DisplaySearch Announces Agenda and Sponsors for Upcoming 2006 Taiwan FPD International Conference.

TAIPEI, Taiwan -- DisplaySearch, the worldwide leader in display market research and consulting and part of The NPD Group, is proud to announce the agenda for its upcoming 2006 Taiwan FPD International Conference. The conference, called It's a Flat World After All, will gather leading flat panel display manufacturers from Europe, Japan, Korea, North America and Taiwan covering OLEDs, PDPs and TFT LCDs, as well as leading display component suppliers, TV manufacturers, notebook PC/LCD monitor manufacturers, and industry and financial analysts. The Taiwan FPD International Conference, Taiwan's top display conference with over 525 attendees participating last year, will be held at the Taipei International Convention Center on May 25-26, 2006.

Co-sponsored by the Taiwan External Trade Development Council Association (TAITRA) and the Interchange Association Japan (IAJ), the two-day event will consist of six sessions with presentations from 28 industry executives representing the supply-side, the demand-side and most of the display supply chain:

--  Session 1: Keynote Session--FPD Industry Overview
        AUO, CMO, CPT, DisplaySearch, LG.Philips LCD and Sharp

    --  Session 2: Financial Outlook
        DisplaySearch and UBS

    --  Session 3: LCD Material Trends and Outlook
        3M, Fujifilm, Genesis Microchip, Optimax, OSRAM and Toppan
        Printing

    --  Session 4: TV Market Outlook & Lessons from the Channel
        DisplaySearch, Philips, Samsung SDI, Syntax-Brillian and Sony

    --  Session 5: Product and Technology Trends for Notebook PCs, LCD
        Monitors and TFT LCDs
        Apple and three DisplaySearch Analysts

    --  Session 6: OLED, Small/Medium Displays and Display Regulations
        CDT, DisplaySearch, Kodak, TCO Development and Toppoly

The 2006 Taiwan FPD International Conference has already attracted twice as many sponsors as last year, and attendees are encouraged to register early as the event is projected to sell out. The sponsors of the event are:

--  Super Platinum--3M, AUO, CMO, CPT, Genesis Microchip,
        Syntax-Brillian and VastView

    --  Gold--MStar Semiconductor, TCO Development and Toppoly
        Optoelectronics

    --  Taiwan FPD Night Special Event Sponsors--Acer and ViewSonic

The early bird registration rate is $US 495 or NT$14,400 until May 18 -- a great price for two days of content-rich sessions, exhibits and networking. Three-way simultaneous translation is provided for English, Chinese and Japanese languages.

Contact David Hsieh via email at [e-mail] or by phone at 886-2-6601-0045 for more information about the event or to register. You can also visit the conference website at http://www.displaysearch.com/taiwanfpd2006/index.html for registration information, additional details and agenda updates.

About DisplaySearch

DisplaySearch, an NPD Group company, has a core team of 34 employees located in North America and Asia who produce a valued suite of FPD-related market forecasts, technology assessments, surveys, studies and analyses. The company also organizes influential events worldwide. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, DisplaySearch has regional operations in Chicago, Hong Kong, Houston, Kyoto, San Diego, San Jose, Seoul, Shenzhen, Taipei and Tokyo, and the company is on the web at www.displaysearch.com.

About The NPD Group Inc.

Since 1967, The NPD Group has provided reliable and comprehensive consumer and retail information for a wide range of industries. Today more than 1,400 manufacturers and retailers rely on NPD to help them better understand their customers, product categories, distribution channels and competition in order to help guide their business. Information from The NPD Group is available for the following major vertical sectors: apparel, appliances, automotive, beauty, consumer electronics, food and beverage, foodservice, footwear, home improvement, housewares, imaging, information technology, music, software, travel, toys, video games, and wireless. For more information, visit www.npd.com.