The International Display Research Conference (IDRC) is the premier annual international conference covering fundamental technologies for advanced electronic displays. This forward-looking conference rotates yearly between North America, Asia (where it is called "Asia Display") and Europe (where it is called "Euro Display"). The 2008 IDRC will take place November 3-6 at the Student Union, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, U.S.A.

This year's conference will emphasize one of today's hottest and most important topics: energy efficiency. IDRC's central focus will be on energy-efficient displays, and attendees will learn about research, physics, devices, optics, materials, and technology aspects for enhancing the display efficacy of LCDs, LEDs, OLEDs, and PDPs that lead to higher display efficacy and the reduction of global warming, according to Conference Program Chair Professor Shin-Tsong Wu.

Compared to Asia Display and Euro Display, IDRC offers a more intimate look at topics being actively researched across North America in universities and the display industry as a whole. This year, the conference will be broken up into 14 technical sessions focusing on some of the most relevant display research topics of today and tomorrow:

• AMLCD Devices
• Flexible Flat-Panel Displays
• Electronic Paper and Reflective Displays
• Advances in OLED/PLED Devices
• Advances in AMLCD Materials and Alignment
• AMLCD Compensation Films/Backlights/Color Filters
• Advances in Projection Devices
• Active Substrates
• Nano-Science and Technology in Displays
• New Display Materials and Applications
• Advances in Plasma, FED and CRT Devices
• MEMS
• Ink-Jet Processing of Displays
• Research in Medical Displays
• 3D Displays

Following last year's successful IDRC at Kent State University, this year's conference will once again take place in a university setting. Attendees are invited to enjoy an open house of the University of Central Florida's College of Optics and Photonics.