Lighting Council Australia has convened the LED Seminar Series in major capital cities at time where many cities in the world are moving – or contemplating the move – to LED street lighting.

Professor Georges Zissis will be heading the seminar, which take place in Brisbane on 17 February 2014, Sydney on 19 February and Melbourne on 21 February.

Georges is a renowned expert on solid state lighting systems, with particular expertise in their applications for road lighting. The seminars will be useful for lighting industry specialists, utilities, municipalities, town planners, facility managers, architects, engineers and other professionals with an interest in lighting.

Seminar 1: LED Street Lighting—Latest Developments 10:00—11:30 (includes morning tea)
Sample of topics covered:
Overview of current LED street lighting technology
Future technology developments
International Energy Agency’s 4E SSL Annex: Outdoor Lighting
Questions from audience

Seminar 2: Solid State Lighting—Dreams and Nightmares 14:00—15:30 (includes afternoon tea)
Sample of topics covered:
Future trends in LED, OLED technology
Marketing projections
Life cycle assessment
Blue light hazard and flickering
International Energy Agency’s 4E SSL Annex
Questions from audience

Professor Georges Zissis, head of the Light and Matter Research Group at LaPlaCE (Laboratoire Plasma et Conversion d’Énergie) at the University of Toulouse, France, is an expert in lighting system research and design. In addition to a distinguished research career, Georges Zissis has dealt extensively with industry, government, NGOs and standardisation bodies—including as current Task 1 Leader of the IEA 4E SSL Annex. In 2006 Professor Zissis won the 1st Award of the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) Centenary Challenge for his work on standardisation for urban lighting systems (in conjunction with IEEE, IET and The Observer). In 2009 he won the Energy Globe Award for France and received the Fresnel Medal from the French Illuminating Engineering Society.