We’re happy to share the Preliminary Program for the upcoming LIPA Annual General Meeting on Thursday, November 21, 2024 at Hilton Los Angeles/Universal City in Universal City, CA! Details on the location are here.
Preliminary Program – [Presentations and Times Subject to change. All times are Pacific – Los Angeles USA]
Start – 9:00am PST
· LIPA Internal Committee Reports
o Chairman’s Introduction – Tim Ryan, Texas Instruments
o Membership Update – Bill Beck, BTM Consulting/LIPA
o Communications Update – Jason Meyer, Epson Americas/Bill Beck, LIPA
o Regulatory Business Committee Update – Shinsuke Kuraie, Panasonic
o Update on Photobiological Safety Standards – Dr. Karl Schulmeister, Siebersdorf Labs
· Global Market Update (GMU24)
o Introduction to GMU24 – Bill Beck, LIPA
o Global Cinema/Premium Format Update – David Hancock, OMDIA
o Global Professional, Commercial, Education and Consumer Update – Rosemary Abowd/PMA Research
o Roundtable discussion – Market Trends and Discussion
· LUNCH – 12:00pm PST
· Technology Updates – 12:30pm PST
o RGB Laser Diode and Packaging Update – Brian Montalbano, Nichia Americas
o Light Steering – technical introduction for “HDR by Barco” event [Speaker TBD]
o New RGB Speckle Mitigation technology – Nathan Spiller, Oxford University Soft Matter Photonics Group
· Applications Updates
o Progress and Trends in Multi-Projector Mapping – TBA
o Ultra-Short Throw (UST) 4K RGB LASER TV and other UST applications – TBA
· “Blue Sky” Future-looking Topics
o The Key Role of Laser Illumination in Advancing Automotive Innovation – Jorge Gonzales Maciel, Texas Instruments
o Introduction to Optical Fiber Delivery of RGB+ Laser – Bill Beck, LIPA
o Lasers & Fiberoptics – Changing the Lighting Paradigm – Gio Tomasi, RSL Fiber Systems.
· Wrap-up – 4:30pm PST
· Shuttlebus Transit to Deluxe/Barco Studios – 900 Seward St. –
· 5:00pm PST Arrival – Networking Mixer and Buffet
· HDR by Barco Demo – 7:00 – 9:00pm
· Shuttlebus Transit back to Hilton – Universal City
