The field of printed electronics (PE) is enjoying excellent growth, as technological advances combined with a wide range of new applications continue to drive gains in the marketplace. A clear sign of PE’s opportunities can be seen as more major international consumer corporations, including Procter & Gamble, Adidas and Kimberly-Clark, examine how PE can benefit their products. With that in mind, IDTechEx is hosting Printed Electronics USA 09, co-located with Photovoltaics USA 09, Dec. 1-4 at the San Jose Convention Center in San Jose, CA. The conference features presentations by executives from these companies, as well as from Boeing, IBM, Canadian Bank Note, Cubic Corporation and Mills-Peninsula Health Services. The show will be the largest PE event ever held in the U.S., with more than 750 attendees pre-registered two weeks in advance. By contrast, Printed Electronics USA 08 and Printed Electronics Europe 09 each had approximately