The MEDIA-TECH Association will partner with the HVD Alliance for a seminar presentation on Holographic Versatile Disc (HVD) at the upcoming MEDIA-TECH Expo. Experts from the field will introduce this new optical storage technology offering capacities of up to 3.9 terabyte. Hideyoshi Horimai, Chief Technology Office of Optware Corporation, the inventor of HVD will also speak at the seminar during the Expo. The new format uses a technology called Collinear Holography, which employs two lasers collimated in a single beam.

MEDIA-TECH Expo 2006 will take place from May 30 ? June 01, 2006 at Hall 3 of Messe Frankfurt.