EWING, N.J. -- Universal Display Corporation (Nasdaq: OLED) (UDC), enabling energy-efficient displays and lighting with its UniversalPHOLED technology and materials, announced that its Executive Vice President and Chief Technical Officer, Dr. Julie Brown, delivered a Keynote Address at The 24th International Meeting on Information Display (IMID 2024) conference on August 21st. Additionally, the recipients of the UDC Innovative Research Award in Organic Electronics & Display and the UDC Pioneering Technology Award in Organic Electronics & Display were announced on August 22nd. These UDC awards were presented by Dr. Mike Weaver of Universal Display Corporation.

Organized by the Korean Information Display Society (KIDS) and Society for Information Display (SID), IMID 2024 was held August 20-23 in Jeju Island, South Korea. Dr. Julie Brown’s Keynote Presentation was Energizing the Next Waves of OLED Growth. Dr. Mike Weaver, Vice President & Deputy Chief Technology Officer of PHOLED R&D, and Dr. Woo-Young So, Senior Research Scientist, of Universal Display Corporation, also presented on the OLEDs of the Future and High-Efficiency and Enhanced-Color-Gamut RGBY AMOLED Displays, respectively.

The 2024 UDC Award recipients are:

UDC Innovative Research Award in Organic Electronics & Display: Dong Jin Shin, Junseop Lim (Sungkyunkwan University, Korea), Jae-Min Kim (Chung-Ang University, Korea), and Jun Yeob Lee (Sungkyunkwan University, Korea) for their paper “Key Requirements of Sensitizer for Efficient Phosphor-Sensitized Fluorescence: Energetic Landscape Generated by Sensitizer and Emitting Dopant.”

UDC Pioneering Technology Award in Organic Electronics & Display: Nakcho Choi, Sangwoo An, Jaechil Hwang, and Jaebeom Choi (Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Korea) for their paper “Study on Increasing Durability of Wrap Around Black Material for Tiled Displays.”

“With thirty years of vision, innovation and reality, we are pleased to continue our sponsorship of the UDC awards and honored to present a keynote address at IMID 2024,” said Steven V. Abramson, President and Chief Executive Officer of Universal Display Corporation. “This prestigious display conference is an excellent opportunity for Dr. Brown and our UDC team to discuss the advancements of UDC’s materials and technologies to support and enable the devices of today and tomorrow. As an OLED pioneer and leader, we continue to support students and researchers in their pursuit of knowledge, exploration and discovery in the fields of organic electronics and displays. We celebrate the achievements of these award recipients and commend all in the research community for their remarkable contributions.”

The UDC awards recognize outstanding individuals or teams that have demonstrated innovative ideas or research initiatives impacting the organic electronic and display industries. The winners were selected by IMID and KIDS.