Agenda for "LEDs - Lighting the Way Forward"

March 16, 2005
Venue: Photonics Application Centre, Birmingham For registration, sponsorship and exhibit information, please contact the Photonics Cluster (UK) team on +44 (0)121 260 6020.

Day 1: 20th April 2005

08h00 Exhibition set-up for exhibitors
09h30 Registration and Coffee

09h45 Geoff Archenhold - Photonics Cluster (UK)
Photonics Cluster (UK) & Photonics Application Centre

10h00 Wim Braber – Future Lighting Solutions
The Complete Guide to LEDs

10h30 Gareth Jones – Enfis Ltd
High Power LED Systems: Design Challenges and Market Opportunities

10h50 Colin Burton - Westinghouse
Challenges in Designing LED Clusters

11h10 Coffee Break and Exhibition

11h25 Ahmed Masood - Supertex Inc
20 Ways to Drive LEDs

11h45 James Stratford – Universal Science
Thermal Management Issues in LED lighting

12h05 Christoph Cox – Vossloh-Schwabe
Issues of Chip on Board Technology

12h25 Lunch and Networking – Tour of Facilities (optional)

14h00 Andrew Dennington - Carclo Technical Plastics
Luminaire Optical Design

14h20 Dr. Andrew Phillips - Forge Europa
Practical Measurement of LEDs and Fixtures

14h40 Ray Letasi – Color Kinetics
Lighting: Applications and Challenges of Controlling White

15h00 Bob Steele – Strategies Unlimited
High-Brightness LED Market Review and Forecast

15h30 Networking time
16h00 Estimated end

Day 2: 21st April 2005

09h00 Registration and Coffee

09h15 Geoff Archenhold - Photonics Cluster (UK)
Photonics Cluster (UK) & Photonics Application Centre

09h30 Luc van der Poel – Philips Lighting
Emerging Applications of LEDs

10h00 Vladimír Kuběna – Visteon Corp.
Automotive: Forward LED Lighting

10h30 John Ekis – Lamina Ceramics
Task Lighting Design - A Case Study

11h00 Coffee Break and Exhibition

11h15 Tim Holt - Institute of Photonics
Applications of Novel Micro LED Technology

11h45 Stewart Langdown - TridonicAtco
General Applications of LEDs

12h15 Antoine de Ryckel - Barco
LEDs in Large Displays

12h45 Lunch and Networking – Tour of Facilities (optional)

14h15 Chris Pekar - TIR Systems Ltd
LEDs and Architectural Lighting: The Promise and the Challenges

14h45 Anthony Batt - Lumidrives
Emergency Lighting

15h15 Julian Ding – PLM Illumination
Architectural and Leisure Lighting

15h45 Networking time
16h00 Estimated end

(All speakers and titles are subject to change)