The Optical Storage Technology Association (OSTA) announced that it is hosting Optical Storage Symposium - 2003, to be held Oct. 13 and 14, 2003, at the La Costa Resort in Carlsbad, Calif.

The event is co-located with the Consumer Electronics Association's Industry Forum to enable attendees from both conferences to attend selected joint activities, including a joint CEA/OSTA Session on Monday, Oct. 13.

OSTA's second annual Optical Storage Symposium provides a venue at which business and technology leaders from a diverse range of industry segments including consumer electronics, digital photography, entertainment, music, personal computers, and optical storage can exchange ideas and address issues. Through a day and a half of presentations and roundtable forums, lively debates will focus on perspectives and prospects for optical storage technology. Following are highlights of the Optical Storage Symposium - 2003. Additional details and registration information can be found online at http://www.osta.org/oss.