"Flexible Electronics is the fast-developing frontier filed of international science and technology in recent years which involves research onorganic optoelectronic devices, organic solar cells, wearable sensors, flexible thin film transistor, organic storage and flexible energy storage and conversion devices. Research in flexible electronics will satisfy people's increasing demand in wearable smart devices, real-time health monitoring and clean energy and is likely to become one of the pillar industries in development ofnational economy and progress of national defense", said Academician and President Huang Wei on the opening ceremony of theNature Conference on Flexible Electronics-Challenges and Opportunities & iSOME 2016. Other delegates attending the conference include Mr. Wang Qin, General Director of Jiangsu Provincial Department of Science and Technology, Ms. Chen Huijuan, Secretary of Party Committee of Jiangsu Association for Science and Technology, Ms. Cao Yumei, Vice Director of Jiangsu Provincial Department of Education, Mr.Karl Ziemelis and Mr. Joanne Baker from Nature Publishing Group.

This three-day conference which attracts over 200 experts and scholars from countries and regions like US, Australia, Germany, Singapore, Japan and South Korea is co-organized by Nanjing Tech University,NatureandNature Communicationsand it is Nature's first international Conference in collaboration with Jiangsu research institution and also Nature's first international conference in Flexible Electronics.

This conferencewill be held in various forms ofplenary presentations, round-table forumsand poster exhibition which focus on the four aspects of opportunities, exploration, challenges and prospects. This is NanjingTech's another milestone collaboration with Nature Publishing Group in the wake of the launch of theNature Partner Journal Flexible Electronics this March. It will further enhance NanjingTech’s global influence in scientific and technological innovations and serve as a bridge for the communication and cooperation between Jiangsu scientists and research institutions and their counterparts in the world.