SID Names Display Week's Best in Show and I-Zone Winners

CAMPBELL, Calif., June 4, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- The Society for Information Display (SID), celebrated the winners of the Best in Show and I-Zone (Innovation Zone) during its annual Awards Luncheon held yesterday during Display Week.  The winners of the Display Industry Awards announced last week were also honored at the luncheon.

The Best in Show awards honor the most significant advances in display technology and systems, products, prototypes and manufacturing processes presented by exhibitors at Display Week.  Winners are chosen for their ability to generate excitement within the display industry, along with the general public, global media and analyst communities.  This year's five winners were selected from more than 200 exhibitors. 

Large Exhibit Category:

• BOE for its 82-inch 10K display

Medium Exhibit Category:

• AUO for its 1.4-inch full-circle AMOLED
• Nippon Electric Glass for its ultra-thin G-leaf glass

Small Exhibit Category:

• Fogale Sensation for its simultaneous touch and high-range hovering technology
• Nanosys for its quantum dot TVs

The popular I-Zone returned for its fourth year, and showcased cutting-edge demos and prototypes that will lead to the products of tomorrow.  This year's winner of the "Best Prototype" is Ubiquitous Energy's ClearView Power™ energy harvesting technology.

In addition to the awards ceremony, this year's luncheon featured Stanford University Professor Brian Wandell, who delivered an interesting speech on the wonders of the living human brain.   

About Display Week 2015 The 52nd SID International Symposium, Seminar and Exhibition, or Display Week 2015, is taking place this week 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 ten 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.

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