Event

Light Canada 2008

Venue

Direct Energy Centre, Toronto, Canada

Dates

September 25-26, 2008

Light Canada EXPO and Conference Expands

IIDEX/NeoCon Canada in partnership with the Illuminating Engineering Society, Toronto Section (IES) will showcase the latest in interior, exterior, commercial and architectural lighting products plus lamps and lighting controls in 15,000 square feet of exposition space. With over 100 new Canadian and international exhibitors Light Canada will deliver not only cutting edge design, but will also showcase the monumental advances in sustainable lighting, LED technology, new materials and advances in lighting design.

Light Canada 2008 Highlights:

• Lighting Keynote Abhay Wadhwa of AWA Lighting Designers, New York will present an innovative multi-media keynote address on Thursday September 25th from 9:30 - 10:30 AM - Free
• IES Toronto Section Gala on Saturday September 27th at the Royal York Hotel
• Experiential Light Café located adjacent to Light Canada
• Special CEU accredited seminar stream developed by industry experts covering all aspects of lighting design, applications, technology and special case studies deigned to ensure seminar attendees are up to date on the latest lighting education on lighting design engineering and technology.

Lighting Keynote

The Culture of Lighting

Abhay Wadhwa

Principal, AWA Lighting Designers, New York

Thursday, September 25

9:30 - 10:30 AM

Keynote Theatre - Free

CEU 0.1

Join award winning lighting designer Abhay Wadhwa as he demonstrates how to effectively use lighting design techniques and technologies to interpret and respond to diverse local cultures, customs, climates, religious and political realties. For more information on all of the 2008 keynote speakers please visit our keynote section.

2008 Seminar Line-up

Wednesday September 24

W02 Daylighting and Artificial Lighting Technologies for Buildings (RAIC)

W03 LightShift - LED Solutions Means Business

Thursday September 25

T04 Healthcare Lighting That Saves Lives

T15 LED City Lighting: Case Study of the Palace Pier

T18 Modern Lighting Design: The Computer as the Lighting Tool, Not the Master

T20 Urban Lighting: Exterior Case Study of Royal Ontario Museum

T26 Custom Lighting: Pushing the Limits

T35 The White Light Story: Is it Possible to Do More with Less?

Friday September 26

F01 The Myths and Reality of LED Lighting

F12 Maintaining Visual Quality in and Age of Shrinking Energy Budgets

F23 Colour Temperature, Chromaticity & LED’s

F28 Museum Lighting at the Smithsonian Institute

F37 Evoking Emotions with Lighting of Large Structures (IALD)

LIGHTING LEARNING LABS

Need a quick info fix? Make sure to stop by these exciting hands on learning sessions on the show floor.

Thursday September 25

TLL08 LED's for General Lighting: What Applications Make Sense Today?

TLL11 The Perfect Source for the Perfect Design

TLL09 Lighting Design Using Basic Optical Principles

TLL10 Site Lighting: Optical System Design for Site, Roadway & Architecture

Friday September 26

FLL08 Sustainable Lighting Design

FLL09 It’s Not Disneyland! The Art of Landscape Lighting

FLL12 New Technologies in Lamps & Ballast

FLL10 Integration of Furniture & Lighting Systems

FLL11 LEED – An Introduction and Strategies for Success

Contact

IIDEX/NeoCon Canada

Merchandise Mart Properties

(Canada) Inc.

10 Alcorn Ave., Suite 100

Toronto, ON, Canada

M4V 3A9

Tel : 416.944.3350

Fax: 416.921.2707

Email: info@iidexneocon.com

For more information please visit: http://www.iidexneocon.com/2008/index.php/highlights/light_canada/