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To: mark calder who wrote (4530)	4/5/2000 9:55:00 PM
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MVIS To Present at the Flat Panel Conference Investors Conference to Address Corporate Strategies in Fast-growing Flat Panel Display Industry; Co-sponsored by USDC and Needham & Co., conference slated for May 2 in New York SAN JOSE, Calif., Apr 5, 2000 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- The U.S. Display Consortium, a public/private partnership chartered with developing the flat panel display (FPD) infrastructure, today announced that the Fifth Annual USDC Investors Conference will be held on May 2, 2000 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York City, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Co-sponsored with investment banker and brokerage firm Needham & Co.,the one-day conference will feature executives from 22 publicly traded and privately held companies who will discuss corporate strategies for the rapidly growing FPD market. The conference will kick off with an opening presentation by Kam Law, Ph.D., president of AKT Inc., a division of Applied Materials Company (Nasdaq: AMAT), followed by company presentations and a panel session on corporate partnering and investing in the display industry. Panel session speakers include executives from Intel Corp. (Nasdaq: INTC), DuPont Corp. (NYSE: DD) and Three-Five Systems (NYSE:TFS). "The Investors Conference is staged annually by USDC and Needham & Co. to provide the investment community with an update on selected companies who compete in the FPD industry. Many of the companies who are presenting at this year's conference have recorded stellar growth in the past 12 months," observed Jeff Buchanan, chairman of the USDC and executive vice president and CFO of Three-Five Systems, a display and module manufacturer located in Tempe, Ariz. "Displays are the face of the digital economy and are a critical component for new computers, information and communication appliances, cellular telephones and entertainment systems. Consequently, the companies that build displays and display systems--and those supplying materials, equipment, software and components--are often a hidden part of the Internet infrastructure, yet their technologies are critical to the success of the Information Age," he added. Companies presenting at the USDC Investors Conference include: Alien Technology Corp. Applied Films (Nasdaq: AFCO) Candescent Technologies Colorado MicroDisplay Display Research Labs eMagin (AMEX: EMA) inViso JACO Electronics (Nasdaq: JACO) MicroVision (Nasdaq: MVIS) Photon Dynamics (Nasdaq: PHTN) PixTech (Nasdaq: PIXT) Planar Systems (Nasdaq: PLNR) Portrait Display, Inc. Rolltronics LLC Silicon Image, Inc. (Nasdaq: SIMG) Supertex (Nasdaq: SUPX) Symmorphix Three-Five Systems (NYSE: TFS) Universal Display Corp. (Nasdaq: PANL) iFire, Westaim Corp. (Toronto: WED.TO) Sage, Inc. (Nasdaq: SAGI) In Focus Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: INFS) Participation in the USDC Investors Conference is open to qualified financial analysts, representatives of venture capital firms and corporate investment/portfolio managers. In addition, a limited number of seats are available to the general public at $75 per person. To register for the conference or for more information, contact USDC at 408-277-2400 or e-mail usdc@usdc.org About U.S. Display Consortium: The USDC is an industry-led, public/private partnership providing a common platform for flat panel display manufacturers and developers, FPD users and the supplier base. Headquartered in San Jose, Calif., the consortium's mission is to developtheU.S.infrastructure required to support a world-class, U.S.-based manufacturing capability for high-definition displays. For more information about U.S. Display Consortium, visit their website at www.usdc.org About Needham & Co: Needham & Company is a full-service investment bank and institutional brokerage firm with offices in New York City, Boston and Menlo Park, Calif., and has an association with Balance Holdings in Israel. In fulfilling the financial needs of growth-oriented domestic and international institutional money managers as well as corporate clients, Needham & Company has established itself as one of the premier specialty investment banking firms. For more information, visit their website at www.needhamco.com. Distributed via COMTEX. Copyright (C) 2000 Business Wire. All rights reserved. -0- CONTACT: U.S. Display Consortium Michael Ciesinski, 408/277-2400 Fax : 408/277-2490 e-mail: mc@usdc.org or MCA Dori Jones, 650/968-8900 Fax : 650/968-8990 e-mail: djones@mcapr.com KEYWORD: CALIFORNIA INDUSTRY KEYWORD: HARDWARE COMPUTERS/ELECTRONICS Today's News On The Net - Business Wire's full file on the Internet with Hyperlinks to your home page. URL: businesswire.com