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MEETING NOTICE
Pacific Northwest Chapter · Society for Information Display

WEDNESDAY April 22, 2009 - 6:00 PM
PLANAR Systems (Headquarters)
1195 NW Compton Dr.
Beaverton, OR 97006

3D Mobile Displays - An Update

Steve Sechrist
Senior Analyst / Editor
Insight Media

Abstract: Mobile displays have consistently pushed the envelope of technology since the days of tiny two line displays found in “beepers” to new HD quality (720p) LED and Laser powered pico projectors now embedded in cell phones. On the horizon is Stereoscopic 3D (S-3D) displays with the promise of empowering mobile games, digital video / broadcast and web viewing from a plethora of new palm sized devices. The talk will explore this next mobile display technology, (S-3D) including infrastructure, content, business models and products. We conclude with a regional update on the status of mobile S-3D developments in Taiwan, Korea and Japan.

Note: this talk was originally given at the SID Mobile Display’s “hot topics” conference in September, 2008. The material is updated to reflect recent changes in the industry since that first presentation.

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Speaker Biography: Steve Sechrist is an eighteen year display industry veteran holding positions as Sr. Analyst / Editor for Insight Media for the past five years. Steve is an anchor contributor of Insight’s popular Display Daily technology column, founded by him and veteran colleague Ken Werner in 2004.

Since that time, the daily column has grown in stature and prominence
among the display industry to include eight contributing analysts covering
all aspects of the display ecosystem. Steve continues on today with his
traditional Tuesday column with over two hundred articles to his credit.

His writings are featured in distinguished publications including Information Display Magazine, the official publication of the Society for Information Display organization. Steve is also featured in a Business of Display’s monthly column in HighDef Magazine and he often writes for the popular Gary Kayye rAVe, and is featured on the FPD Today Web site of the prestigious SEMI Manufacturing Association and the VESA Standard. He is also quoted in industry magazines like EETimes, Electronic Design, OEM Magazine and Veritasetvisus. Steve has also been interviewed by technology radio talk show host Dave Graveline and others.

Beyond industry publications, Steve is also a recognized display expert by the financial community and mainline press writing articles for the investment research firm JRPG and Townhall Research and quoted in UPI and other mainstream media.

His industry experience includes product management at InFocus Corporation and Wacom Technology Corp. as well as technology marketing and OEM sales. Steve has a B.A. in Economics from UCLA and lives with his wife and daughter in Vancouver, WA.

Seminar Information: The Seminar is free. Please join the speaker for a no-host dinner after the seminar. Directions to the restaurant will be provided at the seminar. Non-Members are welcome. RSVP to Gary Johnson Gary.Johnson@tek.com or (503) 627-1985. Please indicate if you plan to participate in the dinner.

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