Patrick has just posted this regarding the Ilda Conference this year ... if anyone is interested ... it looks like it is now over 3 days including the weekend which is better for me
all the best .... Karl
To ILDA Members and interested laserists:
The ILDA Board of Directors is pleased to announce that the 2009 ILDA Conference is scheduled for 5-7 June 2009 near Amsterdam. The host is Peter Broerse's company DMXLASER (www.dmxlaser.nl). The Conference is open to ILDA Members as well as non-members. The tentative schedule is at the end of this email.
We will be meeting at a 17th century estate called Oud-Poelgeest. It is in a 25-acre park located 10 minutes from Leiden, between Amsterdam and The Hague, and is about 15 minutes from Schiphol Airport. The estate is a certified conference center so it has both sleeping and meeting rooms. Photos and more information are at their website www.oudpoelgeest.nl.
There are 45 sleeping rooms at Oud-Poelgeest. ILDA is reserving 30 of the rooms at a special price of €550/$691. This price is for a single room for three nights, and it includes 3 breakfasts, 3 lunches and 3 dinners. Options such as double rooms, and pricing for extra guests will be available. If you need to stay only one or two nights, or if you want to stay over extra days, we can also try to make arrangements. However, ILDA's block is for 30 rooms for three nights. If rooms on-site are sold out, the estate can make arrangements with sister hotels in nearby Leiden.
Once we finalize the contract with the estate, we will provide specific reservation and cost information.
As with all previous ILDA Conferences, there will be a registration fee. For ILDA Members, we are currently looking at €175/$220. The fee will be higher for non-members.
Peter has been working closely with the Board and I to make the logistical and equipment arrangements. I want to thank him for all his efforts. I also want to recognize Christine Jenkin, chair of the Conference Committee, and Tim Walsh, ILDA president who visited Amsterdam to check out sites. Both have been vital in this effort. In addition, Hugo Bunk has been very helpful as we searched for Amsterdam locations, and ILDA Board members Dirk Baur, Paul Berthot and Peter Mayer helped shape ILDA's plans.
We will provide more information as it becomes available. Later today I will set up a page at ILDA's website which will be a "one-stop" information resource for the Conference. If you have any questions, please feel free to write directly to me.
The Board and I look forward to seeing you at the estate, in June!
-- Patrick Murphy, Executive Director
On behalf of the ILDA Board of Directors and DMXLASER
2009 ILDA CONFERENCE TENTATIVE SCHEDULE
Subject to change
Friday, 5 JuneAttendee arrival during the day.
Host staff set up for Lase-Off and Awards
13:00 User group meetings begin. Duration is up to the meeting sponsor.
19:00 Dinner
20:00 Welcome reception in garden
Saturday, 6 June10:00 - 11:30 Membership meeting part 1 (including Board elections)
11:30 - 13:00 Artistic seminar
13:00 - 15:00 Lunch break
15:00 - 18:00 Seminars; Advanced Technology Workshop
19:00 Dinner
21:00 Lase-Off
Sunday, 7 June
10:00 - 11:30 Membership meeting part 2 (including President election)
11:30 - 13:00 Seminar
13:00 - 15:00 Lunch break
15:00 - 18:00 Trade show
19:00 Awards banquet
Monday, 8 June
Checkout hotel and depart
Host staff finish equipment tear down