2014 Conference in Las Vegas

Sunday, Nov. 16: Golf outing organized by Tim Walsh at 2 pm, at the Las Vegas Golf Club. Contact Tim directly if you want to participate.

Monday, Nov 17: Optional Laser Safety Officer class (additional registration fee applies) and user group meetings. The first official ILDA event is the Welcome Reception and Dinner in the early evening.

Tue.-Wed., Nov 18-19: ILDA Conference, including business meeting, seminars, Lase-Off, Laser Jockey voting and Awards Banquet. All meals are included with Full Conference registration.

Thurs. Nov 20: Optional ILDA attendee tour day: motorcoach tour to Hoover Dam, including going 530 feet deep inside to the powerplant (additional registration fee applies)

Fri.-Sun., Nov. 21-23: LDI tradeshow exhibits (not part of ILDA, but of interest to most Members and attendees). See below for a free pass to the LDI tradeshow exhibits.

On the Strip and convenient to the Convention Center

ILDA's headquarters hotel is the recently remodeled Riviera Hotel Casino. All ILDA events will take place in the Riviera. And, if you're staying over for the LDI show, the Riviera is the closest major resort on the Las Vegas Strip to the Convention Center (click on map on right for details).

Rooms from $49 per night

The Riviera has special ILDA rates:

     • $49 per night for a regular room
     • $79 per night for the upgraded Las Vegas Strip suite room with VIP check-in

To get these rates, you must book directly with the Riviera as described below. Incidentally, ILDA's rates are substantially less than the LDI show hotel rates, which range from $60 to $152.

Important note: If you book your room directly with the Riviera, you will receive a $250 credit on an ILDA Full Conference registration. This is because we have contracted with the Riviera for food and meeting rooms, based on each attendee staying at the $49/$79 rate. For all Full Conference attendees not on that rate, then we owe the hotel additional money which comes from ILDA Full Conference registration. This is why Full Conference registrants booking rooms at the $49 or $79 ILDA rate will save $250 off the normal Full Conference registration price.

Register for the Conference by visiting the ILDA Event Registration webpage. If you have any trouble registering, or if you have special requirements, contact ILDA directly and we will help.

Full Conference and Spouse registrations

     • Full Conference Registration includes breakfasts, lunches and dinners, Welcome Reception and Dinner, Lase-Off, Awards Banquet, General Business Meeting (ILDA Members only), seminars and workshops. Full Conference rates are as shown below.

     • Spouse/Guest Registration includes breakfasts, lunches and dinners, the Welcome Reception and Dinner, the Lase-Off, and the Awards Banquet. It does NOT include the General Business Meeting, the seminars and workshops. (A spouse/guest is defined as someone staying in the room of a person who has registered for the Full Conference.) The registration fee for a spouse/guest of a Member is $375.

Single event registrations

     • Tim Walsh's Golf Outing is held Sunday, November 16 starting at 2 pm, at the Las Vegas Golf Club. The approximate cost will be $150. Interested persons should contact Tim directly -- ILDA is not handling registration or fees for this.

     • The ILDA Laser Safety Officer - Lasershows course is held Monday, November 17. The LSO course fee for ILDA Members is $525 through August 15, and $625 August 16 or later. The course fee for non-Members is $775 through August 15, and $875 August 16 or later. For any persons who have previously taken, but not passed, the LSO course, the re-take fee is $65 -- note that you can only re-take once at this lower price. All LSO fees include lunch and breaks. Sign up at the ILDA Event Registration webpage. (Note for Europeans: The material on laser safety is international; however, the course only covers U.S. regulations and notification requirements.)

     • The Hoover Dam motorcoach tour on Thursday, November 20, is limited to 50 persons. So if you want to go on the tour, be sure to select it from the ILDA Event Registration webpage. The cost is tentatively $80. We are charging this amount on the ILDA Event Registration webpage. If the cost is more we will collect it before the tour; if less, we will refund the overage.

We have two single-event registrations available for anyone interested, who is not a Full or Spouse/Guest registrant. These events are available at the ILDA Event Registration webpage (or if you have difficulty, contact ILDA directly):

     • Lase-Off/Laser Jockey, $150 as a single event. This includes the dinner beforehand.

     • Awards Banquet and Presentation, $150 as a single event. This includes the Awards Banquet dinner, plus the Awards Presentation event.

Hotel reservations

Don't forget to make your reservations directly with the Conference hotel.

Note: Event times are subject to change. A final schedule will be provided to all attendees when they register at the Conference. Photos depict events at previous ILDA Conferences.

The following persons were registered for the Full Conference, as of Tuesday Nov. 11 2014 at 9:00 am EST.
3RD Dimension Eventech: Abdulwahab Baghdadi
AixiZ: Charles Maricle
Coherent, Inc.: Andreas Zuck
Collimated: Francesco van Loon
Copernicus Science Center: Michal Krauze-Wultanski
DexLogic: Dirk Apitz
DoubleM Tech Solutions: Magnus Mattsson
Dynamic Lasers: Andrew Dranetz
Dynamic Lasers: Gabe Letourneau
Dynamic Lasers: Shane Martz
Effect SES: Olga Eser
ER Productions: Ryan Hagan
ER Productions: Marc Webber
FDA/CDRH: Robert Doyle (not a Member; cannot vote)
HB-Laserkomponenten GmbH: Lutz Bartl
HB-Laserkomponenten GmbH: Holger Zöllner
ILDA: Patrick Murphy (not a Member; cannot vote)
Illuminati Visual Productions: Stone Cannizzaro
Image Engineering: Owen Murphy
Image Engineering: Nisha Ramnath
Individual Member: Brian Gonzalez
Individual Member: Tristan Horn
Individual Member: David Kumpula
Individual Member: Alain Neuens
Individual Member: Christopher Short
Institute of Computer Science 4 (University of Bonn): Matthias Frank
KVANT Ltd.: Martin Gabco
KVANT Ltd.: Barbora Kuboskova
KVANT Ltd.: Dusan Navara
KVANT Ltd.: Michal Simkovic
Laser Entertainment srl: Alberto Kellner Ongaro
Laser Production Network (LaserNet): Tom Harman
Laser Production Network (LaserNet): Christine Jenkin
Laser Production Network (LaserNet): Horacio Pugliese
Laser Rentals, Inc.: Walt Meador
Laser Shows Inc.: Robert Teorey
Laser Spectacles, Inc.: Timothy Walsh
Laserboy: Filip Lundkvist
Laseronics: Kyle Garner
LaserTech Canada: Derek Garbos
LaserTech Canada: Claudette Linton
LaserTech Canada: Nicolas Squire
Lighting Systems Design, Inc.: Greg Makhov
Lightline Lasertechnik GmbH: Reimar Hafkemeyer
Lightline Lasertechnik GmbH: Marco Stümpel
Lightwave International, Inc.: Mike Dunn
LOBO electronic GmbH: Alex Hennig
MT-Electronic: Mario Tomazetich
Orion-Art Multimedia: Pavel Korotkov
Orion-Art Multimedia: Alexey Panin
Orion-Art Multimedia: Taras Viter
Pangolin Laser Systems, Inc.: Aaron McDonald
Pangolin Laser Systems, Inc.: Justin Perry
Peppermill Hotel and Casinos: John Priebe
Planetarium Hamburg: Mirko Kloweit
Pyrotecnico F/X & Lasers: David Cottrell
Pyrotecnico F/X & Lasers: Dani Sawtell
X-Laser: Dan Goldsmith

Please visit our older website for reports about the 2014 Conference in Las Vegas. There are five webpages of reports. These include numerous photos and detailed descriptions of the events.

Day 1, Monday, November 17 2014

Laser Safety Officer class, PUG, Welcome Reception and Dinner


Day 2, Tuesday, November 18 2014

ILDA Business Meeting

Discussions and Advanced Technology Workshop

Lase-Off and Laser Jockey competition


Day 3, Wednesday, November 19 2014

Seminars

Awards Banquet and Presentation