MEMBERSHIP FEE - A one-time
fee of $75 (or $95 to add hard copy mailings of Journal of the
SID) is charged to attend any of the technical programs
(Symposium, Business Conference, Investors Conference, Short
Courses, Display Technology Seminars, or Applications Tutorials).
This fee is waived for current SID members whose membership is
paid through May 2008 or later. Payment of the fee automatically
enrolls the registrant as a SID member for a 12-month period.
Please remember that the membership fee paid at the 2007 Symposium
in Long Beach will have lapsed by the date of the 2008
Symposium in Los Angeles. The Student membership fees are $5 (or
$25 to add hard copy mailings of Journal of SID). Membership fees
are non refundable.
SYMPOSIUM
- The Symposium is held on Tuesday through Friday, May 20-23. It
consists of 73 sessions of invited and contributed papers with 290
oral presentations and 260 poster presentations. Each paper has
been subject to a peer review before being included in its
designated technology session. The fee for the symposium is $400
($35 for full-time Students or Life Members). A copy of the
Symposium Digest and a CD-ROM is included in the fee.
3-D CINEMA - SID is very
pleased to present an afternoon of invited presentations on
Wednesday, May 21, 2008 by speakers working at the cutting edge of
the resurgent 3D cinema industry. The talks in this 3D Cinema
Special Session will span the full pipeline of the 3D movie
process, from content creation (animation and live action), to
editing and post production, to stereoscopic theatrical display.
Real D will provide stereoscopic projection equipment and viewing
glasses for all audience members, enabling the speakers to show
illustrative clips from their bodies of work-including U2 3D,
Beowulf, Meet the Robinsons, Monster House, Chicken Little,
and The Polar Express. See how the characteristics of 3D
display technologies shape every aspect of the movie creation
process. The cost of attending this session is included in the
Symposium registration fee. For anyone not attending the Symposium
the cost to register for this Special Session is $100.
DISPLAY APPLICATIONS - There
is only one way to get a comprehensive look at everything you need
to know in order to design and integrate a display into your
product. And that is by attending the one-day Display
Applications Special Session to be presented as part of
Display Week 2008 on Thursday, May 22, 2008 at the Los Angeles
Convention Center. From the basics of how to select an appropriate
display for your product, to in-depth analysis of individual
display technologies, to the chance to network with leading
display innovators, the Display Applications Special Session
offers everything you need to know in order to specify and design
a display for your product. Speakers have been invited based on
their expertise and will convey practical knowledge in their
respective areas that can be put to immediate use in specific
display applications. The cost of attending this session is
included in the Symposium registration fee. For anyone not
attending the Symposium the cost to register for this Special
Session is $175.
BUSINESS CONFERENCE - Will
be held on Monday and Tuesday, May 19 and 20. A networking
reception will be held on Monday evening and the Conference will
include the SID 2008 Keynote Addresses on Tuesday morning and
continue the rest of the morning. Presentations at the Conference will
be given by the highest-level executives of the leading display
industrial organizations. The fee for the Business Conference is
$575, which also includes the Tuesday afternoon Investors
Conference presentations. A copy of the Business Conference Notes
and a CD-ROM is included in the fee.
INVESTORS CONFERENCE - Will
be held on Tuesday and Wednesday, May 20 and 21. Co-sponsored by
Cowen & Co., LLC, a securities and investment banking firm,
this Conference will feature company presentations from leading
public and private display companies, intended to appeal primarily
to securities analysts, portfolio managers, investors, M&A
specialists, and display company executives. The fee for the
Investors Conference is $195 ($125 when combined with the Business
Conference), which also includes the Tuesday morning SID Keynote
Presentations and Business Conference presentations. A copy of the
Investors Conference Notes is included in the fee.
SUNDAY SHORT COURSES - These
four-hour classes covering the fundamentals of information
displays are held on Sunday morning and afternoon. S1 and S2 are
held in parallel in the morning (9:00 AM - 1:00 PM). S3 and S4 are
held in parallel in the afternoon (3:00 PM - 7:00 PM). You may
register for any single course or for a combination of two (one in
the morning and one in the afternoon). The single course fee is
$200 ($25 for full-time Students or Life Members). The combination
fee (S5) is $325 ($40 for full-time Students or Life Members). A
copy of course notes is included in the fee for each course.
DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY SEMINARS
- These twelve 90-minute seminars (M1 - M12) on diverse topics,
related to the information display field, are held on Monday, May
19. There is no single seminar registration. Registering for the
Display Technology Seminars entitles you to attend any combination
of seminars. The fee for the Display Technology Seminars is $300
($25 for full-time Students or Life Members). A copy of the
Display Technology Seminar Notes, which contains material for all
12 seminars, is included in the fee.
APPLICATION TUTORIALS - The
Applications Tutorials are practical and interactive 90-minute
tutorials held on Wednesday through Friday, May 21-23, in the
early morning hours (7:30 AM - 9:00 AM) before the Symposium
sessions begin. Two tutorials are scheduled in parallel each of
these 3 days. Registrants may attend one tutorial on each of the
three days. The fee for the Applications Tutorials is $225 ($15
for full-time Students or Life Members). A copy of the
Applications Tutorial Notes, which contains material for all six
sessions, is included in the fee.
EXHIBITION ONLY -
Registering for any of the technical sessions above allows the
attendee admittance to the Exhibition on Tuesday through Thursday,
May 20-22, without any additional fee. However, if you plan to
only attend the Exhibit, without registering for any of the above
technical sessions, there is a charge of $10. Exhibit-only
registration does not require a current SID membership.
EXHIBITOR FORUM - Here,
exhibitors give 15-minute presentations describing their
technologies and products in a symposium-like setting, offering
attendees a more complete picture of what is being exhibited. The
presentations are organized by subject and will be presented on a
predetermined schedule.
EVENING PANEL - On Tuesday
evening, May 20, 2008, from 8:00 to 10:00 pm, a stimulating and
controversial Evening Panel on "AMLCD World Domination:
Does Anything Stand in the Way?" will take place at
the Wilshire Grand Hotel in Los Angeles, California. Arguments
against AMLCD world domination include the need for better energy
efficiency than is achieved in today's power-hungry AMLCDs; the
need to reduce cost by eliminating the multi-billion-dollar AMLCD
fabs; and the need to reduce image blur and latency even more than
has been possible with AMLCDs. Our panel experts on AMLCDs, PDPs,
OLEDs, projection, and plastic reflective displays will discuss
the prospects for the survival of their respective technologies.
