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Pixel QI and Intel Capital to Keynote at SID's Annual Display Week Business Conference
Conference to Focus on Commercializing Display Technology - Opportunities in a Down Market
Austin, Texas and Campbell, Calif., April 8, 2009 -- The Society for Information Display (SID), the leading global organization dedicated to the advancement of electronic display technology, and DisplaySearch, the worldwide leader in display market research, today announced that Mary Lou Jepsen, founder and CEO of Pixel Qi, and Thomas Holder, investment director at Intel Capital, will deliver keynote addresses at the upcoming SID Business Conference.
Produced through a new collaboration between DisplaySearch and SID, the business conference and both keynotes will center on "Commercializing Display TechnologyOpportunities in a Down Market." This year's event will be held on Monday, June 1 during the 47th annual SID International Symposium, Seminar and Exhibition, dubbed Display Week 2009, in San Antonio, Texas.
"With this year's Business Conference focusing on opportunities to commercialize display technologies in a downturn, both Mary Lou Jepsen and Tom Holder will provide unique insight into display commercialization from the perspective of an entrepreneur and an investor," noted Paul Semenza, DisplaySearch's senior vice president. "We are very excited to have two industry veterans who have been through the process of developing display technologies and bringing them to market."
"The caliber of speakers we're lining up for the Business Conference speaks volumes to the value this conference promises to bring attendees this year," said Dr. Paul Drzaic, SID president. "Despite these trying times, technologies and applications are being developed now that will drive the profits of the electronic display industry in the future. This conference, together with the other events we have lined up during Display Week, will provide critical insights for those charting these trends and uncovering opportunities."
Mary Lou Jepsen, founder and CEO of Pixel Qi, will address the challenges of bringing new technologies to market, encompassing technology creation, manufacturing partnerships, customer/applications development, and investment. Jepsen was named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time Magazine in May 2008 for her work in founding Pixel Qi and her endeavors with One Laptop per Child, where she was the first employee and chief technology officer. In addition to these accomplishments, she was a prime architect of the XO laptop. She transitioned it into mass production, invented the laptop's sunlight-readable display technology and co-invented its ultra-low-power management system.
Thomas Holder, investment director for Intel Capital, will share his perspective on the display commercialization process from the viewpoint of an investor looking for both return on investment and a strategic fit with one of the world's largest technology companies. As the lead for Intel Capital's Mobility Hardware efforts, Holder drives investment activity in the Mobility Group in displays and adjacent hardware platform technologies. His responsibilities include coordinating a worldwide investment effort for the investigation, diligence and investment of more than $75 million in 12 companies.
