Presenter - Ann Laidlaw

Ann Laidlaw, President and Founder ACL Color Consulting, LLC
Afternoon Breakout Session - Monday, June 8

Color and Lighting: Control, Efficiency, and Compliance

Light sources are changing. Regulations around the world are driving improved energy efficiency and technological developments Today, residential and commercial customers have far more choices, with additional technologies becoming commercially viable in the near future. This presentation will review various current and emerging lighting technologies, our methods for assessing them, and the practical implications of using the technologies to view colored objects.

Bio

Ann Laidlaw has worked with manufacturing and retail supply chains during a lengthy career. She received her BS in Textile Science from Univ California, Davis, and MS in Color Science from Clemson University. Her industrial career includes X-Rite Inc, GretagMacbeth, SheLyn, and Burlington Industries. She is active in several color-related organizations, including ISCC, CORM, SPE, and DCC. She has served on ISCC, AATCC, and CORM Boards and as ISCC Secretary. She is active in AATCC, and is a former chair of both the Color Measurement Test Methods (RA36) committee and the C2C (Concept to Consumer) Interest Group. She received the ISCC Nickerson Award and the AATCC Chapin Award for service.

Ann is a frequent lecturer at industrial short courses, conferences, and webinars. She is interested in color communication, lighting, color difference metrics, sample measurement issues, and how to leverage maximum benefit out of these solutions for retailers and their supply chains.

ACL Color Consulting, LLC works with clients in various industries to manage, communicate, and control color for worldwide supply chain organizations.