SID, IHS Market Focus Conference Delves into the Future of Wearable-Flexible Technology

CAMPBELL, Calif., May 19, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- The Society for Information Display (SID), in collaboration with IHS, today unveiled the final program for its Wearable-Flexible Market Focus Conference (MFC), part of the four-day Business Track being held during Display Week 2015 at the San Jose Convention Center.  Wearables are one of the hottest emerging trends in today's marketplace, with new products and new companies emerging almost weekly.  Held on Thursday, June 4, this event will center on "Challenges and Opportunities for New Form Factors and Applications," exploring where wearable-flexible technology is headed and how technologies can get adopted into the commercial market.

Display manufacturers, system-level companies and leading industry analysts will discuss the current state of the wearable-flexible market and discuss technologies that will enable future growth.  Speakers from some of the industry's biggest innovators—including Pebble Technology, Imagination Technologies, E Ink, Corning, Mozilla, Intel, ARM and InvenSense—will cover topics such as battery technologies, software applications, designing flexible materials and more.

SID President Amal Ghosh and Paul Gray of IHS will kick off the event, followed by two special wearables keynote addresses.  The first speaker is Sidney Chang, Business Development for Google's Android Wear, who will talk about what display manufacturers need to know in order to best optimize their displays for Android Wear.  Margaret Kohin, SVP of Business Development at eMagin, will discuss how the company is bridging the gap between avionics defense and consumer products for head-mounted displays.  Five themed sessions will follow, providing the audience a deeper understanding of the opportunities and challenges associated with wearable and flexible applications.

Session I: What Are Wearables for, Anyway? This past year has seen an explosion of wearable devices, ranging from smart watches to smart clothing, and health and wellness applications. This session will analyze current and future use cases of wearable technology and what is required from displays and touch to capitalize on product and technology trends.

Session II: Wearable-Flexible Market Overview IHS' Gray will discuss the current state of the flexible display market, providing an in-depth overview backed with relevant market data.

Session III: Panel Discussion – Power: The Elephant in the Room Design, display performance and end-user requirements for wearables are the most talked about subjects, but battery life can be the most critical factor for success.  Speakers will discuss battery technologies and energy-harvesting solutions being developed to address the market's needs.

Session IV: Software: Diversity or Monoculture? Developers face a unique challenge as they race to design apps for the smaller displays and different user interfaces of wearables.  This session will uncover the challenges faced by software and app developers, as well as the numerous opportunities that lie ahead.

Session V: Enabling Fresh Design Ideas: Designers' Dilemmas and Solutions As companies flock to the wearable-flexible market, it becomes increasingly difficult to marry consumer-oriented products with available and emerging technologies.  This panel session will focus on design dilemmas and discuss the backplanes and materials that are being developed to meet designers' needs.

Additional speakers and topics for the Wearable-Flexible MFC can be found at www.displayweek.org.  More information on the other events that are part of the Business Track being held throughout the week—the Business Conference, the Investors Conference and Touch MFC—can also found on the website.  Media interested in attending Display Week may contact Marie Labrie or Carolyn Entress at [email protected]. 

About Display Week 2015 The 52nd SID International Symposium, Seminar and Exhibition, or Display Week 2015, will take place May 31-June 5 at the San Jose Convention Center in San Jose, Calif.  Display Week is the premier gathering of system integrators, designers, consumers, scientists, engineers and manufacturers in the field of electronic information displays. For more information on Display Week 2015, visit www.displayweek.org or follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter @DisplayWeek. Display Week tweets can be created, viewed and shared using the hashtag #DisplayWeek15.

About SID The Society for Information Display (SID) is the only professional organization focused on the display industry.  In fact, by exclusively focusing on the advancement of electronic display technology, SID provides a unique platform for industry collaboration, communication and training in all related technologies while showcasing the industry's best new products. The organization's members are professionals in the technical and business disciplines that relate to display research, design, manufacturing, applications, marketing and sales. To promote industry and academic technology development, while also educating consumers on the importance of displays, SID hosts more than 10 conferences a year, including Display Week, which brings industry and academia all under one roof to showcase technology that will shape the future. SID's global headquarters are located at 1475 S. Bascom Ave., Ste. 114, Campbell, CA 95008.  For more information, visit www.sid.org.

About IHS (www.ihs.com)  IHS (NYSE: IHS) is the leading source of information, insight and analytics in critical areas that shape today's business landscape. Businesses and governments in more than 165 countries around the globe rely on the comprehensive content, expert independent analysis and flexible delivery methods of IHS to make high-impact decisions and develop strategies with speed and confidence. IHS has been in business since 1959 and became a publicly traded company on the New York Stock Exchange in 2005. Headquartered in Englewood, Colorado, USA, IHS is committed to sustainable, profitable growth and employs approximately 8,800 people in 32 countries around the world. IHS is a registered trademark of IHS Inc. All other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

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