Senior Member
The Senior Members are those individuals who are recognized to have made significant technical contributions to the advancement of displays and who have demonstrated active participation in the display community and in SID.

The SID Senior Member Grade candidates must fulfill the following requirements:

#1. A candidate must have been a member of SID in good standing for at least 3 years of continuous membership immediately prior to the submission of an application.

#2. A candidate must have been an SID member for at least 5 year.

#3. A candidate must have demonstrated "significant performance" over a period of at least 5 years in the field of information display. "Significant performance" means substantial job responsibilities such as a program or project leader, engineer or scientist with some proven measure of success, or faculty member developing and teaching courses that include research and publication.

#4. A candidate must have been a "practicing professional" for at least 7 years in the field of information display.

#5. A candidate must satisfy at least one of the following conditions:

a. Published or presented (authored or co-authored) at least 5 papers in the Journal of the SID, in Information Display, at SID-sponsored conferences, or at SID-sponsored regional conferences or workshops.

The following conferences are considered appropriate:
 SID International Symposium (International)
 IDRC (International)
 EuroDisplay (International)
 Asia Display (International until 04, Regional from 05)
 IDW (International)
 Color Imaging Conference (International)
 ASID (Regional)
 IDMC (Regional)
 ADEAC (Regional)

The following conferences are NOT counted, since these
 are the chapter conferences.
 Vehicle Display Conference (Detroit Chapter)
 OLED Conference (Mid Atlantic Chapter)
 Advanced Display Technologies Symposium (Belarus/
 Ukraine Chapter)
 FLOWERS Conference (Russia Chapter)
 Display Optics (Russia Chapter)

Local Chapter conferences are excluded. or 
b. Served on the Executive or Organizing Committee of at least 2 SID-sponsored conferences, regional conferences, or workshops. or 
c. Served as an SID Chapter or International Officer for at least five years.

An application form may be submitted by the candidate or by a nominator who shall be an SID member in good standing. A reference must be provided from an SID member in good standing. The nominator may serve as the reference. Fellows and Life Members of SID are not eligible for the Senior Member Grade.

Please submit the SID Senior Member Grade Application Form via the SID Members Website, by e-mail (seniormember@sid.org), or by fax (+1-408-977-1531). An SID Senior Member Grade Reference Form should accompany the application.

Each newly elevated Senior Member will receive an attractive parchment certificate. The elevation will be announced in Information Display and on the SID Home Page. For further information regarding senior member grade, contact the SID office.