Are you a designer, or creative mind working with flexible and printed electronics? The OE-A Competition 2026 is now open – and we’re looking for your ideas, prototypes, and products!
Submit your innovation and get the chance to showcase it at LOPEC 2026, the leading event for printed electronics. It’s your time to shine in front of industry experts, investors, and tech enthusiasts from around the world. The goal of the OE-A Competition is to promote and highlight innovations that drive the international market for flexible and printed electronics forward.
Join The Competition
The competition categories are:
- Prototypes & New Products
- Freestyle Demonstrator
- Publicly- Funded Project Demonstrator
All entries will be displayed at the OE-A booth at LOPEC 2026 (February 24-26) – and are automatically in the running for the Public Choice Award, where visitors vote for their favorite project.
Why Participate? Visibility, Recognition & Networking
Joining the OE-A Competition comes with real benefits. All submitted projects will be featured at the OE-A booth during LOPEC 2026, giving you direct exposure to an international audience of industry leaders, researchers, and innovators. An international jury will evaluate the entries in a closed vote, and one winner per category will be announced. The highlight? A special award ceremony at LOPEC – a moment to celebrate your success in front of the community. In April 2026, OE-A will host a dedicated web seminar, giving all winners the chance to present their projects to the global printed electronics network.
Throughout the entire competition, OE-A will support participants with press coverage and social media promotion – helping you and your project get the attention you deserve.
Participation Deadlines
OE-A invites all the community to participate by submitting the new product and/or prototype.
- Submission of application Form: September 26, 2025 (via email to María at Maria.espinosapoma@oe-a.org and Isabella at Isabella.treser@oe-a.org)
- Submission of documentation (images, logos, videos, manual of use, etc.): November 28, 2025
- Submission of final demonstrator: January 23, 2026
- Jury Meeting including Project Pitch: February 23, 2026
Web-Seminar
The OE-A will again organize a Web- Seminar for all winners in April 2026. In the Web- Seminar, the winners will have the opportunity to present their projects in detail and discuss them in a Q&A session.
For more information on the competition and its categories, please have a look at the General Information document or visit the OE-A Competition Working Group page.
*Please note that there are certain conditions for non-members to take part:
- Students who are unable to obtain all required materials, they could contact an OE-A member who produces the needed organic or printed electronics component and/or even propose a cooperation / partnership
- The category “Publicly Funded Project Demonstrator” – where participation is possible in cooperation with at least one partner. Please note that visibility is exclusive to OE-A members. We will refer only to OE-A members by name and their logos in all OE-A communication processes.
For more information, contact María at Maria.espinosapoma@oe-a.org and Isabella at Isabella.treser@oe-a.org