DisplaySearch Announces Additional Keynotes/Sponsors for US FPD Conference 2003.Business Editors and High-Tech Writers US FPD (1) (Flat Panel Display) See LCD, plasma display, EL display, FED and flat panel display. (2) (Field Programmable Device) An umbrella term for all chips that can be programmed by the customer including SPLDs, CPLDs and FPGAs. See PLD. Conference 2003 DisplayForum 2002 AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 9, 2002 DisplaySearch, the worldwide leader in flat panel display A thin display screen for computer and TV usage. The first flat panels appeared on laptop computers in the mid-1980s, and the LCD technology became the standard. Stand-alone LCD screens became available for desktop computers in the mid-1990s and exceeded sales of CRTs for the first time market research and consulting, is pleased to announce that four of the display industry's top executives will serve as keynote speakers at its US FPD Conference 2003: Evolution of an Industry on April 1-3, 2003 at the Hilton Torrey Pines in San Diego, California “San Diego” redirects here. For other uses, see San Diego (disambiguation). San Diego is a coastal Southern California city located in the southwestern corner of the continental United States. As of 2006, the city has a population of 1,256,951. . The keynote speakers include AU Optronics President HB Chen, Cambridge Display Technology CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. David Fyfe, IDTech President and Chi Mei Optoelectronics Vice Chairman Takahisa Hashimoto and LG.Philips LCD Executive Vice President Bruce Berkoff. DisplaySearch is also pleased to announce that CMP's Electronic Buyer's News (EBN EbN abbr. east by north Noun 1. EbN - the compass point that is one point north of due east east by north ) is co-sponsoring the conference presenting excellent exposure to conference sponsors and presenters. Gold sponsors now include Analog Devices, Genesis Microchip, LG.Philips LCD, Lumileds, Samsung Electronics and SCRAM Technologies. AU Optronics (AUO AUO Au Optronics Corporation AUO Administratively Uncontrollable Overtime AUO Active User Object AUO Aggravated Unlicensed Operation (of a Motor Vehicle) AUO Area Utilization Officer AUO alt.usenet. ) President HB Chen will present an overview of the TFT LCD market and AUO's market outlook. AUO was the world's #3 large-area TFT LCD producer in Q3'02 and Taiwan's top LCD manufacturer. AUO is also the first and only pure TFT LCD manufacturer to list on the New York Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) World's largest marketplace for securities. The exchange began as an informal meeting of 24 men in 1792 on what is now Wall Street in New York City. . Prior to the merger, Mr. Chen served as Director of Acer Display Technologies (ADT) since 1998, and President and Chief Operating Officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. since 1997. Before joining ADT in 1997, he worked for Acer Technologies Sdn. Bhd. in Malaysia from 1992 to 1997. In 2002, he was elected Chairman of the Taiwan TFT LCD Association (TTLA TTLA Texas Trial Lawyers Association TTLA Tarantella, Inc. (stock symbol) TTLA Taiwan TFT LCD Association TTLA Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association TTLA Tobacco Trial Lawyers' Association TTLA Tennessee Theological Library Association ), which actively promotes the Taiwan TFT LCD industry. Cambridge Display Technology (CDT) CEO David Fyfe will keynote with a presentation on the future of the rapidly expanding OLED (Organic Light Emitting Device, Organic Light Emitting Diode) A thin film light-emitting technology that is expected to compete with LCD and plasma TVs as well as LCD monitors and readouts. market. He will also discuss industry progress in polymer materials and manufacturing. CDT is the pioneer of this cutting-edge technology now gaining momentum in the display industry. A 30-year veteran of the global chemical and engineering industries, Mr. Fyfe joined CDT as CEO in August 2000. Mr. Fyfe has extensive expertise in negotiating joint ventures, acquisitions and partnerships, previously holding senior executive positions at ICI (language) ICI - An extensible, interpretated language by Tim Long with syntax similar to C. ICI adds high-level garbage-collected associative data structures, exception handling, sets, regular expressions, and dynamic arrays. and BF Goodrich. Also keynoting the conference will be Takahisa Hashimoto, President of International Display Technology (IDTech) and Vice-Chairman of Chi Mei Optoelectronics (CMO CMO See: Collateralized mortgage obligation CMO See collateralized mortgage obligation (CMO). ). CMO/IDTech was the #4 large-area TFT LCD manufacturer in Q3'02. Mr. Hashimoto is one of the most influential executives in the display industry, having played a leadership role in the LCD business since the industry's inception. IDTech is a joint venture created by CMO and IBM. Mr. Hashimoto sits on the Board of Directors of IBM Japan -- one of the most innovative and largest companies in the display industry -- headquartered within IBM's well known Yamato facility. Mr. Hashimoto presents on Day One of the conference. Bruce Berkoff is Executive Vice President of Marketing for LG.Philips LCD, the #2 large-area TFT LCD manufacturer in Q3'02, and will discuss the outlook for TFT LCDs in the television market. At LG.Philips LCD, Mr. Berkoff's charter is promoting and positioning display solutions worldwide. Prior to LG.Philips LCD, Mr. Berkoff served as general manager for the software and electronics business unit of Philips Flat Display Systems (FDS). Earlier in his career, Mr. Berkoff held senior marketing and management positions at a number of leading technology companies, including UMAX Computer Corporation, Radius, SuperMac Technologies and Ziff-Davis Labs. For a full agenda and schedule, visit www.displaysearch.com/usfpd2003/agenda2003.htm. The conference offers more networking opportunities than in the past, including a Registration Cocktail Reception kicking off the event, followed by a Monte Carlo Casino Night with prizes, a dinner and tour of the impressive Birch Aquarium and a twilight tour and dinner at the world-famous San Diego Zoo San Diego Zoo One of the world's largest collections of mammals, birds, and reptiles, located in San Diego, Calif., and administered by the Zoological Society of San Diego. The 100-acre (40. . The conference closes with a Golf Tournament at the famous South Course of Torrey Pines, home of the 2008 US Open. For more information about available sponsor and exhibitor opportunities, please contact Kendra Smith at 512/732-0850 or email kendra@displaysearch.com. Register before January 1, 2003 and save $100! After selling out its 4th DisplaySearch Forum on December 3rd, DisplaySearch is co-hosting its first event in Europe this week Europe This Week is a business show aired on CNBC Europe, presented by Guy Johnson, from 6pm to 6:30pm CET (5pm to 5:30pm WET) on Fridays. Europe This Week with Meko at DisplayForum 2002: New Displays - New Opportunities on December 11th and 12th at the Le Meridien Hotel in Nice, France. For more information about any DisplaySearch conference, product or service, please visit www.displaysearch.com or email info@displaysearch.com. You can also purchase DisplaySearch reports in Europe from Meko, the European source for display data and market research. Write websales@meko.co.uk or visit www.meko.co.uk. About DisplaySearch Founded in 1996, DisplaySearch is the worldwide leader in flat panel display market research and consulting. Because DisplaySearch surveys the whole display food chain -- component suppliers, equipment manufacturers, FPD producers, OEMs, brands, distributors and retailers -- it has a unique and highly sought-after viewpoint attracting a growing number of customers. It provides the industry's most valuable market forecasts, technology assessments, surveys, conferences, studies and analyses and has acquired, in just six years, a customer base of more than 500 companies in 20 countries. |
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