It's reported that Arrow Electronics and Cree, will jointly with major manufacturers of complementary components to host a lighting design seminar and solutions fair Dec. 1-2, 2010, at the Island Hotel in Newport Beach, Calif.

The free, two-day event is designed for West Coast lighting engineers, specifiers and designers, and professionals.

At first, Chuck Swoboda, chairman and chief executive officer for Cree, will begin the event with the keynote address on the current state of the solid-state lighting market and accelerating the transition from tradition lighting to LED lighting.

And then, guest speakers include local energy and municipal specialists such as Michael Seaman, with UC Davis’ California Lighting Technology Center, Aaron Klemm, energy project manager with the City of Huntington Beach, and Teren Abear with Southern California Edison Design and Engineering Services.

Arrow, Cree and related manufacturers  will offer some topics about seminars and technical training, such as LED design, the latest in LED drivers and controls, optics and thermal considerations, converting municipalities to LEDs and more.

Other manufacturers participating in the seminar and solutions fair include Analog Devices, Inc., Autec Power Systems, California Eastern Labs, Cypress Semiconductor, Diodes, Inc., Emerson Network Power, Fraen Corporation, Infineon Technologies, Linear Technology, Micrel, Molex, National Semiconductor, NXP Semiconductors, ON Semiconductor, RECOM Power, STMicroelectronics, Texas Instruments and Tyco Electronics.
 
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