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The Society for Information Display (SID) is an industry organization for displays, [1] generally electronic displays such as televisions and computer monitors. SID was founded in September 1962. Its main activities are publishing technical journals and running "Display Week", its main conference, held in May or June each year. SID publications include the Journal of the Society for Information Display, published monthly, the Digest of Technical Papers from SID's annual conference, Information Display magazine, proceedings from other conferences such as the Vehicle Displays and Interfaces Symposium, Asia Display, and International Display Workshops. In addition, local chapters in the Americas, Europe, and throughout Asia have meetings frequently, including lectures by display technologists, and are sometimes offered as webcasts. The SID Board of Directors grants several SID awards based upon outstanding achievements and significant contributions.

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History

In early 1960s, IRE (Institute of Radio Engineers. Later IRE was merged with AIEE to form IEEE in January, 1963.) declined to create a new Section devoted solely to electronic information displays. This caused founders from IRE to start their own society, Society for Information Display (SID).

SID was founded when Dr. Luxenberg held a meeting on September 29, 1962 at UCLA in Boelter Hall. [2] There were 39 initial attendees. [2] One of the founding members of SID was Edith M. Bairdain. [3] The organization was made up of professionals interested in information display and the interactions between humans and machines. [4] The annual SID symposium, seminar and exhibition is known as "Display Week." [5]

Due to emergence of new display technologies and their successful commercialization, such as cathode-ray tube (CRT), plasma display, liquid-crystal display (LCD) and OLED displays, SID has expanded its scale in membership as well as the attendance in Display Week, its symposium and exhibition.

In 2020, because of the COVID-19 pandemic, SID Display Week was held for the first time online. The event drew more than 5,500 attendees from 50+ countries and Takatoshi Tsujimura was named SID president. [6]

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References

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  2. 1 2 "History & 50th Anniversary". SID, the Society for Information Display. Retrieved 2019-03-04.
  3. "CSI Appoints Staff Scientist". The Herald-News. 1966-12-15. p. 96. Retrieved 2019-03-03 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Rome Fills Top SID Post". The Post-Standard. 1966-04-15. p. 60. Retrieved 2019-03-04 via Newspapers.com.
  5. Overton, Gail (2008). "OLED Displays and 'Green Photonics' Dominate SID" . Laser Focus World. 44 (8): 40 via EBSCOhost.
  6. "Display Week 2020, World's Leading Event for Electronic Display Innovation, Draws Over 200 Exhibitors and Attendees from Over 50 Countries" . Retrieved 2020-09-03.