Press Releases
The Kremlin gives LED's top priority
The Russian government emphasizes the LED lighting for energy-efficient lighting solution in the country
and strives for a leadership role in terms of energy-efficient lighting in Europe. On March 23rd, 2010 the
Presidential commission for modernization announced, that the transition from incandescent bulbs to
energy efficient lighting devices, will not take place by implementation of energy-efficient saving lamps
(CFLs), but by converting to LEDs directly. The corresponding law should be effective by June of this
year.
Final Report 2009: Great success of LED FORUM MOSCOW 2009
After impressive success in 2008, it was decided to hold the LED FORUM MOSCOW 2009 in more
extended format. Great interest to preliminary registration in advance of the event was indicative of LED
significance for Russian light engineering.
3-rd LED FORUM MOSCOW has once again proved its status of major event in the sector of LED
technologies on the post-Soviet territory. The program was expanded and became a 2-day one.
Alongside with two plenary sessions the program included three specialized seminars on the products -
"Indoor and outdoor lighting with LEDs", "Shop Lighting with LEDs" and "Lighting Control Systems /
LEDs". Business backers appeared: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors became a premium sponsor, while
the seminars were sponsored by iGuzzini (Italy) and INSTA (Germany).
- Final Report 2009PDF | 96 kB
- Impressions 2009PDF | 363 kB
Impressions 2008
The 2nd INTERNATIONAL LED FORUM "LEDs in Lighting Technologies" took place on December
10th 2008. More than 200 participants showed interest in the wide range of talks on LED topics. Renowned
speakers introduced the forum to current projects and developments in the LED industry. As an US
representative, Professor Fred E. Schubert gave a talk on ‘Light-Emitting Diodes - Looking Back 100 Years
and Looking Forward to the Next 10 Years‘ and received quite an ovation for his presentation. Yefim
Rosenberg as the representative of the Russian Railways Corporation gave the forum participants
exclusive insights into the plans of his company to invest in LED technology. Naturally, the interest in his
talk was quite impressive.
- Impressions 2008 - EN PDF | 441 kB
