The sixth annual LEDs Magazine Sapphire Awards reception, held on Feb. 12, 2020, marked a new era in fulfilling the mission of solid-state lighting (SSL) to deliver on the digital controllability, flexibility in form factor, and quality of light inherent in the LED source. Guests were greeted aboard the USS Midway, once a working aircraft carrier and now established as one of the premier museum attractions in the United States. In keeping with the theme of “mavericks” in technology, this opening ceremony video shows the Sapphire finalists as “top guns” in the industry. The Sapphire Award winners received their accolades and trophies, establishing themselves as innovators marching the LED and SSL industry forward into the next phase of technology application.
