MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA - August 28, 2000. Following the success of the first ever business conference devoted to high-brightness LEDs, Strategies Unlimited will again host the second annual STRATEGIES IN LIGHT conference. This major event will again take place at the Hyatt Regency Hotel at the San Francisco Airport, in Burlingame, California, on February 8 and 9, 2001.

The conference gave a remarkable opportunity for those in the LED community and those involved in lighting and other emerging applications to become familiar with a wide spectrum of applications and technologies and to share ideas. The audience received the most recent perspectives on the outlook for LED illumination from the three largest joint ventures active in this field -  LumiLeds (Agilent Technologies and Philips Lighting), OSRAM Opto Semiconductor (Siemens and OSRAM), and GELcore (GE Lighting and EMCORE). Other industry leaders in the application of high-brightness LEDs, including Sony, SACO Smartvision, GM/Cadillac, BMW, Dialight, Color Kinetics, and Ledtronics, provided their views on their respective high-growth applications, including full-color video signs, automotive, signaling, and lighting.

The upcoming STRATEGIES IN LIGHT conference will provide updates on the rapidly growing markets and applications for high-brightness LEDs and will focus particular attention on the emerging markets for LED lighting products. Speakers from major LED suppliers and users from North America, Europe, and Asia will be featured. In addition, Strategies Unlimited will provide an update of the market outlook for high-brightness LEDs.

For further information on the STRATEGIES IN LIGHT conference, please contact Strategies Unlimited at +1 650 941-3438 (phone) or +1 650 941-5120 (fax), or e-mail us at info@strategies-u.com.

Founded in 1979, Strategies Unlimited specializes in market research and newsletters directed at the optoelectronic, compound semiconductor materials, optical networking, photovoltaic, and RF/wireless components industries. The company is located in Mountain View, California.