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09:05 - 09:15 Chairman's Opening Remarks

09:15 - 09:45

OLED Lighting – What do lighting designers really want out of OLEDs?

There’s a lot of talk in the industry about how OLEDs will change lighting design forever. What many people are unsure of, however, is how this change will occur, and how designers can put OLEDs to use.

• Answer commonly asked questions: Why do we need another new lighting source?  What sets OLEDs apart from other lighting sources?
• Investigate the differences in mindsets between the OLED industry and the lighting industry
• Take away key facts on what designers can expect: Colour ,Intensity distributions, efficacy, life, minimal use of associated material, ease of installation, maintenance, quality assurance and most importantly, realistic costs

Peter Ngai, Vice President of Research and Development, Acuity Brands lighting 

09:45 - 10:45

OLED performance pitching - how to impress your clients with the benefits of OLEDs - panel session

Through in-depth discussion of the latest OLED benchmarks discover the compelling advantages OLEDS have over existing lighting technologies and how you can use this to win over and delight your clients. Including:

• Low power consumption and operating voltage - minimizing heat and electricity bills
• Outstanding colour variation and spectrum - opening up new and incredible design ideas and fixture possibilities
• Light output, reliability over time and OLED lifespan - the core facts that accounts departments and CFOs everywhere need to know to sign off on new design proposals

Moderated by Sharon Stammers, UK Coordinator, PLDA

Kristin Knappstein, Business Development Manager, Philips
Jan Birnstock, Vice President, Novaled
Mike Hack, Vice President, Universal Display Corporation
Geoff Williams, OLED Group Leader, Thorn Lighting

11:15 - 11:45

The aesthetics of OLED lighting

OLED Lighting has exciting form factor benefits, can be flexible, is ultra-thin and is an excellent area source. How much of this is useful, and are these properties really that great?

• Explore the design parameters of OLED - What is it good for? In which applications is it better?
• See benefits from a designer’s point of view - Is flat boring?
• Examine the reasons why you should adopt OLED as part of a wider lighting design palette

Iain Ruxton, Associate, Speirs and Major Associates

11:45 - 12:15

Lumiblade - Lighting the way forward

Examine the OLED line coming from Philips, and how you can use them to their full potential.

Explore existing projects using Lumiblade, and how they've worked with this exciting new technology.

Kristin Knappstein, Business Development Manager, Philips

12:15 - 12:45

OH…LED’s The beauty of interaction

Is it a pleasure to use? Clarity, appropriateness, authenticity and focus on the human content are key to lighting design, whether it’s a concept or for the mass market

• See how lighting design with Philips has evolved, what achievements have been made, and how OLEDs fit in
• Focus on aesthetics, and see how to use OLEDs to their greatest potential to satisfy people’s needs and make them happier
• Why OLEDs? Hear the designer’s perspective on OLED merits from a world-renowned expert from one of the biggest lighting companies in the world

Oscar Peña, Senior Creative Director, Philips Lighting

14:15 - 14:45

OLED Lighting - from Vision to Reality

As OLED emerges as a lighting technology, sharing developments, technologies and breakthroughs with the industry becomes invaluable, and learning the latest possibilities will put you ahead of the game.

• Hear all the OLED news from Light & Building Frankfurt from a major developer
• Get up to date on the status of OLED Lighting and its critical success factors
• Investigate the merits of OLEDs versus existing well known light sources; flatness, transparency, area source emission and versatility
• See how OLED technology will pave the way for exciting new possibilities for designers and architects

Gerd Günther, Vice President, Novaled

14:45 - 15:15

Utilising and innovating with OLED – Pushing the boundaries

It’s clear that OLEDs provide a huge scope for exciting and innovative new designs, and taking advantage of their unique properties is the first step to producing truly unique lighting designs and paving the way to the future of lighting

• Hear from one of the most renowned lighting designers in the world about how they are using the newest technology and developments in OLED to create a new generation of lighting
• Witness the adaptation of lighting to practical, real life sculptures and fixtures, and seamless integration into its surroundings
• See how Ingo Maurer Lighting are utilising transparent OLEDs within different applications and lighting innovations

Ingo Maurer, Founder and Designer, Ingo Maurer
Bernhard Dessecker, Lighting Designer, Ingo Maurer

15:45 - 16:15

From Edison to OLED: Into the Future of Lighting

With unique and exciting approaches to OLED manufacturing, GE take us back to their founder and build up OLED technology from core lighting ideals

• Discuss the GE approach to OLED, why it’s unique, and how it can give you lighting freedom
• See why using flexible substrates, roll-to-roll manufacturing and state of the art thin film technology is the way forward
• Explore a range of creative ideas about possible applications for this technology with visualisations.

Dr Andrew Davies, Senior Product Manager - Solid State Lighting Solutions, GE Lighting EMEA

16:15 - 16:45

ORBEOS - discover pure light

Inorganic LEDs are migrated into the general lighting market rapidly today. Organic LEDs are just starting to be introduced into applications. Various application scenarios incorporating the ORBEOS OLED lighting product were shown after the release of the first qualified OLED lighting product in November 2009.  

• OLED technology- the combination of energy saving and aesthetic appeal
• ORBEOS - introduction and application scenarios of the worlds first certified OLED lighting product
• Outlook on OLED potentials for the future from a technologies perspective  

Dr Karsten Heuser, OLED Director, OSRAM Opto-Semiconductors

16:45 - 17:15

Case Study – OLED Design and lessons learnt

There is no substitute for practical experience when using a new technology. See what pitfalls to avoid and how they can work for you from experts who’ve been there.

• Hear how OLEDs have been used in lighting installations from the designers themselves
• Learn valuable lessons on what to watch out for when specifying OLEDs
• Hear from experience how we need OLEDs to perform for the future, and what this will mean for lighting design.

Jonathon Hodges, Senior Lighting Designer, Jason Bruges Studio

17:15 - 18:45

OLED Lighting Networking Drinks Party

Day 2 - June 22nd

08:50 - 09:00 Chairman's Opening Remark

09:00 - 09:45

OLED Workshop

Go hands on with OLED technology, see what it can do, and ask questions from the manufacturers themselves, for a candid discussion on OLED Technology. You’ll see:

• What the best way to adopt OLEDs is today, what they can do and how they work
• Actual OLED panels, and explore what you could do with them
• How performance will increase, lifetime extend and cost reduce, with realistic predictions from the people making it happen
• The future outlook for OLEDs, why they’re going to be a big deal, when they’ll be mainstream products, what they’ll be able to do, and how you can fit them in to your designs.

Novaled

09:45 - 10:45

OLEDs - unlocking new applications for lighting design- panel session

Get an exclusive and exciting insight into new lighting applications where OLED technology adds incredible value - hear a discussion on what role lighting designers play and how can they profit from:

• Illuminated Outwear and fabric based flexible lighting sources
• Portable lighting and new lamp designs
• Concealed lighting – soft-light retail displays, stage lighting and more
• Digital signage and advertising applications
• Off the shelf decorative lighting products for residential use
• Specialty architectural and industrial lighting

Moderated by Martin Lupton, President, PLDA

Karsten Heuser, Head of OLED, OSRAM-os
Dr Andrew Davies, Senior Product Manager - Solid State Lighting Solutions, GE Lighting EMEA
Jörg Amelung, General Manager, LEDON OLED Lighting

11:15 - 12:15

Workshop - Bespoke OLED Panels for all designs

Interactive workshop hosted by Blackbody, detailing what you could do with OLED Panels, designed to YOUR specifications!

Blackbody

12:15 - 12:45

Light Emitting Dreams V3.0

Where will OLED take us? What’s the future of lighting design? Is this the start of an exciting revolution in lighting design?

• Travel in time and consider how OLED technology might be integrated into the day to day fabric of our lives
• Summarise the envisaged pitfalls and benefits of the technology
• Through logical deduction and a small bit of fantastical fancy, construct a vision of how the city might be lit with OLEDs 25 years from now

Sam Neuman, Lighting Designer, Neuman Lighting Design Ltd.

13:45 - 14:15

Satisfying the need – Our human affinity for light

If a new technology is to truly be revolutionary, then it demands an appraisal of our needs and desires, our aims and visions.

• Explore how humans have interacted with light in its fundamental natural forms predating electric illumination
• Examine how solid state lighting, and in particular OLED, can satisfy our fundamental human need for light.
• Understand the past and identify our destination, so we can determine our ways.

14:15 - 14:45

OLED lighting – Interactivity and artistic potential

The versatility of OLED Lighting technology is plain to see. As more lighting disciplines begin to see the potential, innovation brings out new forms, uses and designs that really push the boat out

• Hear about the process involved in developing and designing the media architecture for an experimental OLED installation commissioned by Philips Lumiblade
• Explore unique innovation - combining OLEDs with experimental gesture and motion tracking based interfaces
• Discuss the qualities of OLEDs that are differentiating the material from all other lighting technologies.

Hannes Koch, Director, rAndom International

14:45 - 15:15

Seeing through the hype – What is really happening with OLEDs?

Following years of huge expectation and excitement, the bar is set high for OLED lighting. Are they really going to transform everything designers do?

• Evaluate the current state of OLED markets, and compare against others such as LED lighting and OLED displays
• Keep your feet on the ground, and cut through the publicity to the core of what OLED lighting will really do
• See how OLED will integrate with other technologies, and to what extent the lighting world will accept it.

Dr Geoff Archenhold, CEO, InGan Research

Coffee 15:15 - 15:45

15:45 - 16:15

OLED: Matching the technology to the need

Solid State LED developers worked in a bubble for many years, developing technology and devices that the lighting industry struggled to integrate. The talk is intended as a pre-curser to an open floor discussion, and potentially further workshops, based around ensuring that OLEDs are developed in a way that matches the market need from the earliest stages.

By reviewing some first principles of architectural lighting design, the talk seeks to provide an understanding of where OLED technology might offer solutions to lighting specifiers.

• What are the opportunities for this new technology?
• What are the challenges facing OLED developers in getting the market to engage with their technology?
• Where will OLEDs fit in to the Lighting Designer’s toolkit?
• What lessons can be learned from solid state LEDs entry into the market?

Douglas James, Founder, MindsEye

16:15 - 16:45

Merging design with development – The Knowledge Transfer Network

Helping developers realize what designers want and letting designers know what’s possible. Knowledge sharing is crucial in an emerging industry like OLED.

• Hear what the Photonics and Plastic Electronics KTN is doing to push OLED to the next level
• Learn how the KTN accelerates innovation through knowledge sharing
• Engage with the Design and Creative Industries - a case study of merging industries
• Explore the future KTN landscape - The Challenge Led Model

Dr Ric Allott, Director, Photonics and Plastic Electronics KTN

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