Program

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MEMBERSHIP FEE - A one-time fee of $75 ($5 for full-time Students or Life Members) is charged to attend any of the technical programs (Symposium, Business Conference, Investors Conference, Short Courses, Display Technology Seminars, or Applications Tutorials). This fee is waived for current SID members whose membership is paid through May 2006 or later. Payment of the fee automatically enrolls the registrant as a SID member for a 12-month period. Please remember that the membership fee paid at the 2005 Symposium in Boston will have lapsed by the date of the 2006 Symposium in San Francisco. Membership fees are non refundable.

SYMPOSIUM - The Symposium is held on Tuesday through Friday, June 6-9. It consists of 72 sessions of invited and contributed papers with over 280 oral presentations and 200 poster presentations. Each paper has been subject to a peer review before being included in its designated technology session. The fee for the symposium is $375 ($35 for full-time Students or Life Members). A copy of the Symposium Digest and a CD-ROM is included in the fee.

BUSINESS CONFERENCE - Will be held on Monday and Tuesday, June 5 and 6. A networking reception will be held on Monday evening and the Conference will include the SID 2006 Keynote Addresses on Tuesday morning and continue the rest of the day. Presentations at the Conference will be given by the highest-level executives of the leading display industrial organizations. The fee for the Business Conference is $575, which also includes the Tuesday afternoon Investors Conference presentations. A copy of the Business Conference Notes and a CD-ROM is included in the fee.

INVESTORS CONFERENCE - Will be held on Tuesday and Wednesday, June 6 and 7. Co-sponsored by Cowen & Co., LLC, a securities and investment banking firm, this Conference will feature company presentations from leading public and private display companies, intended to appeal primarily to securities analysts, portfolio managers, investors, M&A specialists, and display company executives. The fee for the Investors Conference is $195 ($125 when combined with the Business Conference), which also includes the Tuesday morning SID Keynote Presentations and Business Conference presentations. A copy of the Investors Conference Notes is included in the fee.

SUNDAY SHORT COURSES - These four-hour classes covering the fundamentals of information displays are held on Sunday morning and afternoon. S1 and S2 are held in parallel in the morning (9:00 AM - 1:00 PM). S3 and S4 are held in parallel in the afternoon (3:00 PM - 7:00 PM). You may register for any single course or for a combination of two (one in the morning and one in the afternoon). The single course fee is $175 ($25 for full-time Students or Life Members). The combination fee (S5) is $300 ($40 for full-time Students or Life Members). A copy of course notes is included in the fee for each course.

DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY SEMINARS - These twelve 90-minute seminars (M1 - M12) on diverse topics, related to the information display field, are held on Monday, June 5. There is no single seminar registration. Registering for the Display Technology Seminars entitles you to attend any combination of seminars. The fee for the Display Technology Seminars is $300 ($25 for full-time Students or Life Members). A copy of the Display Technology Seminar Notes, which contains material for all 12 seminars, is included in the fee.

APPLICATIONS TUTORIALS - The Applications Tutorials are practical and interactive 90-minute tutorials held on Wednesday through Friday, June 7 - 9, in the early morning hours (7:30 AM - 9:00 AM) before the Symposium sessions begin. Two tutorials are scheduled in parallel each of these 3 days. Registrants may attend one tutorial on each of the three days. The fee for the Applications Tutorials is $175 ($15 for full-time Students or Life Members). A copy of the Applications Tutorial Notes, which contains material for all six sessions, is included in the fee.

EXHIBITION ONLY - Registering for any of the technical sessions above allows the attendee admittance to the Exhibition on Tuesday through Thursday, June 6 - 8, without any additional fee. However, if you plan to only attend the Exhibit, without registering for any of the above technical sessions, there is a charge of $10. Exhibit-only registration does not require a current SID membership.

EXHIBITOR FORUM - Here, exhibitors give 15-minute presentations describing their technologies and products in a symposium-like setting, offering attendees a more complete picture of what is being exhibited. The presentations are organized by subject and will be presented on a predetermined schedule.

2006 SID Symposium, Seminar, and Exhibition
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