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2008 Press Releases
• 6th Annual LIGHTCongress to be Held on Earth Day
• Dr. Mark Rea Named Keynote Speaker for LIGHTCongress 2008
6TH ANNUAL LIGHTCONGRESS TO BE HELD ON EARTH DAY
Symposium Concentrates on Industry’s Responsibility for a Green Planet
New York, NY (March 1, 2008) – The 6th annual LIGHTCongress will be held on Earth Day April 22, 2008, announced LIGHTCongress founder Jeff Johnston. The premier media symposium will be hosted at a Manhattan venue yet to be named.
“Our Advisory Board’s planning focus for this year’s LIGHTCongress centered on the green initiatives facing the industry and the planet as a whole,” said Johnston. “An Earth Day presentation seemed a clear path to demonstrate our industry’s dedication and responsibility to this inevitable movement.”
The forum will also shift its schedule from a morning start as in previous years to an early afternoon symposium culminating in a cocktail reception. Registration for the event will begin at 11:30. The keynote address will begin promptly at 1:30 p.m. followed by the panel’s presentations. Cocktails and hors d’oeuvres will be served at the end of the final panel, or approximately 5 p.m.
A room block has been reserved for overnight guests at a special rate.
Dr. Mark Rea Named Keynote Speaker for LightCongress 2008
Noted Researcher to Lead Earth Day Lighting Discussions
New York, NY (March 4, 2008) – One of the world’s leading researchers in the fields of lighting and human behavior, Dr. Mark Rea, will offer the keynote address at the 6th Annual LIGHTCongress, April 22, in New York. Dr. Rea is the Director and chief administrator of the renowned Lighting Research Center at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
“We are absolutely thrilled to have Dr. Rea join LightCongress this year,” said LIGHTCongress founder Jeff Johnston. “His areas of research and knowledge have long been a key interest point of LIGHTCongress, and his talks on green initiatives will tie an interesting thread between the human factors of lighting, ecology and sustainability. Personally, I can hardly wait to hear his address.”
Dr. Rea conducts important research in several areas, including circadian photobiology, mesopic vision, psychological responses to light and visual performance. He is a member of the Optical Society of America and the Society for Light and Lighting in the United Kingdom.
He is an elected Fellow of the Society fo Light and Lighting in the UK and an elected Fellow of the Illuminating Engineering Society of America (IESNA). He is the recipient of the IESNA Medal and the William H. Wiley Distinguished Faculty Award at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
Dr. Rea has authored more than 200 scientific and technical articles related to vision, lighting engineering and human factors. He was Editor-in-Chief to both the 8th and 9th editions of the IESNA Lighting Handbook.
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