FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS Display Week 2018 Society for Information Display INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM, SEMINAR & EXHIBITION May 20 – 25, 2018 LOS ANGELES CONVENTION CENTER LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, USA

www.displayweek.org • Photoluminescence and Applications – Using quantum Special Topics for 2018 nanomaterials for color-conversion applications in display components and in pixel-integrated configurations. Optimizing performance and stability for integration on- The Display Week 2018 Technical Symposium will chip (inside LED package) and in remote phosphor be placing special emphasis on four Special Topics configurations for backlight units. of Interest to address the rapid growth of the field of • Micro Inorganic LEDs and Applications – Emerging information display in the following areas: Augmented technologies based on scaling down inorganic LEDs for Reality, Virtual Reality, and Artificial Intelligence; use as arrayed emitters in display applications, with Quantum Dots and Micro-LEDs; and Wearable opportunities from large video displays down to high Displays, Sensors, and Devices. Submissions relating resolution microdisplays. Science and technology of to these special topics are highly encouraged. micro LED devices, materials, and processes for the fabrication and integration with electronic drive back- 1. AUGMENTED REALITY, VIRTUAL REALITY, AND planes. Color generation, performance, and stability. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AR, VR, AND AI) Packaging and module assembly solutions for emerging This special topic will cover the technologies and applica- applications. tions in the emerging areas of augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), and artificial intelligence (AI). These 3. WEARABLE DISPLAYS, SENSORS, AND DEVICES sessions will bring together scientists, engineers, busi- This special track will cover all aspects of wearable ness professionals, market analysts, and industry leaders displays including product and process design, user involved in AR, VR, and AI technologies, products, appli- applications, wearable system integration, and display cations, advanced developments, and emerging trends. technologies. As the next step in the mobile computing The topical areas of interest will include: revolution, wearables have emerged as one of the • AR and VR Systems and Applications most active fields in the technological world. Being • Display Technologies for AR and VR Systems the most mobile and personal form of technology to • 3D-Sensing and Imaging Technologies the users, wearable devices present many possibilities, • Spatial Tracking, Localization, Mapping, and and at the same time many uncertainties. This special Navigation Techniques track will provide a platform for researchers, designers, • Computation, Graphics, and Display Processing engineers, and anyone involved in wearable displays • Immersive Audio Technologies to share recent advancement and challenges. The • End-to-End System Integration and Latencies topics covered include, but not limited to, the following: • Inputs, Interfaces, and Interactions • Wearable Product Design and Concepts • Human Factors and User-Experience Considerations • Wearable Applications • Mapping and Rendering of Virtual Objects onto the • Wearable Display Requirements including Readability Physical World and Durability in Extreme Environments • Object, Human, and Scene Capture, Reconstruction, • Advanced Displays for Wearable Applications including Recognition, and Understanding Low Power, Flexible, Stretchable, Textile, and Others • Biometrics and User Authentication • Wearable-Display Processes • Directive-View Wearable Displays 2. QUANTUM DOTS AND MICRO-LEDS • Microdisplay Design Suitable for Wearable This technology track will focus on inorganic-semiconductor- Applications Like Head-Mounted Displays based materials and device innovations for display applications. • Fashion and Wearable Displays Papers are solicited in the following areas: • Wearable Sensors Integrated with Displays • Nanomaterials – Semiconductor quantum particle (dots, • Wearable Devices with IoT and Health Applications rods, etc.) synthesis and development of nanocomposite formulations. Optimizing process ability and integration, optoelectronic properties, and reliability. • Electroluminescence and Applications – Using quantum nanomaterials in emissive displays. Technology innova tions related to nanomaterial electroluminescence (color purity, lifetime, efficiency), RGB pixel patterning and hetero- structure integration, and device innovations related to implementation in top- and bottom-emitting structures. display technology can have a measurable impact on Symposium Topics the visual experience. Topics in the following areas are particularly in demand: mitigating the challenges by presenting comfortable and engaging 3D imagery As growing and multi-faceted fields, work relating to (including autosteroscopic, AR, and VR form factors), the special topics can fit under a number of different effective use of a wider color volume to create a more symposium topics, including Active-Matrix Displays, immersive and compelling experience, and approaches Applied Vision/Human Factors, Display Electronics, to take advantage of limitations of the visual system to Display Manufacturing, Display Measurement, Display process or transmit display data more efficiently. Systems, Emerging Applications, Emissive Displays, Papers that discuss novel methods of user interaction e-Paper and Flexible Displays, Lighting, Liquid-Crystal and HMI with display systems are also welcomed. and Other Non-Emissive Displays, OLEDs, Touch and • Wide Color Gamut and High-Dynamic-Range Imaging Interactivity, and Vehicular Displays and HMI Technologies. • Visual Comfort of 3D Images in Wearable Displays While the special topical sessions will be arranged in a • Immersive Interaction unified program for the benefit of attendees, authors • Image Quality and Display Perception should indicate the appropriate symposium topic for their • Human–Machine Interfaces • Human Factors in Emerging Displays abstract in addition to the special-topic designation • Human Factors of Projection Systems and Applications (if appropriate). The Society for Information Display (SID) encour- ages the submission of original papers on all aspects (3) DISPLAY ELECTRONICS: All aspects of circuits of the research, engineering, application, evaluation, (integrated or otherwise) for displays, electronic com- and utilization of displays. Display Week 2018 will ponents for displays and imaging devices, and image- feature special topical sessions that focus specifically and video-processing algorithms. on selected issues or key developments. Paper • Electronics and Image Processing for Wearable Displays submissions are welcome for any of the general • Driving Electronics for UHD (4K x 2K) and Beyond • Driving and Compensation Circuits for Curved Displays symposium topics or any of the specific topical • Electronics for Touch and Interactive Displays sessions. • OLED Driving Techniques • Display Drivers, TCONs, and New Driving Schemes (1) ACTIVE-MATRIX DEVICES: Papers on advances • Driving Circuits Integrated on Glass in the implementation of active-matrix electronics into • High-Speed Interfaces displays and other related systems as well as on all • Low-Power and Low-Cost Driving Techniques aspects of TFTs, including devices with new structures/ • Image/Video Capture and Processing Techniques processing, reliability, circuit design, and novel appli- • 3D/Depth Imaging and Augmented/Virtual Reality cations, are solicited • High-Dynamic-Range Driving Electronics • LTPS, Oxide, and Other Semiconductor TFTs • High-Performance Active-Matrix Devices (4) DISPLAY MANUFACTURING: Materials, process, • Ultra-Low-Power Active-Matrix Displays and equipment advancements related to the manu- • New AMOLED Pixels and Backplanes facture of display panels, components, and module • Novel TFT Circuits and Driving Techniques assemblies. • Sensor Integrated Active-Matrix Devices • Manufacturing-Related Advances Enabling Current • Emerging Active-Matrix Displays and Devices and Emerging Display Applications including Flexible, Folding, Strecthable, Wearable Displays; 3D Displays; Multi-Functional Displays or Component Architectures; (2) APPLIED VISION/HUMAN FACTORS: New display etc.) technology has driven displays to have more pixels, • Manufacture of High-Resolution OLED and Other greater contrast, higher brightness, and richer color Emissive Display Panels, including Fine Metal Mask volume, thus enabling a wide range of new visual (FMM), OLED Evaporation or Patterning Systems, experiences. Submissions are encouraged that and Thin-Film Encapsulation (TFE) Processes discuss the benefits and tradeoffs of how these new • Manufacture of AMLCD and Other LCD Panels display technologies as well as novel uses of traditional • Manufacture of e-Paper and Other Reflective Displays • Manufacturing Equipment and Processes for TFT • Frontlight Units Device Manufacture, including Very Large Substrate • Backlight/Frontlight Components Sizes (Gen 10.5 and Above) • Novel Projection Architectures • Display-Component Manufacturing (e.g., Optical • Individual Projectors and Multi-Projector Arrays Films, LEDs, Backlights, In-Cell and On-Cell Touch Panels, Finger-Print Sensors, Covers, etc. (including • Emerging Applications for Projection Systems Topics Related to High Brightness and True Black • Novel Image Processing for Projectors HDR Displays and Quantum-Dot-Based Applications. • Novel Components for Projectors • Display-Module Manufacturing including Panel and • Projection Systems: Opto-Mechanical Design, Module Assembly for all Display Technologies (e.g., Components, Lifetimes, Thermal Properties, AMLCD, OLED, e-Paper, Projection, etc.) Acoustic Noise • Materials including Substrates, Films, Adhesives, • Projection Mapping Photoresists, and Photo-Patternable Organic Materials • Other Topics Related to the Design, Manufacture, or (for Bank Layers or Polarization Layers, etc.), and Application of Projection Systems, Subsystems, or Consumables Components • Manufacturing Equipment for Front- and Back-End Processing including Packaging, Encapsulation, Interconnect, Assembly, and Roll-to-Roll Processing (7) EMERGING APPLICATIONS: Advances in the • Inline Manufacturing Test, Repair, and Metrology development, use, and characterization of display • Manufacturing Productivity and Cost Reduction of technologies, components, solid-state lighting, and of Various Displays systems resulting in new capabilities, improved • Green Manufacturing – Reducing Energy Consumption performance, or better user experience in (i) existing and Waste, and Strategies for Product End-of-Life display implemented into novel applications (e.g., Recycling and Disposal, etc. consumer, industrial, commercial, medical, and security) or (ii) novel or emerging uses of display and lighting- (5) DISPLAY MEASUREMENT: Characterization and related applications. measurements of displays and display components. • Mobile Displays (Smartphones, Tablets, e-Readers, etc.) • Characterization of Perceptible Display Phenomena • Wearable Display Applications • Optical Characterization of Display Materials and • Virtual and Augmented Reality Components and Their Effects on System Optical • 3D, Stereoscopy, and Holography Performance • Touch and Distributed Displays • Optical Characterization and Measurement of High- • Avionics, Military, Automotive, and Ruggedized Dynamic-Range and Wide-Gamut Displays Display Applications • Solid-State-Lighting Metrology and Characterization • Kiosks, Signage, Transparent, and Tiled Displays • Advances in Display Measurements Standards • Digital Cinema, Entertainment, Gaming, and TV • Measurement Methods for Near-to-Eye Displays for • Medical Displays AR, VR, and Other Applications • Multi-Modal Display User Interfaces (e.g., Auditory • Optical Characterization and Measurement of Light- Displays) Field and 3D Displays • Display Software Applications (e.g., Image Enhancement) • Calibration and Verification of Instrumentation • Smart Lighting / Solid-State Lighting ______• Environmentally Friendly (Green) Displays (6) DISPLAY SYSTEMS: Papers on the novel integra- tion of displays into specialized devices as well as • Ubiquitous Displays system-level aspects of electronic displays are solicited. • Novel and Emerging Applications • Novel Displays • Mobile Displays • Ultra-Low-Power Displays • Transparent Displays • 3D, Autostereoscopic, Light Field, and Compressive, Displays • Volumetric and Holographic Displays • Ultra-High-Resolution Display Systems • Digital 2D/3D Signage (8) EMISSIVE DISPLAYS: All aspects of emissive (10) LIGHTING: All aspects of solid-state lighting with displays, including LEDs, EL and PL quantum-dot focus on advances in materials and devices, visual displays, inorganic EL displays, and field-emission lamps. and non-visual effects of lighting, smart lighting and Advances in materials and processing of such devices, intelligent luminaires, implementation and application including phosphors, quantum-dot materials, micro-LEDs of dynamically color-tunable lighting. Trends and and field emitters are also sought. technologies for future lighting solutions and alternative • Quantum-Dot Materials light sources. • Quantum-Dot Applications • Materials and Devices for Solid-State Lighting • Quantum-Dot Electroluminescence ○ Notable Developments in LED and OLED Lighting • Perovskite Electronics Sources • Phosphors ○ Critical Components in Solid-State Lighting: • Plasma, Field-Emission, and Inorganic EL Displays Substrates, Optics, Lighting Extraction, Thermal • Micro-LEDs Management, and Color-Conversion Materials • Manufacture of Lighting ○ The Manufacture of Flexible LED and OLED (9) e-PAPER AND FLEXIBLE DISPLAYS: All aspects Lighting Systems and Their Applications of e-Paper, flexible, and wearable display technol- ogies, including flexible, bendable, foldable, or rollable • Visual and Non-Visual Effects of Lighting display devices (OLED, electrophoretic, MEMS, choles- ○ Quality of Light, Including Color Rendering, Flicker, teric LCD, electrowetting, and other novel emissive and Glare, for Indoor and Outdoor Applications and reflective display devices) and system-level • Biological and Psychological Impact of Light and integration of such devices and printed electronics Related Health Effects based on organic and inorganic materials. Advances in ○ Visual Neuroscience Behind Lighting or Display Design flexible-display materials (substrates, transparent conductors, TFTs, barrier layers, and adhesives), print- ○ Visualizing Lighting on Displays ing and novel deposition techniques, manufacturing ○ Emerging Lighting Metrics for the Development methods (R2R, bonding and lift-off), electro-optical of Lighting Products for Improved Well-Being effects, sensor technologies, driving techniques, • Color-Changing and/or CCT-Tunable Luminaires device performance and reliability, ergonomics, and ○ Control Systems, Strategies, and Algorithms for applications for emerging paper-like, flexible, wear- Color Changing or CCT Tuning able, or stretchable display technologies are sought. ○ Application or Case Studies of These Luminaires • Electronic Paper • Flexible OLED and Other Emissive Materials, Displays and Devices (11) LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS: Advances in the • EPD, MEMS, and Other Non-Emissive Flexible development of liquid-crystal, including electro-optical Displays and Devices effects, materials, and devices. • System-Level Integration for Flexible, Wearable, or • Flexible and Conformable LCDs Strecthable Display Devices • Fast-Response-Time and Color-Sequential LCDs • Flexible Sensors and Wearable Displays • High-Dynamic-Range and High-Ambient-Contrast LCDs • Flexible Display Materials Including Substrates, • Wide-Color-Gamut and QD-Enhanced LCDs Films, Adhesives, and Barriers • LC-Based Spatial Light Modulators and Optical • Organic and Other Solution-Based TFTs, Flexible Elements Active-Matrix Backplanes • LC Alignment Technologies • Integration, Packaging, Testing, and Reliability of • Use of LC Technologies for Health-Care Applications e-Paper and Flexible Displays • Flexible-Display Manufacturing of and Equipment for Printed Electronics • Applications and Ergonomics of Integrated Flexible Electronics • Flexible and Stretchable Hybrid Electronics • Materials and Devices for Novel Mechanical UI/UX Technique • Materials and Devices for Textile/Fiber Displays and Electronics • Usage of and Trends in Automotive Displays, (12) ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DIODES: Papers are Interfaces, and Applications sought on materials, display designs, and performance • Displays for Driver Assistance Systems (Navigation, of small–to–large-area panels. Papers that discuss the Collision Warning, etc.) progress and challenges for OLED display performance • Passenger Infotainment and Projection Displays and manufacturing issues are of particular interest. • Head-Up Displays (HUDs), including Holographic, Furthermore, papers on OLED signage and OLED Augmented Reality, Night-Vision Systems/Components lighting solutions are welcome. • Display Measurements for Automotive Displays • New AMOLED Display Pixels and Backplanes • Flexible, Curved, and High-Resolution (Low Power, • OLED TV – Mobile and Large-Area Applications Sunlight Readable) Displays • Novel OLED Materials and Architectures Enabling • Touch-Input Devices (In-Cell, Water Resistant, Emerging OLED Displays Chemical Resistant) for Automotive Displays • Active- and Passive-Matrix OLED Display Technology • Motorbike Displays and Applications • Emerging OLED Displays • Application Issues with Vehicular Displays and • OLED Device and Materials Fundamentals Lighting • Injection and Transport Mechanisms, Molecular • Optical Components for Automotive Applications Engineering, and Device Structure • Display Materials Optimized for Automotive • OLED Stability and Degradation Mechanisms Applications • OLED Applications for Lighting • LEDs, OLEDs for Lighting, Signaling, etc. • OLED Manufacturing • Display Legibility, Visual Performance, Driver • OLED Systems Packaging, Integration, and Cost Reduction Distraction, etc. • Optical, Mechanical, Electrical, Thermal Performance • Modeling and Simulation (13) TOUCH AND INTERACTIVE DISPLAYS: • Avionic Displays and Applications (including HMD, Advances in touch-screen technologies, applications, HUD, and Interaction Means) driving electronics, system integration, and human • Touch-Screen and Haptic Technologies for interactions. The advanced materials and process Automotive Displays technologies associated with touch design and appli- • Methods for Display Power Reduction cations will also be covered. • Touch Systems, Controllers, Sensor Design, and HMI Technologies Signal-Processing Algorithms • Human to Machine lnterface (HMI) System Solutions • Novel Interactive Displays • HMI and User Experience (UX) for Driver Assistance • Materials and Process Technologies Systems and Automated Driving • Human Factors and Touch Performance Evaluation • Multi-Modal Input and Output Methodology and Standardization • Driver/User Interfaces (User-Centric Design, Devices, Human Factors, etc.) • Driver Interfaces and Interaction with More Than One (14) VEHICULAR DISPLAYS AND HMI TECHNOLOGIES : Display Papers for this topic shall deal with all aspects of auto- • Personalized User Interfaces motive displays and related HMI issues, including • Methods and Tools for Automotive User-Interfaces market aspects, display and lighting technologies, and Simulations head-up displays, application issues with vehicular • Automotive User Experience (UX), Trends, Methods, displays, and advanced technologies for displays, Evaluation touch screens, and gestures in vehicles as well as the • Application Issues with Automotive HMIs user experience. Contributions in the following areas • Customer Acceptance and Feedback on Different are solicited: Technology Displays and Interfaces • Regulation and Trends Related to In-Vehicle Displays Interfaces • Display and Lighting Technologies Applicable to Automotive/Vehicular Applications • Advanced Technologies for Displays and Touch Screens for Automotive Use Abstract/Summary Format and All authors are required to upload their Abstract/ Technical Summary to www.sheridanprinting.com/pcm/ Submission Requirements sid/sid.cfm. Please complete the Abstract/Summary submission form before submitting your abstract. Submissions must consist of two separate parts. The first is Online Abstract/Summary Submission Form a 35–50 word abstract. The second is a 4-page technical summary. Please follow the following instructions for the prepa- (A) Enter the full title of the paper. ration and submission of the abstract and technical summary. (B) Enter the name of the contact author and e-mail. Page Headers: Please place the first author’s name and the (C) List all the authors and include their contact information title of the paper on the top of each page of the submission. as requested on the form. Abstract: Your submitted 35-50 word abstract, highlighting (D) Place the abstract in the allotted space on the form. the key details of your paper, will be published in the Program (E) Enter the keywords in the space provided. if your paper is accepted. The abstracts will be edited to (F) Check the appropriate box for student travel grant accommodate the program format. requests. Keywords: Include a minimum of three keywords. (G) Indicate whether your paper is invited. Technical Summary: The summary must not exceed (H) Indicate if you wish to have your paper considered for 4 pages in length. Material beyond four pages will not be oral or poster presentation, if you have a preference. considered in the evaluation of the paper. (I) Indicate the closest matching symposium topic from the (1) Include the names of all authors with their affiliations, list included in this Call for Papers along with the appropriate addresses, telephone numbers, and e-mail addresses. special topic if appropriate Please underline the name of the presenter when there are (J) Attach a PDF of your technical summary. two or more authors. (K) Click on submit. (2) Also Indicate whether the presenter is a student.

(3) Objective and Background: Briefly describe the goals If you need further assistance, please contact either Bill Klein and intent of your project and provide background factors at [email protected] or Jay Morreale at jmorreale@ that led to the new results. pcm411.com. (4) Results: Describe the specific results that will be presented at the 2018 Display Week Symposium. Please Author Timeline provide a technical description of how the results were achieved. Sufficient detail (quantitative and/or graphical data) should be included so the Program Committee can The deadline for receipt of technical summaries/abstracts is properly evaluate your submission. December 1, 2017 (January 19, 2018 for Late-News Papers). (5) Impact: Discuss the significance of your work and Notification of acceptance will be e-mailed by February 6, compare your findings with previously published work. 2018 (February 19 for Late-News papers). Authors of accepted papers will be directed to an on-line “Author’s Kit” with (6) References: List a few main references covering projects instructions for the preparation of the paper to be published in related areas. in the Symposium Digest. The paper shall consist of four (7) Prior Publications: Generally, Symposium papers must pages, including all illustrations, and is due March 5, 2018 be original contributions. If your organization has published (March 19 for Late-News papers). or presented material on similar work in English, please explain how the present material differs. The only exception to this rule is that papers submitted to the Emerging Applications subcommittee need not be original. Points of Contact Display Week 2018 Features

Yi-Pai Huang (Technical Program Chair) • Technical Symposium National Chiao Tung University Hsinchu, Taiwan, ROC • Special Focus Topics e-mail: [email protected] • Poster Session

Nikhil Balram (Deputy Program Chair) • Keynotes Google, Inc. • Invited Papers e-mail: [email protected] • Distinguished Papers Ian Underwood (Europe Subcommittee Chair) University of Edinburgh • Author Interviews Edinburgh, UK • Short Courses e-mail: [email protected] • Technical Seminars Hyun Jae Kim (Asia Subcommittee Chair) Yonsei University • Awards Banquet Seoul, Korea • Annual Awards Luncheon e-mail: [email protected] • Best-in-Show Awards Bill Klein (Symposium Coordinator) • I-Zone Palisades Convention Management, Inc. New York, NY, USA • Exhibition telephone: 1+(212) 460-8090 x204 (fax -5460) e-mail: [email protected] • Vendor Forum • Business Conference Jay Morreale (Symposium Coordinator) Palisades Convention Management, Inc. • Investors Conference New York, NY, USA • Market Focus Conferences telephone: 1+(917) 301-5194 e-mail: [email protected] • Investors Conference

Samantha Tola (Symposium Coordinator) • Market Focus Conferences Palisades Convention Management, Inc. New York, NY, USA telephone: 1+(212) 460-8090 x203 Student Travel Grants e-mail: [email protected] A limited number of student travel grants, up to $1000 each, will be made available to student presenters of accepted papers. A student travel grant must be requested upon Speaker Responsibilities submission of abstracts by checking off the appropriate box on the online submission site. A questionnaire will automati- All costs associated with your participation at Display Week cally be generated. Please complete the questionnaire. Only as a speaker or invited speaker will be at your own expense students who submit the questionnaire will be eligible (including travel, housing, registration fee, etc. to receive a student travel grant. The deadline for the submission of abstracts is December 1, 2018; January 19, 2018 for late-news submissions. T Deadlines and Key Dates

Abstracts/Summaries ...... Dec. 1, 2017

Late-News Abstracts/Summaries...... Jan. 19, 2018

Accept/Reject Letters ...... Feb. 9, 2018

Late-News Accept/Reject Letters ...... Feb. 16, 2018

Digest Paper Submission ...... Mar. 2, 2018

Late-News Digest Submission...... Mar. 16, 2018

Display Week 2018 ...... May 20–25, 2018

Sunday Short Courses...... May 20, 2018

Monday Technical Seminars ...... May 21, 2018

Business Conference...... May 21, 2018

Investors Conference...... May 22, 2018

Market Focus Conferences ...... May 22 & 23, 2018

Exhibition ...... May 22–24, 2018

Vendor Forum ...... May 22–24, 2018

Symposium ...... May 22–25, 2018