The deadline for entering the 2018 ILDA Awards has passed. Thanks to everyone who entered.
- If you entered on or before Saturday, March 31 but you are NOT on the list below, contact ILDA as soon as possible.
- Each entrant should have received an email confirmation after ILDA has reviewed the entry. Often this email will ask for other information. If you entered and are on the list below but did not receive any email confirmation or questions, contact ILDA as soon as possible.
- A few entrants have not yet renewed their 2018 ILDA dues. If you are not sure of renewing, log into ildamember.com and check that you are a 2018 Member. Non-member entries will not be judged.
ENTRIES RECEIVED FOR THE 2018 ILDA ARTISTIC AWARDS
As of May 1 2018
ENTRIES FROM THE FOLLOWING PERSONS/COMPANIES WILL GO TO JUDGING
(Note: A few entries have been disqualified, usually for safety reasons for for photos that contain a text or logo overlay. The entrant is usually notified of the disqualification.)
- Anthony Garcia
- Bernd Steinert
- Christopher Short
- Copernicus Science Center
- David Francus
- David Kumpula
- Derek Abbot
- DreamLaser Studio
- Dynamic Lasers
- ER Productions
- Garrett Gosting
- Greg Kustudic
- Illuminatus
- Image Engineering
- Jason Salt
- Javier Sanchis
- Jonathan Thompson
- KVANT
- Laser Entertainment
- Laser Saga
- Laser Saga joint entry
- Laser Show Design
- Laser Spectacles
- LaserAnimation Sollinger
- Laserimage AB
- LaserLight Magic
- LaserNet
- LaserTech Canada
- Laservision Mega Media
- Lightwave International
- LOBO
- Mediam
- Merlin Schaadt
- Mitsuru Takeuchi
- Nisha Ramnath
- Orion-Art Multimedia
- Phantom Media
- Pinnacle Laser Productions
- Planetarium Hamburg
- Richard Gonsalves
- Seb Lee Deslisle
- SBK-Laser
- SuperFX
- Theo Petrides
- Thomas Nied
- VisualSensation
- VisuTek
- Will Kent
- X-Laser
ENTRIES RECEIVED FOR THE 2018 FENNING TECHNICAL AWARDS AND IDN TECH AWARDS
- KVANT (2)
- UniBonn (2)
- X-Laser
NOMINATIONS FOR CAREER ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
No new nominations were received for 2018. The following nominations from earlier years are still valid and will be the 2018 CAA nominees:
- Alberto Kellner, Laser Entertainment srl
- Paul McCloskey, Laservision Mega Media
- Glenn Thomas, Laser Images
The remainder of this page is left for reference, even though the Awards Entry deadline has already passed.
How to enter
This page is for persons entering the 2018 ILDA Awards. You may enter laser shows produced or performed between January 1, 2017 and March 31, 2018. Winners of these Awards will be publicly presented at the ILDA Awards Banquet and Presentation during the 2018 ILDA Conference in Montréal.
There are three main Awards categories: 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).
The deadline for entering all three Awards is Saturday March 31, 2018, by 11:59 pm your local time. Details are below.
If you have any questions or comments, please contact ILDA.
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Any ILDA Member in good standing (dues have been paid, no Ethics or other issues) may enter the ILDA Artistic Awards.
Guide: Rules + Entry Form
The 2018 ILDA Artistic Awards Guide includes rules and the Entry Form. You can download the Guide in these formats:
• Microsoft Word format
• Adobe PDF document
Entry Spreadsheet
Entry information will be submitted on a single Microsoft Excel spreadsheet, one row per entry. You can download the spreadsheet using this link:
• 2018 Artistic Awards Entry Spreadsheet
Because the spreadsheet relies on some Excel-specific features, use only Microsoft Excel to fill out the form. If you do not have Excel, please check with an associate, friend, etc. to use theirs. If you have any problems, contact ILDA.
Send to ILDA
Make a single compressed “zip” file that contains the filled-in Entry Form, the filled-in Entry Spreadsheet, and your video and photo files.
Upload your Award entry zipped file to your own filesharing service such as Dropbox, Google Drive or OneDrive. Then email to ILDA with the link where we can download your file.
Changes for 2018
CATEGORY CHANGES
• The Planetarium Show category has been removed. A show presented in a planetarium can still be entered; choose the category that best fits the type of show. Also, planetariums with new or substantially changed laser installations during the eligibility period (Jan. 1 2017 – March 31 2018) are eligible for the new Permanent Installation category.
• The name of the Beams and Screen Show category has been changed to Multi-Effect Laser Show.
• The Abstract category definition has been changed to clearly state that entries can include lumia and other non-representational laser imagery.
• The Laser Fine Art category has been combined with the Innovative Applications category. The new combined category is named “Innovative and Fine Art Laser Applications.” The description for this category is the same as the previous description for Innovative Applications.
• A new category has been added, Permanent Installation. This takes into account how the permanent installation operates, as well as the artistic quality of the lasers in the space.
RULE CHANGES
• There are no logos or other overlays on ANY Artistic Award entries including entries showing trade show booths. These are distracting and potentially could influence judging.
• No different audio can be added or overlaid to an entry. This means the audio must be the same as when the laser visuals were originally presented. It is permitted to replace poor quality audio with better quality audio, but the same music parts must be used.
• If a Statement of Intent has any identifying information about the entrant (company name, employee name, product name, etc.), ILDA has the option to delete the entire Statement of Intent. Also, if the Statement of Intent is significantly over the 600 character limit, ILDA has the option to delete the entire Statement of Intent.
• Videos cannot show laser beam exposure on or near the heads of performers. See the section on “Entry Safety and Legality” for more information.
JUDGING PROCEDURES AND CHANGES
• The Awards Committee voted to keep using the judges scoring spreadsheet. This lists four aspects on which each entry is given a 0-5 score: Technical competency, Artistic competency, Quality and variety of laser effects, and Visuals following music. After judging is complete, each entrant receives their scores, and is able to see how they did relative to the other entries.
• An entry submitted in one category can be moved to another category, if the judging coordinator or other Awards Committee-designated reviewer(s) feel the other category better fits and describes the entry.
• Judges will no longer be permitted to move entries. They must be judged in the category that was submitted to them, by the judging coordinator or other Awards Committee-designated reviewer(s).-
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The Fenning Award for Technical Achievement is given for Outstanding Technical Achievement in the field of laser shows and displays. Entries may be a product, or a working technical demonstration. Examples include, but are not limited to: lasers, scanners, projectors, effects, hardware and software.
There are two categories; general technical achievement and “IDN Standards.” The latter is for entries which implement, use, extend or otherwise help to advance the use and/or capabilities of the ILDA Digital Network standards.- For the general technical achievement category, any ILDA Member in good standing (dues have been paid, no Ethics or other issues) may enter.
- For the IDN Standards category, anyone may enter — ILDA Member or non-member.
Guide: Rules + Entry Form
The 2018 ILDA Fenning Technical Awards Guide includes rules and the Entry Form. You can download the Guide in these formats:
• Microsoft Word format
• Adobe PDF document
Note that the Fenning Technical Awards do NOT use an Entry Spreadsheet.
Send to ILDA
For each Technical Award entry, make a single compressed “zip” file that contains the filled-in Entry Form, and any supporting documentation such as videos, JPGs and/or PDFs of user manuals, product sheets, etc.
Upload your Technical Award entry zipped file to your own filesharing service such as Dropbox, Google Drive or OneDrive. Then email to ILDA with the link where we can download your file.
ILDA Members: Since you are limited to a maximum of six Technical Award entries (three entries per category, and two categories), this means you will have at most, six zip files to upload.
Non-members: Since you are limited to a maximum of three IDN Standards category entries, this means you will have at most, three zip files to upload.
Changes for 2018
- Persons who are not ILDA Members can enter in the IDN Standards category.
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You do not need a special entry form to nominate someone for ILDA’s highest honor, the Career Achievement Award. You can simply enter by sending one or more nominations by email to ILDA by the deadline, Saturday, March 31, 2018 (at 11:59 pm your local time).
Who may be nominated
An ILDA Member can nominate any person who is an "exceptional individual with a distinguished history of achievement in the laser display industry." The nominee can be anyone -- they do not have to be an ILDA Member.
You can even nominate yourself, if you wish; this is fine! (To nominate yourself, you do have to be an ILDA Member since only ILDA Members can make nominations.)
Types of career achievements
In the past, there have been three broad categories of winners:
• Those who helped build significant laser display-related businesses
• Those who made artistic and technical achievements
• Those who worked to improve ILDA and the laser display industry
The nominee can have achieved in one, two or all three of these areas. In whatever area(s) they worked, the person should have made significant and lasting achievements in the field of laser display. Here is a list of past CAA winners.
How to enter
To enter, submit the nominee's name, plus a biography/description of the person. This should go beyond just a "resume listing" of places they have worked. It should include information about the career of the nominee and why his or her achievements are significant. If you are nominating another person, feel free to work with them, so they can help put together this document.
As a guide, past CAA nomination biography/descriptions have been from 1 to 10 pages, with the average about 2-3 pages.
Send your CAA nomination via e-mail to ILDA. Your nomination submission is confidential; no one will be told who made the nomination.
Automatic entries for 2018
Every CAA nomination is good for five years. This means that once a person has been nominated, they automatically are considered for the next five Awards years (or until they win, of course). These are the "automatic" nominees for 2018:
• Alberto Kellner, Laser Entertainment srl (first nominated 2013, renominated 2018)
• Paul McCloskey, Laservision Mega Media (first nominated 2017)
• Glenn Thomas, Laser Images (first nominated 2017)
We will use the most recent biography/description in our files. If you want to submit a new or revised biography/description, send this via e-mail to ILDA by the deadline.
Previously-nominated persons
The following persons were nominated more than five years ago. They will NOT be nominees this year unless someone re-nominates them:
• Fred Fenning, Image Engineering (first nominated 2004)
• Carl Hannigan, Precision Projection Systems (first nominated 2004)
• Stephen Harvey, LM Productions (first nominated 2013)
• Olesya Kazantseva, Laser Artist Co. Ltd. (first nominated 2010)
• Chris Matthews, Laser Creations Int'l. (first nominated 2004, renominated 2013)
• Dick Sandhaus, Science Faction (first nominated 2004)
• Cory Simpson, LFI/Lightspeed/KOHR (first nominated 2007)
• Michael Sollinger, Laser Animation Sollinger (first nominated 2013; in 2014 declined nomination for any future years)
• Bernd Steinert, spectrabeam.de (first nominated 2006)
• John Tilp, Laser Images (first nominated 2007)
To re-nominate someone, email to ILDA by midnight, your local time, Saturday, March 31, 2018.
Judging process
All nominations received by the deadline, plus the "automatic" nominees, will be listed on the ILDA website later in the year. ILDA Members will be able to vote via email for the CAA nominees. And, at the 2018 ILDA Conference in Montréal, the winner of the 2018 Career Achievement Award will be publicly announced.
Upload your Award entry file to a filesharing service
When you are completely finished and ready with your forms and videos, submit your 2018 ILDA Artistic and Technical entries by uploading them to your own filesharing service such as Dropbox, Google Drive or OneDrive. Then email to ILDA with the link where we can download your file.
• For Artistic Award entries, create a single compressed “zip” file containing your filled-in Entry Form, filled-in Entry Spreadsheet, video files, and (if entering Laser Photography) JPG files. If you have multiple entries, all of them should go in the single zipped file.
• For each Technical Award entry, create a single compressed “zip” file containing your filled-in Entry Form, and any supporting documentation such as videos, JPGs and/or PDFs of user manuals, product sheets, etc. If you have multiple entries, each one should be in its own zipped file.
Include your name (company or individual) in the zipped file’s name, so we know who it is from. Next, upload to your own filesharing service such as Dropbox, Google Drive or OneDrive. Then email to ILDA with the link where we can download your file.
Important: You can only upload one zipped file for Artistic Awards, and up to three zipped files for Technical Awards (one per Tech Award entry). Once you have uploaded a file, do not upload new versions — ILDA will use the first (and hopefully only!) version. If there are any technical problems with the files, we will notify you.
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