
Jeff Chen
SPEAKER Jeff Chen Investment Director – Asahi Kasei Ventures Jeff is the Investment Director at Asahi Kasei Ventures, combining entrepreneurial drive with deep product-market and
Dr. Reza Chaji is the CEO and founder of VueReal Inc., a Waterloo (ON, Canada) based company focused on revolutionary technologies for enhancing electronic systems (displays, sensors, AI, Autonomy, medical, health, automotive, etc.) by integrating millions of microoptoelectronic devices into system substrates scalably, affordably, and rapidly.
He has extensive experience in the development and commercialization of advanced technologies. His work for enhancing OLED TVs’ yield, quality, and reliability is adopted in today’s OLED TVs.
He received his Ph.D. degree (2008) in Electrical Engineering at the University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada, where he worked on designing and implementing large-area electronic systems for AMOLED displays, biomedical imagers, and bio-array sensors.
He has over 300 published papers and one book in the field of display and sensor, over 500 filed/granted patent applications, and has received several prestigious scholarships and awards, including the EY nominee for the entrepreneur of the year 2023, Young Alumni Achievement Medal, Faculty of Engineering, University of Waterloo, 2012; CMC Douglas R. Colton Medal for Research Excellence 2009; and Strategic Microelectronics Council of ITAC Industrial Collaboration Award 2007. He was a finalist for the 2023- Entrepreneur of the Year award by EY. Under his leadership, VueReal Inc. was awarded the 2023- Top 50 Companies to Watch by Deloitte Canada’s Technology Fast 50 program.
SPEAKER Jeff Chen Investment Director – Asahi Kasei Ventures Jeff is the Investment Director at Asahi Kasei Ventures, combining entrepreneurial drive with deep product-market and
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