Digi-Key hosts online conference on lighting and system design

25 August 2010

Electronic components distributor Digi-Key Corporation, in partnership with EE Times Group, will present a virtual conference entitled, Digi-Key Symposium: Lighting and System Design, on Thursday, August 26, 2010.

Speakers scheduled to present during the online Symposium are as follows:

Keynote Address – Presented by Vrinda Bhandarkar, Senior Market Research Analyst for Strategies Unlimited

Driving Today's Lighting Technologies – Panelists include Kevin Belnap, MCU Lighting and Renewable Energy Business Development Manager for Texas Instruments; Vipin Bothra, Application Manager for STMicroelectronics; Bryan Legates, LED Driver Design Manager for Linear Technology; and Jovani Torres, Regional Marketing Manager for Cree.

Solve My Lighting Problems: Ask the Experts – Panelists include Anthony Bruggeman, Lighting Supplier Business Development Manager for Digi-Key Corporation; Steve Dahl, Applications Engineer – Mechanical Engineering Specialist for Digi-Key Corporation; David Lunsetter, Applications Engineer – General Engineering Specialist for Digi-Key Corporation; and Shawn Rhen, Applications Engineer – General Engineering Specialist for Digi-Key Corporation.
Industry Address: The Technology Behind the SSL Inflection Point – Presented by Mark McClear, Global Director of Applications Engineering for Cree LED Components.

Lighting the Future – Panelists include Richard Chung, Director of WW PCIA Marketing and Power Products for Fairchild Semiconductors; Eran Fine, Co-founder and CEO of Oree; Paul Scheidt, Product Marketing Manager of LED Components for Cree; and Brian M. Terao, Director of Solid State Lighting in North American Markets for OSRAM Opto Semiconductors, Inc.

Procurement Issues – Panelists include Chris Beeson, Vice President of Sales and Volume Business Division for Digi-Key Corporation; Vrinda Bhandarkar, Analyst of LED Practice for Strategies Unlimited; Mark Palamar, Senior Director of Operations for Qualcomm; and Allan Yogasingam, Technical Marketing Analyst for UBM TechInsights.

For more information and to register for the Digi-Key Symposium: Lighting and System Design virtual event, click here.