SID-MEC On-site Meeting 2025 – Save-the-date
“Emissive Displays: OLED, microLED, and beyond - Technology, devices, markets”
The SID-MEC invites you to the autumn meeting in person on November 3-4, 2025, in Göttingen/Germany. The host is the Coherent Corp.
- Evening event on Nov 3
- Coherent lab tour Nov 4
- SID-ME Student Award
- Exhibition and Sponsoring available
- Display Technology and Application Training Nov 5 (organized by SID France Chapter)
The SID-MEC is the Mid-European branch of the Society for Information Display (SID). Founded in 1962, SID is one of the largest associations of scientists, developers, and companies in the field of electronic and information displays worldwide. Embedded in SID, the SID-MEC acts as a Mid-European branch covering a wide geographical spectrum from Eastern to Western Europe. With a primary focus on displays, the association's forward-looking work encompasses all devices that enable image display, such as smartphone displays, projectors, AR/VR smart glasses, televisions, or display devices in automation technology. The SID-MEC is organized by four board members.
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Past events
SID-MEC Autumn 2024 Online Talk - Nov 26, 2024.
"Recent Applications of Display Technology."
View Part 1 here.
View Part 2 here.
The Mid-Europe Chapter of the Society for Information Display (SID-MEC) has carried out its second online conference in 2024.
Keynote presentations were delivered by renowned experts:
Maxime Compagnon (BMW Motorrad, Expert display systems and concepts)
"General developments of display systems for motorcycles"
- “100% outdoor”: Motorcycle instrument clusters and especially those from BMW Motorrad shall endure the harshest environmental conditions possible.
- “Highly visible”: Because of their 100% outdoor usage and the nature of motorcycle riding, BMW Motorrad cluster instruments are also benchmark in terms of readability.
- „The plane already took off!”: The road to pilar to pilar displays by four-wheeler OEMs means that motorcycle brands cannot reuse display panels anymore from their four wheeler big sister companies and therefore shall develop their own display systems.
Ivan Martinovic (Polar Light Technologies, Co-Founder and COO,
"µLED for high-brightness (micro-)displays for future HUD & HMD applications"
- working with microLED since 2018, in the lab and in the business
=> The talk highlighted the importance of innovation solving real problems, this is how we create impact!
=> Discussion from an industry perspective on the evolution of microLED
=> Adressed the main remaining challenges within the performance and manufacturability category for realising microLED products for microdisplays
Martin Plutz (oculavisGmbH, Founder and Managing Director)
"The truth of AR in service & maintenance. 10 years of insights into our journey from Fraunhofer spin-off to scale-up company"
- An overview of different use cases and business cases of AR and MR was presented
- The presentation highlighted the barriers and future potentials of AR and MR technologies in maintenance and service use cases
- Customer examples were shown what is possible today and an overview of oculavis’ R&D projects allowed a glimpse into the future
SID-MEC Summer 2024 Online Talk - July 11, 2024
Aspects of Near-Eye Display for XR Applications
Speakers: Peter Ostertag, Ivo Vieira, Lusovu & Roberts Zabels
SID-MEC is the Central European branch of the Society for Information Display (SID). It covers most European countries from Eastern Europe (e.g., Latvia) to Western Europe (e.g., Portugal), yet Southern and Northern Europe too (except those European countries with own regional chapters, such as France and UK/Ireland). SID is the worldwide largest association of scientists, developers, and companies in the electronic and information display domain. Displays include any device that enables image display, such as smartphone displays, projectors, AR/VR smart glasses, televisions, or display devices in automation technology. The conferences, which are held regularly, present the current scientific state of the art concerning displays. Topics range from material science, interfaces and manufacturing to applications of displays. The focus of the summer online meeting is on AR/VR applications with mobile devices such as smart glasses. There will be emphasis on exchange and interaction amongst speakers and participants.
SID-ME Spring 2024 Online Seminar + Q&A session
Date & time: April 22nd, 2024 at 16:00-17:30 CEST
Topic: "New materials for film optics and game changing AR/VR optical component"
Abstract: The rapid advancement of Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) headsets has increased the demand for materials specifically designed for optical components used these devices esp. regarding improving the optical performance, realizing a small form factor and having low weight. This presentation discusses the challenges and current status of new liquid crystal based materials developed for AR/VR applications, including both passive and active components.
Speaker: Michael Wittek, PhD, Global Business Development AR/VR Display Solutions at Merck Electronics
Medium: MS Teams
EuroDisplay 2022
September 21st to September 23rd 2022 | Stuttgart University, Stuttgart, Germany
EuroDisplay 2019
September 16-20, 2019 | Marriott Hotel, Minsk, Belarus
More information on : https://eurodisplay2019.bsuir.by/
For a report, see our Newsletter number 41.
Dates: July 3-4, 2019
Venue: Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
The General Meeting and Officer Election took place during this meeting.
Dates: April 17-18, 2018
Venue: Fraunhofer IOF, Jena and Leuchtenburg, Kahla, Germany
The General Meeting and Officer Election took place during this meeting.
EuroDisplay was organized by the Belarus Chapter in co-operation with the Institute of Physics (IOP), from October 31st to November 2nd
Venue: Hotel Meliá, Berlin, Germany
13-14 March, 2017, Dresden, Germany.
Applications/Markets:
- Near-to-eye projection, smart glasses, smart contact lenses; augmented / virtual reality
- Personal and professional wearable display applications)
- Ergonomics
- Training/Education
More details and Program on the Website
The General Meeting and Officer Election took place during this meeting.
3-4 November, 2017, Berlin, Germany.
Venue: Fraunhofer HHI (Heinrich Hertz Institute)
Meeting ran from noon to noon, with an optional guided visit to HHI Timelab on the 2nd afternoon.
Program
Special topics:
- 3-D and virtual/augmented reality
- High-end display applications (incl. ruggedized, automotive, medical)
- Quantum dots and lighting
Eurodisplay 2015
September 21-23, 2015
Ghent, Belgium
Generic EuroDisplay portal: sideurodisplay.org
Direct link to the '15 edition: EuroDisplay.ugent.be
During this conference, the SID-ME General Meeting and Officer Election took place, as well as the Student Award ceremony.
The EuroDisplay 2015 proceedings are available to all logged in SID members as a special issue of the SID Digest.
Some contributions are available as a peer reviewed full paper version in JSID. A virtual issue 'EuroDisplay 2015' is available on Wiley online.
SID-ME Fall 2014 Meeting
October 9-10, 2014
http://www.igm.uni-stuttgart.de/sidme
Organized by Stuttgart University, Germany.
Special topics:
- Active matrix technologies
- Flexible displays
- Process technologies for large area microelectronics
See Newsletter 33 for a report of this Meeting
SID-ME Spring 2014 Meeting
April 7-8, 2014
http://sidme2014.sabanciuniv.edu/
Organized by Sabanci University, Istanbul, Turkey, in the SEED Event Center at the Sakip Sabanci Museum, overlooking the Bosporus.
Special topics:
- OLED displays and applications
- Graphene and other novel materials in display applications
- Flexible electronics and displays
During this meeting, the SID-ME General Meeting and Officer Election took place, as well as the Student Award ceremony.
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