Santa Clara, Calif., July 8, 2010DisplaySearch today announced the preliminary agenda for its upcoming Emerging Display Technologies Conference: Innovative Technologies Drive Growth Opportunities, which will be held on August 19, 2010 in San Jose, California. The conference will take a closer look at the status of emerging technologies such as touch screens, 3D displays, pocket projectors, OLED, e-paper and other emerging display technologiesproviding a forum for further discussion of how these new technologies will drive display industry growth.

With 2010 bringing a new wave of electronic devices with 3D displays, the emergence of slate PCs like Apples iPad, increasing commercialization of pocket projectors, and continued momentum in e-readers, the Emerging Display Technologies Conference couldnt be taking place at a better time, noted Jennifer Colegrove, PhD, DisplaySearch Director of Display Technologies. This years event will provide attendees with a clearer picture of what lies ahead for these sectors.

Kicking off the conference, Colegrove will provide an overview and market forecast for hot new display technologies such as touch screens, 3D displays, pocket projectors, OLED displays, e-paper and more.

With three, information-rich sessions, the DisplaySearch Emerging Display Technologies Conference has confirmed these speakers:

With touch screens forecast to reach $14 billion in revenue by 2016, the opportunities that this segment affords are promising as new touch screen technologies reach commercialization. Speakers will discuss multi-touch, new touch screen technologies, and solutions for the market.

• Mark Mendenhall, President, Elo TouchSystems
• Jeff Hahn, Founder, Perceptive Pixel
• Vincent John Vincent, President and Co-Founder, GestureTek
• Klony Lieberman, Chief Scientist, Lumio

With the recent explosion of 3D cinema and 3D TV, speakers in this session will discuss hurdles for 3D to penetrate other display applications such as desktop monitors, notebook PCs, gaming, mobile phones, cameras and others.

• Andy Wood, CEO, PureDepth
• Phil Eisler, General Manager, 3D Vision,NVIDIA
• Art Lathrop, Marketing Manager, 3M Optical Systems Division

Whether for road warriors or consumer entertainment, pocket projectors have made it possible to project a large image from a small device nearly anywhere. Despite this, battery lifetime and brightness remain challenges for this emerging segment. Speakers will address the outlook for pocket projectors, both stand-alone and embedded.

• Thomas W. Mills, Business Director, Green Lasers, Corning
• TBA, Microvision

During this session, speakers will address material for OLED displays and lighting, e-paper displays, and quantum dots for display applications.

• TBA, Qualcomm
• Eddy Claes, Director Marketing & Sales OLED Liquid Crystals Division, Merck KGaA
• Jason Hartlove, CEO, Nanosys

This Emerging Display Technologies Conference: Innovative Technologies Drive Growth Opportunitiesis part of DisplaySearchs August Conference Series, taking place in San Jose, California. To view the latest agenda and register for the conference, visit www.displaysearch.com/Emergingtech

The Emerging Display Conference is part of the DisplaySearch August Conference Series, taking place August 17-19 in San Jose, Calif. The series also includes the following one-day conferences covering the display industrys hottest market segments:

• Digital Signage ConferenceTuesday, August 17, 2010
• TV Ecosystem ConferenceWednesday, August 18, 2010  
• Emerging Display Technologies ConferenceThursday, August 19, 2010  

Register today for two or three of the one-day conferences and receive a 20% discount on your registration fee.

For more information about these conferences and sponsorship opportunities, please contact Laura Castellano at 1.408.226.1101 or laura_castellano@displaysearch.com. Media interested in attending the conferences should contact Stacey Voorhees-Harmon at 1.925.336.9592 or stacey@savvypublicrelations.net.

About DisplaySearch

Since 1996, DisplaySearch has been recognized as a leading global market research and consulting firm specializing in the display supply chain, as well as the emerging photovoltaic/solar cell industries. DisplaySearch provides trend information, forecasts and analyses developed by a global team of experienced analysts with extensive industry knowledge and resources. In collaboration with the NPD Group, its parent company, DisplaySearch uniquely offers a true end-to-end view of the display supply chain from materials and components to shipments of electronic devices with displays to sales of major consumer and commercial channels. For more information on DisplaySearch analysts, reports and industry events, visit us at http://www.displaysearch.com/. Read our blog at http://www.displaysearchblog.com/ and follow us on Twitter at @DisplaySearch.

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