If you weren't able to attend the 2017 SSL R&D workshop in Long Beach, CA, you can experience and learn from some of the content that was presented with the presentaion links below.
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) continues to be a catalyst for promoting and enhancing the science and efficiency of solid state lighting.
Below are the agenda, topics and presenters from the conference. Click on the presenter name for the PDF version of the slide presentation shared at the conference. Links take you to the DOE website.

DAY 1
Workshop Welcome
James Brodrick, U.S. Department of Energy
Innovations in Solid-State Lighting
Shuji Nakamura, University of California, Santa Barbara
Turning Photons into Food: The Future of LEDs in Agriculture
Bruce Bugbee, Utah State University
Engineered Light: Action Spectrum and Beyond
Jeff Tsao, Sandia National Laboratories, Moderator
Wouter Soer, Lumileds
Po-Chieh Hung, Konica Minolta
Scott Rosenfeld, Smithsonian American Art Museum
Tessa Pocock, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Empowering Cities with Connected Lighting: Lessons from Los Angeles
Susanne Seitinger, Philips Lighting
The Storm Before the Storm: The Luminaire Industry Beyond LED Replacement
Martin Siegel, Zumtobel
Thinking Ahead for Domestic SSL Manufacturing
Mark Benguerel, Finelite
Mark Hand, Acuity Brands
Eric Haugaard, Cree
Warren Weeks, Hubbell Lighting
Workshop Mission
Morgan Pattison, SSLS, Inc.
DAY 2
DOE SSL R&D Program Direction
James Brodrick, U.S. Department of Energy
Lighting and Display Technology Synergy
Norman Bardsley, Bardsley Consulting, Moderator
Barry Young, OLED Association
Juanita Kurtin, Pacific Light Technologies
Charles Li, PlayNitride
Lighting Integration into Buildings
Monica Hansen, LED Lighting Advisors, Moderator
Scott Hershman, LF Illumination
Brad Koerner, Philips
Evan Petridis, Enlighted
Wen-Lin Tsao, Cisco
Leveraging DOE SSL R&D
Joel Chaddock, National Energy Technology Laboratory
Marc Ledbetter, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
LED TRACK SESSIONS
Luminaire Integration, Drivers, and Controls
Morgan Pattison, SSLS, Inc., Moderator
Ramanujam Ramabhadran, GE Global Research
Alireza Safaee, Osram
Chad Stalker, Acuity Brands
Dorene Maniccia, Philips Lighting Research North America
New SSL Manufacturing Methods
Jeff Tsao, Sandia National Laboratories, Moderator
Sridhar Nimma, Eaton Corporation
Jonathan Owen, Columbia University
Seth Coe-Sullivan, Luminit
Juan Rivas-Davila, Stanford University
OLED TRACK SESSIONS
Challenges in Manufacturing
Norman Bardsley, Bardsley Consulting, Moderator
Michael Boroson, OLEDWorks
Herman Schoo, Holst Centre
Chris Brown, Kateeva
David Rowe, 3M
Product Design and Integration
Moderator: Lisa Pattison, SSLS, Inc.
Mike Lu, Acuity Brands
Jacky Qiu, OTI Lumionics
Alireza Safaee, Osram
Jeff Spindler, OLEDWorks
Larry Sadwick, InnoSys
DAY 3
A Market Perspective from Asia
Mark McClear, Seoul Semiconductor
Creating Value from Human Physiological Responses to Light
Morgan Pattison, SSLS, Inc., Moderator
Windy Boyd, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Jamie Zeitzer, Stanford University
Michael Herf, f.lux
Smith Johnston, NASA Johnson Space Center
LED TRACK SESSIONS
LED Optics and Down-Converters
Monica Hansen, LED Lighting Advisors, Moderator
Oleg Shchekin, Lumileds
Jonathan Melman, Lumenari
Jennifer Hollingsworth, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Ralph Tuttle, Cree
Progress on Materials and Device Research
Jeff Tsao, Sandia National Laboratories, Moderator
Colin Humphreys, University of Cambridge
James Raring, Soraa Laser
Jim Speck, University of California, Santa Barbara
Tetsuya Takeuchi, Meijo University
OLED TRACK SESSIONS
Light Extraction and Utilization
Lisa Pattison, SSLS, Inc., Moderator
Steve Forrest, University of Michigan
Greg Cooper, Pixelligent
Sebastian Reineke, Technische Universität Dresden
Advances in Organic Materials and Electroluminescent Quantum Dots
Norman Bardsley, Bardsley Consulting, Moderator
Mark Thompson, University of Southern California
Jian Li, Arizona State University
Chris Giebink, Penn State University
Source: U.S. Department of Energy