OIDA's Marko Slusarczuk Receives Award

OIDA News - July 2007 

OIDA's Marko Slusarczuk Receives Award,
Named SID 2008 Business Conference Committee Chair

On May 21, 2007, at its annual meeting in Long Beach, the Society for Information Displays presented Dr. Marko M. G. Slusarczuk with a Special Recognition Award "For his leadership in creating and managing the DARPA high definition-display program, which advanced a wide range of display technologies, including active-matrix liquid-crystal, plasma and projection displays and for developing innovative equipment to commercially manufacture these displays." As Program Manager at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), he managed the flat panel display program for which he reviewed hundreds of proposals and companies. Since that time, he has been heavily involved in the display industry in positions with Candescent Technologies, CLCEO, and the World Technology Evaluation Center.

Dr. Slusarczuk, currently OIDA’s Director of Government Programs, was also named to chair next year’s Business Conference at the SID 2008 Conference. In the five years since the Business Conference debuted in 2003, the worldwide display market has increased almost 70%, and in 2007, is expected to exceed $100 billion for the first time, by OIDA estimates. As the display industry continues to grow, the SID Business Conference is the preeminent forum for exploring how this dynamic business has reached its current state, and where it will go from here.