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Fifth Lightpower Open Day Event a Huge Success

For the fifth time Lightpower GmbH of Paderborn successfully celebrated their Open Days – the German ‘trend and further-training’ forum for the lighting industry with an international background. More than 1,200 lighting professionals attended the Show at Heinz Nixdorf Forum, Paderborn, on 15th and 16th of May to take an active part in the high profile seminars and visit the product exhibition. All guests came by invitation and their participation was free of charge. Also on day one more than 800 visitors came together to party at the Capitol music theatre enjoying the music of a first-class live band.

Established in 1994, the Open Days take place every third year and have become the German trend forum for lighting professionals, no matter what kind of roots they have. Lightpower’s target was always to talk and listen to the users, whether they are convinced by the products distributed by Lightpower or critical about them. There was only one condition: they had to be professionals from the industry. To provide first-class seminars and product training, Lighpower has always worked closely with teachers and speakers with top references. The background for this year’s event was: “Where is the lighting world developing? Beside luminaries, effects and automated lights, how will LED’s, media servers, video and digital lights develop? And above all, what are leading lighting designers thinking about on these subjects?”

To discuss these facts in detail with customers and friends, Lightpower created an extraordinary event with a highly professional approach.

High profile seminars were held by prominent lighting designers such as Ken Billington (Broadway), Max Keller (German theatre), Prof. Andreas Schulz (architectural lighting) as well as Stefan Aue (concert touring). The seminars took place at the 500-seat auditorium of the Heinz Nixdorf Forum and were translated simultaneously on independent headphones.

A variety of smaller seminar and meeting rooms provided the perfect location for the technically focused seminars. Dipl.-Ing. Ulrich Kunkel and Dipl.-Ing. René Berhorst explained special MA system solutions in detail and gave reference to particular projects where MA products are involved. The specialized seminars on LED technology (Dipl.-Ing. Herbert Bernstädt), stage technologies (Dipl.-Ing. Michael Lück) and colour and correction filters (Andreas Dessloch, Rosco) were also well attended. It was also possible to take close look to the capabilities of grandMA 3D and grandMA video under almost realistic conditions in the installed pre-programming studio.

The integrated exhibition area included approximately 30% more space compared to the Open Days in 2003. The visitors had the chance to be part of the world premiere of Robert Juliat’s new powerful followspot Lancelot (equipped with a 4,000 W HTI lamp) and Brother, Brother & Sons brand new LED cyclorama EvenLED among many other high quality products within the 17 brands represented exclusively by Lightpower in Germany (MA Lighting, Rainbow Colour Changers and Lightpower’s own Brand Major are also distributed world-wide).

Besides meeting experts, technicians and trainees in theatre, TV, concert touring, entertainment and architainment, visitors were also able to enter the special exhibition “The power of the moment – concert and event photography” that represented the amazing work of photographer Ralph Larmann.

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23rd May 2006

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