| Welcoming speech for IMID/IDMC'06 Let's Share Display Technologies & Information By Whang Ki-woong, general chair of IMID/IDMC 2006 It is my great pleasure to welcome you at the IMID/IDMC 2006. As you know, we now have the 6th event this year. In particular, it is a more meaningful event as we jointly organized this event with International Display Manufacturing Conference. Although IMID has a short history, the number of theses announced every year and the number of companies participated in this exhibition have been persistently growing since 2001 when we held the first event. For this year, more than 440 theses from 18 countries will be announced and over 130 domestic and foreign companies will display their up-to-date display equipment, relevant parts, materials and other equipment at more than 360 booths. As there are a lot of new products enough to attract your attention, I am confident that you will not be disappointed with the MID/IDMC'06. Ladies and gentlemen! With the debut of such flat display as LCD and PDP, the display industry has expanded the scope of its application from small-size mobile application to 100-inch wide-screen TV, enjoying a high annual average growth of 30 percent. It is a very dynamic industry in which new devices carrying new principle such as OLED and Flexible Display are making debut endlessly. To help this new industry requiring various and high-level technologies grow up persistently, technologies should not be possessed by any single country or enterprise. I firmly believe that the display industry will grow persistently and have ability to produce devices consumers want only when a number of people can exchange information actively and make easy access to materials and equipment necessary for technology and production. Accordingly, I am concerned about the recent trend of being reluctant to reveal information or protectionism appeared between countries or companies in the display industry. I'd like to say that such nationalism or protectionism is a shortsighted policy, which will be of little help for them from a long-term viewpoint. Related to this, we have made best efforts to make the IMID/ IDMC'06 a place where technology and information are opened between states and companies and attendees can engage in brisk discussions. In particular, South Korea with a relatively short display-related R&D history received direct and indirect help from advanced countries in terms of R&D in the initial development stage. While bearing this in mind, we are organizing this conference with an attitude to actively contribute to the successful hosting of this event. Ladies and gentlemen! I sincerely hope this event will be of great help for your business and offer good opportunities to you. Welcome to this international event once again. I wish you will enjoy this event. |
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