Rogier Van Der Heide From Philips Lighting Provides His Insight Into Future LED Innovations At Future Lighting Europe 2011

Online, February 24, 2011 (Newswire.com) - Rogier will be leading a session discussing the challenges faced by the lighting industry and provides his view on the LED technologies in the future, as well as the importance of the Open innovation approach. This is a critical topic to the global lighting industry as it is currently going through a remarkable period of transformation, under the influence of energy-efficiency and environmental concerns, as reported by LEDs Magazine.

In addition, Rogier will share his insight into the standards of the LED technology platforms, provide the case studies on how you can contribute to future LED innovation that are in intrinsically based on the unique capabilities of this new light source. This is the next wave of increasing market opportunities for quality LED lighting products and systems, by speeding up and increasing the adoption of LED products and luminaries.

"LED lighting is much more than energy saving only," commented Jan Denneman at the SIL Europe 2010, "It offers new opportunities in enhancing the lighting experience, and allows solutions that are closer to the needs of human for natural light."

Rogier is just one of the high profile speakers who will be presenting at this event in March. Other industry leading experts and their sessions include:

• Simone Collon, Lead Light Designer, ARUP Amsterdam, will provide her view on how lighting concept would contribute substantially to the commercial turnover of the build
• Jim Collin, Senior Lighting Designer, WSP Lighting Design, will present the case study of successfully integrating advanced technology to a lighting scheme
• Alan Jaques, Sector Leader Exterior Lighting, ATKINS GLOBAL, will focus on ensuring sustainable lighting installations through the appropriate application of lighting standards and apparatus
• Lara Elbaz, Lighting Designer, Lara Elbaz and Rafael Gallego, Lighting Designer, áureolighting, will co-present a live case of Rivers of Light for the city of Valladolid

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