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SOCIETY FOR INFORMATION DISPLAY SID-ME NEWSLETTER #37 / DECEMBER 2016 This year’s SID-ME Fall Meeting took place November 3rd and 4th in Berlin and was hosted by the Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute. During the event, the SID-ME General Meeting was organized and the serving officers were re-elected by hand raising. Finally, also the SID-ME Best Student Award 2016 ceremony was held and the €1500 prize handed over to the winner. PAST EVENT ACTIVITIES TOPICS SID-ME FALL MEETING SID-ME FALL MEETING 2016 Introduction of Fraunhofer HHI by Mr. Ralf Schäfer Introduction of Merck by Mr. Jens Osterodt Despite the moderate number of participants (32), the audience was very interested in the talks and the discussions were lively and intense. On the second day, there was an opportunity to witness several demonstrations organized by Fraunhofer HHI as well as a visit to the impressive TiMELab. Also these activities were highly appreciated by the participants. Participants during the SID-ME Chapter Fall Meeting SID-ME Spring Meeting 2017 The SID-ME Spring Meeting 2017 will proceed on March 13-14 in Dresden (Fraunhofer FEP). Special topics are: 'Wearable and Projection Displays'. http://www.fep.fraunhofer.de/en/events/sidme-17.html SID Display Week 2017 The Display Week will be in Los Angeles from May 21-26. Eurodisplay 2017 Eurodisplay 2017 will be organized by the Belarus Chapter (in cooperation with IAP London) and will take place from October 31st to November 2nd 2017 in Berlin, Germany. SID-ME Chapter Committee The SID-ME Chapter committee is now formed by: Prof. Dr. Herbert De Smet (SID-MEC Director) Ghent University Technologiepark 15 B-9052 Zwijnaarde, Belgium Tel.: +32 9 264 5363 / Fax: +32 9 264 5374 E -mail: [email protected] Dr. Jens Osterodt (Chair) Merck KGaA Frankfurter Str. 250 D-64293 Darmstadt, Germany Tel: +49 6151 72 3764 / Fax: +49 6151 72 91 3764 E-mail: [email protected] Coen Van´t Westeinde (Vice Chair) NDF Special Light Products B.V. Leemstraat 40-44 NL-4705 RH Roosendaal, The Netherlands Tel: +31 (0)165 – 538630 / Fax: +31 (0)165 – 539053 E -mail: [email protected] Student Branch – BECOME A MEMBER! There is still an important growth potential in the number of student members. At http://www.sid.org you can find information on SID student membership. Students pay only $5 membership fee and are entitled to most of the benefits, such as accessing the reference database and accessing the Journal of the Society for Information Display. The Newsletter This newsletter as well as the older issues are also available online at: http://www.sid.org/Chapters/Europe/ Mid-Europe.aspx If you want to place an article in the Newsletter, which is interesting for the Mid European Chapter of the SID, please send it by e -mail to: [email protected]. Dr. Armin Wedel (Treasurer) Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Polymer Research Geiselbergstrasse 69 D-14476 Potsdam, Germany Tel.: +49 331 568 1910 / Fax: + 49 331 568 3910 E -mail: [email protected] Dr. Stefan Riehemann (Secretary) Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering Albert-Einstein-Strasse 7 D-07745 Jena, Germany Tel.: +49 3641 807 236 / Fax: +49 3641 807 602 Email: [email protected] PAST EVENTS 3. Quantum Dots and Lighting 1. High-end Display Applications (incl. ruggedized, automotive, outdoor and medical) 2. 3-D and Virtual/Augmented reality STUDENT AWARD ELECTIONS SID- ME STUDENT AWARD ELECTIONS OF THE SID-MEC OFFICERS FOR 2017 The 1500 Euro SID-ME Chapter Best Student Award is granted yearly for an outstanding scientific or technical contribution to research on information display. The applicant must be a student (up to and including PhD student) when the work is performed and must be a member or student member of the SID-ME Chapter when the application is submitted. To participate, submit your abstract to the Chapter Meeting where the award will be granted and indicate that you want to participate in the competition. The Award Committee (Prof. Dr. Norbert Fruehauf, Prof. Dr. Herbert De Smet, Dr. Jens Osterodt, Dr. Stefan Riehemann, Coen van’t Westeinde) will rank all applications and choose the winner. The applicant must be the first author of the submitted abstract and must personally present the work at the Chapter Meeting where the award ceremony is held. If the first 2 authors are students and members, the prize can be shared between those 2 students. CONTRIBUTION Elisabeth Bodenstein receives the Student Award from Mr. Herbert De Smet of Ghent University, Director of the SID-ME Chapter OFFICERS The General Meeting and the elections were announced well in advance of the Meeting. All officers apply for an extension of their position. No other candidacies were received. The election was organized by hand raising. All the proposed candidates are elected unanimously. THE OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 2017: Chair: Dr. Jens Osterodt Vice Chair: Coen van ’t Westeinde Secretary: Dr. Stefan Riehemann Treasurer: Dr. Armin Wedel The next award session is scheduled for the SID-ME Chapter Spring 2017 meeting (Dresden, Germany). More details, such as the deadline for submission and the composition of the Award Committee, will be announced on the SID-ME Chapter website. For more information, visit; ^ The winner of the 2016 Best Student Award is Miss Elisabeth Bodenstein, for her original work on OLED Micropatterning by Electron Beam Processing. Miss Bodenstein is with the Fraunhofer Institute for Organic Electronics, Electron Beam and Plasma Technology in Germany. http://sid.org/Chapters/Europe/Mid-Europe.aspx#award
