This seminar will provide a selective review of developments from Display Week, with a focus on innovations that could have an impact on the display industry over the mid-term, including OLED, quantum dots, LED backlights, microdisplays, integration of sensing and control into displays, as well as industry-wide issues such as application of AI and sustainability.

Paul Semenza is professor and chair of the Department of Engineering Management and Leadership at Santa Clara University where he teaches marketing, innovation management, and the history of Silicon Valley, as well as an industry consultant in displays, flexible electronics, and advanced packaging. In 2015, Paul co-founded NextFlex (a Manufacturing USA institute), where he was director of commercialization until 2018. From 1997 to 2014, Paul was an executive at display market research firms iSuppli/Stanford Resources and NPD/Displaysearch. From 1992 to 1997, he was an analyst at the US Congress Office of Technology Assessment and a program officer at the National Research Council. Paul started his career as a Member of Technical Staff at The Analytic Sciences Corporation. He has B.S. and M.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Tufts University and a Master in Public Policy from the Harvard Kennedy School.