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The world’s best laser shows, at the yearly meeting of the world’s best laserists
Using new technologies and developing industry-wide standards
Our Members add impact to shows with the purest, most brilliant light in the universe
Proven experience as an ILDA Professional accredited company
ILDA helps keep shows safe and legal; free safety software for Members
Customers buy with confidence when backed by the Code of Ethics
The world’s best laser shows, at the yearly meeting of the world’s best laserists
Using new technologies and developing industry-wide standards
Enter the 2021 ILDA Awards competition
It is now ILDA Awards entry season! Get your videos and photos ready to submit.
There are three main categories of awards: Artistic, Technical and Career Achievement:
- For the Artistic Awards, only ILDA Members may enter.
- For the Technical Awards, anyone may enter the ILDA Digital Network Standards category; only ILDA Members may enter the General category.
- For Career Achievement, only ILDA Members may make a CAA nomination; however, any person may be nominated (they do not have to be an ILDA Member).
Full details are on the Enter the 2021 ILDA Awards page.
The deadline for ILDA Award entries is Sunday, May 31, 2021 by 11:59 pm your local time. The countdown clock shows how much time you have left.
Sorry, the deadline for entering the Awards this year has passed. You will next be able to enter in 2022.
ILDA Digital Network featured on Argon TV
ArgonTV is a website and YouTube channel that includes interviews about lasershows and other entertainment products/services.
Founder Tim Bennett — himself an ILDA Member — recently interviewed Dirk Apitz, ILDA Technical Committee chair and Dr. Matthias Frank, winner of many ILDA Awards for ILDA Digital Network (IDN) products.
In the video, Apitz and Frank discuss some problems of analog cables and the 25-year-old "ILDA Standard Projector" technical standard. In a networking world, it is usually better to transfer data via Ethernet, WiFi and other digital methods.
IDN is a series of standards, one official and others being finalized, to achieve that goal. In the ArgonTV video, Frank demonstrates one IDN configuration. Towards the end of the video, Apitz and Frank talk about future plans, and how individuals and companies can get involved with making this more widespread.
The 41 minute video can be viewed at YouTube. A separate ArgonTV webpage for IDN has the video plus a transcript which can be skimmed through to find specific information or sections.
Detailed IDN information can be found at the IDN project's resource link page, and ILDA's Technical Standards page.
2020 ILDA Award winners
The 2020 ILDA Award winners were announced November 22, 2020, during the online ILDA Cloud Conference. Here are the categories in which the entries competed:
Congratulations to all winners, and especially to Christine Jenkin, recipient of the Career Achievement Award, and Bjorn Schaller, recipient of the Special Achievement Award. A list of all the award winners is at the 2020 Awards page.
A PDF booklet containing all the 2020 ILDA Award winners is now online. It contains a list of all the winners along with a description of each winning entry.
Videos of the First, Second and Third Place winning entries are at YouTube. We have a playlist of all 2020 ILDA Award winners, and of just the First Place winners. Here are the categories in which the entries competed:
Also, a compilation video is now at YouTube. This 45-minute presentation has short excerpts (15-60 seconds) from each of the 49 winners, giving a good overview of the best laser shows in the world. Click the image below to watch the video on this page.
To see videos from earlier years, back to 2015, click the gray bar below.
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2015-2020 ILDA Award videos
These are the ILDA Award compilation videos from 2015 to 2020. Each one is about 20-45 minutes long, and has the best shows from those years.
2015 ILDA Awards compilation
2016 ILDA Awards compilation
If you want to see each 2016 winner as it was entered (up to 4 minutes maximum), go to the ILDA YouTube playlists, and click on the “2016 ILDA Awards”. Every winning video is available at its full entered length.2017 ILDA Awards compilation
If you want to see each 2017 winner as it was entered (up to 4 minutes maximum), go to the ILDA YouTube playlists, and click on the “2017 ILDA Awards”. Every winning video is available at its full entered length.2018 ILDA Awards compilation
If you want to see each 2018 winner as it was entered (up to 4 minutes maximum), go to the ILDA YouTube playlists, and click on the “2018 ILDA Awards”. Every winning video is available at its full entered length.2019 ILDA Awards compilation
If you want to see each 2019 winner as it was entered (up to 4 minutes maximum), go to the ILDA YouTube playlists, and click on the “2019 ILDA Awards”. Every winning video is available at its full entered length.2020 ILDA Awards compilation
If you want to see each 2020 winner as it was entered (up to 4 minutes maximum), go to the ILDA YouTube playlists, and click on the “2020 ILDA Awards”. Every winning video is available at its full entered length.
ILDA health plans for U.S. Members
ILDA has now joined with the LIG Insurance Group to bring health care policies to our U.S. Members. This is an Association Health Program where LIG finds policies that meet your particular health care needs and desires (including extras such as dental and vision).
If you like your current health care insurance, that’s fine. But if you’d like to hear about alternatives that may save money and/or give increased coverage, you can now call 888-869-7142 or check out the the LIG ILDA Health Coverage page.
Sorry, the healthcare benefit is U.S. only because of U.S. laws. On the other hand, many of our ILDA-Member countries have health care systems with coverage that may be more comprehensive and/or more affordable than the U.S. employer-based system. And if any non-U.S. Members have information about similar association insurance programs in their countries, we would be glad to get details.
ILDA Members attending the 2018 Conference in Montréal
Coronavirus information page
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