CAMPBELL, Calif., April 15, 2014 /PRNewswire/ --The Society for
Information Display (SID), in collaboration with IHS Technology,
today unveiled the preliminary program for its Flexible Displays
event, being held at Display Week 2014 (San Diego Convention Center, June 1-6).
In its first year as part of the Market Focus Conference (MFC)
series, this event investigates how flexible displays are 'flexing
their muscle' as they head from the laboratory and into the
commercial market.
The past year has seen market introduction of products employing
flexible displays. Display manufacturers, system-level
companies and leading IHS and industry analysts ̶
including Corning, E Ink, Nanolumens, Holst Centre, Printless Plans
and Bardsley Consulting ̶ will come together on
Thursday, June 5, to discuss the
opportunities and challenges associated with getting flexible
devices to market. Delegates will learn how the new design
opportunities enabled by flexible displays can revolutionize
traditional application markets. Additionally, speakers will
be considering new markets that may open up as flexible displays
become more widely available. Delegates will walk away with
more information about novel form factors, new manufacturing
processes, and the implications these changes may have on the
market for flexible displays.
A number of conferences over the past decade have covered the
topic of flexible displays, but in recent years, these events have
become focused less on displays, and more on other electronics
devices that can benefit from flexible substrate
technologies. In part, this is due to the complexity of
display technologies—because, to be fully deployable, flexible
displays need accompanying devices to be flexible as well.
The conference is broken into four sessions that will examine
real market opportunities for flexible displays:
Flexible Displays: Market Analysis
While
the notion of flexible displays is appealing, applications that
actually demand fully flexible display devices have been limited in
concept. In the past decade, the industry has seen many
prototypes, but it is still waiting to identify just where the
market is likely to grow. This session will consider the
various development efforts and attempt to identify relevant market
opportunities.
Large-area Flexible Displays
Several companies
are working on large-area flexible displays for applications in the
home, digital advertising, possible desktop solutions, and
large-scale visualization. This session considers some of the
leading opportunities for large-scale displays that are constructed
on a flexible substrate.
Flexible Displays: Portable and Wearable
Devices
Small-size applications appear to be a great
opportunity for flexible displays. Putting a large-area
display into a small package requires some level of
flexibility. Moreover, the fast-growing segment related to
wearable devices (including watches, jewelry and other accessories)
by definition requires displays with some level of conformability
or flexibility. This session features speakers that are
engaged with development efforts for small and medium-sized
flexible displays.
Novel Solutions using Flexible Displays: The Search
for the Killer App
Even considering large-area and
small/medium market segments, it's not easy to identify
applications that truly demand flexibility. This session
looks at several novel segments that might prove to be a "killer
app" for flexible displays.
More information on the Flexible Displays MFC can be found at
www.displayweek.org. Additional details on the Business
Conference and the Touch Gesture Motion MFC—scheduled respectively
for Monday and Wednesday, June 2 and
4—can also be found on the website. Media interested in
attending Display Week may contact Marie
Labrie or Angie Kellen at
DisplayWeekPR@mcapr.com. Companies interested in
exhibiting/sponsoring at Display Week should contact Jim Buckley at jbuckley@pcm411.com (if
headquartered in Europe or the
Americas), or Sue Chung at
schung@ghtconnections.com (if headquartered in Asia).
About Display Week
The 51st SID
International Symposium, Seminar and Exhibition, or Display Week
2014, will take place June 1-6, 2014
at the San Diego Convention Center
in San Diego, Calif. Display
Week is the premier international gathering of scientists,
engineers, manufacturers and users in the field of electronic
information displays. For more information on Display Week
2014, visit www.displayweek.org or follow us on Twitter at
@DisplayWeek. Display Week-related tweets can be created,
viewed and shared using the hash tag #SID2014.
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 ten 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.
About IHS (www.ihs.com)
IHS Technology
(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 approximately 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. Copyright © 2014 IHS Inc.
All rights reserved.
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