12th Display Holography Symposium

The 12th International Symposium on Display Holography (ISDH) took place in Seoul, South Korea, from 26 June to 1 July. This was five years after the previous Symposium, breaking the three-year cycle, for obvious reasons to do with COVID and travel restrictions.

However, the intention now is to hold the 13th Symposium in three years’ time, not next year.

The buzz of holographers

The event was co-chaired by Hans Bjelkhagen, who took on the task of continuing the work of the late Tung Jeong (TJ), the founder of the ISDH, and Prof Seung Hyun Lee, of Kwangoon University, the hosts for the event, which made Prof Lee the local organiser, ably supported by staff and students.

There were around 130 participants, over half of them from South Korea, and around 60 from other countries, with typical attendance at the presentations hovering around the 60-70 mark. People from outside Seoul were accommodated in a number of hotels around the Sofitel Hotel, the event venue, which meant that the usual easy socialising which has been a feature of this symposium did not take place, as participants went their own way for evening meals.