MEETING NOTICE Pacific Northwest Chapter · Society for Information Display

WEDNESDAY March 17, 2010 - 6:00 PM PLANAR Systems (headquarters) 1195 NW Compton Dr. Beaverton, OR 97006 (503) 748-1100

LCD In-Cell Touch Geoff Walker Marketing Evangelist NextWindow

Abstract: This fast-paced talk covers the subject of LCD in-cell touch technology. After some introductory groundwork, the talk goes into the details of light-sensing ("optical"), voltage-sensing ("switch-sensing"), and charge-sensing ("capacitive-sensing") in-cell touch. How each technology works, who is working on it, advantages, disadvantages, and products in the market or coming to market are all explained. The talk wraps up with a comparison of the three in-cell touch technologies, a market forecast, and a prediction of the overall impact of in-cell touch technologies. The information in this talk includes updates obtained in January 2010 from every major LCD manufacturer and is therefore very current. Target duration for the talk is one hour plus questions. View Presentation - PDF (2.9mb) Biography: Geoff Walker is the Marketing Evangelist & Industry Guru at NextWindow, the leading supplier of optical touchscreens. A mobile-computing industry pioneer, Geoff worked on the first laptop at startup GRiD Systems in 1982 and the first pen & touch tablet in 1989. Geoff served as product architect and VP of Marketing at startup Fujitsu Personal Systems, where he architected all of Fujitsu’s pen & touch tablet products from 1993-1999. Geoff worked on startup Handspring's first color PDA and the predecessor of the Treo smartphone. After Handspring, Geoff ran his own consulting firm (Walker Mobile) for seven years, focusing on touchscreens, mobile displays and mobile computers. Most recently Geoff was the Global Director of Product Management and Business Development for Elo TouchSystems, a business unit of Tyco Electronics. Geoff holds BS-Electrical Engineering and BS-English degrees from the Polytechnic Institute of New York University. 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 at Gary.Johnson@tek.com or (503) 627-1985. Please indicate if you plan to participate in the dinner. Directions & Map to PLANAR Systems

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