Seminar Topics for Integrate 2009

Andy Ciddor · Last edited by Andy Ciddor on Sat Feb 07, 2009 1:28 am; edited 2 times in total

Seminar Topic Selection
ALIA will be presenting a series of lighting seminars at the new Integrate show (www.integrate-expo.com) in early July this year.
As a result of the success of our seminars at Entech 2008, we are expanding our programme to six sessions over two days of the show.

We have already settled on two sessions that we feel will be of widespread interest and value:

LDs in the Hotseat
A panel of Lighting Directors and Lighting Designers from all walks of lighting look at some fundamentals of the art and answer your design questions.

Lighting 101
A crash course in the fundamentals of lighting for production.

There are an abundance of really interesting topics that have been suggested for the remaining sessions in the programme. We can't possibly run all of them, so we are turning to you - the people who will be attending the seminars - to select the four additional sessions that you would most like to attend.

The ALIA committee have refined the list of possibilities down to:

(a) Practical RDM
Remote Device Management protocol is now a reality and it’s coming to a system near you. How can you use it and will it change your life?

(b) Dimming Technology
Lighting’s most overlooked and undervalued technology.
A look at dimming from fundamentals to the state of the art.

(c) Visual Design Tools
A panel of Lighting Designers and Programmers look at how CAD, visualisers and soft consoles are used in the design and production process.

(d) Lamp Technologies
What we’ve got, what’s coming, what’s green, what’s hot and what’s just hot air.

(e) Lighting or Electrics?
How much of what we do is lighting and how much is being a power utility, a logistics company and a telecommunications company?

(f) Colour Temperature
What everybody needs to understand when working with video.

(g)Personal Computer vs Console
Is a console better than a Personal Computer or just more expensive?
Console and control system developers, distributors and users make their case.

(h) Video as a Lighting Tool
When does lighting become video and vice-versa?
Lighting designers, video designers, equipment suppliers, technical directors and lighting techs look at the way it is and the way it will soon be.

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p_c · Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2009 1:17 pm Post subject:

Hi Andy,

It looks like you have some really interesting topics going on. It's hard to chose just 4. Judging by the breakdown in results, it seems that we are too.

I'm looking forward to Integrate!!

Paul

Scott Allan · Joined: 17 Oct 2006 Location: Melbourne

Hey PC

Yes mate, you are right in saying that: T'was hard enough to cull even to this list.

The committee feels these are solid topics for consideration....
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Scott
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BLOW · Joined: 26 May 2003 Location: Melbourne, Australia

Hey i know PC is a world class operator but I don't think he is good enough to totally replace a console.

If he could I would hate to think where one might insert the data cable Smile

p_c · Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2009 3:09 am Post subject: Re: PC vs Console ???

Andy Ciddor · Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2009 10:41 am Post subject:

Phil Mawson · Joined: 19 Mar 2008 Location: 127.0.0.1

p_c · Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2009 11:40 pm Post subject:

Hi Andy,

I understand. I was merely pointing out that the subject matter on offer is all quite valid and interesting. I don't envy you in deciding which ones to take on.

Of course you know I'd be more than happy to help out in any way shape or form...as long as it doesn't involve any physical work at all!!!

Andy Ciddor · Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2009 8:14 am Post subject:

haydnb · Joined: 12 May 2005 Location: Sydney, Australia

p_c · Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2009 7:46 pm Post subject:

hmmmm see here...."offered to stand around...drink coffee...comment on how the load in is going and tell stories about when I used to unload a truck how much better i was at it than these blokes and then screw up the pointing and have everyone work twice as hard" or is that someone else i'm thinking about Confused

Andy Ciddor · Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2009 8:35 pm Post subject:

Jeff morgan · Joined: 09 Jan 2008

I will keep it short and sweet....Don't let PC near the truck, the pack or anything that looks like a road case and never never let him point the load in. Just give him a a few USB cables sit him in the corner and let him go....oh and don't forget the coffee. And the one time you loaded a truck 18years ago at wonderland Im not sure if I would boast about ...lol.
Andy... nice collection of topics, what about all of them in 15min stints.
or maybe the ones that don't make it cold become online topics after the event?

p_c · Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2009 8:53 am Post subject:

Jeff morgan · Joined: 09 Jan 2008

We didn't let him near the last 8' of the truck...
A good packerer ...a 1 ton Dyna does not count...