Electronics power modern life — communication, healthcare, mobility, agriculture, and infrastructure — but at a steep environmental cost. Intensive resource extraction, energy-heavy manufacturing, and mounting e-waste are pushing the current model to its limits. As device lifetimes shrink and innovation cycles accelerate, rethinking how we design, build, use, and recycle electronics has become urgent.
This symposium brings together materials scientists, chemists, engineers, sustainability experts, and industry practitioners to chart a greener path forward. Topics span the full electronics ecosystem: biodegradable and recyclable materials, low-energy fabrication, responsible supply chains, and devices built with circularity in mind.
The symposium will focus on the pressing issues and challenges facing the further development of sustainable printed electronics, such as: Which materials best balance performance and environmental impact? How do we cut energy use during processing? How can devices be designed for repair, reuse, or safe degradation? What metrics capture sustainability across a full product lifecycle?
Through keynotes, technical sessions, panels, and industry insights, attendees will gain a broad perspective on how sustainable printed electronics can drive decarbonization, reduce resource intensity, and strengthen the global technology ecosystem. The symposium's goal is to accelerate a responsible digital future — one where performance and sustainability advance together.
- Sustainable Materials
- Green Manufacturing
- Printed Devices
- Device Innovation
- Sustainability Metrics
Currently, Emanuel Carlos is a Research group leader of Flexible and Sustainable Electronics at CENIMAT|i3N, Local PI of TRANSPER, INNOVATION, LEAF, MORPHEUS and ELEGANCE (international level), co-PI of one project at national (SECURE) and other at international level (GAIA). He finished his PhD in 2021 in Nanotechnologies and Nanosciences, NOVA University Lisbon. He has been working in solution-based metal oxide electronics since 2015, focusing on sustainable materials and printing technologies (inkjet, flexographic and screen printing) for electronic devices. His work involves the design, deposition, and characterization of solution-based metal oxide thin films and 2D materials, fabrication, and characterization of electronic devices (memristors, microsupercapacitors, TFTs and sensors). He is co-author of > 40 peer-reviewed papers in high-impact journals and 4 book chapters in this area. He is also currently involved in other international (POEMS and INFRACHIP) research projects.
He has more than 15 years research experience in the academic sector working on nanoelectronics, spintronics and optoelectronics. He possesses extensive hands-on experience on emerging low-dimensionality electronic systems including nanowire transistors, GaAs single spin quantum-bits, as well emerging phenomena in functional oxide and superconductive/ferromagnetic interfaces towards beyond CMOS technologies. He has served at various academic research positions in high reputation European institutions including the Foundation of Research and Technology in Greece, the Institut Néel CNRS in France and the London centre for Nanotechnology – University College of London in United Kingdom. He obtained his PhD in Nanoelectronics from Grenoble Institute of Technology in France, in 2009. He is currently Researcher (Grade C) in the i-EMERGE Research Institute of the Hellenic Mediterranean University (HMU) and the Team Leader of Innovative Printed Electronics at the Nanomaterials for Emerging Devices research group. His current research interests include 2D materials engineering in various printed device concepts suc as high performing solar cells, functional sensors as well as neuromorhic computation architectures towards energy efficient, smart Internet of Intelligent Things and wearable systems.