#light-based technologies

From launching a digital identity system used by 1.3 billion people, to evolving from a primarily cash-based society to the country with the highest volume of digital payments in the world, India's digital transformation is a remarkable success story. A set of public sector digital technologies known as the "India Stack," that includes layers for proving identity, handling digital payments, and sharing data, has enabled profound societal impacts. Now street vendors in India can accept instant digital payments even if they don't have WiFi or electricity. Wait times at borders have been cut from days to minutes.

Join CHM to find out from Pramod Varma, former chief architect of the digital identity system Aadhaar and numerous India Stack technologies, how it all works.

What to Expect

Hear about India's transformative new approach to solving societal problems using digital public infrastructure.

Learn about key elements of the public civic technologies.

Discover lessons for the rest of the world on how civic investments in technology can improve societal welfare.

India's Digital Revolution

Thu, May 30 • 7:00 PM

*Computer History Museum

1401 North Shoreline Boulevard Mountain View, CA 94043 United States.

Human-centric lighting is an oft-discussed design term, yet, there is confusion about what it is and how to use new (and existing) technologies to achieve it. This course helps professionals understand 1) how to define human-centric lighting, 2) what benefits it can provide to people, buildings, and businesses, and 3) how to practically apply it when designing projects. It also addresses the intersection between electric light and natural daylight, and how achieving a human centric design requires an integrated approach to those two disciplines. This course will be especially useful to interior architects, interior designers, and lighting designers. While at the gallery and showroom, enjoy a truly unique experience. Explore Lutron's Ketra lighting solutions in an artist-approved set-up, showcasing curated artwork in a new and spectacular light. Enhance the experience with the Bang and Olufsen home theater or enjoy Meridian SE speakers in their listening room.  As a special treat, if you're a coffee lover, you'll appreciate their state-of-the-art coffee system that takes the coffee experience to a whole new level?

ASID California Central / Nevada Chapter

Tuesday, May 21 · 5:30 - 7:30pm PDT

Del Webb Boulevard Las Vegas

The International Day of Light is a worldwide celebration coordinated by a consortium of international partners under the oversight of the Science Sector of UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, France. For further information, please contact the International Day of Light Secretariat 

Date 16/05/2023 - 16/05/2023. Location: Paris, France.

Seed of Light is an initiative by Light: Science & Applications and iCAN, to help undergraduate students develop interest and gain guidance in optics.

This event is intended to be a place for photonics researchers and engineers to connect, network, share, and update the latest technology, researches, and simulation in Thailand photonics community. CADFEM SEA.

As part of regular initiatives to promote science to a broad audience, a series of 5 hands-on “live science” experimental lectures will be presented to broad audiences within the region of Franche-Comté. The UFC, CNRS FEMTO-ST.

Rising Stars of Light event is a worldwide campaign for the most shining young scientists in optics-related fields. The event is initiated by Light: Science & Applications, and co-organized by iCANX. The event has been hosted for 5 years, and attracted hundreds of thousands audiences. This year, Rising Stars of Light will be run in two tracks: Faculty Track, Before Faculty Track (Postdoc & PhD Candidate), the event is highlighted by UNESCO’s International Day of Light.

A worldwide campaign for the most brilliant young scientists in optics; The Light: Science & Applications, eLight, and Light: Advanced Manufacturing.