Jerry Kang

Practice Leader, Omdia

Jerry Kang is the practice leader and leading analyst for the emerging display market and technology analysis. His research areas are OLED, quantum dot, micro LED, and on-silicon displays. He and his team cover the dynamics of the supply chain and the latest technology trends in equipment, materials, and components.
Before joining Omdia, formerly IHS Markit, in 2011, Jerry was an OLED development engineer at Samsung Mobile Display, where he led the company’s research of the global OLED display technology and market. With more than 20 years of industry experience, Jerry is known for his professional analysis and strategic insights on the technology and the OLED, quantum dot, micro LED, and on-silicon displays market. He is frequently quoted in the media and is a frequent guest speaker at major conferences worldwide. Jerry holds a bachelor’s degree in electronics engineering from Pusan National University in South Korea.

Achim Goetz

Director of Technical Marketing LC, Merck Electronics KGaA

Achim Goetz, a chemical engineer by education, has joined Merck in 1994 and supported several research and development and marketing topics for Liquid Crystals. He has held several positions in LC R&D such as leading LC material development for IPS/FFS and VA LC-modes, leading Reliability Labs LC in Korea for three years and leading the global Technical Marketing LC team until now. In his current role, Achim is focusing on technical marketing LC and product management LC supporting all activities of our customers globally.

Christian Eickhoff

Senior Scientist–OLED Material Innovation, Merck Electronics KGaA

Christian Eickhoff has joined Merck in 2016 and supported several research and developments topics of OLED as a technical specialist. He has held several positions in OLED R&D starting from research on triplet matrix material for green phosphorescent OLEDs. In his current role, Christian is focusing on application and product development of hole transport material solutions for improved OLED performance to support the customers’ success and innovation.

Alexander Schubert

Senior Expert Computational Modeling, Novel Tools, Merck Electronics KGaA

Alexander Schubert is a physicist with a PhD in theoretical chemistry from Würzburg University, Germany. Before joining Merck in 2021, he conducted advanced research in the field of quantum dynamics at universities in Germany, France, and the United States. His work explored the time-dependent behavior of electrons, atoms, molecules, and complexes across diverse timescales. At Merck, Alexander serves as a Senior Expert for Computational Modeling, conducting various R&D projects through physical and chemical simulations. His current focus involves modeling the behavior of charge carriers within OLED stacks to understand how molecular properties of the different components affect the overall performance of OLED devices.

Hyun-Jin Yoon

Senior Business Development Manager, Future Optical Technologies, Merck

Hyun-Jin Yoon is a Business Development manager of Future Optical Technologies Korea. He gained a PhD in electronic engineering from Sungkyunkwan University, Korea. Before joining Merck, he studied for MS degrees in organic chemistry from Seoul National University, Korea. At Merck, Hyun-Jin joined as a researcher in Liquid Crystal research and development in 2004. Over the years, he held various positions in R&D, including Global Platform Lead and R&D Manager for Liquid Crystals, Reactive Mesogen, Liquid Crystal Window, and Encapsulation materials, as well as serving as a scientist for RM in the UK. He has been leading Future Optical Technologies as a Business Development Manager in Korea since 2023.

Sangyoon Han

Associate Professor, DGIST

Professor Sangyoon Han is an Associate Professor at the Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST). His research focuses on silicon photonics and photonic hardware for artificial intelligence. He received his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Seoul National University, and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences from the University of California, Berkeley. Professor Han’s work explores the integration of silicon photonics with MEMS technology to realize ultra-low-power and highly scalable photonic integrated circuits. His research spans a broad range of applications, including optical neural networks, photonic AI processors, FMCW LiDAR systems, and quantum photonic circuits. Notably, his 2023 paper in Nature Photonics introduced a silicon photonic processor that achieved a million-fold reduction in standby power, earning significant recognition in the academic community.

He is currently leading multiple national and international collaborative projects for next-generation optical computing and photonic integrated systems, with support from Meta Platforms, the Samsung Science & Technology Foundation, and LIG Nex1. He also serves as the Korean principal investigator in the Korea–EU joint semiconductor initiative under the HORIZON-JU-Chips program, where he leads the development of large-scale photonic processors for transfer learning.