ORLANDO — Chauvet Professional and USITT Presents are jointly hosting a seminar, “How to Blend LED with Traditional Fixtures,” at Walt Disney World Aug. 29-30. Ford Sellers, senior product manager at Chauvet Professional (pictured here) will lead the session, covering topics such as transitioning and replacing existing lighting with energy-saving LED fixtures along with discussions on color (narrow band vs. broad emitting) and concepts in design.
More details from Chauvet Professional (www.chauvetprofessional.com):
The seminar takes place both days 9 a.m.-5 p.m. at Walt Disney World, 3410 Buena Vista Drive, Lake Buena Vista, FL 32830. For registration, costs and the exact location at WDW, contact Ron Procopio at Ron@usitt.org
USITT Executive Director David Grindle said that offering professionals this type of hands-on training, which has direct impact on their careers is a great step in fulfilling USITT’s mission. The first time Sellers led a USITT Presents workshop on June 3 in Miami, he said, “The attendees were impressed with the amount of information they learned.”
“It’s great to be back presenting in this public forum,” Sellers said. “Since leaving Cornell University I have missed teaching and learning from a group of inspired students. I am thankful to USITT for giving us this forum to educate our industry’s top professionals, and up-and comers, so that they are able to better understand the opportunities and challenges afforded by the emergence of LED into mainstream product lines. Helping our industry maximize our investments, capitalize on the strengths of new technologies and realize true value is central to our mission at Chauvet.”
With nearly 20 years of hands-on, lighting industry experience, Ford Sellers is senior product development manager for Chauvet Professional and for Iluminarc, Chauvet’s brand of architectural and architainment lighting. Sellers’ move to Chauvet marked his arrival to the manufacturing side of the lighting industry where he focuses on the development of new fixtures and educational outreach programs.
