This market transformative forum will discuss the technology, the market and energy saving benefits and will show you, though a series of case studies, how it can be done for your business or property. The program includes a Manufacturers Forum, a Panel Discussion on LED Market Transformation, including Standards and Legislation and the launch of PATHway (Providing Assistance & Technical Help) an assistance program to assist in the change to LED Signage. 

Archived Presentations:
Case Study (During Break)
Case Study - Hayden Dent - Meteor, LumaLogix
Case Study - Rod Rapeanu - Thomas and Betts
Case Study - William Large - LED Solutions
Keynote Presentation - Richard Kirk - Polyphotonix
Manufacturers forum - RAKU Coorporation
Manufacturers forum -National LED Direct
Manufacturers forum -National LED Direct 2
Technology, Industry, Market Overview - Sameer Sodhi - Osram Sylvania
Market Transformation
PATHway Program

Photos:
Opening Remarks - Peter Love, OPA
LIGHTSHIFT Partners/Sponsors
Overview – Sameer Sodhi, Osram Sylvania
Osram Sylvania Exhibit
LED solutions Exhibit1
LED solutions Exhibit2
LED solutions Exhibit3
Case Study–Hayden Dent- Meteor Signs/LumaLogix
Case Study, William Large, LED Solutions
LIGHTSHIFT audience1
LIGHTSHIFT audience2
LIGHTSHIFT audience3
National LED Direct Exhibit1
National LED Direct Exhibit2
Keynote Presentation – Richard Kirk, PolyPhotonix
Keynote Presentation - Electroluminescent dress1
Keynote Presentation - Electroluminescent dress2

When:	Wednesday, September 24th, 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m
Where:	Direct Energy Centre, Toronto, ON
Cost:	$99 + GST

 Register for LIGHTSHIFT at http://www.iidexneocon.com/2008/index.php/registration/. Select the attendee option, click on the seminar tab, select Wednesday September 24th, check the listing for LIGHTSHIFT and continue to payment options. Please contact info@ontariophotonics.com if you have any questions/problems.

Your registration in advance will allow us to coordinate facilities as well as save you money, but you are welcome to bring a colleague and register onsite.

Have you already installed LED signage? Why not showcase it at LIGHTSHIFT! Please contact chantal@greenTbiz.org for more information.  Exhibitors and manufacturers click here for information.

Program:

8:30 - 9:00 am	Registration / Networking / Continental Breakfast / Showcase
9:00 - 9:15 am	Event Opening Peter Love, Ontario Power Authority
9:15 - 10:15 am	Session 1 Technology, Industry and Market Overview Sameer Sodhi, General Manager LED Systems, Osram Sylvania
10:15 -10:45 am	Session 2 Seeing It is Believing It! - LED Signage Pilots & Case Studies Yorkdale Mall Signage - Hayden Dent, Meteor/LumaLogix Tim Hortons/Quiznos/Sears Signage - William Large, Led Solutions Exit Signage - Rod Rapeanu, Thomas and Betts
10:45 - 11:00 am	Networking Break / Showcase
11:00 - 12:15 pm	Session 3 LED Manufacturers Forum
12:15 - 1:15 pm	Lunch / Showcase
1:15 - 2:15 pm	Keynote Speaker New Trends in Lighted Graphic Designs Richard Kirk, PolyPhotonics
2:15 - 3:00 pm	Session 4 Acceleration & Transformation - Panel Discussion on LED Market Transformation, Standards and Legislation Larry Catton, Acme Design Service Ltd. Ted Van Vliet, Sign By-Law, City of Toronto Craig Denby, Quiznos Richard Kirk, PolyPhotonix Moderator: Brian Owen, greenTbiz
3:00 - 3:45 pm	Session 5 Funding and Assistance Programs BIP, ERIP, PATHway Chantal Brundage, greenTbiz
3:45 - 4:00 pm	Closing Remarks

About the Speakers

  Peter Love
Ontario   ’s Chief Energy Conservation Officer

Peter Love was appointed Ontario ’s first Chief Energy Conservation Officer in April 2005 to head the Conservation Bureau, a division of the Ontario Power Authority, and is a member of the OPA senior management team.

The mandate of the Chief Energy Conservation Officer is to provide leadership in electricity conservation and demand management and advance a conservation culture in Ontario . This includes championing the value of conservation and the benefit of participating in conservation programs; acknowledging the contributions of individuals and organizations that embrace conservation throughout the province, and advocating for higher energy efficiency codes and standards and the appointment of Municipal Energy Conservation Officers (MECOs) in every Ontario community.

Mr. Love has enjoyed a long and distinguished career in the area of energy efficiency. As the Executive Director of the Canadian Energy Efficiency Alliance, he was a leading advocate for energy efficiency and its related benefits to the economy and the environment. In prior roles, he was responsible for managing the R-2000 and Energy Star Qualified New Homes programs. An active volunteer and community activist, Love has served on the National Advisory Committee on Energy Efficiency, and as the director of the Canadian Coalition on Acid Rain.

No stranger to the concept of a “cultural shift” in the Province, early in his career Mr. Love worked as a project coordinator for Pollution Probe with the team that developed the concept “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle”.

Mr. Love’s commitment to sustainable buildings and energy efficiency earned a Lifetime Achievement Award in October 2007 from Sustainable Buildings Canada . He received his MBA and BA from the University of Toronto.

Richard Kirk
CEO PolyPhotonix

Following a successful career as an artist living in Paris , with many of his works in national and public collections Richard moved into the advertising world in London .

It was while working for Bogle Bartle Hegarty, BBH the international advertising agency that Richard first realised the potential of EL technology for the design, art and industrial industries. He founded Elumin8 2001, which became the world’s foremost manufacturer of Electroluminescent (EL) technology. Elumin8 concentrated in equal measure on the Elumin8 Art Foundation and industrial applications. The Foundation was created to demonstrate the potential of the technology through art and design, a demonstration of Richard’s belief in the importance of these ideas.

Richard is now CEO of PolyPhotonix, a UK company manufacturing PLED devices for lighting, design and automotive applications. PolyPhotonix has a number of international partners and investors including CPI the Centre for Process and Innovation, and PETEC in the UK . He works with a number of academic institutions including Harvard (Project Lebone, ‘Lighting Africa’) and ENSCI in Paris and sits on a number of Advisory Boards and Steering Committees in Europe .  He is a consultant to UKDL  and PETEC in the UK .

Sameer Sodhi
General Manager LED Systems, Osram Sylvania Inc.

In his current role as General Manager of the LED Systems Business Unit at Osram Sylvania Inc Sameer is responsible for all aspects of operating the LED systems business for general illumination applications in North America . He has 14 years of experience in the lighting industry, ranging from electronic ballasts and LED power supplies to LED light sources. He has worked in engineering, product development, marketing and management roles over the past 14 years at Osram Sylvania and Motorola Lighting Inc.

Mr. Sodhi holds an MBA from Northwestern University , a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from Texas A&M, and a Bachelor of Technology Degree in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi . He also holds 10 US patents.

 
LIGHTSHIFT is a photonics initiative led by OPIN, the Ontario Photonics Industry Network in conjunction with greenTbiz and is being held as a pre-conference to IIDEX/NeoCon, Light Canada. The PATHway assistance program will be implemented by greenTbiz. LIGHTSHIFT is sponsored by the Ontario Centres of Excellence and Osram Sylvania.