– A PROGRESS REPORT –
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Linwood Dunn Theater
Pickford Center for Motion Picture Studies
1313 Vine St., Hollywood 90028
Pre-Program Get-Together at 6:30 pm
Program at 7:30 pm
Come hear the latest intelligence on laser illuminated projection from experts in the field. Bram Dieryckx from Barco and Bill Beck from Laser Light Engines will talk about their latest laser developments. Pete Ludé from Sony Electronics will also shed light on the new Laser Illuminated Projector Association (LIPA).
About our speakers:
Bill Beck is a pioneer in the application of high power laser light sources to large venue digital projection. He developed the business plan for Laser Light Engines (LLE) and with his two co-founders, spun it out of Physical Sciences, Inc., the contract R&D firm, in May of 2008. Prior to launching LLE, Bill was founding CEO of Verrillon, a venture backed start-up focused on advanced optical fiber for telecom, laser delivery and sensing applications. Before that Bill was president of Spectran Specialty Optics Company, which he helped found. SSOC was sold to Lucent, is now owned by Furukawa and is the largest specialty optical fiber company in the world. Bill holds an AB from Dartmouth and an MBA from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
Bram Dieryckx has a background in electronics engineering, graduating from Ghent University and holds an MBA degree from Leuven Ghent Management School. Bram worked for seven years in the healthcare/radiology industry, working in sales and business development within the Barco Medical Imaging Division. For the past two years, Bram has been active in the Entertainment Division of Barco as product manager, digital cinema. Laser based illumination and projection is one of the important projects and product opportunities that he is currently involved in, focusing on understanding the market needs, communicating with the key industry stakeholders on the topic and defining product requirements.
Pete Ludé is a 25-year veteran of system engineering for complex media systems. His San Francisco-based firm, Ludé Broadcast Engineering, was purchased by Sony in 1990, eventually growing into the largest broadcast system integrator in the US. At Sony, Pete currently serves as senior vice president of engineering for the Professional Solutions group, heading Sony’s Silicon Valley laboratories. His group focuses on SOA software development for media workflow, stereoscopic 3D imaging systems and digital cinema projection systems. Since 2005, Pete has been involved in enhancing Sony’s SXRD 4K projector systems, including investigations on laser light sources to increase brightness, reduce operating costs and enhance color gamut. He is a SMPTE Fellow, represents Sony on the board of 3D @ Home Consortium, serves as President of SMPTE, and is a founding member of LIPA, the Laser Illuminated Projector Association.
[Source: SMPTE LA Chapter email]