SID Business Conference Set to Launch on May 17

According to DSCC CEO Ross Young, The display industry is expected to enjoy one of its better years on record in 2021 with prices rising, shipments surging, new display technologies emerging promising better performance and capex and capacity surging in both existing and emerging technologies including LCDs, OLEDs, microLEDs and microOLEDs. To help companies and investors navigate the outlook and identify and quantify the best investment opportunities, we have assembled an agenda featuring 17 market and financial analysts and business leaders throughout the display supply chain including 16 C-Suite executives. In addition to sessions on the dominant display applications and technologies such as TVs, smartphones and IT displays, this year's event will also examine the outlook for emerging markets such as AR/VR, developments in emerging technologies which could significantly disrupt the display industry in miniLEDs and microLEDs and a session with start-up executives and private equity firms giving smaller private companies with significant potential the opportunity to share the stage with larger players.

According to Radu Reit, SID's Chief Marketing Officer, We are thrilled with the organization of this year's event and are confident it will delight our attendees. In addition to streamed presentations with PDF downloads, it will also include one on one recorded speaker interviews after the event allowing attendees to get their burning questions answered and delve deeper into key topics.

The 2021 SID/DSCC Business Conference is divided into the following sessions

Keynote Session
Financial and Market Analyst Outlook
Smartphone Display Market and Technology Outlook
TV Display Technology and Markets
Displays in IT Applications
Automotive Displays
MiniLED and MicroLED Advances
Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR/VR) Opportunities
Start-Up Session

42 speakers will participate in this year's event including

Adam Kablanian, CEO, Cynora
Andrew Sculley, CEO, eMagin
Bob O'Brien, Co-Founder, Principal Analyst and CFO, DSCC
Charles Li, CEO, PlayNitride
Dan Cashen, Head of HMI High Performance Compute NA, Continental
David Naranjo, Director, Business Line Management, ViewSonic Corporation
Dr. Beverly Brown, Chief Scientist, Smartkem
Dr. Guillaume Chansin, Director of Display Research, DSCC
Dr. James Murphy, LED Phosphor Program Manager, Senior Research Scientist , GE Global Research
Dr. Mathias Mydlak, Global Business Development Manager, SCHOTT
Dr. Matthew Meitl, Co-Founder and VP of Displays, XDC
Dr. Nikhil Balram, CEO, Eyeway Vision Inc.
Dragon Cui, President, DiScien
Ian Hendy, Founder and CEO, Hendy Consulting
Jason Hartlove, President and CEO, Nanosys
Jeff Fieldhack, Research Director, Counterpoint
John Jacobs, Director of Strategic Alliances, AMD
Junji Adachi, Co-Founder and CSO, Kyulux
Kunjal Parikh, Principal Engineer, Intel
Kyle Davis, UI/UX Senior Analyst, IHS Markit
Leo Gebbie, Senior Analyst, CCS Insight
Martin Zobl, Senior Expert Displays, BMW
Max McDaniel, CMO, Applied Materials
Mehdi Hosseini, Senior Analyst, Technology Hardware, Susquehanna International Group
Michael G. Helander, CEO, OTI Lumionics
Mike Lee, Head of Strategic Business & Corporate Development, Compound Photonics
Paul Gagnon, Senior Research Director of Consumer Devices, Omdia
Paul Travers, CEO, Vuzix
Qiming Li, CEO, Jade Bird Display
Roger Lanctot, Director of Automotive Connected Mobility, Strategy Analytics
Ross Young, CEO, DSCC
Ryan Reith, Program Vice President, Worldwide Mobile Device Trackers, IDC
Stephen Baker, VP, Industry Advisor, Technology & Mobile, The NPD Group
Steve Battista, VP, Manufacturing and Operations, Anzu Partners
Yasuo Nakane, Global Head of Technology Research, Mizuho Securities
Y.M. Chan, Manager, TFT/TPM Development, BOE Varitronix
Yoshio Tamura, President, Asian Operations, DSCC
Young-Joon (YJ) Kim, CEO, Magnachip