ISA General Assembly 2018 was held on Oct. 23^rd at Shenzhen Exhibition Center, Shenzhen, China, with more than 70 participants.

 

The meeting was moderated by Mr. Carlos Lee, member of ISA Council of Management, Director General of European Photonics Industry Consortium (EPIC).

 

Madam Ling Wu, the former president of ISA, member of ISA Council of Management on behalf of Dr. Jianlin Cao, the president of ISA, the former vice minister of Ministry of Science and Technology of China, delivered the welcome remarks.

 

She first welcomed everyone to this ISA family reunion, and expressed her appreciation to the members’ and experts’ involvement and support.

 

She introduced the achievements of ISA got in the past year which could not be achieved without the strong support and active participation of all the members. She expressed her sincerely appreciation to all the representatives from the members.

 

She introduced the ISA's achievements over the past year and mentioned that we would simply be not able to make it without the members' strong support and active participation. She pointed out that after more than ten years of development, SSL is becoming more and more mature.  It is however still developing at a speed beyond people's imagination in terms of cross-boundary application, entry into new fields and promotion of new industries or new forms of business such as SSL in horticulture, breeding, health, optical communications, smart city and other applications. The breakthrough of micro-led technology will bring us even broader development space, application space and market space.

 

To echo the needs of our members, ISA will establish the LiFi Committee (ISA LiFi Committee) with the purpose of setting up the platform and lead the way forward. The Committee would introduce the latest R&D achievements, explore the most effective way on R&D path as well as the best market practice.

She said that it is ISA's mission to create a better "ecosystem" for the sustainable development and application of SSL worldwide, and to provide more and more added value services to the members. Achieving this goal will also create greater markets and business opportunities for members. Finally, she wishes the conference a complete success.

1.      Report of ISA Working Meeting and Events 2018

The Co-secretary General of ISA, presented ISA 2018 Annual Report, including:

(1)   ISA Technical Committee on Standardization (TCS)

(2)   Global SSL Industry Reports

(3)   International/Regional Cooperation on SSL

(4)   Global SSL Awards (AOA, Top 100)

(5)   ISA-ECC Smart Street Lighting System Specialized Committee

(6)   Global SSL Forums, Workshops

(7)   Member demand survey

(8)   New Members 2018 and membership Fee

(9)   New members of the ISA Board of Advisors

(10) The establishment of  ISA LiFi Committee

(11) The Plan of 2019

 

2.      Report of the ISA Technical Committee on Standardization (TCS)

Dr. Crane Yang, Executive Secretary of ISA, entrusted by Mr. Andreas Scholtz, the chair of ISATCS introduced the working report of ISATCS. He introduced the situation of current 16 working groups, the 13^th TCS meeting held in Vietnam this July, the new released standards, etc.

3.      The ISA Global SSL Industry Report 2018

Dr. Norman Bardsley, the chief analyst of ISA, introduced the ISA Global SSL Industry Report 2018 (2018 Global Industry Status and Market Trends) which would be circulated to the ISA members.

4.      The Way Forward

1)  Prof. Harald Haas, University of Edinburgh, Member of ISA Board of Advisors, presented “LiFi – The Catalyst for New LED Applications”.

 

Prof. Haas mainly introduced his 5 research field on LiFi; 6 major R&D achievements he had made in the past year, etc. He pointed out that “LiFi is a new wireless communications technology which is fundamentally routed into solid-state lighting as it uses the vast and free optical spectrum to achieve unprecedented wireless connectivity in terms of density of connected devices and data transmission speeds. Peak transmission speeds of 8 Gbps from a single light source have been demonstrated, and complete cellular networks based on LiFi have been created”.

He also discussed some misconceptions and illustrated the potential impact that this technology could across a number of existing and emerging industries. And he also  introduced some new applications which LiFi could unlock in the future. Such as that LiFi had the potential to build the ‘nervous system’ of the future artificial intelligence (AI), driven autonomous systems that would underpin the 4th industrial revolution. In this context, LiFi would be the key enabler for a radical service diversification in the lighting industry which would offer new business models in emerging new fields such as smart homes, smart cities, industry 4.0, health and the internet of things, to only name a few.

2)   Prof. Nan Chi, Fudan University, presented “LiFi Development in China”.

 

She first introduced the relevant R&D work in the field of LiFi based on the National Key Research and Development Plan and the development and application situation of LiFi in China. A number of Q/A undertaken after her presentation  on issues related to the particular application of LiFi.

 

3) Prof. Robert Karlicek, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute,Member of ISA Board of Advisors presented “The Future of Lighting”.

 

Prof. Karlicek expounded some views on the following questions: Is there a need for higher efficacy (and who will pay for it)? Is there such a thing as smart lighting? Some wildcards for SSL’s future. He put forward the in-depth thinking on the future development direction of lighting industry, involving intelligent lighting, healthy lighting, new luminous building materials and other future lighting development directions. The attendees had a heated discussion with prof. Karlicek about the prospect of intelligent lighting, the combination of lighting and building materials, and the challenges and opportunities faced by intelligent lighting in the future.

 

 4)      Diana Lu, Head of APAC Product Portfolio, LS, Osram presented “The Future Smart City Solution”

 

She introduced the strategic deployment for smart lighting of Osram, and proposed a new smart lighting design scheme combined with the new smart city solution.

 

5.     ISA Award Ceremony of Top100

Professor Jinmin Li, member of ISA Board of Advisors, on behalf of ISA, announced the winners of the Award of Global SSL Showcase Top100 2018. There were 15 projects awarded this year.

 

Member of ISA Council of Management, Warren Julian, Emeritus Professor of University of Sydney, Dr. Gulshan Aghi from India, Mr. Carlos Lee, Director General of European Photonics Industry Consortium (EPIC), Mr. Evgeny Dolin, the CEO of LEDs and LED based systems Manufacturer’s Nonprofit Partnership (NPRPSS) of Russia and members of ISA Board of Advisers, Professor Robert Karlicek, Electrical, Computer and Systems Engineering, RPI, Professor Istvan Barsony, the former director of Inst. Techn. Phys. & Mat. Science – MFA, Prof. Harald Hass, University of Edinburgh, and Professor Frederic Quan handed over the award medals and certificates to the representatives of the Top100 winners.

 

The winners for 2018 went to (according to the types and score ranking):

Agriculture Lighting

1.      Plant Growth Lighting Solution Engineering in Ground Simulation Space Survival Experiment System

Showcase team:

Beihang University —— Designer

Xiamen Lumigro Technology Co., Ltd. —— Lighting products supplier

Beijing Ousi Lighting Design Co., Ltd. —— Installer

 

2.      Illuminating Showcase of Semi-environment Control Intelligent LED Plant Factory in Shexian, Anhui Province

Showcase team:

Hangzhou Hanhui Optoelectronic Science and Technology Co., Ltd. —— Designer, Lighting products supplier and Installer

 

3.      Special LED Light System for Layer in Beijing DQY 8-tiers Cage House

Showcase team:

Hangzhou Langtuo Biotechnology Co., Ltd. —— Designer, Lighting products supplier

Beijing DQY Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Technology Co., Ltd. —— Installer

 

Health Lighting

4.      Horoshkola School of Russia

Showcase team:

Lighting Technologies IGC (Russia) —— Designer and Lighting products supplier

KROST (Russia) —— Installer

 

Smart Lighting · Indoor Lighting

5.      Warehouse Lighting Control Based on Video Analytics Systems

Showcase team:

Deus LLC (Russia)  —— Designer and installer

Lighting Technologies IGC (Russia) —— Lighting products supplier

 

6.      Johnson Controls Asia Pacific Headquarters

Showcase team:

LEOX Design Partnership —— Designer

 

7.      Tianhong Shopping Mall, Shenzhen Shajing Store Energy Saving +LED Indoor Navigation Shopping Guide Project

Showcase team:

Zhuhai Hengqin HUACE Optical Communication Technology Co., Ltd. —— Designer, Lighting products provider and Installer

 

Smart Lighting · Outdoor Lighting

8.      Jiaxing Smart Lighting Control Project

Showcase team:

Zhejiang Fonda Technology Co., Ltd. —— Lighting products supplier

 

9.      Xiamen BRICS Key Area Nightscape Lighting Project-Xiamen International Convention and Exhibition Center

Showcase team:

Toryo International Lighting Design Center —— Designer

Xiamen G-Lighting Technology Co., Ltd. —— Designer

Shenzhen Goldlamp Lighting Engineering Co., Ltd. —— Installer

 

10.   Hong kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge Lighting Project

Showcase team:

Shanghai Sansi Electronic Engineering Co., Ltd. —— Lighting products supplier

 

11.   Beijing Yanxi Lake Lighting Project

Showcase team:

Beijing THUPDI Planning and Design Research Institute ——Designer

OSRAM China Lighting Ltd. ——Lighting products supplier

Beijing Liangye Environmental Technology Co., Ltd. —— Installer

 

12.   Nightscape Lighting Project of Chiyou Jiuli City, Pengshui County, Chongqing

Showcase team:

Haiersai Technology Group Corp. Ltd. ——Designer and Installer

 

13.   Fine Spray Lighting Engineering on Water Street of New Xitang Town, Jiashan County

Showcase team:

Beijing Tsinghua Holdings Habitat Development Lighting Institute Co., Ltd. ——Designer

Guangzhou Tuo Fire Technology Co., Ltd. ——Lighting products supplier and Installer

 

14.   Volgograd Bridge Outdoor Lighting Project

Showcase team:

IntiLED (Russia) ——Designer and Lighting products supplier

Svetosila (Russia) ——Designer and Installer

 

15.   Jaipur Walled City (India)

Showcase team:

Lucent Worldwide (India) ——Designer

Osram Lighting Pvt Ltd. (India) ——Lighting products supplier

M M Brothers (India) ——Installer

 

 

The award of TOP100 has carried out for 7 years, and 73 representative showcases has been selected worldwide till 2018. The award of TOP 100 aims to recommend and manifest the best SSL application projects worldwide, to demonstrate all kinds of benefits of SSL in detail with actual project and atmosphere, help people acquire more feel and experiences, and promote the global adoption and application of SSL.

 

The award of TOP100 accepts applications for excellent SSL Showcases around the world; evaluated by worldwide authoritative experts; the award welcomes the elites of the showcases to sign up.

 

6.      Membership Certificate Ceremony for New ISA Members

Professor Jinmin Li, member of ISA Board of Advisors, Former Director of China Semiconductor Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Science, on behalf of ISA, announced the new members of ISA 2018. There were 4 new members joined ISA this year.

 

The 4 new members were: 

1)        Tunghsu Optoelectronic Technology Co., Ltd.

2)        Xiamen Changelight Co. Ltd.

3)        Rang Dong Light Source and Vacuum Flask Joint Stock Company of

 Vietnam

4)        Illumination Engineer Society of South Africa

 

Member of ISA Council of Management, Warren Julian, Emeritus Professor of University of Sydney, Dr. Gulshan Aghi from India, Mr. Carlos Lee, Director General of European Photonics Industry Consortium (EPIC), Mr. Evgeny Dolin, the CEO of LEDs and LED based systems Manufacturer’s Nonprofit Partnership (NPRPSS) of Russia and members of ISA Board of Advisers, Professor Robert Karlicek, Electrical, Computer and Systems Engineering, RPI, Professor Istvan Barsony, the former director of Inst. Techn. Phys. & Mat. Science – MFA, Prof. Harald Hass, University of Edinburgh, and Professor Frederic Quan handed over the award medals and certificates to the representatives of the Top100 winners and the 4 new members.

7.      ISA LiFi Committee

 

The ISA LiFi Committee was set up at this meeting, which would be chaired by professor Haas. The Terms of Reference (TOR) of the Committee was circulated at the meeting and ISA welcome these who interested in to join this Committee it. The first meeting of the Committee would be held in China in the first half of next year.

 

 

The meeting adjourned at 12:30 on 23^rd Oct.