To: N. Dixon who wrote (2937 ) 8/17/2002 10:52:57 AM From: N. Dixon Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 50077 SPD technology acceptance by industry by: N_Dixon Long-Term Sentiment: Strong Buy 08/16/02 08:34 pm Msg: 111036 of 111060 People on this board are looking at the wrong indicators. The size of the success for SPD is not in the hands of THV or SPD Inc. or even Mercedes or Airbus although even small orders sold by or ordered by those entities will be more than enough to ensure profitability for years to come. Low-e glass would have made 100s of millions if they stayed in a niche market but it received sponorship from NREL and was promoted by NREL and DOE and related agencies in several states and has now become an industry standard. There were a total of 58 sessions at IME-5. Of the 45 presenters only 9 were from the USA. They were: B. Thompson, University of FLORIDA USA "Control of Electrochromic Properties through Structural Modification in PXDOT and PXDOP Based Polymers" Argun, University of FLORIDA USA "Electrochromic Devices Based on Dual Conducting Polymers" S. Karazhanov, NREL, USA "Oxygen Vacancy in Cubic WO2 Studied by First-Principles Pseudopotential Calculation S. Selkowitz, LBNL, USA "Smart Windows for Intelligent Buildings: Energy Performance Perspectives for Switchable Chromogenic Materials" S.H. Lee, NREL, USA "Improving the Durability of Iron Insertion Materials in a Liquid Electrolyte" "Raman Sprectroscopic Sutdies of Amorphous Vanadium Oxide Thin-Films" T.J. Richardson, LBNL, USA "New Switchable Mirror Systems" D.M. Tench, Rockwell Scientific Co., USA "Reversable Electrochemical Mirror (REM) Windows"J. Harary, Research Frontiers, Inc., USA "Production and Performance of SPD Products" R. D. Rauh, EIC Laboratories, USA "Electrochromic Star Polymers"