2024 ILDA Conference
ILDA's 36th Annual Conference will be held 25-28 September in Wrocław, Poland, hosted by Visual Sensation Laser Shows and Technologies. Wrocław is one of the oldest cities in Poland, known for market squares, outdoor cafes, beautiful riverside and sumptuous food. In 2018 it received the European Best Destination award.
Conference hotel
We will be staying at the DoubleTree by Hilton Wrocław City Centre hotel. It is located, as the name indicates, a short walk to the city center, Old Town Market Square (shown below), and the National Museum. A tram stop is just a block away.
For rates, click the blue section below on this page that says "Make a hotel room reservation."
The nearest major airport is Wrocław Airport (WRO/EPWR) which is 11 km from the hotel. There is no hotel shuttle but later we will have information on how best to get to the hotel.
Experience Wrocław in 60 seconds
Preliminary schedule
Click for full-size preliminary schedule. Events subject to change.
Our host
Producer of 28 Sept stadium laser show
Registration and room reservations
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Full Conference (all events)
Full Conference and Spouse/Guest registration
For ILDA Members, and interested non-members
More information on pricing, etc. is further down the page. When you're ready to register for the full Conference, go ahead and click the button immediately below!
• Full Conference registration includes all ILDA meals, Opening Reception & Welcome Dinner, Lase-Off, Awards, business meetings, seminars, Cat A course, workshops, and Saturday night buffet and stadium laser show.
• Spouse/Guest registration includes all ILDA meals including the Opening Reception & Welcome Dinner, Lase-Off, Awards, and Saturday night buffet and stadium laser show. It does NOT include any business meetings, seminars or workshops. (A Spouse/Guest is defined as a person related to a Full Conference registrant. The relationship must be that the spouse/guest is married, is a significant other, is a family member, or is a personal friend who is not employed in a lasershow-related business.)
Full Conference and Spouse/Guest registrations include the Cat A Laser Show Standard course, but do NOT include the paid laser safety courses, or the Saturday morning Cultural Day tour. These are separate events.
HOTEL IS SEPARATE: Full Conference and Spouse/Guest registrations do NOT include hotel room reservations. Make these separately with the DoubleTree by Hilton Wrocław City Centre hotel (click the wide blue button farther down on this page that says "Make a hotel room reservation").
A spectacular laser show Saturday night
Included with Full Conference registration
Visual Sensation ©2021 All Rights Reserved. Photo by Michał Kowieski.
Our host, Visual Sensation Laser Shows and Technologies, will perform a 40-laser show, created for ILDA, that takes place in a nearby stadium. This is a Conference event. A buffet at our hotel prior to the show, and the show itself, are included in ILDA Conference registration. The show is produced by the BCS For Life Foundation.
Free laser safety course
Included with Full Conference registration
Students at the August 9, 2023 Category A course held during the SELEM meetup in Newark, Delaware. These persons had previously taken ILDA's LSO course. They all passed the Cat A test, and received an updated LSO certificate which includes a Cat A endorsement.
There is one free laser safety course during the Conference, at 4 pm Friday 27 September. It is for Full Conference attendees who want to create and operate shows that meet the ILDA Category A Laser Show Standard.
Attendees who take the course and pass a 27-question test at the end, will be qualified under ILDA's Cat A standard to create, produce and operate Cat A-specific laser shows. The course plus the test will be about 1 hour long.
This course is for two types of people:
1) Those with no prior laser safety course experience, who want to do Cat A-specific laser shows.
2) Anyone who has already earned a Laser Safety Officer certificate (from either ILDA or from Laser Safety Services; see lists on this page) and who wants to update their LSO certificate to also have a Cat A endorsement. This means they are qualified by ILDA to create, produce and operate Cat A-specific laser shows.
Any Full Conference registrant, whether an ILDA Member or a non-member, may attend this course for free.
An ILDA LSO certificate, with the green Cat A logo and text stating that the holder successfully passed the course tests, including ILDA Category A Laser Show Standard requirements.
Register for the Full Conference
Click the button to register:
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Only selected Conference events
Some persons may not be able to attend the full ILDA Conference. We do have some Conference events which are available individually. This is also good for guests, for example, if you want guests at the Awards Banquet.
ILDA General Business Meeting
Free, for Members not attending the Full Conference
If you are an ILDA Member who is NOT registering for the Full Conference, you still can attend the General Business Meeting for free. This event is where votes are taken for ILDA Board Members and for ILDA President, and where association business is discussed and voted on.
To attend, you must register in advance for the General Business Meeting; click the button below. Registration for this event will be visible only to current ILDA Members (it will not appear for non-members).
Individual conference event tickets
For anyone not attending the Full Conference
We have tickets available for persons who want to attend selected events, and who don’t have a Full Conference or Spouse/Guest registration
• Lase-Off/Laser Jockey dinner and event only, Thursday 26 September, $150. To register for this event only, click the button:
• Awards Banquet and Presentation only, Friday 27 September, $150. To register for this event only, click the button:
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Laser safety courses
Laser safety courses
Registration for the optional laser safety courses will be added later. Please check back in late April/early May.
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Cultural Day tour, Sat. 28 Sept.
Information about, and registration for, the optional Cultural Day tour on Saturday morning will be added later. Please check back in late April/early May.
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Make a hotel room reservation
ILDA Conference registration does NOT include your hotel room at the DoubleTree by Hilton Wrocław. Make a separate reservation by clicking the button link below.
Note that Hilton's website will give you default dates of 25-28 September (nights of 25, 26, 27 Sept. with checkout on 28). We advise you to add at least one more night on Sat. 28 Sept. so you can attend the big laser show put on by our host on Saturday night.
Also, Hilton may require your credit card to verify that you want to make a purchase in Poland. Be prepared for your card to text you asking to confirm if the charge is valid.
Rates and dates
Hotel room rate if reserved on or before 4 September and under the ILDA group block:
- Single room: PLN zł 605 (approx. USD $155). Includes breakfast.
- Double/twin room: PLN zł 680 (approx. USD $175) Includes breakfast.
For registrations made on or after 5 September, the hotel's normal daily prices will apply.
The ILDA rates are available from the night of Sunday 22 September through the night of Monday 30 September. (The hotel website reservation page lists the dates 25-28 Sept which are the Conference dates. But according to our contract, they will honor the ILDA rate up to 3 days before and 3 days after.)
Check-in time is 3 pm, check-out is at 12 noon.IMPORTANT NOTE 1: You will probably want to stay at least through the night of Saturday 28 September (checking out no earlier than Sunday 29 September). This is because we expect to have a spectacular laser show from our host, Visual Sensations, on Saturday evening. Assuming this goes on, you will not want to miss it.
IMPORTANT NOTE 2: Try very hard to reserve on or before Wednesday 4 September. Rooms are only being held for ILDA through 4 September. If you try to book rooms after that date, they may not be available. (If the hotel still has non-ILDA rooms, they will be at higher rates.)
IMPORTANT NOTE 3: Even if you see other rates or hotels online, just book at ILDA's hotel using the ILDA reservation webpage. Pay the ILDA rate as listed. This way, we can fill our contract with the hotel to have Conference attendees book a certain number of room nights.
IMPORTANT NOTE 4: NO FOOD OR BEVERAGES (including alcoholic beverages) MAY BE BROUGHT ONTO THE HOTEL PREMISES WITHOUT WRITTEN CONSENT FROM THE HOTEL. VIOLATIONS MAY RESULT IN AN ADDITIONAL CHARGE TO THE GUEST.
So enjoy the free breakfast, and the food ILDA provides during the Conference, and the hotel's restaurant and bar. Also enjoy any surrounding restaurants outside the hotel. But DON'T bring food or drinks into the hotel, thanks.
If you experience any difficulty in booking your room, please contact ILDA.
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Helpful information
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See what a Conference is like
The videos below give you a quick overview of an ILDA Conference. The first one, from Christopher Short, shows lasers during the 2018 Lase-Off in Montréal, hosted by LaserTech Canada.
The second video shows meetings and seminars in the day, and the Lase-Off and the ILDA Awards in the evenings. Thanks to KVANT, host of the 2017 ILDA Conference, for producing the video.-
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"Washington Crossing the Delaware" painting by Emanuel Leutze, 1851, collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Water Symphony" photograph background by Visual Sensation, 2019.