AUO, Corning, Hitachi, LG Display, Sharp and SVA Group to Keynote at the Upcoming DisplaySearch 2008 China FPD Conference

DisplaySearch has unveiled its keynote speakers and announced a new session focused on Green Display & LCD Materials at its upcoming 2008 China FPD Conference. The conference will gather leading flat panel display manufacturers from China, Europe, Japan, Korea, North America and Taiwan. The event will cover areas such as OLEDs, PDPs and TFT LCDs, and involve leading display component suppliers, TV manufacturers, notebook PC/LCD monitor manufacturers, and industry and financial analysts. With over 350 attendees from over 15 countries, and touted as the most influential platform covering the China FPD industry, the two-day event will be held at Shanghai Rainbow Hotel on September 4-5, 2008.
Executives from AU Optronics, Corning, Hitachi, LG Display, Sharp, SVA Group and DisplaySearch will deliver keynote addresses at the conference. In addition, a special Green Display session at the conference will cover diversified green topics from power savings, cost efficiency, environmentally-friendly optical films, LED backlights and green flat panel display products. As environmental considerations are becoming paramount in flat panel display product designs and applications, the Green Display is a must-attend session.
Attend the 2008 China FPD Conference for information-rich presentations with updated market insights from industry professionals worldwide. Gain the crucial guidance needed for business strategies that address this highly competitive market and meet the key partners to help execute your organization’s business objectives.
Kicking off the conference, David Hsieh, Vice President of DisplaySearch Greater China, will discuss the global and China FPD market outlook, as well as share DisplaySearch’s latest insights on the supply and demand situation.
Other keynote speakers and topics include
· Jackie Hsu, Managing Director of AUO Suzhou, will focus on opportunities in the TFT LCD applications market and reveal AUO’s perspectives and strategies.
· John Bayne, President of Corning Display Technologies China, will provide their view on global and China TFT LCD markets and Corning’s plan to address the China market.
· Simon Fu, President of SVA Group, will share their experience in TFT LCD manufacturing in China and focus on next steps in the SVA Group plan for the TFT LCD industry.
· Xudong Wei, Minister at Hitachi, will present Hitachi’s strategy for the flat panel TV market, with a focus on the technology and capacity of plasma TV.
· Brian Kim, Vice President of Marketing at LG Display, will present the new technology and product development trends in FPD.
· Hiroshi Kusao, Division General Manager, LCD Digital Systems Division of Sharp. Mr. Kusao will discuss Sharp’s product and capacity strategy to expand the LCD TV market through LCD TV set and panel supply practices.
· Hisakazu Torii, Vice President of DisplaySearch, will share global flat panel TV market trends and illustrate how flat panel TVs will substantially support FPD market growth.
· Bing Zhang, Research Director of DisplaySearch, will not only discuss opportunities and challenges in China’s vast TV market, but also share the insights about doing TV business in China.
The 2008 China FPD Conference is sponsored by
· Platinum: Dolby and 3M
· Gold: Corning
· China FPD Night Special Event Sponsor: SVA
Attendees are encouraged to register early as the event is projected to sell out. The early bird registration rate is US$450 or RMB$2,800 until August 28. Three-way simultaneous interpretation is provided for English, Chinese and Japanese.

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