Events

The Illuminating Engineering Society is seeking experts to present at the 2015 Annual Conference being held in Indianapolis, Indiana this November 8-10. (This is a call for presentations, not to be confused with the Call for Papers.) The deadline is March 20, 2015. Click here to learn more and submit a proposal. LightShow West, to [...]

Notable keynote and impact speakers are a part of the educational experience at 2015 LIGHTFAIR, which will feature 140 presenters during its five-day program May 3-7 in New York’s Javits Center (Pre-Conference LIGHTFAIR Institute: May 3-4; Trade Show & Conference: May 5-7). Shuji Nakamura, Ph.D. is a 2014 Nobel Prize Winner in Physics and will [...]

LEDucation 9 is happening March 5-6, 2015 at the Sheraton NY Times Square Hotel. Online registration is now officially open. I was able to attend last year and thought it was a terrific event. Click here to learn more and register.

LightShow West, the west coast-based lighting show, will take place October 21 and 22, 2015 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. LightShow has issued a call for speakers for their 2015 event. Proposals are due February 27, 2015. Click here to learn more.

Now in its 12th year, DOE’s SSL R&D Workshop blends discussions on SSL research, product development and manufacturing. The event will take place January 27-29 in San Francisco. Learn the latest on SSL advances: • Explore new directions in lighting and global manufacturing trends • Examine developments in red emitters, advanced materials and new manufacturing [...]

On Thursday, December 4, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Better Buildings Alliance will host a 60-minute live webinar about the Next Generation Luminaires (NGL) Design Competition and what building managers can learn from the extensive process used to select NGL-winning products. In its seventh year, NGL continues to showcase excellence in LED luminaire design and [...]

The IES Annual Conference in Pittsburgh was held November 2-4. Click here to see the sponsors. Here are some highlights courtesy of IES: Keynote speakers: Neil deGrasse Tyson led a lineup of four keynote speakers who framed their talks around the themes of Imagination, Integration, Inspiration and Illumination, the conference themes. Click here to learn [...]

The New York Festival of Light (NYFOL) announces New York City’s first annual New York Festival of Light, a three-night event – Thursday through Saturday, November 6 -8, 2014 – that celebrates light, in all of its extraordinary incarnations. New York now joins the ranks of major cities such as Berlin, London, Lyon, Montreal and [...]

The IESNYC has invited nine 2014 Lumen Award winning lighting designers to discuss what it takes to win a Lumen Award. In addition to discussing their award-winning projects, they will reveal how you too can have an award-winning submission. You’ll find out how to write effective text and submit eye-catching images and other tips to [...]