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MEETING NOTICE
Bay Area Chapter • Society for Information Display • After-work Monthly Seminar Series

Wednesday, September 19, 2001 - 6:00 PM

 
A Hard Look at a Hard Business

Speaker: David E. Mentley, Senior Vice President at Stanford Resources-iSuppli

Abstract. The display business has just had several years of wild growth and has not seen a contraction like the current one since 1998.  This presentation will provide a candid look at the state of the display business in terms of current market size, realistic forecasts for the future, the pricing environment, application trends and the supply situation.  Mr. Mentley will also provide updates on the prospects for OLED and microdisplay technologies.


Speaker Biography

David E. Mentley is Senior Vice President at Stanford Resources-iSuppli and has been at the company since 1984.  His education includes a BS degree in ceramic science from Alfred University, Alfred, NY, an MS degree in materials science from the University of California at Berkeley, and a MBA degree, specializing in marketing also from U.C. Berkeley.  Before entering the electronic display world he worked in the electronic materials field.

Stanford Resources, an iSuppli Company, is the largest and most experienced market intelligence firm specializing in the electronic display industry. Stanford Resources leads the industry with a full line of comprehensive analyses on all electronic display markets:  Flat panel displays, CRTs, monitors, projection systems, televisions, large-screen displays and emerging technology displays.


Post-Seminar Dinner: The seminar is free. Please join our speaker for dinner ($10-20) afterwards. Directions to the restaurant will be handed out at the seminar.


Directions to Seminar Location
Apple Town Hall Auditorium, 4 Infinite Loop Cupertino, CA 95014

This is just off of De Anza Blvd. just south of 280 and a few miles north of 85. Head east on Mariani Ave. and take a left at the end of Mariani Ave. Entrance to Infinite Loop 4 is on the east side of Apple campus.

For additional information contact Mark Flynn @ 408-432-7914 or webmaster@ba-sid.org.