SID Latin America Chapter Inaugurated
September 26, 2005; Campinas, Brazil
SID's newest chapter, Latin
America, had its inaugural meeting on September 26, 2005 in Campinas, Brazil
with over 183 people attending from over 21 countries. IberoAmerica is a
collection of 21 Spanish and Portuguese speaking counties that have banded
together to hold their annual display conferences. The week from September 26
to 30 was made up of three (3) conferences: InfoDisplay XII, Brazil Display
II, and Display Escola VII. The conference organizer was Dr. Alaide Mammana,
Director of the SID Latin America chapter who showed an amazing talent to
unite representatives of the 21 IberoAmerica member countries. The SID Latin
America chapter includes all the countries in Latin America…South America,
Central America and Mexico.
Dr. Munisamy Anandan - SID
Secretary, Dr. Alaide Pellegrini Mammana - Latin America Chapter Director,
Antonio Januario Junqueira - Latin America Chapter Chair, David Eccles - San
Diego Chapter Director
The conference started off with
addresses by several ministers for science, technology, and trade for the
government of Brazil. Dr. Mammana kicked off the first meeting of the SID
Latin America chapter and congratulations were given by SID officers Dr.
Munisamy Anandan and David Eccles. Seminars were presented on display topics
including "LED and OLED Backlighting for LCDs" by Anandan and
"LCD Monitor System Design" by Eccles. R&D presentations were
given by researchers from the various countries including South America, Cuba,
Mexico, and Europe. There were hands on laboratory sessions in which
participants were able to help make their own LC panels.
The local press wanted to know
of the significance of having a SID chapter in Brazil and Latin America.
Anandan and Eccles explained that by having access to all the latest display
developments in the world and by being able to talk to the experts working on
them they are able to take a giant leap ahead. Rather than working through all
the issues confronting researchers themselves, using the seminars and
technical papers available through SID, they can move up to the
state-of-the-art in their fields and progress from there. Advances in
technology are important to the future economic success for the Latin American
countries and close collaboration with SID members world-wide will help them
to make rapid progress beyond what they could do all by themselves in research
fields as well as manufacturing.
Revised: 11/21/05 by John Rupp
