SID Partners with DisplaySearch to Produce Business Track for Display Week 2015

CAMPBELL, Calif., Dec. 17, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- The Society for Information Display (SID) today announced it will partner with DisplaySearch, now part of IHS, to produce the Business Track to be held during Display Week 2015 at the San Jose Convention Center from May 31-June 5, 2015

The Business Track will consist of four individual conferences held from June 1-4, featuring presentations from prominent executives of leading companies throughout the display ecosystem. Each of the four conferences will link current and emerging issues via information and analysis of the display industry, providing the knowledge necessary to develop effective strategies to succeed in the changing global marketplace.

Kicking off the Business Track, the Business Conference will be held on Monday, June 1. The theme of this conference is Game Changers: Finding Ways to Increase Profitability. DisplaySearch analysts will anchor each session, presenting market and technology analysis, and up-to-date forecasts. Each session will include industry executives speaking on the following topics:

• Session I: Is Good Enough, Good Enough? Changing the Old Business Model to Lead to Profitability
• Session II: How to Increase Profitability? The Display Customer's Point Of View (What will they pay for?)
• Session III: Show Me the Money: Financial Implications that Can Lead to Success in the FPD Industry
• Session IV: Hope for the Future: Emerging Technologies and Applications to Increase Profitability

The second day of the Business Track, June 2, will be the Investors Conference, which will be sponsored by Cowen and Company. The Investors Conference will commence directly after the Display Week keynote speeches—and is designed to bring together investors, industry experts and early stage companies to identify display-related technologies and materials that investors should monitor.

The Market Focus Conference on Touch, held on June 3, will give an overview of the latest technologies and applications for touch. Sessions will include the following topics:

• Touch Technologies
  • What is the future of touch sensor materials, ITO and potential replacements
• Beyond the Tablet & Smart Phone:
  • The role and benefit of touch in the PC market
  • Replacing resistive in the automotive market: challenges & opportunities
  • Emerging markets: signage/interactive whiteboard (IWB) – and the needs of these industries
• Manufacturing & Supply Chain Issues
• Alternatives & Extensions to Touch (Gesture/Voice, Feedback, User Interface)

The final conference within the Business Track will be the Market Focus Conference on Flexible and Wearable technologies, which will be held on June 4. This conference will focus on the latest trends in both technologies and include the following topics:

• Curved, Flexible & Foldable Displays
  • What markets and applications are enabled by these technologies?
• Wearable Devices: Separating Hype from Reality? How Big is the Market?
  • Smart everything: watches, bands, fitness monitors, jewelry, glasses
  • What do users want and what are they willing to pay for?
  • Key performance criteria (e.g. ultra-low power, curved/flexible, etc.)
• How do the technologies differ?
  • What technologies are required for each market?
  • What is the required performance envelope for each technology?
  • What are the manufacturing challenges and cost estimates?

For speaker and sponsorship opportunities, please contact Laura Castellano: [email protected]. 

About SID
The Society for 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. The organization's 6,000-plus global 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 10 conferences a year, including Display Week, which brings 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. Follow us on Twitter at @DisplayWeek, and share your own Display Week-related tweets using the hash tag #DW2015SJ

About IHS (www.ihs.com)
IHS (NYSE: IHS) is the leading source of information, insight and analytics in critical areas that shape today's business landscape. Businesses and governments in more than 165 countries around the globe rely on the comprehensive content, expert independent analysis and flexible delivery methods of IHS to make high-impact decisions and develop strategies with speed and confidence. IHS has been in business since 1959 and became a publicly traded company on the New York Stock Exchange in 2005. Headquartered in Englewood, Colorado, USA, IHS is committed to sustainable, profitable growth and employs more than 8,000 people in 31 countries around the world. IHS is a registered trademark of IHS Inc. All other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners. © 2014 IHS Inc. All rights reserved.

About DisplaySearch (www.displaysearch.com)
DisplaySearch, now part of IHS, Inc. (NYSE: IHS), provides global market research and consulting specializing in the display supply chain, including trend information, forecasts and analyses developed by a global team of experienced analysts with extensive industry knowledge. For more information, visit us at www.displaysearch.com. Read our blog at www.displaysearchblog.com and follow us on Twitter at @DisplaySearch.

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