Display Industry Descends Upon Austin, Texas for 4 Days of Seminars, Conferences, Forecasts, Exhibits and Awards
AUSTIN, Texas — March 12, 2001 — DisplaySearch, the worldwide leader in flat panel display (FPD) market research and consulting, is pleased to host a 3-day event (March 20th – 22nd) focused on the future outlook for all display technologies and their applications. The event comes at a critical time for the display industry which is currently experiencing record low prices and Y/Y revenue declines. DisplaySearch's 3-day event will be preceded by a 1-day event sponsored by the Texas Chapter of the SID on Intellectual Property Issues in The Electronic Display Industry.
DisplaySearch's 3rd annual US FPD Conference 2001, co-sponsored by EBN, will take place on March 21st – 22nd . This year's US FPD Conference features keynote speeches from executives at the 2 largest large-area TFT LCD producers – Duke Koo, Executive Vice President of LG. Philips LCD, and SS Kim, Vice President of R&D at Samsung. Attendees will experience 48 insightful presentations from leading notebook PC, LCD monitor, FPD equipment, FPD materials, TV and PDA suppliers as well as DisplaySearch analysts who will provide forecasts and analysis of key trends in all these segments. In addition, 24 FPD suppliers will also be presenting representing a-si TFT LCDs, LTPS TFT LCDs, microdisplays, OLEDs, PDPs, FEDs, TFEL, nanoblocks, electronic ink and MEMS displays. Presenting companies include:
ABN-Amro
Acer
AKT
Alien Technology
Analog Devices – Gold Sponsor
Apple
Cambridge Display
Candescent Technologies – Bronze Sponsor
Chi Mei Optoelectronics
Corning
Dell
Dupont Displays – Bronze Sponsor
e-Ink
eMagin – Bronze Sponsor
eVision
Genesis – Gold Sponsor
Hannstar
Hitachi
iFire
Iridigm – Bronze Sponsor
Kodak
LG. Philips LCD – Silver Sponsor
Lumileds Lighting – Silver Sponsor
MicroDisplay Report
NEC
NEC-Mitsubishi
Orion Electric
Palm
Samsung – Silver Sponsor
SCRAM – Silver Sponsor
Sharp
SI Diamond
Silicon Image -Bronze Sponsor
Sony
Texas Instruments – Gold Sponsor
Universal Display Corporation
Viewsonic
Along with presentations, this year's conference will include panel discussions at the end of each session. Evening events will include dinner at the Intercontinental Stephen F. Austin Hotel near Texas' state capitol, Esther's Follies hilarious comedy show and a golf tournament at Austin's renowned Barton Creek Country Club. Drawings for door prizes will include a 15" LCD monitor, mobile phone, PDA and MP3 player. This year's event will also feature the industry's first and only customer satisfaction awards recognizing the top notebook PC producer, LCD monitor producer and TFT LCD manufacturer. Also included are exhibits from leading and emerging companies in the display industry. Exhibitors include electronic industry information provider EBN, display developers Candescent, IBM, Samsung, Sharp, and Toshiba, electronics suppliers Analog Devices, Genesis Microchip, Hirose Electric, PixelWorks, Sage, Silicon Image, Silicon Video, SmartAsic and Texas Instruments, display-related technology producers Science and Technology Ventures of Columbia University /Japan Steel Works, DisplayCheck, Ergotron, LumiLeds, Microtouch, PhotonAge, Portrait Displays, SCRAM, Westar and intellectual property law firm Winstead, Sechrest & Minick P.C.
Preceding the US FPD Conference is the industry's first High Resolution Symposium co-sponsored by Science and Technology Ventures of Columbia University on March 20th – a one-day event focused on the promise and obstacles associated with high resolution displays. Featured keynote speakers include the inventor of the laser printer Gary Starkweather of Microsoft and Professor James Im of Columbia University who has developed a breakthrough in LCD manufacturing. Presenting at the High Resolution Symposium are experts from FPD developers IBM, Mitsubishi, Three-Five Systems and Toshiba, software developers Microsoft and Portrait Displays, system manufacturers and users Dell Computer, IBM, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and Sony Electronics, human factors experts Corporate Vision Consulting, NASA Ames Research, Swiss Institute of Hygiene and University of Aachen, and breakthrough technology suppliers ClairVoyante Laboratories, Japan Steel Works, PhotonAge and VisuaLabs. Attendees will be treated to 6 sessions that include a variety of discussions in the area of high resolution. Session topics include:
— Human Factors — Obstacles — Development Status — Application Status
Following the symposium will be an exhibit of the world's highest resolution displays.
The Texas Chapter Society for Information Display (SID) is also holding a 1-day IP Symposium the day before the High Resolution Symposium on March 19th in Austin, Texas. For more information on this event please visit the DisplaySearch website at www.displaysearch.com/SID or contact event coordinator Richard Fink at 512/339-5020 x130.
The registration fee for the DisplaySearch US FPD Conference and exhibit with the cost of the 1-day High Resolution Symposium is $1695 if registered by March 16th. For more information, please visit DisplaySearch's web site at www.displaysearch.com/events.html or contact DisplaySearch by phone: 512/459-3126, fax: 512/459-3127 or email: info@displaysearch.com.
CONTACT:
DisplaySearch
Kevin Brown, 512/459-3126
Fax: 512/459-3127 info@displaysearch.com