NIAB working in conjunction with the AHDB, is hosting a unique one-day horticulture lighting workshop that will take place at its conference Centre on the outskirts of Cambridge. This grower-focused event offers a platform for growers of all protected crops to engage and discuss the latest lighting related products and innovations in horticulture lighting.
The day will be a combination of product demonstrations from the following confirmed exhibitors:
- Signify
- Heliospectra
- Valoya
- KropTek
- GNUK
- Ceravision
- INDO lighting
- Tungsram
The workshop will also feature leading industry speakers:
- Erik Runkle of Michigan State University – “Considerations and U.S. perspectives when selecting an LED fixture for greenhouse applications”
- Stuart Mucklejohn of Ceravision – “All light is not the same”
- Dirk Ludolph of LWK Niedersachsen – “LED light for ornamentals – more than fairy lights”
- Dr Gareth John of LIA – “Lighting systems and operator safety”
Neil Bragg, the chair of the event, says, “Innovations in lighting for glasshouse crops are moving at pace. The meeting on the 17th Oct is designed to impart factual information on what others are doing such as Erik from the States and Dirk from Germany. Also, there are basic issues still to be covered such as what exactly a system may be outputting and additionally what health and safety concerns are raised. In the afternoon we have deliberately gathered various companies together so specific setup can be demonstrated and we will have mobile measuring equipment available such that specific light spectra outputs can be seen from different units at bench height.”
For more information:
NIAB
www.niab.com