About the ILDA Conference

Since 1987, one of the highlights of ILDA has been the annual Conference. It is open to both ILDA Members and to non-members; however, non-members do pay more for registration.

The ILDA Conference includes the Advanced Technology Workshop, an informal showing of laser works called the "Lase-Off", the ILDA Awards presentation (pictured at right), the ILDA Trade Show, a business meeting, and seminar-type sessions that may be of interest to Members. (For information on entering the upcoming ILDA Awards, click here.)

There is a registration fee for the Conference. In recent years the fee for ILDA Members has been between USD $150 and $500, depending on what facilities ILDA needs to rent. ILDA registration typically includes two meals, the Lase-Off and Banquet, plus attendance at all ILDA functions. Note that hotel room and other meals are separate.

Click here for a list of previous ILDA conference locations. In recent years, ILDA tries to get a mix between Europe, North America, and "other". For example, the 2006 location was Rimini, Italy; the 2007 meeting was in China near Hong Kong, and the 2008 location is a Caribbean cruise leaving from Miami, Florida. In April 2008 the ILDA Board expressed interest in Europe for 2009, and perhaps "other" for 2010.

There is a surprising amount of work and detail that goes on "backstage" in order to make an ILDA Conference go smoothly. L. Michael Roberts has put together an extensive guide called "So You Want to Host an ILDA Conference." If you're interested, you can read more about it here.

If you are interested in hosting, ILDA has samples from the 2007 proposal process. This page has a summary of the three 2007 proposals, side-by-side. It shows some of the factors which are considered when making a hosting decision. A detailed proposal submitted in support of China for 2007 is here, and the detailed proposal for South Africa 2007 is here.

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