The 31st International Display Workshops (IDW ’24) will be held in-person at the Sapporo Convention Center from December 4th to 6th, 2024. The three-day conference will feature 513 papers, including four keynote addresses, 161 invited talks, 152 oral presentations, and 196 poster presentations. Eight parallel oral sessions with extended Q&A sessions will be held daily. Additionally, daily poster sessions and I-DEMO will showcase the latest innovations. This year, the first-ever I4D Contest will be held, featuring innovative projects by students from college of technology. Attendees can also participate in special events. A three-day exhibition will feature the latest products and solutions from leading companies and universities. IDW ’24 should be of interest to not only researchers and engineers, but also managers of companies and institutions in the display community.
Special Topics of Interest
Special Topics of Interest on Artificial Intelligence and Smart Society (AIS)Recently, artificial intelligence has become a common technology, and it will be a key concept of the smart society in the future, in the stages known as Industry 4.0 and Society 5.0, where the cloud and edge are sophisticatedly connected. The relationship between information displays, artificial intelligence, and smart society will be discussed in the AIS sessions. This year, two sessions will be held, and many invited and regular talks will be presented, which will propose ways of interaction among information displays, the smart society, and artificial intelligence. These include novel information displays and driving schemes based on advanced research, analysis of semiconductor properties in thin-film transistors by machine-learning, quantum calculations and simulations, sensor and imager, OLED material optimization by AI, device simulation and machine-learning, and OLDE characterization, etc. These will all show that the AIS has a wide relationship with various technologies.
Special Topics of Interest on AR/VR and Hyper Reality (AR&VR)Augmented reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) applications, along with User Interface and/or User Experience (UI/UX) that utilizes high-performance display devices such as sensors, cameras, and software technologies, have shown significant progress in the recent years. This year, we have organized Special Topics featuring related papers across multiple areas, including display devices, optics for HMD, algorithm, ergonomics, and materials for AR/VR applications. The IDW ’24 offers a unique venue to explore cutting-edge research across these versatile AR and VR technologies.
Special Topics of Interest on Automotive Displays (AUTO)The AUTO presentations will be held on Thursday, December 5th and Friday 6th in four sessions with DES/VHF, INP, PRJ/3D and MVS/PRJ/3D. In the DES/VHF session, safe image display conditions and safety regulation for head-up display (HUD) will be presented. In the INP session, future concepts in-cabin human machine interfaces including CID for the future, and security integrated touchscreen technology for payment applications will be presented. In the PRJ/3D session, optical technology for small and high image quality HUD, and novel projection technology for projecting images onto vehicle windows will be presented. In the MVS/PRJ/3D session, interesting reports will be made on optical technology for slim design headlights, optical systems using mirror array for small HUD, and novel methods for optimizing stereo vision in fisheye lens cameras. AUTO covers a wide range of technologies related to automobile displays, and we can expect presentations for future automotive technologies. These presentations will surely attract the attention of those interested in the automotive field.
Special Topics of Interest on Micro/Mini LEDs (mLED)Interest in panels using large, small and ultra-small micro/mini LED pixels remains high, and there will be nearly 30 presentations on recent developments and future technical challenges, including materials, processes and driving circuits. In FMC, advancements in micro-LED display technologies will be presented, including RGB-LEDs using InGaN-based nanocolumns, MicroIC Backplanes, manufacturing technologies for micro-LED display with RGB-QDs, and intermediate carriers for the micro-LED transfer process. In MEET, highly efficient and throughput micro-LEDs fabrication technologies such as mass transfer and bonding technologies, will be presented. In addition, novel materials, which can achieve high brightness, high internal quantum efficiency, wide color gamut, narrow-band emission, such as heavy-metal free QDs and halide perovskite color conversion thin-films for high-resolution, and small pixel-pitch micro-LEDs displays will be presented. New applications such as optical communication devices and biomedical devices using micro/mini-LEDs will be discussed. In AMD, advanced full-color micro-LED micro-display technology for AR applications, large single module active-matrix micro-LED displays for ultra-large displays, and mini-LED pixel circuits based on LTPS TFTs to reduce power consumption will be presented. In DES and FLX, presentations on driving circuits and flexible/stretchable displays will be made.
Special Topics of Interest on Quantum Dot Technologies (QDT)This topic will focus on QD technologies (QDT) in order to provide a venue to spark discussions in each field. At IDW ’24, sessions will be established as STI at each workshop of PH, MEET, OLED and FMC. The Topics of each WS will be as below.
PH-WS: Efficient Cd-free QDs, especially InP QDs, and their application to light-emitting diodes will be discussed.
MEET-WS: A range of emissive displays, light sources and image sensors based on metal-free quantum dot materials with high EQE and narrow emission peaks, including colloidal perovskites, nanocrystals, inorganic semiconductor nanodots and organic nanodots will be presented. Also, direct photolithography of quantum dots by ink-jet printing method will be presented.
OLED-WS: Discussions are planned on the research and development of near-infrared emitting perovskites and environmentally friendly solvents for quantum dot deposition.
FMC-WS: Presentations will be made on basic material evaluations of AIGS QDs for LED applications, color conversion sheets for LED backlighting and photolithographic patterning of QDs.
Topical Session
Topical Session on DX Sensing and Radiation Imaging (DXR)DXR-TS marks its third year at IDW, serving as a platform for presentations on DX technology in sensing and imaging, as well as advancements in radiation imaging systems and detection materials as emerging display technologies. A wide technical range from materials development to system construction will be covered. The session includes ten invited talks on materials development on scintillators, semiconductor detectors, and dosimeter materials for radiation imaging. Also, development of flat panel detectors will be introduced. In addition, a variety of talks on DX technology of radiation images will be provided.
Topical Session on Image Sensing Technologies (IST)IST-TS is a session on various image sensing technologies that enable quantum image sensors, biomedical imaging, and flexible image sensors. This year, IST-TS has five oral sessions and three poster sessions, including two invited talks and a late news session, focusing on sensors, including special sensors and their circuits, sensor applications, flexible sensors, and image processing. There will be engaging presentations on the most recent trends in a broad spectrum of sensing and application technologies.
Topical Session on Metaverse System (MVS)MVS-TS is a session on metaverse systems that allows users to experience beyond the real world, in ways such as interacting freely with people around the world through their avatars in VR and AR spaces, and trying difficult experiments and verifications in the real world. This year, MVS-TS has seven sessions including ten invited lectures, focusing on the vision and user interaction for metaverse systems, the latest experiential technologies such as 3D display technology, applications of the metaverse systems such as for automobiles, and the latest standardization.
Session MVS1/VHF3 and MVS2/VHF4 will have a variety of talks on user interaction and perceptual/visual characteristics in the metaverse system, such as depth perception on aerial imaging displays.
Session MVS3/3D4 will have a variety of talks about the development of the
metaverse world, including social experiments to merge reality and cyber towards a well-being society and proposals of a metaverse system for everyone.
Session MVS4 presents a communication system that uses a transparent display that can be seen from both directions, and various proposed applications including a system that presents extremely faithful avatars in real time.
Session MVS5 will be given on trends in international standardization at ITU for metaverse systems and designing Places for Informal Communication.
Session MVS6/PRJ9/3D7 has a wide range of presentations, including proposals for in-vehicle displays using holographic contact lenses, automotive mirror array HUDs, and new fisheye lenses.
Session 3D8/MVS7 will be given on new proposals and elemental technologies for 3D displays to be used in metaverse systems, such as curved waveguides and lens arrays.
Workshop
Workshop on LC Science and Technologies (LCT)The LCT Workshop provides a wide range of presentations on AR/VR. Furthermore, in addition to high-performance display technologies such as low power consumption, high image quality, fast response and high reliability technology, we are planning presentations on new applications such as liquid crystal application technology for 5G/6G, new applications of liquid crystals as sensors and detectors, as well as new liquid crystal materials, liquid crystal alignment technologies and evaluation analysis.
Workshop on Active Matrix Displays (AMD)The AMD Workshop focuses on the latest active matrix displays including micro-LEDs, LCDs, OLEDs, and sensors operated by oxide TFTs, organic TFTs, Si TFTs, and LTPS-TFTs. This year, seven oral sessions and two poster sessions are scheduled, including invited talks on high-mobility polycrystalline oxide semiconductor TFTs for beyond 8K displays, integration of organic image sensors comprising LTPS-TFTs and curved image sensors, and new micro-LED displays for AR applications, etc. In addition, AMD is also organizing exciting joint sessions with FMC workshops and the topical session Image Sensing Technology (IST).
Workshop on FPD Manufacturing, Materials and Components (FMC)The FMC Workshop covers recent advancements in flat panel display technology, spanning manufacturing, processing, metrology, optics, materials, and components. The program will feature nine oral sessions, including joint sessions with PH, OLED, and AMD workshops, as well as two poster sessions. Topics include LED displays, display devices for AR/VR, QD materials, optical components, oxide-TFT process, measurement techniques, and display manufacturing technologies. FMC WS features thirteen invited speakers discussing the latest achievements in micro-LED display manufacturing, AR/VR display components and evaluation technologies, novel QD materials for LED applications, and solution processes for OLED displays.
Workshop on Inorganic Emissive Display and Phosphors (PH)The PH Workshop presents the latest achievements in devices and phosphors for emissive displays, lighting, and imaging. Invited talks will present essential and notable topics about lanthanide coordination phosphors and color conversion QD media. Pb-related issues in QDs will be discussed, and key materials of QLEDs will be presented.
Workshop on OLED Displays and Related Technologies (OLED)The OLED Workshop covers a wide range of aspects related to the science and technology of organic devices, including OLEDs, QLEDs, OTFTs, and OPDs. The topics covered range from basic device physics and materials science to device structures and analyses. In IDW ’24, we will have a session on new proposal technologies related to AIS Special Topics of Interest (STI), such as AI, Machine Learning, and Material Informatics (MI). The QDs and QLEDs technologies for display related to QDT on Special Topics of Interest (STI) will also be discussed in a joint session with the Workshop on Inorganic Emissive Display and Phosphors (PH). In addition, a joint session with the Workshop on FPD Manufacturing Materials and Components (FMC) and Flexible Electronics (FLX) will be held to discuss FPD manufacturing technology and flexible devices in depth.
Workshop on 3D/Hyper-Realistic Displays and Systems (3D)The 3D Workshop includes numerous papers on 3D systems and devices, covering holography, light field display, integral photography, autostereoscopic display, aerial display, and emerging AR/VR applications. This year, the 3D workshop will present many sessions in conjunction with VHF and PRJ workshops and the topical session of MVS to provide a good opportunity for audiences to understand the trends in these fields. We have four invited talks related to interactive mirror-transcending aerial imaging systems, controlling the color appearance of objects by optimizing the illumination spectrum (as implemented at the Paris Fashion Week 2024 Spring/Summer), integral 3D display with enhanced pixel-density and viewing-zone-angle using 2D image time-division multiplexing and eye-tracking technologies, and reconstruction simulation for holographic 3D display.
Workshop on Applied Vision and Human Factors (VHF)The VHF Workshop features seven oral sessions and two poster sessions, including five joint oral sessions with the Workshops on 3D, DES, and INP, and with the Topical Session on MVS, all focused on human perception and cognition, and human-system interaction. Don't miss the opportunity to experience a wide variety of research presentations, including fascinating and timely invited talks covering topics addressing the ergonomic challenges associated with digital device usage in educational settings, exploring the extensive need for interactive displays in e-sports, investigating the effects of multimodal cueing on visual field guidance, and also covering advancements and recent initiatives in CIE Division 1 (Vision and Color). Explore a range of intriguing oral papers on perception of 3D or size in virtual settings, including aerial and light field images; visibility, immersive images, convex images or color matching in AR displays; motivation or physiology in immersive environments; mitigation of vergence-accommodation conflict, dynamic range of mesopic vision, comparison of color discrimination indices and utilization of wide screen, along with emerging posters covering color appearance and management, visual comfort in AR display, physiological measurements and accessibility. We look forward to seeing you there.
Workshop on Projection and Large-Area Displays and Their Components (PRJ)The PRJ Workshop covers eyewear and/or eyepiece optics, automotive systems, medical applications, solid-state light sources, electronic holograms, aerial displays, additive manufacturing, projection algorithms, 3D-measurement optics including light detection and ranging (LiDAR), and all the projection related technologies. This year we will hold nine oral sessions on outer space and analysis, medical applications and related components, user interaction and feedback, projection technologies, holographic and aerial projection, as well as measurement and evaluation. We will also plan joint sessions with 3D-WS and MVS-WS to discuss a wider range of topics, and the latest research results on projection-related technologies such as metaverse technologies, automotive display and aerial display will be presented.
Workshop on Electronic Paper and Nonvolatile Displays (EP)The EP Workshop focuses on electronic paper and nonvolatile display technologies, including electrophoretic, electrowetting, and electrochromic displays, all of which are notable for their low-energy consumption. In IDW ’24, we have organized five oral sessions and one poster session, covering topics such as recent advances in electrophoretic displays, innovations in chromic display systems (Parts 1 and 2), stretchable and scalable nonvolatile device fabrication, the latest developments in electrochromic displays, and broader progress in electronic paper and nonvolatile displays.
Workshop on MEMS and Emerging Technologies for Future Displays and Devices (MEET)The MEET Workshop have invited authorities from top research institutions around the world in this field. Invited speakers will come from Columbia University, CEA-LETI, University of Central Florida, McGill University, Seoul National University, Kyung Hee University, Sungkyunkwan University, Hongik University, Sejong University, Beijing Institute of Technology, Southern University of Science and Technology, Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Fuzhou University, National Tsing Hua University, National Taiwan University, Yamagata University, GE, Dolby, Applied Materials Inc., Samsung Display Co., BOE Technology Group Co. Ltd., TCL Research, ALEDIA, QustomDot BV, Porotech Ltd, X Display Co., PlayNitride Display Co. Ltd., VueReal Inc., LuxNour Technologies, UbiQD, InZiv, and the Yole Group. Together with contributed papers of high-quality content, this workshop is aimed at participants who wish to open up new fields in displays, imaging devices, biomedical applications and emerging devices, such as the Micro/Mini LEDs session for high brightness and wide color-gamut displays, as well as Quantum Dot Technologies sessions on highly efficient cadmium-free quantum-dot nanocrystal perovskites and so on. Also, to be looked forward to are talks on sensors, biomedical applications, and emerging devices such as carbon nanotube electron beam sources and ultraviolet light sources using MEMS micro/nano fabrication technology.
Workshop on Display Electronic Systems (DES)The DES Workshop have organized three oral sessions and one poster session. Regarding the display driving technologies that have been dealt with in past IDW, we are featuring new technologies related to various displays such as microLED and OLED. We will also have a session for automotive display technologies for driver safety and a session on hardware dedicated to augmented reality.
Workshop on Flexible Electronics (FLX)The FLX Workshop focuses on advanced technologies for flexible electronics including flexible displays, wearable devices, stretchable devices, and IoT-related devices, which are composed of a wide range of fields from material science to practical applications. This year, the FLX sessions will cover various aspects of flexible electronics, including flexible/stretchable sensors and OLED displays, organic and oxide TFTs, roll-to-roll manufacturing technologies, and advanced materials for flexible devices.
Workshop on Touch Panels and Input Technologies (INP)IThe INP Workshop is participating in AR/VR-STI and AUTO-STI again this year. INP-WS has dealt with touch panel technology, which has become an indispensable user interface for tablets and mobile displays from basics to applications, and has been extended to in-vehicle displays. At the same time, as the usefulness of virtual space-time sharing is being demonstrated, we have provided a forum for discussion on interactive technologies using AR/VR and haptics, which are elemental technologies. This year, looking to the future of automated driving, we will discuss a world in which cars can understand and interact with people as AI and semiconductors rapidly evolve, including the evolution of the cockpit HMI as a man-machine interface. Ultrasonic tactile devices using MEMS and tactile displays in 4D space will also be discussed, suggesting new possibilities in both technology and applications for sensory input. In addition, as a joint session with VHF, this year's discussion will include ergonomic approaches such as odor displays, action support based on biological sensing, and art appreciation in immersive spaces. We invite you to go beyond the display.
The Kobayashi-Uchiike-Mikoshiba Prize will be conferred by the International Display Workshops General Incorporated Association Board of Directors upon a person who has both an outstanding record of accomplishments in any of the IDW fields of interest and has made an outstanding contribution to the IDW. The accomplishments that are being honored shall have led to important contributions in the advancement or application of engineering, science and technology, resulting in the realization of significant value to society.
IDW Best Paper Award, Best Student Award and IDW Outstanding Poster Paper AwardIDW Best Paper Award, Best Student Award and IDW Outstanding Poster Paper Award IDW will present the “IDW Best Paper Award”, “IDW Best Student Award” and “IDW Outstanding Poster Paper Award”. The award committee of IDW will select the most outstanding papers from those presented at IDW ’24. The award winners will be posted on the IDW website and will receive a plaque after the conference.
I-DEMO (Innovative Demonstration Session)Forty-seven presentations will be demonstrated, providing the opportunity for an interdisciplinary technical discussion. Demonstration Awards will be awarded to the demonstration with the most significant impact on the audiences.
I4D ContestThe first-ever demo contest will be held featuring students from colleges of technology. Ten teams comprised of young, talented students with rich creativity and technical skills will showcase their unique demonstrations.
Special Events“Evolution of Image and Video Generation Using AI and Generative AI”
This special session will delve into aspects of generative AI's cognition, ethics, and applications, in anticipation of the future of generative AI, while considering its underlying principles. We will explore the potential of this technology and envision its future.
“Display Night” (Presented by Huawei Technologies Japan)
Eminent speakers will give in-person talks, and attendees will have the opportunity to communicate directly with them. Drinks and food will also be served. This event is only open to designated tickets holders.
IDW ’24 exhibition covers materials, components, manufacturing and measuring equipment, software systems and other related products for display devices. Please join in and enjoy discussions at exhibitors’ booths.