Display Summit - China
Beijing ~ April 24, 2007

Speaker Information

Session 1: Display Supply/Demand Trends

Kenny Kim
Vice President
DisplayBank

Trends in LCDs and PDPs including pricing, production, capacity, profitability, etc. What will this mean to Chinese TV, supply chain and channel partners?

Ben Leet
Senior Analyst
Decision Tree Consulting

The presentation will evaluate how demand trends and end-user needs will drive sales of professional and consumer displays, how the likely over supply of flat panels in 2007 will affect demand and how this will affect consumer behavior in the US, Europe and China. In addition, the potential future impact of content management, digital convergence and IPTV will be explored, from the perspectives of both the TV and professional displays markets.

Session 2: Trends in Microdisplays for Projection and Near-to-Eye Applications

Ian Underwood
CTO
MicroEmissive Displays

Most of the display industry is focused on expanding to larger and higher definition displays or finding ways to squeeze enough information onto the small displays of pocketable products. But there is an alternative solution - Personal Display Systems. Such systems use video glasses to achieve a large image in a compact, lightweight form-factor. The presentation will discuss the technical and commercial factors associated with PDSs and the market and business conditions that are now finally ripe for widespread commercial adoption.

Hidaeki Iwano
Chief Executive, TFT Division
Seiko Epson/3LCD

The presentation will focus on market trends, market opportunities, and the needss for W/W front projection products. It will also include 3LCD technology solutions for expanding opportunities for front projection business in China.

Eric Braddom
Business Director
Texas Instruments

The presentation will highlight the innovations from DMD technology, the trends of the WW projection market as well as the new application opportunities. Projection trends and how they impact China will also be discussed.

Session 3: Trends in LCDs

Matt Eagar
VP Business Development Asia Pacific
Fusion Optix

Relentless price reduction pressure is taking its toll on the LCD supply chain and finished product makers, but innovation is not dead. In fact, it can re-invigorate the space allowing for unique products that escape commodity status. The presentation will examine trends in LCD backlight materials costs, and introduce some novel technologies and designs that can meet today's pricing pressures while allowing designers new design freedom.

Bruce Kuhlmann
Senior Partner
McLaughlin Consulting Group

LCD TV and high-end monitors that use motion picture, high speed sports action, and gaming tend to blur compared with some of the other display technologies such as a CRT. Optical Compensation Bend (OCB) LCD is demonstrating Motion Picture Response Time (MPRT) similar to that of a CRT. The OCB family of LCD’s have been known for their fast switching speeds. This presentation will discuss the various display types like LCD-VA, LCD-IPS, LCD-OCB, CRT and PDP relative to MPRT.

Session 4: Trends in Display Electronics

Paul Russo
CEO
Silicon Optix

Presentation will focus on current image processing problems such as brightness non-uniformities in direct-view LCD TVs, color non-uniformities in 3-panel LCD and LCOS RPTVs, lateral chromatic aberration in all projection-based displays, misconvergence and misalignment in 3-panel projection systems, etc.

Jun Fang
Senior Product Marketing Manager
Pixelworks

Some TV and projector makers view the image processing electronics as commodity items, but in reality, it is often the quality of the electronics that determine the overall image quality, especially for non-HD source material. This presentation will explore the latest generation of display electronics and how they can implement new features, optimize performance for the latest display technologies and sources, and even reduce BOM costs allowing a way to differentiate a display.

Session 5: Trends in Projection Illumination

Chris Chinnock
President
Insight Media

Red, green and blues lasers can be used in projection systems as small as a mobile handset to as large as a cinema theater, effectively replacing arc lamps as the light source. They can also be used to replace CCFLs in LCD backlights. This presentation will describe the wide variety of products that can be created with lasers, the advantages these light sources offer and the status of industry development.

Christian Hoepfner
V.P. Products
Luminus Devices

High-brightness LEDs for rear-projection TVs are attracting much attention as Samsung leads the way with new products. LEDs are also moving into LCD backlights. Both of these applications are being enabled by Luminus’ PhlatLight (Photonic Lattice Light) technology. This presentation will discuss some of the market needs and how LEDs and PhlatLight technology ca

Theodoor Scheerder
Marketing Manager Front Projection
Philips Lighting Front Projector

Presentation will cover the application of Digital Projection in the Consumer and Professional areas; including the market views, the segmentation of the market, the opportunities based on extensive market research, and concerns ahead.