Ross Young

Display Market and Technology Outlook

This talk will start with the challenges and solutions for the display industry laid out in my Display Week keynote talk along with total display market forecasts. It will then cover the latest market and technology developments and forecasts for the largest display market segments – smartphones, TVs and IT. I will then address the latest challenges and outlook for the display technologies expected to take share from conventional LCDs which includes MiniLED LCDs, OLEDs, MicroLEDs and Micro OLEDs. I will then cover how these technologies are likely to evolve, how big they are expected to get, winners and losers and how they will compete in different markets.

Ross Young is the co-founder and CEO of DSCC. Previously, he started, ran and sold DisplaySearch which he started with less than $500 in capital and grew to over $10M in revenues. He has also worked throughout the display supply chain including at a TV brand, panel supplier, multiple equipment suppliers and a materials supplier.

Shortly after completing graduate school at UCSD and Japan’s Tohoku University in International Management, Young published a book on the semiconductor industry called Silicon Sumo: US-Japan Competition and Industrial Policy in the Semiconductor Equipment Industry published by the University of Texas.

Young also completed 12 IRONMAN triathlons including the World Championships in Kona in 2016.

You can also find him on Twitter at @DSCCRoss where he shares the future of the display industry with over 25K followers.