PRINSE'26
Seminar program
9th PrintoCent Industry Seminar
Wed 28.1.2026
Venue: University of Oulu, Aapistie 5A
08.15 Bus transportation from Scandic Oulu City hotel via Sokos Hotel Arina to the PRINSE’26 event venue
09.00 – 10.45 Opening & Keynote (Leena Palotie Auditorium)
Grand opening will lay the setting for an exciting seminar!
Chair - Kari Rönkä, Chairman of PrintoCent, VP, VTT
09.00 Welcome and Opening words
Kari Rönkä, Chairman of PrintoCent, VP, VTT
09.15 From concept to care: Empowering ostomy users through printed electronics
Jesper Olsen, Principal engineer, Coloplast
09.45 High-Performance Roll-to-Roll Optical Films for Integrated Light-Guiding and Light Management
Samuli Siitonen, CTO, Nanocomp
10.15 From lab to your first million; printed intelligence to printing cash
Prateek Singh, Serial founder
10.45 – 11.15 Coffee break 30 min
11.15 – 12.00 Company Pitches (Leena Palotie Auditorium)
Companies present at the EXHIBITION AREA will give 5 min introductions to their companies.
Chair - Juho Paavola, Lead, Flexible electronics and photonics, VTT
11.15 Verkotan Oy
Kari Komonen, CEO
11.20 Kissel + Wolf Gmbh (kiwo)
Michael Gross, Business Development Manager
11.25 Würth Elektronik Oy
Olli Kinnunen, Product Manager
11.30 nsm Norbert Schläfli AG
Rolf Meyerhans, CTO
11.35 Sefar AG
Samuel Wagner, Head Sales Screen Printing
11.40 Isoproto
Janne Isopahkala, Managing Director
11.45 Panasonic
Florian Haag, Business Development
11.50 Delta ModTech
Anders Haag, Senior European Business Development
11.15 – 12.00 Innovation Pitches (F202)
The latest research demos showcased at the EXHIBITION AREA will be introduced by the researchers.
Chair – Markus Tuomikoski, Research Team Leader, Project Manager, VTT
11.15 OYSTER
Minna Komu, OuluHealth Network Director, OuluHealth Ecosystem
11.20 MedPhab association
Christina Liedert, Executive Director, Team Leader, VTT
11.25 Ultrasense: Ultra-sound combined with bioimpedance analysis and graphene FET-enhanced wearable sensing for decentral health-monitoring
Anni Ranta-Lassila, Research Scientist, VTT
11.30 Peclabel: Smart labelling and printed EC display based on nano-engineered plasmonic materials
Maria Smolander, Research Team Leader, Project Manager, VTT
11.35 Reverse offset printing: Single µm-level printing for flexible thin film devices, sensors and circuits
Jaakko Leppäniemi, Principal Scientist, VTT
11.40 Advanced packaging solutions of RF and photonics
Mikko Karppinen, Research Team Leader, VTT
11.45 Spectroscopy and machine vision
Katariina Rahkamaa-Tolonen, Research Team Leader, Project Manager, VTT
11.50 Human sensing and wearables
Teemu Alajoki, Research Team Leader, Project Manager, VTT
11.55 Energy sources and storage
Mari Ylikunnari, Research Team Leader, Project Manager, VTT
12.00 – 14.00 Lunch & demos, company booths, networking
14.00–15.30 Session 1A
Wearables for Healthcare and Wellbeing (Leena Palotie Auditorium)
This session will provide a view how wearables can address critical healthcare needs, the materials used to create wearable sensors, and cutting-edge solutions that are shaping the future of healthcare and wellbeing.
Chair - Teemu Alajoki, Research Team Leader, VTT
14.00 Challenges and Opportunities for Printed Electronics in Patient Monitoring Parameter Sensors
Alle Borger, Principal engineer, and Colm McCaffrey, Principal engineer, GE Healthcare
14.30 Sustainable medical electrodes
Mikko Paakkolanvaara, CTO, Screentec
14.50 Personalized Mobility & Rehabilitation: Printed Intelligence for Smarter, Healthier Aging
Tobias Meyer, Business Development Manager, IEE S.A.
15.10 Designing smart wearable biosensing systems for improved signal performance & comfort
Alexis Bobenrieth, Technical service & development, Dupont Liveo
14.00 – 15.30 Session 1B
Unmanned Aerial Systems and Printed Intelligence (F202)
This session explores how structural electronics solutions enable drones with embedded intelligence—creating lightweight, smart, and energy-efficient aerial systems for sustainable mobility.
Chair – Eero Heikkinen, CTO, Radelgo
14.00 Why autonomous navigation is essential capability to reliable UAV-operations
Juha Artama, Head of Sales, Radelgo
14.20 Title
Michael Strohmayr, CEO, FiberDome Systems
14.40 Research to Business: Real-time Hyperspectral Imaging with Mantis Vision
Antti Näsilä, Principal Scientist, future founder, Mantis Vision
15.00 Drone++
Antti Takaluoma, Senior Specialist, Offcode
15.30 – 16.00 Coffee break 30 min
16.00 – 17.30 Session 2A
Healthcare and Wellbeing Solutions (Leena Palotie Auditorium)
This session will provide a view on the latest developments in healthcare.
Chair - Jussi Särkkä, Lead, Healthtech, VTT
16.00 Innovation Through Collaboration: Bridging Tech Companies and Healthcare Needs
Timo Alalääkkölä, Head of testing and Innovation,
Wellbeing Services County of North Ostrobothnia POHDE
16.20 The role of wearables technologies and data-driven decision tools in driving patient safety for future healthcare systems
Hugh Passmore, CEO, Clini-Hub Ltd
16.40 The Innovation dilemma: Key trends and Market Insights for Printed Medical Devices — by Embega Healthcare and MC3
Luis Huici, Business Development Manager, Embega
17.00 What to take into consideration when commercializing disposable medical electrodes?
Hannele Toroi, QARA Director, Bittium
16.00 – 17.30 Session 2B
Startup journeys from Idea to Market (F202)
Chair - Jaakko Lampela, CEO, Nordic Option
16.00 Warmth-as-a-service
Jani-Mikael Kuusisto, CEO, The Warming Surfaces Company
16.15 From Concept to Company: The Mukava Story
Teemu Ruotsalainen, CEO, Mukava Biosignals
16.30 Nucu's vision for redefining sleep health for kids
Juha Hannula, Co-founder, Nucu
16.45 Transformative New Materials: Unlocking a New Era of Economical Gas Sensing Technology
Antti Jäänvirta, Commercialization Lead, Aalto University
17.00 Intergration of printed intelligence to textiles: Ideas benefits & possibilities
Jussi Saastamoinen, Founder, Grafence
Bus transportation to the hotels after the seminar
19.00 – 20.30 Reception by The City of Oulu, at the City Hall, Kirkkokatu 2a, Oulu
Thu 29.1.2026
9.30 Bus transportation from Scandic Oulu City hotel via Sokol Hotel Arina to the PRINSE’26 event venue
10.00 – 11.30 Session 3A
Energy Autonomous Solutions (Leena Palotie Auditorium)
This session focuses on the exciting possibilities of printed intelligence as a key enabler for innovative energy autonomous systems. Speakers will explore innovative approaches for energy harvesting and storage integration, as well as highlight sustainability aspects and photovoltaics integration.
Chair - Thomas Kraft, Senior Scientist, VTT
10.00 The future of energy autonomous wearables
Juhani Kemppainen, Manager, Sensor technologies, Polar Electro
10.20 From Lab to Fab: Indoor Organic Photovoltaic Modules to Power IoT Devices
Hani Kanaan, Vice President of new business development, Dracula Technologies
10.40 Towards Sustainable IoT: Environmental Impacts of Printed vs Traditional Electronics in Real-World Applications
Edmund Whitmore, Environmental Engineer, 4Mod
11.00 Printed Power
Anders Elfwing, Co-founder, Epishine
11.15 Enhanced Sustainability and Cyber Resilience of Biometric Security with Printed Energy Harvesting
Frank Sandeløv, CEO, CardLab
10.00 – 11.30 Session 3B
Enablers for Printed Intelligence (F202)
This session explores how printed intelligence is shaping the future with next-generation solutions across industries.
Chair - Markku Känsäkoski, CEO, MK Fluidics
10.00 Every drop matters – the role of micro dispensing in healthcare, automotive, electronics
Karthikesh Raju, Head of Products, Ginolis
10.20 Printed All-Inorganic Metaoptics and AR Waveguides
James Watkins, Founder, CSO, Myrias Optics and University of Massachusetts
10.40 Innovation Diffusion Through Standardization
Suvi Kela, Director, Engineering, TactoTek
11.00 How combination of conductive silver paste, Piezotech® electroactive polymers and AGFA Pedot: PSS brings sensitivity to printed electronics
Hortense Gaya, Business Unit Manager, CCI EUROLAM
11.15 Printed Intelligence Meets Japan
Makoto Murata, Director, and Momoka Shibata, Chief, Japan External Trade Organisation
11.30 – 13.30 Lunch & demos, company booths, networking
13.30 – 15.00 Session 4A
Next-Gen Diagnostics and Biosensor Technologies (Leena Palotie Auditoriumi)
This session will provide a view on the latest developments in printed & hybrid electronics enabled diagnostics and biomarker analytics. Printed electronics and sensors offer new features in health and performance testing, like improved usability and sensitivity and seamless digital integration to personal and public health data.
Chair – Tomi Erho, Founder, The Active Paper Company
13.30 Scaling Biosensors: What Makes It Hard?
Juuso Nissilä, Co-Founder, Summa Labs, Inc
13.50 From Innovation in Materials to Point‑of‑Care Solutions and New Assay Possibilities
Ville Rajala, Sr. Business Development Manager, Canatu
14.10 REASSURED - Thinking tools for early product development
Kevin Land, CDO, Global Access Diagnostics
14.30 Angel Investing in Diagnostics and Medical Devices: Lessons from Testi Technologies Oy and Smart PD Solutions Oy
Markku Känsäkoski, CEO, MK Fluidics Oy
13.30 – 15.00 Session 4B
Enabling Technologies for Future Devices (F202)
Discover the technologies behind printed intelligence and how they are driving future innovation.
Chair – Antti Backman, CDO, New Cable Corporation
13.30 Smart Gasket - Enabling Predictive Maintenance of Industrial Applications
Jaakko Niukkala, Smart Product Specialist, TT Gaskets
13.50 Smart Sensing for Industrial Vibration Monitoring
Eero Kaikkonen, CEO, MoveSole Smart Sensing
14.10 Leveraging printed electronics for specialty products at Tageos
Victor Thenot, R&D Research Engineer, Tageos SAS
14.30 Sustainable solutions for the future of IoT device manufacturing
Timo Peltoniemi, CEO, Elcoflex
14.45 Eco-conscious embossing
Raimo Korhonen, CTO, M-Boss
15.00 – 15.30, Coffee break 30 min
15.30 – 17.00 Vision Keynotes and Closing (Leena Palotie Auditorium)
Visionary keynotes bring us “food for thought” and lay the ground for the future steps in Printed Intelligence and its impacts.
Chair – Arto Maaninen, PrintoCent board member, Rector, University of Oulu
15.30 Defence Applications for Printed Electronics
Daniel Carew, General Partner, Archangel Ventures
16.00 Advanced military decoy systems
Terho Kololuoma, CEO, Dobbelgänger
16.15 Future Sensors and Devices for Human Performance Monitoring and Enhanced Survivability
Ralph Liedert, Customer account Lead, VTT
16.45 Closing words
Satu Väinämö, Director, PrintoCent, VTT
17.00 Bus transportation via Scandic Oulu City and Sokos Hotel Arina to Oulu Airport.
18.30 – 23.00 WINTER ADVENTURE
- Arctic Sea Night Experience and sauna & jacuzzi
- Sauna+Jacuzzi (20.00-23.00)
18.15 Bus transportation from Scandic Oulu City hotel to winter adventure place Nallikari Experience Center
19.45 Bus transportation from Scandic Oulu City hotel to Restaurant Nallikari
23.00 Bus transportation from Restaurant Nallikari to Scandic City Oulu hotel
