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A Report on the 6th Lux Pacifica Conference in Bangkok

Hajimu NAKAMURA

Chairman of the Lux Pacifica Committee in Illuminating Engineering Institute of Japan

4. Contribution to the 6th Lux Pacifica Conference

4.1 Participants / Participating Countries

The numbers of participants (registrants) by each country are shown in Fig. 2. There were 83 participants from fifteen countries (regions) including from non-Lux Pacifica countries. Among the participants, 35 were from Japan including accompany person, which was the largest.


Fig.2 Numbers of participants by each country or region

4.2 Papers in the Proceedings

Fig. 3 shows the numbers of paper by each country, counted based in the Proceedings. There were 61 papers in total; among them, 24 were from Japan, which is outstanding. Of 24 papers, 20 were from university or college; 1 from a public institution (IEIJ); and 3 from industries (manufacturers, etc). Japan was the most active information providing country in the Pacific Rim countries. The numbers by each lighting field are shown in Fig. 4.


Fig.3 Numbers of papers presented by each country in the proceedings


Fig.4 Numbers of papers by each lighting field in the proceedings

It should be under consideration to publish the presentations, in an international conference like Lux Pacifica, on periodical publications such as academic journals, so that their results will be spread and be useful for practical application.

4.3 Oral presentation

The numbers of oral presentation by each country are shown in Fig. 5. There were 41 presentations from eleven countries including from non-Lux Pacifica countries. Thirty minutes was given to every presenter, including question and answer. After new and important results in lighting science and art were presented in the session, a lot of audience participated in information exchange through discussion.


Fig.5 Oral presentations by each country

5. Conference Program

The Holiday Inn Silom, the big and famous hotel in Bangkok (Fig. 6), served as the venue for the conference. It is located besides the Silom Road of the famous shopping street in Bangkok, convenient for dining, shopping etc.
In the afternoon of 23th April (Thursday), a reception for participant registered was held at the entrance to ballroom on the ground floor of the Hotel (Fig. 7). The Welcome Party began at 6 pm the same day in the ballroom. This was a buffet style party, where drinks and light meal were served. It was a pleasant welcome party with a warm atmosphere, where we heard a welcome speech from the Chair, Prof. Warren Julian.
Table 2(a)-(c) outlines the three-day conference program. The opening ceremony was held in Meeting Room1, presided by the chair of Lux Pacifica, Prof. Warren Julian and the president of TIEA, Mr. Utis Chanchenchop (Fig.8, Fig.9). After the Chair first introduced the history and purposes of Lux Pacifica, the opening of the conference was announced (Fig. 9). Then, the president of the TIEA made a welcome and congratulatory speech.


Fig.6 Holiday Inn Silom of conference venue

Thereafter, sessions began in Meeting Room1 and Room 2 (Fig. 10, Fig.11). The chair of each session was assumed by members of the International Organization Committee, members of the IESANZ, etc. The venue for poster presentations was in the lobby beside the ballroom where ardent discussions were made (Fig.12).
After the first day�s sessions finished evening, a dinner party was held at the Thai food restaurant beside Chaophraya River. It was located about both 20 minutes on foot from the hotel and 30 minutes by boat in the River. Riding on a boat along the River between the riverside station near hotel and the restaurant, we could enjoy watching nightscape of famous temple, bridge, etc.

6. Past Lux Pacifica Conference

Twenty years has passed since the 1st Lux Pacifica was held in Shanghai. Past Lux Pacifica conferences are shown in Table 3(a) and Table 3(b) from the 1st to the 6th. The numbers of participant and paper are shown in Fig.13.
In the past Lux Pacifica conferences, the number of papers by Japanese was 13 for the 1st conference (Shanghai), 37 for the 2nd (Bangkok), 107 for the 3rd (Nagoya), 16 for the 4th (New Delhi) and 36 for the 5th (Cairns).

Acknowledgment

The 6th Lux Pacifica succeeded mainly through organizing things from Sydney. I would take this opportunity to thank very much the Chair of Lux Pacifica, Prof. Warren Julian and his wife, Stephanie Julian for their enormous effort to organize. Moreover I would wish to thank many people and organizations for their support.

Reference

  1. Tetsuo Yamaya: Pacific Basin Lighting Congress -Lux Pacifica-, J. Illum. Engng. Inst. Japan, Vol.86 No.3 pp.157-160 (2002)
  2. Tetsuo Yamaya: A Report on the Pacific Basin Lighting Congress, -Lux Pacifica 2002 in New Delhi-, J. Illum. Engng. Inst. Japan, Vol.87 No.6 pp.404-409 (2003)
  3. Hajimu Nakamura: The Report on the 5th Lux Pacifica Conference in Australia, J. Illum. Engng. Inst. Japan, Vol.89 No.12 pp.833-838 (2005)
  4. Hajimu Nakamura: A Report on the Present Situation of Activity for Lux Pacifica, J. llum. Engng. Inst. Japan, Vol. 92 No.3 pp.158-160 (2008)
  5. Proceedings of the 6th Lux Pacifica(2009)

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