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:
laura.castellano@displaysearch.com.
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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