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Displays in Demand: 
SID 2005 Technical Symposium Expands into a Four-Day Event

SAN JOSE, Calif., Feb. 10 - Reacting to popular demand and industry trends, the Society for Information Display (SID) announced today that its 2005 Technical Symposium will expand from a three-day to a four-day event. The 2005 Technical Symposium will take place Tuesday, May 24 through Friday, May 27 as part of the SID 2005 International Symposium, Seminar and Exhibition, which is scheduled for Sunday, May 22 through Friday, May 27 at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston.

"Expanding to Friday allows us to continue to deliver on the promise that the SID Technical Symposium is the one conference not to miss, this year and looking forward," said Dick McCartney, SID 2005 conference chair. "It's no secret that much of the display industry is based outside the U.S. Despite this and the emergence of a number of local conferences, the annual SID Technical Symposium is the single best venue in the world to present, and stay abreast of, new display advancements."

Event organizers extended the 2005 Technical Symposium to Friday after seeing a 35 percent attendance jump at the 2004 Technical Symposium. In addition, accepted papers for the 2005 Technical Symposium are up almost 20 percent from last year, to an all-time high of 434. Organizers also wanted to give attendees more free time during the event to visit the Exhibit Hall, which will be open Tuesday, May 24 through Thursday, May 26.

"In the past decade, the number of papers submitted to SID's annual Technical Symposium has doubled, yet our three-day format of Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday has remained fixed," McCartney added. "We must accommodate the growth by expanding our three-day format to four days.

"The Friday morning sessions are not an optional adjunct but rather an integrated part of the Technical Symposium. We want to be sure that the entire three and a half days are well-utilized and, in particular, that the last half-day is of substantial value to attendees."

With this in mind, event organizers decided to present many of the most significant papers on Friday, May 27, after the exhibit hall is closed. Many of these papers will focus on the latest developments and breakthroughs in large-screen flat-panel TVs, including:

LC TV
Two sessions will be devoted to the progress being made in the performance of large-screen LC TVs. Invited papers from Samsung Electronics, Hitachi, Sharp, AU Optronics and LG.Philips-LCD will describe how new technologies and advanced techniques have lead to improved image quality.

FEDs
The sudden resurgence of FEDs will be discussed in two sessions. SED Inc., a joint venture between Canon Inc. and Toshiba Corp., will discuss the fabrication and characterization of its new 36-in. surface-conduction electron-emitter display (SED). Japan's National FED Project will be examined, and the improved image quality of carbon-nanotube FEDs will be described. Also, color FEDs for high-definition TV (HDTV) applications will be presented.

Rear-Projection TVs
The emergence of rear-projection TV will be given considerable coverage on Friday. Three sessions will be devoted to liquid crystal on silicon (LCoS) and digital light processing (DLP) projection systems; thin rear projectors; and new light-emitting diode (LED) light sources. Invited papers from Mitsubishi and InFocus Systems will describe the latest developments in ultra-thin projectors. Texas Instruments will discuss an LED illumination technique that will enable very small DLP projectors. Philips will describe a handheld mini-projector that utilizes LED light sources.

Plasma TVs
Papers from Pioneer, Samsung, NHK and Matsushita will describe the image-quality improvements in plasma-display panels that have lead to full digital HDTV.

OLEDs
The University of St. Andrews, Philips Research Eindhoven and OSRAM Semiconductors will present papers describing advances made in solution-processed-phosphorescent and polymer materials. A session on the production of OLEDs using scanning evaporation systems will include an invited paper from SK Display Corp. that describes the mass production of full-color active-matrix OLED (AMOLED) displays.

The 43rd SID International Symposium, Seminar and Exhibition, which will take place May 22-27, 2005 at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston, is the premier international gathering of scientists, engineers, manufacturers and users in the field of electronic-information display. For exhibitor information, contact Kate Dickie, Exhibit Sales Manager, (212) 460-8090 ext. 215, e-mail: Kate@sid.org. For registration information, contact Ralph Nadell, Registrar, (212) 460-8090 ext. 203, e-mail: Ralph@sid.org. Visit www.sid.org/conf/sid2005/sid2005.html for more information.

ABOUT SID
The Society for Information Display (SID) is the premier international not-for-profit society exclusively devoted to the advancement of electronic-display technology, manufacturing, and applications. Its international headquarters are located at 610 South Second Street, San Jose, CA 95112, U.S.A. Visit SID online at www.sid.org.