Universal Display Corporation Celebrates 10 Years of UDC Innovative Research and Pioneering Technology Awards at IMID Korea, Recognizes 2026 Award Recipients

EWING, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug 25, 2026--

Universal Display Corporation (UDC) (Nasdaq: OLED), a global leader in energy-efficient OLED technologies and materials, today announced the recipients of the 10 th annual UDC Awards at the 26th International Meeting on Information Display (IMID 2026) in Busan, Korea, marking a decade of recognizing pioneering research and technical innovation in organic electronics and display technologies. Organized by the Korean Information Display Society (KIDS) and Society for Information Display (SID), IMID 2026 took place August 18-21 in Busan, South Korea.

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As Korea’s largest display industry conference, IMID brings together leading researchers, scientists and companies to showcase the latest advancements shaping the future of display technology. As part of its longstanding support of IMID, UDC continued its sponsorship of the conference in 2026 and Dr. Mike Weaver, Vice President and Deputy Chief Technology Officer of PHOLED R&D, delivered an invited presentation introducing OLED X, the Company’s breakthrough technology platform designed to unlock new levels of efficiency, image fidelity and design flexibility for next-generation displays.

“Through our continued sponsorship of IMID and a decade of the UDC Innovative Research and Pioneering Technology Awards, we are proud to support and celebrate the scientific excellence, ingenuity and groundbreaking research that continue to emerge from Korea’s vibrant display ecosystem,” said Steven V. Abramson, President and Chief Executive Officer of Universal Display Corporation. “Congratulations to this year’s award recipients for your dedication to advancing display technology and organic electronics. These awards reflect our longstanding commitment to fostering innovation, supporting scientific talent, and helping drive the future of OLED technologies and displays.”

During the conference awards banquet on August 20, IMID recognized the 10-year milestone of UDC’s awards program, and SongGeun (SG) Lee, UDC Korea Deputy Director, presented this year’s UDC awards:

UDC Innovative Research Award in Organic Electronics & Display: Jae Min Jang, Dong Jin Shin (Sungkyunkwan University, Korea), Bin Liu, Raju Lampande, Sritoma Paul, Claire Arneson (University of Michigan, USA), Jun Yeob Lee (Sungkyunkwan Univ., Korea), and Stephen R. Forrest (University of Michigan, USA) for their paper “1.9-Fold Enhanced Device Lifetime in Blue PHOLEDs via Plexciton Engineering through Complex Refractive Index Control of Electron-Transporting Material.”

UDC Pioneering Technology Award in Organic Electronics & Display:Jae Sung Kim (Yonsei University & LG Display Co., Ltd., Korea), Ki Woo Kim (Yonsei University, Korea), Jung Chul Kim, Juhn Suk Yoo, Sang Yoon Park (LG Display Co., Ltd., Korea), and Hyun Jae Kim (Yonsei University, Korea) for their paper “A Low-Flicker LTPO AMOLED Pixel Using a Charge-Injection-Blocking Capacitor.”

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.

About Universal Display Corporation

Universal Display Corporation (Nasdaq: OLED) is a leader in the research, development and commercialization of organic light emitting diode (OLED) technologies and materials for use in display and solid-state lighting applications. Founded in 1994 and with subsidiaries and offices around the world, the Company currently owns, exclusively licenses or has the sole right to sublicense more than 7.000 patents issued and pending worldwide. Universal Display licenses its proprietary technologies, including its breakthrough high-efficiency UniversalPHOLED® phosphorescent OLED technology that can enable the development of energy-efficient and eco-friendly displays and solid-state lighting. The Company also develops and offers high-quality, state-of-the-art UniversalPHOLED materials that are recognized as key ingredients in the fabrication of OLEDs with peak performance. In addition, Universal Display delivers innovative and customized solutions to its clients and partners through technology transfer, collaborative technology development and on-site training. To learn more about Universal Display Corporation, please visit https://oled.com/.

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UDC Korea Deputy Director, SongGeun Lee (center) presents the UDC Innovative Research and Pioneering Technology Awards to Jae Sung Kim (left) and Jae Min Jang (right) at IMID 2026.

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — The commander of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces on Tuesday announced the official dissolution of the group, which once controlled a de facto autonomous zone in Syria's northeast.

Speaking during a news conference at the presidential palace in Damascus, Mazloum Abdi said the SDF has completed a merger with the Syrian army and would cease to operate as an independent force. The Kurdish-led force lost most of its territory in northeast Syria to a government offensive in January and then signed the deal to merge with the army.

The SDF was once the main partner of the United States in Syria as it battled the Islamic State group. But after the ouster of former Syrian President Bashar Assad in December 2024, Washington formed close ties with the new government in Damascus led by interim Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa, the former leader of an Islamist insurgent group.

The SDF “carried a heavy responsibility during one of the most difficult periods in Syria’s history,” Abdi said.

“Today, circumstances have changed, and the country has entered a new phase, one of peace and participation in building a new Syria,” he said, announcing the “end of the SDF’s mission” and “its dissolution as an independent military force.”

Under the 50-year rule of the Assad dynasty in Syria, Kurds were marginalized, with many denied citizenship. Public celebrations of the Nowruz holiday — an ancient Persian springtime new year festival that is also celebrated by Kurds in Syria, Turkey and Iraq as well as Iran — were banned.

Shortly after the uprising against the Assad government began in 2011, the Kurds filled the vacuum created by the withdrawal of government forces from wide areas of Syria’s northeast. The SDF at one point controlled about 25% of Syria.

The Kurds were initially circumspect about the new post-Assad government and unwilling to give up their de facto autonomy. Some of the insurgent groups that took part in the offensive that ousted Assad were Turkish-backed forces that had clashed with the SDF in the past.

Turkey considered the SDF to be a terrorist organization because of its ties to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, a separatist group that staged a decades-long insurgency in Turkey. A peace process is now underway.

Kurds questioned whether the new Sunni Arab-led authorities would give them true representation in the new government, while al-Sharaa tried to woo them.

During ceasefire negotiations with the SDF in January, he issued a decree strengthening Kurdish rights. It made Kurdish an official language along with Arabic, and adopted Nowruz as a national holiday. It also restored the citizenship of tens of thousands of Kurds in northeastern Hassakeh province after they were stripped of it during the 1962 census.

Abdi said that al-Sharaa had promised that Kurds would have the right to education in their own language, an important issue for the country’s Kurdish population.

Questions remain, including the fate of the SDF's all-female fighting units — a sensitive point in the integration talks as many of the Damascus leaders come from a conservative background and are opposed to women in combat.

But the success of the integration agreement with the SDF is a major boost to al-Sharaa's government, which has struggled to unify the country as it begins to recover from a nearly 14-year civil war. Most of the country is now under the control of the central government in Damascus.

The exception is southern Syria's Sweida province, which is now controlled by Druze factions that are hostile to Damascus after clashes last year in which government-affiliated fighters launched sectarian revenge attacks on Druze civilians. The Druze factions have received support from Israel, which is also occupying a strip of land in southern Syria near the border with the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights.

Sewell reported from Beirut.

FILE - Mazloum Abdi, commander of the Kurdish-led and U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces speaks during an interview in the northeastern city of Hassakeh, Syria, Oct. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Hogir Al Abdo, File)

The commander of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces Mazloum Abdi speaks during a news conference at the presidential palace in Damascus, Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)

Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa, right, meets with the commander of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, Mazloum Abdi, center left, at the presidential palace in Damascus, Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)

The commander of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces Mazloum Abdi speaks during a news conference at the presidential palace in Damascus, Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)