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• 1-day LASER SAFETY OFFICER (LSO) course online - Monday October 27, 2025

  • When
    Monday, October 27, 2025
  •  
    12:00 PM - 9:00 PM
  • Location
    Online - Zoom
  • Registered
    4 registrants

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  This 9 hour course starts Monday October 27, 2025 beginning at 12 noon Eastern/New York time, running until approximately 9 pm. 

  This is for the online ILDA Laser Safety Officer (LSO) for Lasershows course described here. It is NOT for the Laser Operator or Audience Scanning courses which are separate, different courses.

  The first half of the course is about 3 hours of online instruction using Zoom, followed by a test that takes about 45 minutes. The second half of the course also has 3 hours of online instruction followed by a second test lasting 75 minutes. After all tests have been turned in, the instructor goes over the answers. The total course time is roughly 9 hours. During this time, we will take a 5 minute break every hour, plus one longer 30 minute break for a meal.  

  ILDA Members receive a discount . (If you are a Member, but you only see the non-member price, be sure to log in to the site before you come back to this page.) 

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• Half-day Lasershow Operator course online - Mon Oct 27, 2025

  • When
    Monday, October 27, 2025
  •  
    12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
  • Location
    Online - Zoom
  • Registered
    4 registrants

  Register

  This is for the online ILDA Lasershow Operator course described here. It is NOT for the Laser Safety Operator (LSO) or Audience Scanning courses which are different courses.
  

  The Lasershow Operator course consists of the first half of the Laser Safety Officer (LSO) course. If you pass the Lasershow Operator test, you will get a Certificate of Completion for a Lasershow Operator. See ILDA's laser courses webpage for more information on the difference between the Lasershow Operator course (first half of the LSO course) and the full LSO course.

  This 5 hour course starts Monday, October 27, 2025 beginning at 12 noon Eastern/New York time, running until approximately 5 pm.

  The course is about 4.5 hours of online instruction using Zoom, followed by a test that takes about 45 minutes. There is a 5 minute break every hour. 

  ILDA Members receive a discount . (If you are a Member, but you only see the non-member price, be sure to log in to the site before you come back to this page.) 

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• 2025 ILDA Conference - $250 extra fee if not staying at ILDA hotel

  • Start
    Sunday, November 02, 2025
  •  
    12:00 AM
  • End
    Thursday, November 06, 2025
  •  
    12:00 PM
  • Location
    Huntsville Alabama
  • Registered
    Be the first

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  This is to pay the additional $250 registration fee if you are NOT staying at the official ILDA Conference hotel, the AC Hotel by Marriott Huntsville Downtown.

  In other words, ILDA Full Conference registration costs $250 more for persons NOT staying at the AC Hotel. (This fee does not apply to local Huntsville-area residents staying in their own home.)

  Why do we have to charge an extra fee? We have guaranteed a certain number of rooms to the AC Hotel, in order to get a discounted group rate. ILDA pays financial penalties if we do not get enough persons staying at the AC Hotel. So please … come with us to the AC Hotel, our official headquarters, so you don't have to pay the $250 fee. We will check the list of AC Hotel guests to confirm whether you are staying at the official hotel. 

  Why have an official hotel? It is easier and better to have everyone stay at the same hotel. It makes networking and informal meetings more fun! Also, shuttle busses will only run between the AC Hotel where we stay, and the Campus 805 event center where the ILDA Conference events will take place.

  Who pays? This fee is per person for a Full Conference registrant (not their guest/spouse). If two Full Conference persons share a room or house not at the AC Hotel, each would pay the $250 fee.

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• 2025 ILDA Pre-Conference Course: Laser Safety Officer (LSO)

  • When
    Monday, November 03, 2025
  •  
    9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
  • Location
    Campus 805, 2620 Clinton Ave. W, Huntsville, Alabama
  • Registered
    1 registrant

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  This is to register for the full-day ILDA Laser Safety Officer for Lasershows course, taught in person. This covers laser shows only -- no medical, industrial or other non-lightshow laser usage. While European and international regulations are discussed, the majority of the regulatory discussion is on U.S. laser and aviation issues.

  To take this class, it is best if you have prior laser show experience.  If you have questions whether you are ready for this class, contact the instructor.

  
  

  More information on the course is at the ILDA laser safety course webpage.

  
  

  (Note: The LSO course is NOT included in the ILDA Conference registration. The LSO course is a separate event, requiring separate registration and fees. If there is insufficient interest -- not enough registrants -- the class will be cancelled and registration fee will be refunded.)

  
  

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• 2025 ILDA Conference - FULL CONFERENCE REGISTRATION, including Lase-Off and Awards

  • Start
    Monday, November 03, 2025
  •  
    6:00 PM
  • End
    Wednesday, November 05, 2025
  •  
    11:30 PM
  • Location
    AC Hotel Huntsville Downtown; Campus 805 for events
  • Registered
    34 registrants

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  This registration is for the ILDA Conference, including the Lase-Off and Awards dinners. (Note: The Conference does NOT include a Laser Safety Officer class or the Cultural Day event.)

  
  

  Spouse/Guest info: When you register, you can also register a spouse or one or more guests who are staying with you in the same room. The cost is $395 per ILDA Member's spouse/guest, or $495 for a non-member's spouse/guest. The spouse/guest can attend all meals, the Welcome Reception and Dinner, the Lase-Off, and the Awards Banquet. They can NOT attend the business, seminar or workshop meetings. A Spouse/Guest is defined as a person related to a Full Conference registrant. The relationship must be that the spouse/guest is married, is a significant other, is a family member, or is a personal friend who is not employed in a lasershow-related business.

  
  

  If you have a problem registering, where you don't see the ILDA Member discount, click here for help.
  

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• 2025 ILDA Conference single event - General Business Meeting ONLY

  • When
    Tuesday, November 04, 2025
  •  
    10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    Campus 805, 2620 Clinton Ave. W, Huntsville Alabama
  • Registered
    3 registrants

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  This registration is for ILDA Members attending the General Business Meeting ONLY. It does not include any other ILDA Conference events, and it does not include any meals, refreshments or snacks.

  If you want to attend the Full Conference, please sign up for that instead. The General Business Meeting is included as part of the Full Conference events, for Members only. (Non-members cannot attend the General Business Meeting.)

  
  

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• 2025 ILDA Conference single event - Lase-Off dinner & event ONLY

  • When
    Tuesday, November 04, 2025
  •  
    7:00 PM - 11:00 PM
  • Location
    Campus 805, 2620 Clinton Ave. W, Huntsville, Alabama
  • Registered
    1 registrant

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  This single-event registration is for persons wanting to attend only the ILDA Lase-Off and Laser Jockey competition. Registration includes dinner beforehand, plus the Lase-Off and Laser Jockey events. Time will be approximately 7:00 pm to 11:00 pm.
  
  (Note: This event is included in the Full Conference registration, and the Full Conference Spouse/Guest registration. So if you registered for the Full Conference, do NOT also register for this event.)
  

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• Enter the 2025 Laser Jockey competition

  • When
    Tuesday, November 04, 2025
  •  
    7:00 PM - 11:30 PM
  • Location
    During the Lase-Off at the ILDA Conference
  • Registered
    3 registrants

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  If you wish to enter the Laser Jockey competition which takes place during the Lase-Off event, register for this event. 

  Note that to enter as a contestant, you MUST be registered for either the Full Conference, or for the Lase-Off event (if you do not wish to attend the entire conference).

  In addition, after registering here you MUST also send an email addressed to the following six persons, so they will know of your registration. In the email, describe the laser system you will be using. A DSP system and a Pangolin Beyond system will be available; anything past that you will need to bring to the Conference or discuss with the six people below.

  Address your email to:

  lasertech-canada@outlook.com (Derek Garbos)
  

  horacio@lasernet305.com (Horacio Pugliese)

  Dirk.Apitz@dexlogic.de (Dirk Apitz)
  

  matthew@cs.uni-bonn.de (Matthias Frank)
  

  nicolas.squire@gmail.com (Nick Squire)
  

  mail@ilda.com (Patrick Murphy)

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• 2025 ILDA Conference single event - Awards Banquet and Presentation ONLY

  • When
    Wednesday, November 05, 2025
  •  
    7:00 PM - 11:00 PM
  • Location
    Campus 805, 2620 Clinton Ave. W, Huntsville Alabama
  • Registered
    Be the first

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  This single-event registration is for persons wanting to attend only the ILDA Awards Banquet. Registration includes the formal banquet beforehand, plus the Awards presentations. Time will be approximately 7:00 pm to 11:00 pm. Dress is business formal (suit or sport coat with tie for men, suit or formal dress for women).
  (Note: This event is already included in the Full Conference registration, and the Full Conference Spouse/Guest registration. So if you registered for the Full Conference, do NOT also register for this event.)
  

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• 2025 ILDA Conference Cultural Day: U.S. Space and Rocket Center tour

  • When
    Thursday, November 06, 2025
  •  
    9:15 AM - 5:00 PM
  • Location
    U.S. Space and Rocket Center (leave from hotel)
  • Registered
    4 registrants

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  This is for tickets to tour the U.S. Space and Rocket Center on Thursday, Nov. 6. The ticket price includes a movie or planetarium show. ILDA's pricing is $35. Lunch is on your own in the Mars Grill.

  This includes bus transportation from our hotel at 9:15 am, and back to our hotel twice during the afternoon, at 1:45 and 4 pm. The 1:45 bus will get you back in time if you are taking the Audience Scanning Safety course with Greg Makhov that starts at 2 pm.

  Once inside the USSRC, there is no fixed tour. Basically you are on your own or as a group with friends to see what you want, when you want. (A fixed tour would be 6 hours long, requiring everyone to see the same things -- ILDA decided against this.)

  Note that you can go to the USSRC on your own, without buying in advance from ILDA. But regular pricing with movie/show would be $42 before any discounts, plus you would have to get to and from the USSRC on your own.

  
  

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• 2025 ILDA Post-Conference Course: Audience Scanning Safety

  • When
    Thursday, November 06, 2025
  •  
    2:00 PM - 6:00 PM
  • Location
    AC Hotel, Huntsville, Alabama
  • Registered
    Be the first

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  This is to register for the half-day ILDA Audience Scanning Safety course. This covers how to do safe, legal and effective audience scanning at laser lightshows.

  
  

  This course is for both operators (responsible for safe exposure) and show designers (responsible for implementation and measurements). Prior laser show safety experience or courses are recommended. If you do not have such prior experience/courses, or if you have questions, please contact the instructor, Greg Makhov, at greg@lsdi.com. Greg is ILDA's Safety Committee chair and an instructor for other laser safety courses.
  
  

  (Note: The Audience Scanning Safety course is NOT included in the ILDA Conference registration. The course is a separate event, requiring separate registration and fees. If there is insufficient interest -- not enough registrants -- the course will be cancelled and registration fee will be refunded.)

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• Half-day Lasershow Operator course online - Tue Nov 18, 2025

  • When
    Tuesday, November 18, 2025
  •  
    4:30 PM - 9:30 PM
  • Location
    Online - Zoom
  • Registered
    Be the first

  Register

  This is for the online ILDA Lasershow Operator course described here. It is NOT for the Laser Safety Operator (LSO) or Audience Scanning courses which are different courses.
  

  This Lasershow Operator course consists of the first day of the 2-day Laser Safety Officer (LSO) course. If you pass the Lasershow Operator test, you will get a Certificate of Completion for a Lasershow Operator. See ILDA's laser courses webpage for more information on the difference between the Lasershow Operator course (first day of the LSO course) and the full 2-day LSO course.

  This 5 hour course starts Tuesday, November 18, 2025 beginning at 4:30 pm Eastern/New York time, running until approximately 9:30 pm.

  The course is about 4.5 hours of online instruction using Zoom, followed by a test that takes about 45 minutes. There is a 5 minute break every hour. 

  ILDA Members receive a discount . (If you are a Member, but you only see the non-member price, be sure to log in to the site before you come back to this page.) 

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• 2-day LASER SAFETY OFFICER (LSO) course online - Tue Nov 18 & Wed Nov 19, 2025

  • Start
    Tuesday, November 18, 2025
  •  
  • End
    Wednesday, November 19, 2025
  •  
  • Schedule
    2 sessions
  • Location
    Online - Zoom
  • Registered
    3 registrants

  Register

  This is the two-day version of ILDA's Laser Safety Officer course. It has been split into two parts, Tuesday November 18 and Wednesday November 19, 2025. Both parts begin at 4:30 pm Eastern/New York time, running until approximately 9:30 pm.  

  The dates and times of an online LSO class can be changed if no one has yet signed up for a class. For example, if you are in a time zone far from US Eastern, we can change the hours so it fits your schedule. If you are interested in a class but need a date or time change, contact ILDA. Once at least one person signs up, then the date and time for that class will no longer be changed.

  This is for the online ILDA Laser Safety Officer (LSO) for Lasershows course described here. It is NOT for the Laser Operator or Audience Scanning courses which are separate, different courses.

  The first day of the course is online instruction using Zoom, followed by a test that takes about 45 minutes. After the test has been turned in, the instructor goes over the answers. The second day of the course also has online instruction followed by a second test lasting 75 minutes, then going over the second test.

  The total course time is roughly 9 hours. During this time, we will take a 5 minute break every hour. 

  ILDA Members receive a discount . (If you are a Member, but you only see the non-member price, be sure to log in to the site before you come back to this page.) 

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• Half-day Lasershow Operator course online - Thu Dec 11, 2025

  • When
    Thursday, December 11, 2025
  •  
    12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
  • Location
    Online - Zoom
  • Registered
    Be the first

  Register

  This is for the online ILDA Lasershow Operator course described here. It is NOT for the Laser Safety Operator (LSO) or Audience Scanning courses which are different courses.
  

  The Lasershow Operator course consists of the first half of the Laser Safety Officer (LSO) course. If you pass the Lasershow Operator test, you will get a Certificate of Completion for a Lasershow Operator. See ILDA's laser courses webpage for more information on the difference between the Lasershow Operator course (first half of the LSO course) and the full LSO course.

  This 5 hour course starts Thursday December 11, 2025 beginning at 12 noon Eastern/New York time, running until approximately 5 on.

  The course is about 4.5 hours of online instruction using Zoom, followed by a test that takes about 45 minutes. There is a 5 minute break every hour. 

  ILDA Members receive a discount . (If you are a Member, but you only see the non-member price, be sure to log in to the site before you come back to this page.) 

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• 1-day LASER SAFETY OFFICER (LSO) course online -Thu Dec 11, 2025

  • When
    Thursday, December 11, 2025
  •  
    12:00 PM - 9:00 PM
  • Location
    Online - Zoom
  • Registered
    2 registrants

  Register

  This 9 hour course starts Thursday December 11 2025 beginning at 12 noon Eastern/New York time, running until approximately 9 pm. 

  The date and time of an online LSO class can be changed if no one has yet signed up for a class. For example, if you are in a time zone far from US Eastern, we can change the hours so it fits your schedule. If you are interested in a class but need a date or time change, contact ILDA. Once at least one person signs up, then the date and time for that class will no longer be changed.

  This is for the online ILDA Laser Safety Officer (LSO) for Lasershows course described here. It is NOT for the Laser Operator or Audience Scanning courses which are separate, different courses.

  The first half of the course is about 3 hours of online instruction using Zoom, followed by a test that takes about 45 minutes. The second half of the course also has 3 hours of online instruction followed by a second test lasting 75 minutes. After all tests have been turned in, the instructor goes over the answers. The total course time is roughly 9 hours. During this time, we will take a 5 minute break every hour, plus one longer 30 minute break for a meal.  

  There is a course option where a non-U.S. student can skip the detailed FDA variance and FAA outdoor laser show form-filling-out information. They will still take the test and can get a Certificate; it will state that the course did not cover FDA or FAA forms. Let us know by email if you will be using this option.

  ILDA Members receive a discount . (If you are a Member, but you only see the non-member price, be sure to log in to the site before you come back to this page.) 

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• Half-day Lasershow Operator course online - Thu Jan 8, 2026

  • When
    Thursday, January 08, 2026
  •  
    10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
  • Location
    Online - Zoom
  • Registered
    Be the first

  Register

  This is for the online ILDA Lasershow Operator course described here. It is NOT for the Laser Safety Operator (LSO) or Audience Scanning courses which are different courses.
  

  This Lasershow Operator course consists of the first day of the 2-day Laser Safety Officer (LSO) course. If you pass the Lasershow Operator test, you will get a Certificate of Completion for a Lasershow Operator. See ILDA's laser courses webpage for more information on the difference between the Lasershow Operator course (first day of the LSO course) and the full 2-day LSO course.

  This 5 hour course starts Thursday January 8 2026 beginning at 10 am Eastern/New York time, running until approximately 3 pm.

  The course is about 4.5 hours of online instruction using Zoom, followed by a test that takes about 45 minutes. There is a 5 minute break every hour. 

  ILDA Members receive a discount . (If you are a Member, but you only see the non-member price, be sure to log in to the site before you come back to this page.) 

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• 2-day LASER SAFETY OFFICER (LSO) course online - Thu Jan 8 & Fri Jan 9, 2026

  • Start
    Thursday, January 08, 2026
  •  
  • End
    Friday, January 09, 2026
  •  
  • Schedule
    2 sessions
  • Location
    Online - Zoom
  • Registered
    Be the first

  Register

  This is the two-day version of ILDA's Laser Safety Officer course. It has been split into two parts, Thursday January 8 and Friday January 9. Both parts begin at 10 am Eastern/New York time, running until approximately 3 pm.  

  The dates and times of an online LSO class can be changed if no one has yet signed up for a class. For example, if you are in a time zone far from US Eastern, we can change the hours so it fits your schedule. If you are interested in a class but need a date or time change, contact ILDA. Once at least one person signs up, then the date and time for that class will no longer be changed.

  This is for the online ILDA Laser Safety Officer (LSO) for Lasershows course described here. It is NOT for the Laser Operator or Audience Scanning courses which are separate, different courses.

  The first day of the course is online instruction using Zoom, followed by a test that takes about 45 minutes. After the test has been turned in, the instructor goes over the answers. The second day of the course also has online instruction followed by a second test lasting 75 minutes, then going over the second test.

  The total course time is roughly 9 hours. During this time, we will take a 5 minute break every hour. 

  ILDA Members receive a discount . (If you are a Member, but you only see the non-member price, be sure to log in to the site before you come back to this page.) 

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