01 Special Session I: Next-Generation OLED TV – OLED, QLED, Printing

Large area OLED-based TV display technology :
State-of-art technologies and technical issues of high-resolution OLED TVs based on color-filer-array with white OLED and quantum dots with blue OLED technologies (invited speakers only from major panel makers, material companies, and academia).

02 Special Session II: Deformable Display Technologies: Flexible/Foldable/Stretchable

Enabling technology of deformable display and new product concepts :
All aspects of flexible, foldable and stretchable display technologies, including deformable display materials (substrates, transparent conductors, TFTs, barrier layers); novel processes and manufacturing methods (printing, novel deposition techniques, R2R, lift-off); electro-optical effects; driving techniques and designs for deformable electronic devices; and device performance and reliability for all deformable display technologies.

03 Special Session III: Micro-LEDs

Micro-LEDs displays and covergence applications :
Advances in LED-based displays; epitaxial and chip processes for micro-LED pixels; the materials and manufacturing process technologies for transfer printing and bonding; phosphor and quantum dot materials for color conversion; frontplane modules; active and passive driving methods for backplanes; flexible and miniaturization technologies; flexible patterns and micro-LEDs in stretchable applications; and active device integration for bio-medical and automotive applications.

04 Special Session IV: AR/VR/MR

Emerging near-eye displays for augmented, virtual, and mixed reality :
Display technologies for AR/VR/MR systems; spatial tracking, localization, mapping, and navigation techniques; end-to-end system integration and latencies; inputs, interfaces, and interactions; human factors and user experience considerations; mapping and rendering of virtual objects onto the physical world; object, human, and scene capture; reconstruction, recognition, and understanding; biometrics and user authentication; AR/VR/MR applications.

05 Active-Matrix Devices

Advancement in active-matrix backplane technology :
Active-matrix devices for e-paper, LCD, OLED and micro-LED displays; bezel-less display technology; novel and high performance active-matrix devices and system-on-panel (SOP); backplane technologies for high performance LCD and conformable displays; micro & nano-crystal silicon, organic, and carbon nanomaterials based TFTs; oxide, oxynitride, quantum dot, perovskite, chalcogenide, 2D and other emerging semiconducting materials for TFTs; all aspects of solution processed & printed TFTs; new structures/processes and novel application of TFTs.

06 Applied Vision/Human Factors

Novel technology for color science and new visual experiences;
New display measurement methods based on both human vision and physical properties; mitigating the challenges by presenting comfortable and engaging 3D imagery (including autostereoscopic, AR, and VR form factors); effective use of a display capability to create a more immersive and compelling experience; approaches to take advantage of limitations of the visual system to process or transmit display data more efficiently; novel methods of user interaction and HMI with display systems.

07 Display Electronics and Systems

Advanced driving electronics and systems for display and sensor :
AI algorithms for advanced driving technology; peripherals and display system designs; touch interface electronics; TFT circuits (driving methods and circuits for display devices and systems); driver ICs; image signal processors; display interface technologies; driving electronics of touch panels; image quality enhancement methodologies and systems; display-related AI technologies; neuromorphic system; all novel integrations of displays into specialized devices as well as system-level aspects of electronic displays.

08 Display Manufacturing and Equipment

Advances in process and equipment technologies for displays :
Thin and thick film deposition, lithography, etching, cleaning, printing, and various plasma applications; process & equipment technologies for new and emerging displays including flexible & wearable applications; manufacturing issues of breakthroughs in the displays such as performance, cost reduction, high throughput and flexibility; material issues in display process, including synthesis or deposition of emerging materials; process & equipment technology for display circuits and interfaces.

09 Display Optics - 3D Displays

Advances in 3D and Hyperrealistic Display Technologies :
3D and realistic display systems including stereoscopic, autostereoscopic, multi-view, super-multi-view, volumetric, holographic, hyperrealistic displays; 3D contents generation including 3D image capture and 2D-3D contents conversion; user-interaction with 3D displays; 3D image formats and standards; 3D image compressions; measurement and performance evaluation for 3D Displays; techniques for realistic and immersive experience; human factors; optical technologies for various display systems and devices including LCD and OLED; signage, wearable/near eye displays; backlight units; transparent displays; and other novel display concepts.

10 Emerging Display Technologies

Novel applications of display and lighting devices, emerging material and device technologies for light-emitting systems :
Biomedical applications such as phototherapies or photo-biomodulation; electronic shelf labels or signages; automotive or aviation display applications; medical-grade high-contrast/high-definition displays, and/or interactive display applications. Emerging display materials and device architectures such as 2-dimensional (2D) materials, organic/inorganic perovskite materials, and light-emitting devices made thereof. Display elements or systems tailored to wearable applications.

11 Lighting Materials and Applications

Advances in materials and devices for solid-state lighting application :
New development of lighting materials; solid-state lighting, and LED/OLED lighting convergence applications including white LEDs; back-light units (BLUs); phosphor and quantum dots for lighting applications; light extraction optics; heat dissipation; LED/OLED lighting driving techniques; characterization and reliability; standardization and certification; photometry; technology for LED/OLED light mixing/driver IC; engine/cooling/optics; lighting modules; novel convergence technologies for ocean/agricultural/medical/IT/bio/smart/automotive applications.

12 Novel LC Technologies

Novel liquid-crystal technologies :
Electro-optic effects; novel display modes; optical design and simulations; high performance LCD technology; chemical or physical studies of LC materials; LC alignment processes and characterization techniques; LCD manufacturing; measuring and evaluation techniques; LCD color filter technologies; LC technologies for flexible displays and electronic papers; LC photonic crystals and lasers; LC technologies for 3D and holographic displays; LC semiconductors; LC lens and sensor.

13 OLED Frontplanes

Advances in OLED technologies :
OLED materials; device architecture for high-performance and reliable OLEDs; device physics and characterization; out-coupling enhancement technologies; device stability and degradation analysis; OLED manufacturing; OLED electrodes; OLED patterning process; white OLEDs for displays; encapsulation organic and inorganic material; encapsulation process; environment reliability; novel applications; standards and policy.

14 Touch and UI/UX Displays

Novel touch and interactive display technologies :
Touch and UI/UX sensor components; integration technology; touch gesture & motion controls; interactive in feedback actuators; next-generation touch sensors and actuators; flexible and conformable touch sensors and applications; soft haptics for interactive display; soft actuators and applications; human-interactive sensors.

15 Quantum Dots

Colloidal quantum dots for display applications :
light generation; energy conversion; novel application concepts; synthesis and characterization of quantum dots; optical and electrical properties of quantum dot materials; quantum dot-based photo/electro-luminescence devices; quantum dot-based energy conversion devices and systems; novel optoelectronic applications based on quantum dots.