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Display Week’s 8th Annual Investors Conference will take place on Tuesday, June 5th at the Boston Convention & Exposition Center.  Titled Trendspotting in the Display Technology Ecosystem and sponsored once again by Cowen and Company, the event will feature presentations from leading public and private companies in the display technology supply chain and encourage questions and discussion between presenters and participants.  Cowen and Company continues to be the leading growth investment banking firm focused on the display supply chain as well as the technology and IP ecosystem around it, serving as an active underwriter, advisor and placement agent for companies in the industry and focusing investor attention on the sector as it continues to evolve.

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June 5, 2012

The SID Trendspotting in the Emerging Display Technology Ecosystem Conference sponsored by Cowen and Company will be held on June 5 as part of Display Week - June 3 - 8, 2012

Confirmed attendees include Altierre, Digital, CBRITE, Corning, E Ink, eMagin, Kopin, LG, Microvision, MIT Media Lab, Nanoco, Neonode, Nuance, Perceptive Pixel, Pixel Qi, Plextronics, Prysm, QD Vision, Samsung Electronics, Senseg, Universal Display and others

SID Trendspotting in the Emerging Display Technology Ecosystem — June 5, 2012

● Interactive presentations from leading emerging technology firms across the display supply chain intended to appeal to both venture and public investors as well as business development executives

● Panel discussions including: “Innovations Beyond the CE Space – Changing the Status Quo in Established Markets”, “Evolution of Touch and the Immersive Experience”,
“From Emerging Technology to Market Adoption – Paths to Commercial Success”, “Building a Better Display…and Impacting the Display Industry in the Next Decade”

● Keynote presentations from LG Display, Samsung Electronics, MIT Media Lab, Corning, and Nuance

Networking Reception — June 5, 2012

● Evening cocktail reception for presenters and investors

Exhibition & Exhibitors Forum — June 5 – 7, 2012

● World’s largest showcase of emerging display technologies

● Over 400 booths and 6,500 attendees

 

8th ANNUAL SID/COWEN 2012 DISPLAY INVESTORS CONFERENCE
“TRENDSPOTTING IN THE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY ECOSYSTEM”

Boston Convention & Exhibition Center, MA

Tuesday, June 5, 2012

PDF of the program available here

8:00 AM

Registration & Continental Breakfast

 

 

8:35 AM - 10:20 AM

SID International Symposium Keynote Presentations

 

● Recent Breakthroughs for Larger-Sized OLED Displays and Their Application to OLED TV
Dr. Byung Chul Ahn, Senior Vice-President and Head of the OLED Development Center , LG Display Co., Ltd.

 

● Display Transformation for Continuous Growth of the Display Industry
 Dr. Sung Tae Shin, Senior Vice-President, LCD R&D Center, LCD Business, Samsung Electronics, Co., Ltd.

 

● Computational Displays:  New Optimization for Interactive, Lighting Sensitive, and 3D Displays
      Dr. Ramash Raskar, Professor, Media Arts and Sciences, Co-Director, Center for Future Storytelling, MIT Media Lab

10:25 AM - 7:00 PM

SID 2012 Trendspotting in the Display Technology Ecosystem

Sponsored by Cowen and Company - Room 252 A-B

10:25 AM - 10:30 AM

Welcoming Remarks

Josh Epstein, Managing Director, Cowen and Company / Dr. Elliott Schlam, Elliott Schlam Associates

10:30: AM - 11:35 AM

Innovations Beyond the CE Space - Changing the Status Quo in Established Markets

Company Presentations followed by Discussion - Moderated by Dr. Elliott Schlam, Elliott Schlam Associates, CEO of New Visual Media Group

 

● Prysm (Private): Dr. Roger A. Hajjar, CTO  

 

● Kopin (KOPN): Dr. John Fan, CEO

 

● Altierre Digital: Sunit Saxena, Chairman and CEO

11:40 AM - 12:45 PM

Evolution of Touch and the Immersive Experience

Company Presentations followed by Discussion - Moderated by Dr. Elliott Schlam

 

● Senseg (Private): Dr. Ville Mäkinen, Founder & CTO

 

● Neonode (NEON): Thomas Eriksson, Co-founder & CEO

 

● Perceptive Pixel (Private): Jefferson Han, Founder and Chief Technology Officer

12:45 PM - 1:50 PM

Lunch and Keynote Presentation - Room 252 A-B

● Evolutionary and Disruptive Changes from the Glass Industry's Perspective

     Dr. Peter Bocko - Chief Technology Officer - Corning Glass Technologies

1:50 PM - 2:40 PM

From Emerging Technology to Market Adoption - Paths to Commercial Success

Company Presentations followed by Q&A - Moderated by Josh Ebstein

 

● Universal Display Corporation (PANL): Sidney Rosenblatt, EVP & CFO

 

● E Ink Holdings (EINK): Dr. Scott Liu, Chairman

2:45 PM - 5:05 PM

Building a Better Display...and Impacting the Display Industry in the Next Decade

Company Presentations followed by Q&A

Moderated by Ctibor Cemper, Vice President, Cowen and Company

 

2:45 - 3:05

Nanoco (NANO.LN)

Dr. Michael Edelman, CEO

 

3:05 - 3:25

CBRITE (Private)

Boo Nilsson, CEO

 

3:25 - 3:45

Plextronics (Private)

Andy Hannah, CEO

 

3:45 - 4:05

Microvision (MVIS)

Alexander Tokman, President & CEO

 

4:05 - 4:25

QD Vision (Private)

Jason Carlson, President & CEO

 

4:25 - 4:45

Pixel Qi (Private)

Dr. Mary Lou Jepsen, CEO

 

4:45 - 5:05

eMagin (EMAN)

Andrew Sculley, President & CEO

5:10 PM - 5:40 PM

Keynote Presentation - Room 252 A-B

● Speak.  Touch.  Gesture:  How Multi-Modal Innovations are Redefining the User Interface

Matt Revis, Vice-President, Handset Business, Nuance Communications (NUAN)

5:45 PM - 7:00 PM

Drinks & Displays:  Networking Reception With Presenters and Investors - Room 254 A-B