Events

The Illuminating Engineering Society has announced a Call for Papers for its 2011 annual conference to be held October 30-November 1, 2011 at the Hilton Austin Hotel in Austin, TX. Authors of papers regarding the art, science and practice of illumination are invited to submit their papers for possible presentation for the conference, the theme [...]

The U.S. chapter of the International Commission on Illumination (Commission International de l’Eclarage) – CIE/USA is hosting a series of seminars on solid-state lighting. The seminars begin at 7:00AM, May 19, 2011 at the Philadelphia Airport Courtyard Hotel (Philadelphia, PA), the last day of LIGHTFAIR, which is being held in the same city May 17-19. [...]

LEDucation 5, produced by the Designers Lighting Forum of New York, hosted more than 1,800 attendees from across North American and Europe at New York’s Hotel Pennsylvania on Wednesday, March 16. Attendees learned about the latest developments in solid-state lighting and saw products from 87 exhibiting manufacturers.

LIGHTFAIR has announced the debut of the Spotlight Lounge at the 2011 Philadelphia show. Staged directly on the trade show floor among the expansive offerings of the LFI exhibitors, the Lounge presents a forum to engage and inform attendees. Supporting this launch and taking center stage in the Spotlight Lounge is headlining show keynote speaker [...]

During the 2011 Institutes, LIGHTFAIR will present two keynote presentations with architect Jeanne Gang and a panel of designers including Jonathan Speirs, Mark Major and Keith Bradshaw. The keynote luncheons, which take place during the opening days of the Conference, will guide attendees through their celebrated designs and ideas from conception to the finished projects. [...]

For the past two years, Howard Wolfman of LumiSpec Consulting have presented the “What’s New in Lamps and Ballasts” seminar at LIGHTFAIR to audiences as large as 500 show attendees. Howard had done the presentation for a number of years previous to my getting involved, and helped make it the must-see LIGHTFAIR event it is [...]

LIGHTFAIR International (LFI) will again cover a broad range of today’s most relevant topics, presented by the industry’s leading experts. Set to take place at the Las Vegas Convention Center, the 2012 LFI Conference program will align with topics addressed on the show floor as well as within the industry as a whole. The LIGHTFAIR [...]

I’ll be attending the IES conference in Toronto next week, and hope to see you there!

Former Secretary of State and retired Gen. Colin L. Powell will give the keynote address at USGBC’s annual Greenbuild International Conference & Expo being held Nov.17-19, 2010, in Chicago. Click here to learn more.