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December 2007
Volume 3, Number 11
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HEADLINES
1. Online Hotel Registration for Display
Week 2008 Now Available
2. Information Display Online Debuts New
Section of Web-Exclusive Content & Redesigned Home Page
3. Deadline for 2008 Display of the Year
Award Nominations Less Than Two Weeks Away
4. Call for Exhibitors & Sponsors for
Display Week 2008
5. SID Bookstore: Your One-Stop Shop for
Display Books & Symposia Proceedings
6. SID Chapter News and Events
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Online Hotel Registration for Display
Week 2008 Now Available
With more than 8,000 attendees expected at Display Week
2008 in Los Angeles, you should not hesitate to make your
hotel reservations for the May event. You can now make
reservations at any of the four official Display Week 2008
hotels by visiting www.sid2008.org
and clicking on the Housing button.
Information Display Online Debuts New
Section of Web-Exclusive Content & Redesigned Home Page
Information
Display Online, the most dynamic display-industry
resource on the Internet, this month launched a new section of
Web-exclusive content on its home page. Articles in this
section will be updated several times a month, and can only be
found on Information Display Online.
The initial article details the introduction today of the
world's first mass-produced E-Paper watch. The Phosphor Watch
™ utilizes technology from E Ink Corp. To read the complete
story, visit www.informationdisplay.org.
Information Display Online is the go-to resource on
the Web for everything display-related, from breaking news and
the newest product announcements updated every day, to
feature-length articles that delve into technical issues
behind the latest display developments. The site also features
a searchable archive of past issues of Information Display
magazine, the official magazine of the Society for
Information Display (SID), an invaluable tool for anyone
involved in the business of displays.
In 2008, look for even more new, exciting additions to the Information
Display Online. So don't forget to bookmark www.informationdisplay.org
and check in every day for the most comprehensive coverage of
the display industry available on the Internet.
Deadline for 2008 Display of the Year
Award Nominations Less Than Two Weeks Away
There are just two weeks left to submit your nominations
for the 2008 Display of the Year Awards, the most
prestigious awards in the display industry. The awards will be
announced and presented at Display Week 2008: The SID
International Symposium, Seminar and Exhibition, which will
take place in Los Angeles, CA, May 18-23, 2008. The deadline
for nominations is December 31, 2007.
The Display of the Year Awards Committee has opened up the
nominations process to allow companies to self-nominate their
own products, applications and components, in addition to
accepting outside nominations. However, the source of the
nomination will in no way influence the committee's final
selections of award winners. In short, anyone can nominate any
product, application or component, regardless of company
affiliation.
To be eligible for a 2008 award, the product, application
or component must have been introduced and been commercially
available at some time between January 1, 2007 and December
31, 2007.
Display of the Year Award winners are selected by an
international committee consisting of leading members of the
technical display community. The DYAC considers many factors,
including technical innovation, commercial significance, and
likely social impact when determining the award winners.
To nominate a product, component or application for a 2008
Display of the Year Award, visit http://www.sid.org/awards/dya.html
and download the appropriate nomination form, complete it
entirely (including supporting documentation) and submit it by
December 31, 2007.
Call for Exhibitors & Sponsors for
Display Week 2008
More than 8,000 of the world's foremost display scientists,
engineers, manufacturers and users are expected to attend Display
Week 2008: The SID International Symposium, Seminar &
Exhibition, which takes place May 18-23 at the Los Angeles
Convention Center in Los Angeles, California USA. If your
company is involved in any aspect of displays, including
display electronics, components, systems, services,
manufacturing equipment and/or applications, exhibiting at
Display Week 2008 is the best way to garner worldwide
recognition and grow your business on a global scale.
Display Week enjoys worldwide acclaim as the can't-miss
event of the electronic information-display industry. The
Display Week Exhibition serves as the nursery of the industry,
where leading global information-display companies proudly
unveil the most cutting-edge developments in display
technology for the first time. More display innovations are
introduced each year at Display Week than at any other display
show in the world. Display Week is where the world got its
first look at the technologies that now shape today's
electronics world, including HDTV, LCD, Plasma, DLP, OLED and
FED, to name a few.
Exhibit space is filling up fast, so act now. For
information on exhibiting at Display Week 2008, visit the
official conference Web site at www.sid2008.org
and click on the Exhibition button.
SID Bookstore: Your One-Stop Shop for
Display Books & Symposia Proceedings
Did you know that SID offers more than 300 publications for
sale in the SID Bookstore, which can be accessed via www.sid.org?
The publications offered here are incredible resources,
ranging from conference proceedings from all of SID's
world-renowned conferences, to special publications such as
the 12 books that are part of the "SID Wiley Series in
Display Technology."
For example, among the items available in the bookstore are
most of the Digests of Technical Papers from almost every SID
Symposium since 1985, as well as nearly all of the Seminar
Notes from 1985 to 2007, plus Applications Notes/Tutorials
from 1993 to the present and Short Course Notes from 1995 to
the present.
Also available are proceedings from other SID-sponsored
conferences, including proceedings from ADT, ADEAC, ASID, CIC,
IDMC, IDRC (including Asia Display and Eurodisplay), and IDW,
to the most recent Mobile Displays and Big Displays "Hot
Topics" conferences.
In addition, the bookstore has 28 special
display-technology books, which include the 12 books that
comprise the "SID Wiley Series in Display
Technology," edited by Anthony C. Lowe. This series is
made up of books covering display technology for the
practicing engineer written by world-renowned experts in
fields such as microdisplays, LCDs, flexible displays,
projection displays, display interfaces, color engineering,
display systems, and electronic-display measurement.
SID members receive a special discount. To access the SID
bookstore directly, visit www.sidmembers.org/source/Orders/index.cfm?section=Orders&activesection=Orders.
The bookstore can also be accessed via the SID home page at www.sid.org.
Chapter News
LA Chapter Will Hold One-Day Conference on LEDs
On Jan. 11, 2008, SID's LA Chapter will once again hold its
one-day conference on LEDs. This exciting conference has
proven in years past to be one of SID's most successful
chapter events.
This year's conference will focus on LEDs in LCD Lighting
Technology. Central topics will include Fundamentals in LED,
BLU & Driver Technologies; Technical LED/LCD Reviews &
Applications Engineering; and Product, Market & Business
Assessments. The conference will also include an exhibition.
This one-day conference will take place January 11, 2008
from 8:00 am - 4:00 pm at the Costa Mesa Country Club in Costa
Mesa, California.
The cost of registration is $200 for SID members and $250
for nonmembers. Be sure to register early, as this popular
conference tends to sell out. To register, please contact Erv
Ulbrich at eulbrich@earthlink.net.
SID Mid-Europe Chapter to Hold Spring Meeting
March 13-14
Jena, Germany
The SID Mid Europe Chapter organizes yearly spring and fall
meetings with technical and scientific presentations,
attracting many European display professionals. The chapter's
next gathering will be held March 13-14, 2008 at the Abbe
Center in Jena, Germany.
The 2008 spring meeting will focus on different aspects of
microdisplays and their applications. Basic technology will be
covered as well as optical components and systems or
applications in multimedia and niche markets. For the first
time in the meeting's history there is the possibility of
arranging a poster session. This offers more participants the
possibility to present their work. Limited space for
industrial exhibitors is also available.
The meeting will close on the second day with a visit to
the laboratories of the Fraunhofer IOF. For more information
on this event, please visit http://www.iof.fraunhofer.de/sid/index.html.
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