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MEMBERSHIP FEE - A one-time fee of $75 (or $85 to add hard copy mailings of Journal of the SID) 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 2007 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 2006 Symposium in San Francisco will have lapsed by the date of the 2007 Symposium in Long Beach. The Student membership fees are $5 (or $15 to add hard copy mailings of Journal of SID). Membership fees are non refundable.

SYMPOSIUM - The Symposium is held on Tuesday through Friday, May 22-25. It consists of 67 sessions of invited and contributed papers with 270 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, May 21 and 22. A networking reception will be held on Monday evening and the Conference will include the SID 2007 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, May 22 and 23. Co-sponsored by Cowen and Company, a securities and investment banking firm with a focus on the emerging display industry, 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, May 21. 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.

APPLICATION TUTORIALS - The Applications Tutorials are practical and interactive 90-minute tutorials held on Wednesday through Friday, May 23-25, 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 $195 ($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, May 22-24, 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.

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Executives from Universal Pictures, AKT, BMW Announced as SID 2007 Keynote Speakers

SID is proud to announce the Keynote Speakers for Display Week 2007: The SID International Symposium, Seminar & Exhibition. The Keynote Session will take place Tuesday, May 22, and kicks off the Technical Symposium portion of Display Week.

The Keynote Speakers are as follows:

Jerry Pierce
Former Senior Vice President of Technology, Universal Pictures, Universal City, California, USA

Pierce will discuss the landscape of changing expectations for home entertainment and the impact of the evolution of the movie-making and distribution processes from film to digital. Movie making and distribution are transitioning from film centric to digital centric. A 2K workflow is now typical for feature motion pictures, and the reference print is now a digital presentation. What impact will this have on new home entertainment displays?

In Doo Kang
General Manager and Corporate Vice President, Display Business Group, AKT Inc., an Applied Materials Co.

Kang's keynote is entitled: "Are We There Yet: The End Game of Generations." Kang became head of AKT's marketing and global sales in 2001, and has been corporate vice president of the Display Group since 2005. Before joining AKT, Kang held marketing and engineering positions at Sun Microsystems and Fairchild Semiconductor.

 

Robert Isele
Manager of Driver Information Concepts, Display Technologies for BMW Group, Munich, Germany
Chair of FPD Technologies for the German Flat-Panel Display Forum (DFF)

Isele's lecture will focus on the growing market for automotive displays. Isele will confront the technical and commercial challenges facing suppliers, including temperature range, sunlight readability, and life cycles of 20 years. He will also discuss display technology as an enabler of design visions, with an emphasis on visions for the years 2012-2015.

Isele joined BMW in 1994 after earning an Engineering Degree in Electronics 1994 at FH Munich. From 1994 to 1997, he worked on simulation of MMI Concepts in the early phase of car development. From 1997 to 2001, he was responsible for display development of transflective technologies and the digital display interface. From 2001 to 2002, he was the manager for Look & Feel, Visual Technologies, Graphics and Optical Lab. From 2003 to 2005, he was manager of Perceived Value User Interface and Technologies. In 2006, he assumed his current position as manager of Driver Information Concepts and Display Technologies. In addition, he will become the chair of FPD technologies for the German Flat-Panel Display Forum (DFF) in July 2007.