MANCHESTER,England,Oct. 21,2024 --Smartkem,Inc. (NASDAQ: SMTK),a company that has the potential to power the next generation of displays using its disruptive organic thin-film transistors (OTFTs),today announced that it will be exhibiting at the TechBlick: The Future of Electronics Reshaped global conference in Berlin,Germany on Wednesday,October 23rd and Thursday,October 24th,2024.

Smartkem's booth no. is F01 at the Estrel Berlin Hotel and Convention Center (ECC). Smartkem Senior Formulation Scientist,Jordan Brannick,will be in situ throughout the duration of the exhibition and is available for 1-on-1 meetings.

Date: Wednesday 23rd and Thursday 24th October,2024

Booth no.: F01

Venue: Estrel Berlin Hotel and Convention Center (ECC),Sonnenallee 225,12057 Berlin

To find out more about the conference,you can visit: https://www.techblick.com/electronicsreshaped.

Smartkem's Nasdaq information can be found on the Nasdaq website: https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/stocks/smtk.

About Smartkem

Smartkem is seeking to reshape the world of electronics with its disruptive organic thin-film transistors (OTFTs) that have the potential to drive the next generation of displays. Smartkem's patented TRUFLEX® semiconductor and dielectric inks,or liquid electronic polymers,can be used to make a new type of transistor that has the potential to revolutionize the display industry. Smartkem's inks enable low temperature printing processes that are compatible with existing manufacturing infrastructure to deliver low-cost displays that outperform existing technology. The company's electronic polymer platform can be used in a number of display technologies including microLED,miniLED and AMOLED displays for next generation televisions,laptops,augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) headsets,smartwatches and smartphones.

Smartkem develops its materials at its research and development facility in Manchester,UK and provides prototyping services at the Centre for Process Innovation (CPI) at Sedgefield,UK,It has a field application office in the Taiwanregion. The company has an extensiveIP portfolio including 125 granted patents across 19 patent families and 40 codified trade secrets. For more information,visit: www.Smartkem.com and follow us on LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/company/Smartkem-limited and Twitter @SmartkemOTFT.

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