Your Guide to Quantum Dots at Display Week 2026

April 9, 2026

May 3-8, 2026 | Los Angeles Convention Center

Display Week 2026 has a lot for the QD community this year. There's a dedicated QD symposium track, a big BT.2020 color panel, new sessions on eye health, and a mini-LED backlight session on Friday. If quantum dots touch your business, you should be in LA in May. Here's what we're watching and what we'll be showing.

QD on the Symposium Stage

Tuesday is QD day in Room 403A. Three back-to-back oral sessions, QD Electroluminescence I, II, and III (Sessions 1, 9, and 17), run from 11 AM through 5:30 PM. They cover the latest in QDEL device architectures, efficiency improvements, and material advances. Chairs include Michele Ricks (EMD Electronics), Jeonghun Kwak (Seoul National University), and Xiao Wei Sun (SUSTech). If you're tracking the road from QD photoluminescence to electroluminescence, this is the most concentrated day of technical content you'll find anywhere.

Wednesday has Session 25: Infrared Quantum Dot (8:30 AM), looking at QD applications beyond the visible spectrum in sensing, imaging, and communications.

And on Friday, Session 116: Mini-LED Backlight (3:30 PM, Room 406AB) gets into the backlight architectures where QD color conversion plays a critical role in hitting wide color gamuts at competitive cost.

You can browse the full symposium schedule here.

BT.2020 Takes Center Stage

You're going to hear a lot about BT.2020 at the show this year. On Thursday at 10:00 AM, there's a Center Stage panel called "The BT.2020 Standard: The Benefits and Costs of Enhancing Display Color Capability" with panelists from NHK, Intel, LG Electronics, Xiaomi, and UBC. This one has big implications for QD materials. We think QDs are one of the best paths to full BT.2020 coverage, and we expect this panel to dig into exactly that question. Worth your time.

Eye Health and the Display Spectrum

There's a notable new thread at Display Week this year around display health, and QDs sit right at the intersection. Session 65: Eye Health in Emissive Displays (Thursday, 10:30 AM, Room 403A), chaired by Seth Coe-Sullivan of NS Nanotech, looks at how the spectral output of emissive displays affects ocular health. Our own Jeff Yurek will be presenting in this session on how quantum dot spectral engineering can shape healthier display output. There are also sessions on Light Engineering and Visual Health (Session 63) and Emerging Technologies for Ocular Health (Session 79), so Thursday is really a full day of health-focused programming. See the symposium schedule for details.

Business Conference: The Market View

On Monday, Nanosys's ZhongSheng Luo joins the "How TV/IT/Signage Display Market Will Evolve" panel (3:00 PM, Room 409AB) alongside panelists from Intel and others, moderated by Bob O'Brien of Counterpoint Research. This one covers the competitive dynamics between QD-enhanced LCD, OLED, and emerging tandem architectures across TV, monitor, and signage. If you're making technology bets in the IT display space, this is a must-see. Full lineup on the Business Conference page.

QD Exhibitors on the Floor

The exhibit hall is open Tuesday through Thursday and will have major QD ecosystem players showing their latest. Look for Samsung Display, TCL China Star (CSOT), BOE, Tianma, and Innolux, all confirmed exhibitors this year. Expect to see QD integration across everything from automotive to XR to IT monitors.

Come See Nanosys in Meeting Room MR6

We'll be in Meeting Room MR6 with a hands-on demo suite that shows what precision QD manufacturing makes possible:

• QD Manufacturing Precision. We'll have individual QD vials manufactured to specific wavelengths with ±1nm accuracy. Grab a spectrometer and measure them yourself.
• BT.2020 Color. We worked with cinematographer Florian Friedrich to shoot a video using QDs at BT.2020 wavelengths, shown on a BT.2020-capable display right next to those very vials. See what full BT.2020 color actually looks like.
• Healthy Light. A working display using our ultra-deep-red QDs, developed in response to growing customer demand around red light therapy. We're maintaining healthy skepticism on the science, but the customer pull is real. Come see it and judge for yourself (see if you feel healthier!).
• MiniLED vs. Tandem OLED. Much of the industry thinks tandem OLED will win IT. They may not be wrong, but we have a side-by-side demo that shows why MiniLED may have more staying power than people think. See if you can tell the difference.
• Automotive Color Gamut. See how QDs enable wider color gamuts for automotive displays and how that helps with visibility in tough ambient lighting.
• Beyond Display: 3D Printed QDs. We launched one of our first non-display QD applications with Quantum Light: 3D printer filament with quantum dots inside. If you've ever wanted to see a glowing red 3D-printed dragon, now's your chance.

Space is limited. Email hello@nanosys-shoei.com to book your meeting.

Free Exhibit Hall Pass

We're offering complimentary exhibit hall passes to Display Week. Use code 5FY8aO5l when you register at displayweek.org to get free access to the exhibit floor, keynotes, and Center Stage panels, including the BT.2020 session.

See you in LA.