March Section Meeting: "LED Lighting: Innovation in the Marketplace" and ETC Tour

• Date: Thursday, March 15th, 2018
• Speaker: Ingrid McMasters, LC
• Details: Food, Social Time, Lecture and Tour of ETC, starting at 5:00PM
• Pizza and Beverages will be served.  $5 Members, Students Free, Else $10
• Please Register at the IEEE Madison Section  event page.
• Location:  
  Electronic Theater Controls, Inc.
  3031 Pleasant View Rd.
  Middleton, Wisconsin 53562
• NOTE:  This is an EVENING Meeting!
  
  Talk: Ingrid McMasters will discuss the reasons why LED lighting is quickly becoming the most specified light source in the market and provide a reality check on the pros and cons of the technology. She will share some of the most common applications and identify some of the myths of LEDs. She will also touch on why LEDs can be difficult to specify and use when compared to traditional lighting technologies.
  
  Tour: Following the talk we will have a tour of Electronic Theater Controls facility. ETC is a global leader in the manufacture of lighting and rigging technology for entertainment and architectural applications. Founded in Madison, Wisconsin, in 1975, ETC was a college project that grew into a major business, with Fred Foster as the current chief executive officer. ETC’s international headquarters is located in Middleton, Wisconsin. The company also has offices in Mazomanie (Wisconsin), New York, Hollywood, Orlando, Hong Kong, Copenhagen, Ede (the Netherlands), Rome, London, Berlin, and Holzkirchen (Germany). ETC employs nearly 900 people around the globe.