Call for Paper Abstracts: TrendForce is inviting companies and academic institutions to submit abstracts or outlines of their latest technical papers related to Innovative Micro LED Technologies. Below are instructions, terms, and conditions for the submission.

▲ Submission Period: Jun. 6, 2018 to Sep. 30, 2018
▲ Prize winners will be announced on Oct 30, 2018.


[I] Intention and Range of Topics for Submission

Micro LED is widely recognized as having the potential to become one of the major next-gen display technologies. Since LEDinside, a division of TrendForce, held its first seminar conference (LEDforum 2016), there has been an upsurge in technological advances made in Micro LED manufacturing. At the same time, numerous new startups that are working in the related fields have also emerged.

While the pace in the formation of the Micro LED supply chain is accelerating, there are still very few channels to promote these pioneering technologies and the companies behind them. To address this challenge, TrendForce has launched a special call for paper abstracts/outlines on this subject. We especially want to engage with companies around the world that are in the upstream, mid-stream, and downstream sections of the Micro LED supply chain. LEDinside is one of the most influential research and media platforms in the global LED industry, and it wants to have the most cutting-edge solutions on Micro LED production to be presented to the public in LEDinside.com on Oct 30. By issuing this call for abstracts and outlines, LEDinside hopes to create new growth opportunities for the whole LED industry.

TrendForce welcomes submissions from companies, academic institutions and other corporate entities that want to unveil their technologies and patents related to Micro LED.

[II] Eligible Participants:

[1] Companies that reside in the global supply chains of the following industries: LED, semiconductor, and display.
[2] Departments of academic institutions (i.e. colleges and universities), research agencies, and governmental organizations that study Micro LED and related technologies.

[III] Submission Period: 2018.6.6~2018.9.30

[IV] Judging and Prizes:

[1] Prize winners will be announced on Oct 30, 2018.
[2] Description of Prizes

[V] Judging Panel/Organizations:

[1] The Consortium of Intelligence Micro-Assembly System (CIMS), an organization established by Taiwan’s Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI)
[2] Institute of EO Engineering at National Chiao Tung University (Taiwan/ROC)

[VI] Judging Criteria and Scoring:

[1]Relevance to the topic and validity of the research and data: 20%
[2]Originality of the presented technological solution: 40%
[3]Potential for future development of the presented solution: 40%

[VII] Formatting Requirements for Submission Entries

[1] Formatting Guidelines: Abstracts/outlines must be submitted electronically in PDF format sized under 2MB. The writing must be in English and formatted for A4 paper (210 × 297 millimeters or 8.27 × 11.69 inches) with 1-inch margin. Texts must be double spaced and presented in a common 12-point font (Times New Roman). The required word count is 1,000 words minimum and 1,500 words maximum. The maximum allowable number of tables, figures, photos, and images that are included in a submission entry is five.

[2] Submission Method: Please convert the text document of the abstract/outline into a PDF file sized under 2MB and attach it to an email addressed to GraceLi@trendforce.com; JoanneWu@trendforce.com, with the subject line: Call for Abstracts/Outlines on Innovative Micro LED Technologies.

[3] Abstract/Outline Template: The structure of the abstract/outline must be organized according to the following order.

[a] A brief description of the main topic (e.g. the research or the technological solution that is being presented)
[b] Motivations behind the research or the development of the technological solution (e.g. objectives, core values, and mission statements)
[c] A description of the problem and the approach to carry out the research or finding the technological solution
[d] Results and implications (i.e. the conclusion)

[VIII] Important Notices:

[1] In addition to submitting the entry in the PDF format, all authors are required to complete and attach the official submission/registration form and the copyright license agreement to their submission emails. The official submission/registration form and the copyright license agreement can be downloaded at [http:// LINK].

Please fill in the forms: Copyright Form and Submission Form

[2] The entry must be in the PDF file format and sized under 2MB.

[3] Only the participants that win the 1st place, 2nd place, 3rd place and honorable mention will be respectively notified after the judging process of the competition. TrendForce will not notify the remaining participants on whether their submissions have been accepted or rejected.

[4] All submission entries must be original works of their respective authors and must include proper citations. Please adhere to international copyright laws. TrendForce accepts no legal responsibility or liability for submission entries that infringe on the copyright and the intellectual property rights of any other party.

[IX] Contact Us

[X] Introduction of the Honorable Judges

  Dr. Y. H. FANG received his PHD degree (2008) at National Taiwan University. He has been in ITRI since 2008. In this period, he focused on the topic of GaN substrate growth / UV LED on GaN substrate / GaN on Si for power device. For now, he is in charge of micro-LED team in ITRI and focusing on the technology of micro-LED from epitaxy, micro-chip process, mass transfer, high speed inspection, and system design. The micro-LED team led by him is building up the micro-LED platform applied for signage and AR application.

  Professor Kuo has held a post in National Chiao Tung University for over 18 years and has been a professor in Department of Photonic and Institute of Electro-Optical Engineering, where he was a Chairman and Director (Aug. 2009-Feb. 2011). He has also established the first GaN LED/laser graduate curriculum. Besides, Prof. Kuo was elected as the Secretary of IEEE/Photonics Taipei Chapter (2008-2010), the Vice Chair (2010-2012) and the Chair of IEEE/Photonics Taipei Chapter (since 2012). He is also the technical program committee of several major technical conferences, including IEEE, the Optical Society of America (OSA), the SPIE, and the American Physical Society (APS).

Prof. Kuo was the recipient of The Optical Engineering Society of Taiwan (SPIE Taipei Chapter) – Young Researcher Award in 2007. National Science Council of Taiwan- Dr. Ta-You Wu Award (Young Investigator Award, top 1% Young Researcher) in 2007. Faculty Research Award of National Chiao-Tung University in 2010, 2011. Micro-optics Conference (MOC) Contribution Award-10th MOC Program Committee Chairman (2011). OSA Fellow (2012) IET Fellow (2012) SPIE Fellow (2013).