Arthur Jaunich and Dominik Wee co-lead McKinsey's Global LED Competence Center and in this function they are working with the broad spectrum of companies on LED related topics.

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Designing with LEDs and Redefining the Lit Environment

Simon Fisher

General Manager EMEA, Indoor Luminaire Solutions, GE Lighting, UK

LEDs provide an opportunity to redefine the rules surrounding lighting fixtures using core lamp technologies. The presentation will discuss how this might happen and how, together with good lighting ideology, we can provide the tools to create a motivating, productive and comfortable built environment.

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LED Lighting Evolution and Global Market Opportunities

Vrinda Bhandarkar

Director of Research, LED Lighting, Strategies Unlimited, USA

The western industrial economies may be undergoing a difficult time but LED markets are growing.  Improvements in LED technology and declining prices will drive up the adoption rates, but the new technology has also brought new players and challenges to the market. The snapshot of the global market for LEDs will give the revenue distribution by application. The spillover effects of growth in backlighting applications for the lighting markets and imbalances in the LED supply chain will be addressed. The implication of digitization of light with reduction in costs on future market growth will be discussed.  The analysis forecasts market opportunities presented by the confluence of conditions facing LED industry in this globalized world.

Vrinda Bhandarkar Director of Research, LED Lighting Strategies Unlimited, Mountain View, California Vrinda Bhandarkar joined Strategies Unlimited in 2006 to track the emerging LED lighting markets. Since joining Strategies Unlimited, Vrinda has been writing market research reports on HB-LEDs in lighting, LED driver ICs, LED Luminaire/fixtures and LED replacement lamps.

17:00 – 19:00  Welcome Reception