD. |
| Topic: |
The Current State of LED, and Standardization and Delivery Case with Japan |
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SHIMODE SUMIO graduated from Kanazawa University Department of Mechanical Engineering. He joined Panasonic in 1971, participating in technology development (relating to commercial, indoor and outdoor lighting). He was then transferred to MABEL (a Panasonic subsidiary manufacturing lighting devices in Indonesia) as president and the president of DENKO.GOBEL.
When SHIMODE got back to Japan, he served in the LED lighting department/ equipment and development center as the technical liaison manager. Retired in 2010, he is now the Vice President of LED Promotion Committee as well as consultant for SANYU REC CO. LTD and three other companies. |
| Speaker's Name: |
Lee Soo Ghee |
| Job title: |
Managing Director |
| Company name: |
Cree |
| Topic: |
The Success of LED City Program and Future Development of LED Lighting. |
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"Mr. Lee Soo Ghee is currently the Managing Director of Cree Hong Kong Limited. He joined Cree since Jan 2008. Prior to joining Cree, he was with Hewlett-Packard, Agilent and Avago. He joined HP in 1982 as a production engineer in the seven-segment LED display product line. During his career in HP/Agilent/Avago, he has held management positions in various areas including engineering, customer service, procurement, R&D, production planning & control, manufacturing and marketing. While his working experiences were and are primarily dealing with LEDs, he had also spent two years with the microwave semiconductor division in HP. Mr. Lee received his Bachelor of Engineering Degree in Mechanical Engineering with First Class Honors from the University of Canterbury in New Zealand." |
| Speaker's Name: |
Sean Zhou |
| Job title: |
Regional Marketing Director, Asia |
| Company name: |
Philips Lumileds |
| Topic: |
Solving the Global LED Lighting Puzzle: Technology and Performance for Application Success |
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Mr. Zhou Xuejun has more than 15 years of marketing experience, including nearly 5 years of marketing management at Philips Lighting (China) Co., Ltd. As the marketing director (Asia) of Philips Lumileds, he is now responsible for the promotion and business development of LUXEON LEDs in Asia. Prior to joining Philips Lumileds, Mr.Zhou took many positions in Philips lighting (China) Co., Ltd, such as senior consumer product marketing manager, conventional distribution channel manager, product manager and 6 sigma black belt. He also pocesses rich marketing management experience from previous positions at Sony, Whirlpool, and other Fortune 500 firms. Mr. Zhou has an extensive practice and a deep study in product & brand management, distribution channel establishment, marketing process improvement, etc. |
| Speaker's Name: |
Roland Chiang , Director |
| Job title: |
Director |
| Company name: |
Delta Electronics, Inc. |
| Topic: |
The Future of LED Lighting in the Next Decade |
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Mr. Roland Chiang graduated from National Tsing Hua University, and joined the Delta Group in 2000 and currently serves as the Director of LED lighting department. |
| Speaker's Name: |
Eric Chiou |
| Job title: |
Research Director |
| Company name: |
WitsView |
| Topic: |
LED-Backlit Development Crouches Down in 2010, and Leaps Up in 2011 |
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Eric Chiou is a well-recognized analyst with 7 years of experience in the panel industry. As a manager at WitsView's Optoelectronics Business Unit, Eric specializes in the research and analysis of upstream components in the TFT industry, including backlight module, glass substrate, and polarizer. With extensive knowledge of the industry supply chain, Eric provides unique analysis and insight in industry trends and dynamics.
Prior to joining WitsView, Eric was responsible for panel business development at Chunghwa Picture Tubes. He was also the Product Manager of BenQ’s LCD TV. Eric Chiou earned a Master of Business Administration from California State University. |
| Speaker's Name: |
L.C. Yang Ph.D. |
| Job title: |
Chairman |
| Company name: |
Macroblock, Inc. |
| Topic: |
RGB LED Lighting in Buildings and Commercial Applications |
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Dr. Li-Chang Yang received his doctor degree of material science at University of Illinois. He founded Macroblock, Inc. in 1999 and awarded for Outstanding Entrepreneur Award last year.
Macroblock, Inc. is now a leading LED driver provider and focuses on the LED driver IC design which contributes to ultimate LED performance for LED display, backlighting, and lighting applications. With continuous technology innovations, Macroblock’s driver IC has been successfully adopted by over 500 world wide customers and ranked as top 10 suppliers among the global LED driver providers.
Macroblock, Inc. has developed the world’ s first 16-bit PWM embedded LED driver with patented S-PWM technology which was well applied in carpet-like LED display during the 2008 Beijing Olympics opening ceremony. Aiming at future prospect of LED lighting market, Macroblock Inc, positions itself with outstanding technology in the fields of LED lighting and LED backlighting applications. . |
| Speaker's Name: |
Roger Chu |
| Job title: |
Research Director |
| Company name: |
LEDinside (TrendForce Corp.) |
| Topic: |
2010 Global LED Lighting Market Trends |
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Roger Chu oversees the Green Energy Business Unit of TrendForce Corp., and specializes in market research on the LED industry, including end-product makers ranging from LED components, lighting, backlight to manufacturers. Additionally, he also handles the research on batteries in the Green Energy Business Unit.
Mr.Chu once was an analyst at DRAMeXchange. He also worked for Hua Nan Securities as an analyst and Qunmao Management Consulting Company as a management trainee. His previous research scope covered DRAM, packaging and testing as well as other electronic industries.
Mr.Chu graduated from the Graduate Institute of Finance, Chaoyang University of Technology |
| Speaker's Name: |
Justin K. Wang |
| Job title: |
VP/General Manager, Greater China |
| Company name: |
Veeco Instruments |
| Topic: |
Panel Discussion: Accelerating the Adoption of LED Lighting in the Next 5 Years |
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JustinWang is the General Manager for Greater China at Veeco Instruments Inc. He oversees the sales and field operation, implementing the strategicinitiatives in China and Taiwan to growthe LED and CIGS businesses. Previously he was the Vice President andManaging Director of Asia Pacific region at Entegris, a manufacturer of wafercarriers, LCD carriers, cassette and other storage and handling products forsemiconductor and flat panel display processes. Prior to joiningEntegris, he was the Vice President of Tokyo Electron, a semiconductorequipment and FPD equipment manufacturer. He was responsible for managingcorporate marketing for the Asia Pacific. Before he joined TEL in 2005, Mr.Wang was the Sr. Director of Business Development at Lam Research. He foresaw the foundry and memory accounts in Taiwan, China,and Singapore,developing strategies, positioning advanced products. His first employerwas Intel Corporation, where he learned the semiconductor processingtechnologies and project management skills.
Mr. Wang graduated from the Chemical Engineering Department of NationalTaiwan University in 1982. He received dual MS Degree from Electrical andMaterial Engineering of University of Michigan in 1986. |
| Speaker's Name: |
Yi-Jen Chan Ph.D. |
| Job title: |
Vice President & General Director of Electronics and Optoelectronics Research Laboratories |
| Company name: |
Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) |
| Topic: |
Panel Discussion: Accelerating the Adoption of LED Lighting in the Next 5 Years |
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Yi-Jen Chan is the VP & EOL General Director, ITRI and also a distinguished professor at the dept. of E. E. at National Central University.
He received his B.S.E.E degree from National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, the M.S.E.E degree from National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, and the Ph.D degree in electrical engineering and computer science from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, in 1982, 1984, and 1992 respectively.
He joined the Department of Electrical Engineering, National Central University, Chungli, Taiwan, as an Associate Professor in 1992, and became a Professor in 1996, and served as the Department Chair from 1998 to 2001. Since Dec. 2004, he joined the Electronics & Optoelectronics Laboratories (EOL), Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), as a Deputy General Director and was promoted to be the general director of EOL from July 2007.
He received Science Paper Award of Far Eastern Y. Z. Hsu Science and Technology Memorial Foundation in 2006. He has over 100 technical journal papers and 18 patents.
Currently he is responsible for flexible electronics, nano-electronics, ACLED and optoelectronics programs in the ITRI. |
| Speaker's Name: |
Dr. David Su |
| Job title: |
Chairman and President of Lextar Electronics Corp |
| Company name: |
Lextar |
| Topic: |
Panel Discussion: Accelerating the Adoption of LED Lighting in the Next 5 Years |
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Dr. David Su is the Chairman and General Manager of Lextar. He joined AUO in 2001 as the deputy general manager of display, in 2008 AUO invested and funded Lextar. Previous to that, he joined UNIPAC OPTOELECTRONICS CORPORATION as the product planning deputy general manager in 1990 and participated in the deployment of Taiwan’s first TFT-LCD manufacturing plant. After obtained his doctoral degree, he joined GE mainly focus on researching TFT-LCD for Avionics applications. Dr. David Su graduated from the National Tsing Hua University in 1982 and obtained his PhD Sc. Degree from Stony Brook University in 1986.
Dr. David Su was awarded as the outstanding manager of 2006 from Chinese Professional Management Association and honored as a distinguished alumnus from the National Tsing Hua University |
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