SID and DisplaySearch Announce Final Agenda for Display Week Business Conference

Campbell, CA. and Austin, TX; May 18, 2009. The Society for Information Display (SID), the leading global organization dedicated to the advancement of electronic display technology, and DisplaySearch, the worldwide leader in display market research, today announced the final agenda for its upcoming Business Conference, which will be held on Monday June 1, during the 47th annual SID International Symposium, Seminar and Exhibition, dubbed Display Week 2009, in San Antonio, Texas.

"After years of double digit growth, flat panel display revenues stalled in 2008 and will fall dramatically in 2009, so it is more important than ever to examine the commercialization process, which provides the seeds for future industry growth," noted Paul Semenza, senior vice president of DisplaySearch. "This year's Business Conference will feature an impressive line-up of presentations and roundtable discussions among the industry's best and brightest surrounding strategies for success in display commercialization."

The Business Conference keynote presentations will be from Thomas Holder, investment director for Intel Capital on "Win/Win Strategic Investing in Displays: What I've Learned," and Mary Lou Jepsen, founder and CEO of Pixel Qi on "Making the Case: The Display Industry's Chance to Evolve in the Downturn." Following the keynotes, DisplaySearch's Paul Semenza will provide an industry outlook in "Display Market Overview: Growth After the Market Resets?"

Business Conference attendees will also hear case studies on the challenges and opportunities of commercialization of display technologies as well as different business models used in the industry. These sessions include the following:

Crossing the Chasm: Perspectives on Commercialization

The display business has been an active area for technology startups, but many have found building a successful business around display technology to be a challenge. What can be learned from the record number of companies bringing new technologies to market?

*"Display start-ups: An elusive success story," Mark Willner, managing partner, nFlexion

*"DLP: The (rocky) road to microdisplay & beyond," Tom Winter, product engineering manager, Texas Instruments

*"Why competing against TFT-LCD is so difficult," David Barnes, vice president of strategic analysis, DisplaySearch

Intellectual Property: Patents, Licensing, Paths to Market

*"How to Grow a Business without Making Anything?" Joel Pollack, senior vice president of strategic sales and marketing, Nouvoyance, Inc.

*"Patent Licensing and Strategic Patent Planning" Rel Ambrozy, partner, Intellectual Property Practice Group, McKenna Long & Aldridge

*Emerging Display Technologies that will Lead the Future Display Industry Jennifer Colegrove, Ph.D., director of display technologies, DisplaySearch

TV Market Update

*Paul Gagnon, director of North America TV market research, DisplaySearch

For the first time, the SID Business Conference will also feature a series of executive roundtables, providing an interactive discussion on the hottest topics at this year's show, including:

Competing with TFT-LCD: OLED, MEMS and Other Alternatives

Representatives from OLED and MEMS-based display developers will discuss the challenges and opportunities of "innovating around" TFT-LCD, by developing display technologies with the promise of some combination of lower manufacturing cost and higher performance.

*James Tassone, CFO, UniPixel

*Tony Zona, CEO, Pixtronix

*Jim Cathey, vice president, business development, Qualcomm MEMs Technologies

Sidney Rosenblatt, executive vice president/chief financial officer, Universal Display Corporation

*William Feehery, president, OLEDs, DuPont Displays

Enhancing TFT-LCD: Touch and Other Features

A key aspect to display-related commercialization is building on the "platform" of existing display technologies, while focusing on adding value and functionality to the display. Company representatives from touch screen and other feature companies will discuss the issues involved in participating in the display value chain.

*In Jae Chung, chief technology officer, LG Displays

*Lenny Engelhardt, vice president, business development, N-trig Ltd.

*Bert Keely, program manager architect, windows pen and touch, Microsoft

*Liam Quinn, director of communication technology strategy in the office of the CTO, Dell

*Paul Tompkins, director, commercial technology, Corning

*Steven Abramovich, vice president of sales, Elo Touch Systems

*Creating New Applications: Pico-projectors, Flexible and e-Paper Displays

One possible entry path for display commercialization is to develop technologies that enable applications or products that were once deemed impossible. Examples include flexible displays and pico-projectors, allowing large images to be produced from a handheld device, as well as low-power display technologies, which enable the development of electronic readers.

*Nick Colaneri, director, Flexible Display Center at Arizona State University

*Al Davis, senior director of sales and marketing, Kent Displays

*Russell Hannigan, director, product management, consumer projection displays, Microvision

*Anthony Slack, vice president business development, Liquavista

*Michael McCreary, vice president of research and advanced development, E Ink

TV Roundtable: Chasing the Biggest Market

What are the challenges for technologies entering the TV market that, after a window of opportunity around the transition from analog CRT, is showing signs of consolidation? Can new technologies gain a foothold in this market?

*Bruce Berkoff, chairman, LCD TV Association

*Barry Young, founder and managing director, OLED Association

*Jim Palumbo, president, Plasma Display Coalition

To view the full agenda for the SID Business Conference and presentation abstracts visit: http://www.sid.org/conf/sid2009/business.html, or to register visit: http://www.sid.org/conf/sid2009/registration.html.

Display Week 2009 will take place Sunday, May 31 through Friday, June 5, 2009 at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center in San Antonio, Texas. Display Week is the premier international gathering of scientists, engineers, manufacturers and users in the field of electronic information displays. For more information, visit www.sid2009.org.

Display Week Contact Information:

*Media interested in attending Display Week, please contact Marie Labrie at mlabrie@mcapr.com.

*Companies interested in exhibiting at Display Week, please contact Danielle Rocco at drocco@pcm411.com.

About DisplaySearch

DisplaySearch, an NPD Group Company, has a core team of 59 employees located in Europe, North America and Asia who produce a valued suite of FPD-related market forecasts, technology assessments, surveys, studies and analyses. Visit the DisplaySearch blog to read about how our top analysts are interpreting up-to-the-minute issues that impact the display industry, and join us in this discussion about technology and the flat panel industry. The company also organizes influential events worldwide. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, DisplaySearch has regional operations in Chicago, Houston, Kyoto, London, San Diego, San Jose, Seoul, Shenzhen, Taipei and Tokyo, and the company is on the web at www.displaysearch.com

About The NPD Group

The NPD Group is the leading provider of reliable and comprehensive consumer and retail information for a wide range of industries. Today, more than 1,700 manufacturers, retailers, and service companies rely on NPD to help them drive critical business decisions at the global, national, and local market levels. NPD helps our clients to identify new business opportunities and guide product development, marketing, sales, merchandising, and other functions. Information is available for the following industry sectors: automotive, beauty, commercial technology, consumer technology, entertainment, fashion, food and beverage, foodservice, home, office supplies, software, sports, toys, and wireless. For more information, contact us or visit www.npd.com.

About SID: The Society of Information Display (SID) is the only professional organization focused on the display industry. In fact, by exclusively focusing on the advancement of electronic-display technology, SID provides a unique platform for industry collaboration, communication and training in all related technologies while showcasing the industry's best new products. With more than 6,000 members worldwide, the organization's members are professionals in the technical and business disciplines that relate to display research, design, manufacturing, applications, marketing and sales. To promote industry and academic technology development, while also educating consumers on the importance of displays, SID hosts more than ten conferences a year, including their annual showcase event Display Week, which brings emerging companies, display giants, industry and academia all under one roof to showcase technology that will shape the future. SID's global headquarters are located at 1475 S. Bascom Ave., Ste. 114, Campbell, CA 95008. For more information, visit www.sid.org.

Contacts:

Marie Labrie, MCA, (650) 968-8900, ext. 119, mlabrie@mcapr.com

Tom Miller, SID, (480) 502-9334, tmiller@sid.org