Day 1, 9th June 2010, 11:35 - 'A wider view of UEL – How emerging technologies will change the design and implementation of lighting in the near future’
Chris Williams is a serial entrepreneur who has worked in the UK Displays Industry for more than 30 years, having graduated from Sheffield University in 1974 with an Honours degree (B.Eng) in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. His career includes working for UK and US OEMs prior to a period of 15 years running his own display module manufacturing company. Since 1997 he has regularly consulted for the DTI and its successors. He was joint technical co-ordinator for the DTI-funded LINK ISD programme, and has strong links to the collaborative research activities of the Technology Strategy Board as assessor and monitoring officer. Chris was the founding Director of the UKDL Knowledge Transfer Network, leaving the organization in 2009.Chris is a member of the Plastic Electronics Leadership Group, Photonics Leadership Group, Chair of the Industrial Advisory Board of the Cambridge University Integrated Knowledge Centre, member of the Technical Industry Advisory Group of the PETeC Centre, and a member of the Advisory Boards of the Cambridge Nano- Doctoral Training Centre and Imperial College Plastic Electronics Doctoral Training Centre. He also sits on the Electronic Sector Skills Group of SEMTA.
He is heavily committed to undergraduate and postgraduate training in Plastic Electronics, Displays and Lighting, and gives lectures at a number of Universities around the UK.
Together with his partner Cathy, Chris currently runs the consultancy company Logystyx UK Limited. Chris is also a Director of Ceravision Limited.
Return to Conference Programme