Scientific and Technical Program
Objectives
LatinDisplay 2008 will cover the most recent advances and trends in displays, solar cells, their materials and processes, as well as analyses of their markets. It will encourage open discussions on the needs and opportunities for the Ibero-American Region and will foster cooperative R&D programs.
Topics
- Overview of displays, trends and perspectives (plasma displays, liquid crystal displays, e-Paper, holographic displays, electro-luminescent displays - OLEDs and TFELs - etc.);
- Solar cells (Si-based, hybrid and dye–sensitized, CIGS, etc);
- Markets for displays and solar cells;
- Manufacturing aspects of displays and solar cells;
- Backlight units for LCDs;
- LEDs;
- Display ergonomics and human factors;
- Other technologies related to displays (touch screens, tablets, optical cross connect, etc) and to solar cells.
Activities
- Invited lectures
- Contributed papers (posters)
- Business opportunity round table
- Exhibition
- Lectures and laboratory classes
- Meetings of the Ibero-American Network, BrDisplay Network and SID Latin-American Chapter
Invited Lectures
The invited lectures will be presented by experts and will have a tutorial character, encompassing the topics mentioned above. The conferences will be published in the LatinDisplay Proceedings.
Contributed Posters
The participants are invited to contribute with scientific and technical posters on all aspects of displays (LCDs, FEDs, holographic, PDPs, DMDs, OLEDs, TFELs etc.), related techonologies (touch-screens, tablets, optical switches, etc.) and solar cells. The posters may cover materials, processes, design, testing, reliability, modeling, electronic circuits, ergonomics and applications of displays and solar cells.
Business opportunity round table
A meeting will be held with companies, financing agencies, government and venture capital companies to discuss trends and business opportunities on displays and solar cells for Latin America. Opportunities in R&D will be also analyzed.
Exhibition of prototypes and products
There will be an exhibiton of prototypes and products of companies and R&D institutions. Last year the Exhibition of LatinDisplay 2007 attracted a lot of attention of newspapers, magazines and TV channels (see examples of videos at YouTube - search with: "latindisplay 2007").
Lectures and laboratory classes
An introductory course on LCDs, FEDs, OLEDs, holographic displays and e-Paper will be offered, including demonstrations on fabrication and characterization.
Coordinating meetings
There will be meetings of the Ibero-American Display Network, BrDisplay Network and Latin-American SID Chapter to discuss future activities, cooperative projects, traineeship and human resources formation.
