November 16, 2006
South San Francisco, CA

OBJECTIVE

The US Display Consortium (USDC) and Insight Media are pleased to host a workshop in Silicon Valley to discuss relevant topics in the 3D industry. While there are numerous companies working on bringing this technology to the mainstream and significant dollars are being invested in R&D, there is no central platform bridging this sector. Although still in the formative stages, USDC and Insight Media hope to gauge industry interest in a commercial working group as a means of addressing common industry issues—leveraging the workshop in November as the springboard for this initiative. Moreover, the one-day workshop will look at how to drive additional funding and support necessary to take the 3D market to the next level.

The workshop is also intended to share some of the initial results from Insight Media analysts from the 3D industry report scheduled to be published in January 2007. An exchange with industry professionals will help shape the final results and focus of the report to best serve the 3D community.

LOCATION

Embassy Suites Hotel - South San Francisco
250 Gateway Boulevard
South San Francisco CA 94080
Tel: +1 650 589 3400
Fax: +1 650 876 0305

The Embassy Suites hotel is conveniently located 1.5 miles north of San Francisco Airport. Guests of the hotel can enjoy a daily Complimentary Cooked-to-Order Breakfast and an Evening Reception. The hotel provides 24 hour complimentary shutlle service to and from the SFO airport.

A special rate of $139 per night has been secured for workshop attendees for the night of November 15th. To reserve this rate, please go to the hotel's website and use the group code "UDC" in the box next to "Group/Convention Code" under "Special Accounts". You may also make a reservation by calling the Embassy Suites reservation line at 1-800-362-2779 and asking for the US Display Consortium group rate.

AGENDA

8:45-9:00           Opening Remarks

9:00-10:00         Session 1: Emerging 3D display technologies
                                                   Art Behrman, Insight Media

10:00-11:00       Session 2: Human Factors of 3D
                                                    Robert Patterson, Washington State University

11:15-12:15       Session 3: 3D Image Processing Formats and Standards
                                                     Rita Turkowski, Web3D Consortium
                                                    Matt Cowen, RealD

1:00-2:00           Session 4: 3D Acquisition and Conversion Technologies
                                                   Chris Yewdall, Dynamic Digital Depth
                                                  Jon Shapiro , 3ality Systems

2:00-4:00           Session 5: Markets & Applications of 3D
                                                    Matthew Brennesholtz, Insight Media
                                                   Lenny Lipton, RealD
                                                   Rob de Vogel, Philips 3D Solutions
                                                   Pat Green, Planar

4:15-5:30           Working Group Session
                                               Panelists:
                                                  Brett Bryars, USDC
                                                  Chris Chinnock, Insight Media
                                                  Mark Fihn, Veritas et Visus
                                                  Lenny Lipton, RealD

REGISTRATION

Proceedings from this Workshop can be purchased for $249. Please click here for more information.

The fee to attend the one-day workshop is $300 if pre-registered by Nov 7th. All registrations (online and on-site) after the 7th will be $400. The registration fee includes lunch and a light afternoon refreshment. Please click the link below to register online.

A limited amount of space is available for product demonstrations. To register as an exhibitor -- includes 2 admissions, 6' table and electrical service - please use the appropriate registration item on the online system or contact Heidi Hoffman. The exhibitor fee is US $1,000.