26Jan2026
26.01.2026 – 29.01.2026
HEIA-FR, Boulevard de Pérolles 80, 1700 Fribourg
Advanced Inkjet Technology Conference 2026
Society for Imaging Science and Technology (IS&T)
Programm/Ablauf
MONDAY 26 JANUARY
Registration Desk Open: 12:00 - 13:00
| 13:00 - 15:00 | Inkjet Printhead Characterization and Modeling Session Chair: Shinri Sakai, Yamagata University (Japan) |
| 13:00 | Welcome remarks, Yoshinori Domae, iPrint HEIA-FR HES-SO (Switzerland) |
| 13:10 | Keynote Comprehensive Analysis of Inkjet Processes toward the Future of Inkjet Technology, Shinri Sakai, Yamagata University (Japan) |
| 14:00 | From Actuation to Droplet: Fully Coupled Simulations of Inkjet Printhead Dynamics, Vinh-Tan Nguyen and Jason Leong, Institute of High Performance Computing (IHPC), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) (Singapore); Satoshi Watanabe, SEIKO FUTURE CREATION INC. (Japan); and Toshimitsu Morooka, SII Printek Inc. (Japan) |
| 14:20 | Frequency-dependent Capacitance Analysis: An Empirical Equivalent Circuit Modelling Approach to Evaluating Piezoelectric Inkjet Printhead Actuators, Kazuhide Abe, Abexyz Company, Limited, and Mengfei Wong, Ryutaro Kusunoki, Satoshi Kaiho, and Hiroyuki Kushida, RISO Technologies Corporation (Japan) |
| 14:40 | Exhibitor Presentations I Advanced Inkjet Technology 2026 Exhibitors provide an overview of their services/products. |
| 15:00 - 15:30 | Exhibits and Coffee |
| 15:30 - 16:30 | Droplets: From Ejection to Landing Session Chair: Gioele Balestra, iPrint (Switzerland) |
| 15:30 | Visualizing Inkjet Nozzle Pressure Wave Dynamics with a Simple Simulation for Waveform Design, Bastien Perritaz, Kao (Japan) |
| 15:50 | Automated Mist Quantification for Waveform Tuning, Raphael Wenger, Droptimize (Switzerland) |
| 16:10 | Modelling the Wood-graining Effect: A Coupled LES-Lagrangian-film Framework for Next-generation Printhead Design, Jason Leong and Vinh-Tan Nguyen, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) (Singapore); Satoshi Watanabe, SEIKO FUTURE CREATION INC. (Japan); and Toshimitsu Morooka, SII Printek Inc. (Japan) |
| 16:30 - 16:55 | Poster Previews
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| 16:55 | Exhibitor Presentations II Advanced Inkjet Technology 2026 Exhibitors provide an overview of their services/products. |
| 17:15 - 18:30 | Networking Welcome Drink and Poster Session |
TUESDAY 27 JANUARY
| 8:30 – 9:55 | Nozzle Sensing Session Chair: Fernando Rodriguez Llorente, HES-SO (Switzerland) |
| 8:30 | Welcome and remarks |
| 8:35 | Current Status and Future Direction of Epson Nozzle Sensing Technology, Asami Okamoto, SEIKO EPSON Corporation (Japan); Kan Igarashi, EPSON EUROPE BV (Germany); and Atsushi Shimura, Epson Europe BV (Switzerland) |
| 8:55 | Advanced Nozzle Diagnosis in Internally Generated Waveform Printheads, Carlos Chabert Ull, Fernando Rodríguez Llorente, Yoshinori Domae, Sebastian Filliger, and Luca Brügger, HES-SO (Switzerland) |
| 9:15 | Data-driven Maintenance Strategies for Digital Printing Systems: Technical and Economic Perspectives with Sensing Technology as a Key Enabler, Philip Kessler, Florian Fässler, Florian Bourguet, Fabrice Roubaty, Enea Lazzari, Simon Rossel, Vincent Roggo, and Sebastian Filliger, Polytype SA (Switzerland) |
| 9:35 | Exhibitor Presentations III Advanced Inkjet Technology 2026 Exhibitors provide an overview of their services/products |
| 9:55 – 10:40 | Exhibits and Coffee |
| 10:40 – 12:30 | High-viscous Printheads 1 Session Chair: Tri Tuladhar, TRIJET Ltd. (UK) |
| 10:40 | Keynote Drop on Demand Jetting of Complex Fluids – Challenge or Opportunity?, Oliver Harlen, University of Leeds (UK) |
| 11:30 | High Viscosity Fluid Jetting Technology with Konica Minolta Printheads, Kenji Mawatari, Takuma Shibata, and Takakazu Kuki, KONICA MINOLTA, INC. (Japan) |
| 11:50 | Development of a High-viscosity Inkjet Printhead Using a Piezoelectric Bend Actuation Mode, Daisuke Hozumi, KYOCERA Europe GmbH (Germany) |
| 12:10 | Development of a Method for Jetting Pseudoplastic Fluids Exceeding 500,000 mPa·s Using a Piezoelectric Inkjet Head: A Case Study on Automotive Paints, Takayuki Shimizu, Masakazu Hirata, Toshimitsu Morooka, Yuzuru Kubota, Ryo Igarashi, and Masashi Suga, SII Printek Inc. (Japan) |
| 12:30 – 13:45 | Lunch and Exhibits |
| 13:45 – 15:35 | High-viscous Printheads 2 Session Chair: Yoshinori Domae, iPrint HEIA-FR HES-SO (Switzerland) |
| 13:45 | Keynote Pioneering the Future of Automotive Coating: Pixel Paint Technology from ABB, Shuichiro Nakajima, ABB (Japan) |
| 14:35 | Unlocking Functional Materials: A Novel Volumetric Displacement Architecture for Jetting High-viscosity Conductive Inks, Adhesives, and Pastes, Ben Hartkopp, Quantica GmbH (Germany) |
| 14:55 | Development of Inkjet-head for High-viscosity Ink, Satoshi Suemasu and Hidehiro Yoshida, Panasonic Production Engineering Co., Ltd. (Japan) |
| 15:15 | Design and Development of a Multi-nozzle Hybrid Inkjet Head for Piezoelectric-electrohydrodynamic Printing, Jaeyong Choi, Eunyoung Lee, and Jaewoo Joung, ENJET (Republic of Korea) |
| 15:35 | Focal Talk Title Coming, Yoshinori Domae, iPrint HEIA-FR HES-SO (Switzerland) |
| 16:05 – 16:50 | Exhibits and Coffee |
| 16:50 – 18:20 | Printer Integration Session Chair: Ingo Reinhold, Leipzig University of Applied Sciences (Germany) |
| 16:50 | Hybrid Model Framework for Improving Robotic Arm Accuracy in Inkjet Printing Application, Frédéric Schenker, University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Western / College of Engineering and Architecture of Fribourg (Switzerland) |
| 17:10 | Enhancing Inkjet Precision with a Non-contact Motion Control Technology: CAMCODE, Didier Rousseau, KELENN Technology (France) |
| 17:30 | Diaphragm Metering Pump Series with Flow Control, Ivo Zbinden and Daniel Kohli, KNF Flodos AG (Switzerland) |
| 17:50 | A Digital Printer as the Slave of the Corrugator, Kriemhilt Roppert, BHS Corrugated Maschinen- und Anlagenbau GmbH (Germany) |
| 18:10 | Closing Remarks, Gioele Balestra, iPrint (Switzerland) |
| 19:00 – 22:30 | Conference Dinner |
WEDNESDAY 28 JANUARY
| 8:30 – 9:20 | Methods and Standards in Inkjet Printing Session Chair: Mathieu Soutrenon, HES-SO (Switzerland) |
| 8:30 | Welcome and remarks |
| 8:35 | Focal Talk International Standards for Inkjet Printing, Stephen Hoath, Wolfson College Cambridge (UK) |
| 9:05 | Rethinking Adhesion Testing: Dynamic Contact Angles as Predictors of Adhesion Performance, Andrew Mellor, KRÜSS GmbH; Petra Della Valentina, BYK-Chemie GmbH; and Dennis Winkler, Plasmatreat GmbH (Germany) |
| 9:25 – 10:10 | Exhibits and Coffee |
| 10:10 – 12:20 | New Applications for Inkjet Printing Session Chair: Katrin Albrecht, OST – Eastern Switzerland University of Applied Sciences (Switzerland) |
| 10:10 | Keynote From Droplets to Devices - The Evolution of Inkjet Printing for Additive Manufacturing, Richard Hague, University of Nottingham (UK) |
| 11:00 | Application Development of High-strength Full-color Resin Models Using Material Jetting Process, Masaki Watanabe and Hiroyuki Naito, Ricoh Company Ltd. (Japan) |
| 11:20 | Additively Manufactured Mutisensor Indoor Air Quality System Utilizing AI Algorithms, Pavel Kulha, PROFACTOR GmbH (Austria) |
| 11:40 | Study on Feasibility of Processing Pigmented Screen-printing Inks via Inkjet, Antonia Götz, Jan Christoph Janhsen, and Stefan Güttler; Hochschule der Medien Stuttgart and Fraunhofer Institut für Produktions- und Automatisierungstechnik (Germany) |
| 12:00 | High-resolution Printing and Photon Management for Quantum Dot and Perovskite-based Color Conversion in AR/VR Displays, Kyoungwon Park, Korea Electronics Technology Institute (Republic of Korea) |
| 12:20 – 13:35 | Group Lunch and Exhibits |
| 13:35 – 14:45 | Inkjet Inks: From Formulations to Regulations Session Chair: Gilbert Gugler, HES-SO (Switzerland) |
| 13:35 | Surfing the Interface: Molecular Perspectives on Ink Stability and Jetting, Geert Deroover, ChemStream bv (Belgium) |
| 13:55 | Systematic Ink Formulation of OLED and Quantum Dot Emitters using the Environmentally Friendly Solvent Mixtures, Byung Doo Chin, Dankook University (Republic of Korea) |
| 14:15 | Inkjet and Food Safety Regulations: Challenges and Opportunities, Sam Kawai, Optimae Innovations Limited (UK) |
| 14:35 | Closing remarks |
| 15:30 – 18:00 | Optional iPrint Tour and Exhibitor Demonstrations |