Seminars

Learn about the key concepts behind the contentious issues surrounding the arguments for white light, including photopic/mesopic/sctopic vision and visibility, visual performance, and whether LED lighting holds particular promise as a white light source. Our panel will offer the perspectives of a lighting researcher, a luminaire manufacturer and a lighting specifier. We will look at roadway and outdoor lighting specifically, but also look beyond to the applicability of these concepts in interior, higher light-level applications as well. 

Speakers: Dr. Ron Gibbons is an expert in lighting and visibility, and serves as the lighting and infrastructure technology group leader at Virginia Polytechnic and State University. Ron holds a PhD from the University of Waterloo. He currently serves as president of the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IESNA) and secretary of the United States National Committee of the Commission Internationale d’Eclairage (CIE).

Eric J. Haugaard is the director of product technology for Ruud Lighting, Inc., headquartered in Racine, Wisconsin. With the luminaire manufacturer for over 20 years, Eric previously served as engineering manager of new product development.

Joe Bastianpillai, LC, is a certified lighting specialist with over 30 years of experience in lighting design, traffic signal design and electrical power distribution. He holds a diploma in illuminating engineering and worked as a senior project manager and department head with two major consulting companies prior to becoming president of Lumentech Engineers Inc. Joe sits on both the IESNA and the CSA roadway lighting committees.

Ruud Lighting’s Shirley Coyle, LC, will moderate the panel.

All lighting seminars at IIDEX/NeoCon Canada 2008 are accredited for LC credits.