Brian Bennett at #SILUSA said farming outdoors is about dealing with an environment that you can't control whereas controlled environment agriculture and LED horticultural lighting is about controlling everything @ledsmagazine.

Preparing an @ledsmagazine lighting for health newsletter led me to another look at the #SILUSA program. The Friday morning session called "Lovers of Light" looks fantastic -- top names participating and a unique TV game show format. That's one I won't miss.

Last day for #SILUSA early bird pricing. Get the Total Access Pass today for little more than a Flex Pass will cost you next week. @ledsmagazine has several preview articles that illustrate what will be an incredible program.

Was reminded by #linkedin that I'm staring on my ninth year covering LEDs and SSL @ledsmagazine. Time sure flies. But the excitement started even earlier. February will bring the 20th #SILUSA event. Will be better than ever in 2019.

You can vote this year for our @ledsmagazine Sapphire Awards Illumineer of the year on our home page. Click the graphic just above the latest news. See all three candidates speak at #SILUSA and attend our #SapphireAwards Gala

Erik Runkle of MSU said that with LEDs his research is adding different wave bands to horticultural lighting rather than excluding wavebands during keynote at the #HorticulturalLighting Conference @ledsmagazine

Benjamin Pouladian of Deco Lighting plans to place Bluetooth Mesh connectivity in every product at a small to zero cost premium and if the buyer decides to use the controls they will pay a monthly fee -- LaaS #SILUSA @ledsmagazine

Philip Smallwood said CSP LEDs have only achieved 5% penetration in general lighting at Strategies in Light Investor Forum #SILUSA @ledsmagazine

Saw Filamento LED HID-replacement lamp for the first time @lux_live. Frank Shum did some nice mechanical work placing the LEDs in aluminum cavities to eliminate glare and devised great air flow design for thermal mitigation @ledsmagazine

LED light engines are getting incredibly powerful and hot, but as Koen Vangorp of Mechatronix showed me at @lux_live a robust cooler and good SSL optical system and deliver reliable and uniform output for applications like horticulture @ledsmagazine

Peter Barber of Seoul Semi explains UV LED use in seeds, on farms and at the consumer extending shelf life #HLC2017 @ledsmagazine

Hops in greenhouses with LEDs? Steven Newman of CSU said it delivers better flavor profile in craft beer @ledsmagazine #HLC2017

DLI is lower in green houses making great case for supplemental LED lighting according to @psmallwood_LED @ledsmagazine #HLC2017

Austin uses controls to lift light levels on 6th St at 2:00 AM for people leaving the entertainment district #SALC2017TX @ledsmagazine

WaveLinx demo at #LFI2017 by @ETN_Lighting shows plug and play simplicity for connected SSL watch for @ledsmagazine video next week

Atrius is a new brand from @AcuityBrands aggregating IoT technologies from controls to the cloud and applications like IPS @ledsmagazine

At #LFI2017 @dowcorning shows reflective silicone as a mixing chamber for uniformly-lit tunable LED downlight @ledsmagazine

EVP Jacob Tarn said at #LFI2017 manufacturers would get peace of mind from @Samsung IP portfolio developing IoT LED lighting @ledsmagazine

Artist Janet Echelman choreographs the wind, at #lightfair says LED light is critical to the experience for people @ledsmagazine

Ute Besenecker at #leducation - research shows 6500K better for student performance, more correct answers @ledsmagazine