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  • Registrations up more than 100% for LEDs 2011

    04 October 2011

    Featuring a sold-out exhibit hall and a full agenda comprised of the industry’s key professionals, LEDs 2011: Bringing Lighting to Life is on track to be the fall’s leading lighting and LED event. Hundreds of lighting professionals will gather at the 12th installment of IntertechPira’s industry leading LEDs conference and exhibition to hear from Acuity, Cree, OSRAM, Philips and more. This year’s event will be held at the Hilton San Diego Resort & Spa from October 24-26, 2011 in San Diego, California, US.

  • Ron Newbold of Prescolite on expanding LED adoption and more

    20 September 2011

    Ron Newbold is the Vice President of Brand Management for Prescolite (a division of Hubbell Lighting). Ron will be sharing his thoughts on-site at LEDs 2011 during the "Fixture Manufacturers Panel Discussion: Addressing Challenges and Reliability at the Fixture Level." Register today to make sure you're there!

  • Acuity Brands Lighting on "lighting facts" labels, patents and IP and more

    15 September 2011

    "Acuity Brands has been actively promoting the use of Lighting Facts Labels and was recently honored by the DOE with special recognition for our use of these labels.. We believe consumers have welcomed not only the information these labels provide, especially with regard to lamp and luminaire data, but also the comfort provided by a consistent label across all manufacturers."

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The agenda for LEDs 2011

LEDs 2011: Bringing Lighting to Life was aimed at providing you with the competitive intelligence - as well as the industry contacts - that your business needs to grow and expand. Last year's program focused on the reliability of LEDs in systems and its adoption in general lighting. Topics covered included prospects for LEDs in emerging markets, including Brazil; designing for reliability and the future direction for research and development.

 

Monday, October 24, 2011

1:00-5:00 p.m.

Pre-conference workshop:
Design for Reliability: Working Together to Create Robust SSL Systems
(additional fee required)

>> Learn more about the workshop

 

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

8:00 a.m.Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:45 a.m.Opening Remarks
 

State of the Industry

9:00 a.m.
Roadmap to the Future
James Brodrick, Lighting Program Manager, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, BUILDING TECHNOLOGIES PROGRAM
9:30 a.m.LEDs in Lighting, Trends and Outlook
Philip Smallwood, Lighting Market Analyst, IMS RESEARCH
10:00 a.m.Refreshment Break - Sponsored by The Bergquist CompanyBergquist
 

Perspectives from Brazil

10:30 a.m.Solid State Lighting in Brazil
Marco Poli, Executive Director, ABILUX (BRAZILIAN LIGHTING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION)
11:00 a.m.Esther Stiller, ASBAI (BRAZILIAN ASSOCIATION OF LIGHTING ARCHITECTS)
 

LED Manufacturers Session

11:30 a.m.Aspects of Light Quality - A Challenge for LED Light Sources?
Alex Wilm, Manager Application Engineering, OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS
12:00 p.m.PHILIPS LUMILEDS
12:30 p.m.Roundtable Luncheon - Sponsored by Uniglobe Kisco, Inc. kisco
2:00 p.m.What Does It Really Take To Enable The LED Lighting Revolution?
Paul Thieken, Director of Marketing, LED Components, CREE INC.
2:30 p.m.Lighting LEDs, Where Quality Meets Price
Shawn Du, Senior Manager - LED Sales, NICHIA
3:00 p.m.Refreshment Break - Sponsored by The Bergquist Company bergquist
3:30 p.m.

Fixture Manufacturers Panel Discussion: Addressing Challenges and Reliability at the Fixture Level

- Mark Hand, Director, New Products & Technology, ACUITY BRANDS LIGHTING
- Eric Haugaard, Director of Product Technology, BETALED/RUUD LIGHTING
- Mike Bauer, President & CEO, NEXXUS LIGHTING
- Billy Weiss, Director of Technology, MSI
- Ron Newbold, Vice President, Brand Management, PRESCOLITE
- Finn O'Brien, TRAXON TECHNOLOGIES LTD.

5:30 p.m.Conference Adjourns for the day
6:00 p.m.Grand Evening Reception in the Exhibition HallOcean Optics
 

October 26, 2011

8:00 a.m.Continental Breakfast
 

Case Studies

8:30 a.m.Eric Holland, LIGHTING SCIENCE GROUP
9:00 a.m.University & Retailer Bag Indoor Conventional Lighting for LEDs
Bill Ballweg, Product Manager, LITHONIA LIGHTING/ACUITY BRANDS
10:00 a.m.Lighting Spaces and Places with LED Luminaires
Ann Reo, IO LIGHTING
10:30 a.m.Refreshment Break
11:00 a.m.LEDs in Medical Applications
Tom Papanek, Director of R&D, LED Solutions, EXCELITAS TECHNOLOGIES
 

Technology Breakthrough Session

11:30 a.m.Improving LED Performance in High Lumen "A" Lamps
David Horn, CTO, SWITCH LIGHTING
12:00 p.m.Optimizing Drive Current for Maximum Performance
Marshall Miles, Vice President, Business Development, INVENTRONICS
12:30 p.m.Roundtable Luncheon
1:30 p.m.IES TM-21 Standard
Ralph Tuttle, Applications Engineering Manager, CREE, INC.
2:00 p.m.Advanced Optical Packaging for High-Efficient Surface Illumination
Eran Fine, Co-CEO & President, OREE
2:30 p.m.Intelligent Lighting Systems
Brian Chemel, CTO, DIGITAL LUMENS
3:00 p.m.Phosphor Design and the New Architecture for LEDs
Julian Carey, Director of Marketing, INTEMATIX
3:30 p.m.Closing Remarks and Door Prize Giveaway

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