11:45am - 12:15pm
Digital Signage Workshop Theater
This presentation will address the topic of display technologies for digital signage, with a focus placed on current and future technologies as well as their uses. Topics to be discussed are:
1. Will LED display technology overtake standard LCD displays?
2. Where is touch screen technology heading?
3. Commercial vs. Consumer grade technology?
4. Why are video walls becoming more prevalent?
5. What new technologies are in the horizon?
6. Are projectors still an option for digital signage?
7. Will glassless 3D be available?
8. What is this OLED technology I am hearing about now?
9. What are translucents and what will be their role?
Richard Ventura is the director of sales for vertical solutions at NEC Display Solutions of America. The Vertical Solutions team is focused on the retail, quick service restaurant and higher education markets. Their goal is to deliver industry-leading LCD displays, projectors, digital signage solutions and other display solutions to these rapidly growing vertical markets. Ventura has been with NEC for over 12 years and has focused on delivering display and projector solutions to customers in the retail, QSR, education, medical, financial and corporate markets. He has an extensive history in working with multiple partners in the industry and is focused on building stronger solutions for the industry as a whole. He currently serves on the board of directors for the Digital Signage Federation (DSF) as well as chairs the Advocacy and Outreach Committee for the DSF. Ventura is considered an expert in digital menu boards, outdoor digital signage, interactive digital signage and video wall systems.
