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DisplayForum 2008 - Keynotes announced
DATE: 21st July 2008
_________________________________ Display Evolution - Adapting for 2009 _________________________________ DisplayForum 2008, the annual business meeting for the display market in Europe, has today announced that executives from Amazon, Sony and Lenovo will deliver keynotes at the conference in Düsseldorf, Germany on 4-5 November 2008. "The 6th Annual DisplayForum continues to serve as a unique event designed specifically for the European electronic display industry - providing valuable insight into the markets for TVs, IT displays, Green IT and Digital Signage," noted Bob Raikes, Managing Director of Meko Limited. "This year's impressive line-up of keynote speakers are all influential players who have played an active role in helping to define the future of the display markets and will surely provide thought-provoking discussions of interest to all those who attend." Piet Coelewij, Vice President of Hardline Sales, Amazon.co.uk The conference main keynote Piet Coelewij, is vice president of Hardline Sales at Amazon.co.uk. With his experience as vice president and general manager of Philips Consumer Electronics prior to Amazon, Mr Coelewij is ideally placed to describe and explain the market from the retailers' and brand owners' perspectives. George Damigos, General Manager, Flat Television, Sony Television Marketing Europe Mr Damigos, keynote speaker for TVs, has worked for Sony for 12 years and is now general manager for Flat Television at Sony Television Marketing Europe. As one of the figures directing Sony's TV business, Mr Damigos is able to give a manufacturer's insight into the market, its challenges and its future direction. Tom Shell, World-wide Business Unit Vice President and General Manager, Lenovo Mr Shell, keynote speaker for IT, is the World-wide Business Unit vice president and general manager of Lenovo, a company which is one of the pioneers of green IT. Mr Shell oversees the development and delivery of all Lenovo monitors world-wide and will focus on industry adoption of environmentally friendly monitors. In addition to the keynotes DisplayForum boasts contributions from all of the major TV manufacturers and the leading voices for the IT and digital signage markets. This includes: Amazon, AMD, ABN Amro, DisplaySearch, European Broadcasting Union, Fujitsu Siemens, HP, Ineos Nova, Ingram, LCD TV Association, Lenovo, Loewe, Meko, NEC, Nexgen, Panasonic, Philips 3D, PricewaterhouseCoopers, ST Microelectronics, Samsung, Scala, Sharp, Sony, TCO, TVonics and Unipixel. Featuring a line-up of high calibre speakers, DisplayForum 2008 is a must-attend event for insight into the current and future state of the electronic display industry in Europe. DisplayForum 2008 is hosted by Meko and DisplaySearch, the European and world-wide market research and consulting specialists for the display industry. Meko and DisplaySearch have collaborated since 2002 to develop conferences in Europe that bring together the benefits of DisplaySearch's global expertise and Meko's local knowledge to the European display market. Sponsors of the 2008 DisplayForum Conference · Platinum: Sony, Dolby · Gold: Sharp, Tatung · Media: Cintelliq, Cleverdis, DFF, LCD TV Association, Screens.tv, Plastic Electronics Foundation, Veritas et Visus For more details, to see the agenda and to register on-line please visit http://www.displayforum.com/. Media interested in attending DisplayForum 2008 should contact Clare Carr at +44 (0)1252 835385 or by email at clarec@meko.co.uk. ENDS _________________________________ About Meko Meko is the leading specialist display market research consultancy in Europe. The company tracks European display markets at country level. Meko publishes the Display Monitor newsletter and supplies consultancy services about the display industry and markets. For more information visit www.meko.co.uk. About DisplaySearch DisplaySearch, an NPD Group company, has a core team of 59 employees - located in Europe, North America and Asia who produce a valued suite of FPD-related market forecasts, technology assessments, surveys, studies and analyses. The company also organises influential events world-wide. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, DisplaySearch has regional operations in Chicago, Houston, Kyoto, London, San Diego, San Jose, Seoul, Shenzhen, Taipei and Tokyo, and the company is on the web at www.displaysearch.com. About The NPD Group Inc. The NPD Group is the leading provider of reliable and comprehensive consumer and retail information for a wide range of industries. Today, more than 1,600 manufacturers, retailers and service companies rely on NPD to help them drive critical business decisions at the global, national and local market levels. NPD helps our clients to identify new business opportunities and guide product development, marketing, sales, merchandising and other functions. Information is available for the following industry sectors: automotive, beauty, commercial technology, consumer technology, entertainment, fashion, food and beverage, foodservice, home, office supplies, software, sports, toys and wireless. For more information, visit www.npd.com. _________________________________ Company Contacts: Linda Norman Meko Limited Phone +44 (0)1252 835385 Fax +44 (0)1252 838621 email: lindan@meko.co.uk If you would like to receive press releases from Meko as soon as they are available, please send a blank email to: ListServer@meko.co.uk, with the subject line 'Subscribe MekoNews'. |