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August 2006 
Volume 2, Number 7

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HEADLINES 

1. IDRC 2006's 21 Invited Papers Epitomize Strong, Future-Looking Program

2. Don't Wait-Register for IDRC 2006 Before August 25 and save $80

3. ADEAC 2006 Announces Preliminary Program

4. Vehicle Display 2006 Preliminary Program Unveiled

5. Register in Advance for SID's New Mobile Displays Conference and Save $150

6. SID 2007 Issues First Call for Papers

7. Relive SID 2006 with Exclusive Recordings of Symposium Sessions and Display Technology Seminars Complete with Speaker's Handouts

8. Help SID Boost Membership by Telling a Friend

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IDRC 2006's 21 Invited Papers Epitomize Strong, Future-Looking Program

The 21 Invited Papers that highlight the program for September's 26^th International Display Research Conference (IDRC 2006) are emblematic of the forward-looking themes that have become the hallmarks of one of SID's signature display-technology events. IDRC 2006 will take place September 18-21, 2006 at the Liquid Crystal Institute at Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, USA.

In fitting with the conference's focus on the future of display technology, almost half of the Invited Papers at IDRC 2006 will examine the latest developments in flexible displays, a topic to which 3 complete sessions are devoted on Tuesday, September 19. In fact, each paper in these 3 sessions is an invited paper. These include:

Session 1: Flexible Displays I, Tuesday, September 19, 11 am

• Paper 1.1: Light and Flexible OLED Displays: Recent Results and Future Prospects, Julie Brown, Universal Display Corporation, Ewing, NJ, USA
• Paper 1.2: Cholesteric Reflective Displays: Thin and Flexible, William Doane, Kent Displays, Inc., Kent, OH, USA

Session 2: Flexible Displays II, Tuesday, September 19, 1:30 pm

• Paper 2.1: Flexible Stainless-Steel Substrates for a-Si Display Backplanes, Sigurd Wagner, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
• Paper 2.2: TFT Backplane Technology Development for Flexible Displays, Greg Raupp, Flexible Display Center, Tempe, AZ, USA
• Paper 2.3: Carbon-Nanotube Films for Flexible Transparent Conducting Electrodes, Young Hee Lee, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Korea

Session 3: Flexible Displays III, Tuesday, September 19, 3:30 pm

• Paper 3.1: MEMs Based Flexible Displays, Raj Apte, Xerox PARC, Palo Alto, CA, USA
• Paper 3.2: Biopolymers in Light-Emitting Devices, Andrew Steckl, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA

The rest of the Invited Papers cover a broad range of display-technology topics spread across 9 of the remaining 12 technical sessions. These include:

Wednesday, September 20

• Paper 6.1: Optical Compensation Films Based on TAC Films, Hiroyuki Mori, Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, Japan
• Paper 6.2: Reactive Mesogen Mixtures Suitable for the Preparation of Uniaxial and Biaxial Optical Films, Owain Parri, Merck Chemicals Ltd., LLC, Southampton, Hants, UK
• Paper 7.1: Emissive Color Film and Organic TFTs, Pieter J. G. van Lieshout, Philips Polymer Vision, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
• Paper 9.1: TFTs Based on Carbon Nanotubes and Semiconductor Nanowires, Didier Pribat, Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France
• Paper 9.2: Liquid-Crystal Semiconductors and Their Application in Field-Effect Transistors, Iain McCulloch, Merck Chemicals, Southampton, Hants, UK
• Paper 10.1: The Recent Advanced Technologies of LCD Panels for Projectors, Seiichi Arakawa, Sony Semiconductor Kyushu, Kumamoto, Japan
• Paper 11.1: Ferroelectric Particles in Liquid Crystals: Physics and Applications, Yuriy Reznikov, Institute of Physics of the National Academy of Science of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
• Paper 11.2: Stressed Liquid Crystals for Fast Display Applications, John West, Kent State University, Kent, OH, USA

Thursday, September 21

• Paper 12.1: The Developments of Super-PVA Technology for Wide-Viewing-Angle Performance, S. S. Kim, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Ahsan, Korea
• Paper 12.2: The Trend of IPS Technology, H. C. Choi, LG.Philips LCD, Kumi, Korea
• Paper 13.1: Chiral SmA* Materials for Display Applications, David Walba, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
• Paper 14.1: Experimental Observations of the Polarization Current Response of a Chiral Smectic-A Phase During Electroclinic Reorientation, Noel Clark, Ferroelectric Liquid Crystal Material Research Center, Boulder, CO, USA
• Paper 15.1: Development of 0.3-mm Pixel-Pitch High-Resolution ACPDP for Super-Hi-Vision Broadcasting System, Kenji Ishii, NHK Science & Technical Research Laboratories, Tokyo, Japan

For more information on IDRC 2006, including the complete program and how to register, visit http://www.idrc2006.org.

Don't Wait-Register for IDRC 2006 Before August 25 and save $80

This is the last week for advanced registration for IDRC 2006, which will take place September 18-21, 2006, at the Liquid Crystal Institute (LCI) at Kent State University in Kent, Ohio, USA, (about a one-hour drive from Cleveland). All attendees who register after August 25 will be charged an additional $80 fee. So don't delay-register for IDRC 2006 today!

To register, visit www.idrc2006.org and click on "Registration." Here, you can register online or download a registration form that can be faxed or mailed in.

ADEAC 2006 Announces Preliminary Program

This major theme of the technical program at this year's Americas Display Engineering and Applications Conference (ADEAC 2006) is change. The ADEAC 2006 program, which was unveiled in early August, will explore significant changes in new application developments in areas including medical displays, large-area signage, virtual reality, 3-D, display interfaces, home theaters, and more.

Presented by SID in conjunction with the Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA), ADEAC 2006 will take place October 23-26, 2006, at the Crown Plaza Ravinia Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. The technical sessions at ADEAC 2006 will feature 18 technical sessions over the course of three days:

Tuesday, October 24
Measurements and Standards; Military and Avionics Displays; Medical Displays; Military and Virtual Reality

Wednesday; October 25
Display and ID Control; Emerging Technologies; Panel and Mounting Standards; Video Interfaces I: Display Port; Kiosks and Gaming Displays; Video Interfaces II; Vision and Human Factors

Thursday; October 26
Stereoscopic and 3D Displays; Backlight Technology; Home Theaters and Projection Displays; Display Electronics and Image Processing; Display Signage/Large-Area Displays; Touch Panels and Enhancement Films.

To kick off the technical program, keynote lectures from Qualcomm MEMS Technology Senior Director Miles Kirby and Barco North America President Dave Scott will detail their experiences with completing the product-development puzzle. Kirby's presentation, "A Revolution in Display Technology: Enabling Next-Generation Wireless Communications," will discuss the need for displays to meet the ever-increasing demands of mobile devices. Scott will cover the differences between today's myriad display technologies-including LCD, plasma, LED, OLED and laser technologies-and explain the importance of choosing the right display for specific applications.

On Monday, October 23, a series of tutorial seminars will cover everything from market trends, to individual display technologies, to measurements and standards. These will include:

• "Overview of Display Technologies" by consultant and plasma TV pioneer Larry Weber, President of SID
• "How to Design an LC Display" by Dave Eccles of Eccles Engineering
• "LED Backlights" by consultant Munisamy Anandan
• "DisplayPort Product Development" by Alan Kobayashi of Genesis Microchip
• "Test and Measurements" by Ed Kelly of the National Institute for Standards Technology (NIST)
• "Mobile Displays" by Sen Yang of Motorola
• "Projection Displays" by Tom Kimpe of BARCO
• "Human Factors" by consultant Jim Larimer
• "3D Technology" by Pat Green of Planar Systems Inc.

There is still time to save $75 by registering in advance for ADEAC 2006-the deadline for advanced registration is September 25. Anyone registering after the deadline will be charged an additional $75 fee.

For more information on ADEAC 2006, including how to register and to view the complete program, visit www.adeac2006.org. For exhibitor information, contact Danielle Rocco at (212) 460-8090 ext. 218 or Danielle@sid.org.

Vehicle Display 2006 Preliminary Program Unveiled

The program for the 13th Annual Symposium on Vehicle Displays, organized by SID's Detroit Chapter, has been set. The conference, which this year is entitled Vehicles and Photons 2006, will take place October 12-13, 2006, at the University of Michigan-Dearborn in Dearborn, Michigan.

This year's symposium will focus on the intersection of vehicular display technology and photonic devices and systems. It will feature 4 sessions plus the Keynote and poster sessions. The sessions are as follows:

Thursday, October 12

• Keynote Session: The Keynote Speaker at Vehicle 2006 will be Professor Stephen Forrest, Vice President of Research at the University of Michigan. Along with Professor Mark Thompson, Forrest was awarded the 2006 Jan Rajchman Prize from SID for outstanding scientific or technical achievement in, or contribution to, research on flat panel displays.
• SESSION 1: Automotive Display Applications: 4 papers
• Poster Presentations: 5 Papers
• SESSION 2: OLEDs: 4 papers, plus a panel discussion where automotive and display industry leaders will attempt to answer the question: "Are OLEDs Suitable for Automotive Applications?"

Friday, October 13

• Session 3: Automotive Enhancements: 3 papers plus a tutorial on Flexible Displays
• Session 4: Projection/HUD: 6 papers
• SAE VFPD Updates

To view the complete program, and for information on how to register, visit www.vehicledisplay2006.org.

Register in Advance for SID's New Mobile Displays Conference and Save $150

Don't forget to save time and money by registering in advance for the 2006 SID Mobile Displays Conference! By signing up before September 1, you'll save $150 and skip the registration lines at the event.

The SID Mobile Displays Conference will take place October 3-5 at the Sheraton San Diego Hotel and Marina in San Diego, California, USA. This new conference is designed for business planners, managers, engineers and marketing professionals involved in the production, use, purchasing and design of small displays, components and materials. The densely packed program will cover Mobile Phone Products, Handheld Mobile Systems, Small Displays, Driver Chips for Mobile Displays, Backlight Components (including LEDs, Frames, Films and Drivers), Wireless Services, Battery and Fuel Cells, Graphics and Power ICs, and Materials and Components for Mobile Displays.

For more information on Mobile Displays 2006, including registration information, please visit http://www.sidhottopics.org/index.html.

SID 2007 Issues First Call for Papers

The Society has issued its first Call for Papers for SID 2007, which will take place May 20-25, 2007, in Long Beach, California, USA. Interested authors are encouraged to review the paper topics below and visit http://www.sid.org/conf/sid2007/call.pdf for complete guidelines.

This year's topics for paper submission are as follows:

• Active-Matrix Devices
• Applications
• Applied Vision/Human Factors
• Display Electronics
• Display Manufacturing
• Display Measurement
• Display Systems
• Emissive Displays
• Field-Emission Displays (FEDs)
• Liquid-Crystal and other Non-Emissive Displays
• Organic Light-Emitting Diodes (OLEDs)
• Projection Displays

The 2006 conference saw a record number of paper submissions, and an all-time high of 540 papers were accepted for poster and oral presentation.

Abstract/summary submissions for next year's symposium are due December 1, 2006. Late news abstract/summary submissions are due January 26, 2007. Digest paper submissions are due March 2, 2007. Late-news digest paper submissions are due March 9, 2007. For a full list of deadlines and contact information, please visit http://www.sid.org/conf/sid2007/call.pdf.

Relive SID 2006 with Exclusive Recordings of Symposium Sessions and Display Technology Seminars Complete with Speaker's Handouts

With 540 papers of the highest quality, SID 2006 was the largest and most noteworthy event in the Society's history. However, with so many presentations of unsurpassed excellence, it was impossible to get to every session.

Whether you were at SID 2006 in San Francisco or did not have the chance to attend, now you have the chance to have the Symposium and Display Technology Seminars at your disposal with exclusive CDs and DVD-ROMs featuring synchronized audio and PowerPoint presentations.

The DVDs allow you to play the sessions back on your computer, download them to your MP3 player, or burn audio CDs to play in your car CD player.
To download the order form for the Symposium Sessions DVD-ROM, visit http://www.sid.org/publications/publications.html. To purchase the CD-ROM for Display Technology Seminars, contact SID headquarters at (408) 977-1013, visit www.sid.org, or e-mail to office@sid.org.

*NOTE: Not all sessions are available on the DVDs. See the order form for more information.

Help SID Boost Membership by Telling a Friend

Do you have friends or colleagues who should be a part of the Society for Information Display, but aren't? Now is the perfect time to get them to join. No one knows the many professional and technical benefits of SID better than our members, so the Society is inviting everyone to spread the word and recruit peers and coworkers through the Member-Get-A-Member (MGM) program. With your help, SID's membership and professional network will continue to grow for years to come.

As a token of the Society's appreciation for your participation in this year's MGM program, you'll receive an SID credit certificate good for $10. This can be used toward 2006 dues or SID products or services.

For more information on the Member-Get-A-Member program, visit www.sid.org/members/membergetmember.html.