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5th International Radiance Scientific Workshop

5th International Radiance Scientific Workshop 13-14 September 2006, De Montfort University, Leicester, UK
Room 0.09, Queens Building
Organised by John Mardaljevic and Greg Ward
Hosted by the Institute of Energy and Sustainable Development
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Large group photo
Workshop photos (mostly taken by Greg Ward)

Wednesday September 13th2006
Day 1
Arrival
9:15 Registration - Tea/coffee
Welcome & Introduction 9:45 Welcome address
John Mardaljevic
9:50 New Features in Radiance 3.8
Greg Ward
10:00 Tracing forward, bouncing back
Axel Jacobs
Rendering 10:30 MOAR: The Mother of All Renderers or Radiance in Real-Time
Alan Chalmers and Kurt Debattista
11:00 Rendering with Radiance on the GRID
Kurt Debattista
11:30 Mid-morning break - tea/coffee
12:00 Accelerating Radiance using Novel Hardware
David Coulthurst
12:30 Radiance on Mobile Devices
Matt Aranha
Lunch 13:00 Including optional tour of the Queens Building (~20 mins) (Repeated Thursday)
Human factors, validation & materials 13:45 Radiance modeling of translucent glazings for architectural daylighting
Allan MacMillan
14:00 Measurement of Light Spectrum and Intensity Variation by Changing Wall Texture: A work in the frame of circadian cycles consideration
Adriana Lira-Oliver
14:30 Calculation of circadian illuminance distribution with Radiance
Krzysztof Wandachowicz
15:00 Comparing Real and Virtual Scenes
Timo Kunkel
15:30 Afternoon break - tea/coffee
16:00 Update on BRTF measurements
Peter Apian-Bennewitz
High Dynamic Range Imaging 16:30 WebHDR
Luisa Brotas
17:00 High Dynamic Range Imaging as a Means to Quantify Luminous Flux
John Mardaljevic, Birgit Krausse and Marilyne Andersen
17:30 2006 Photosphere Developments
Greg Ward
Workshop Official Dinner 19:30 The Tiffin (Indian) Restaurant
1 De Montfort Street (15 minutes walk from the Queens Building)
Thursday September 14th 2006
Day 2 08:30 Morning tea/coffee
Rtcontrib: theory & application 09:00 Climate-Based Modelling and Daylight coefficients
John Mardaljevic
09:30 Applying the Radiance rtcontrib program (Note: this is a "click-to-advance" QT movie file - start from QT player rather than a browser)
Greg Ward
10:00 Night Lighting Simulation: Design Evaluation Using Radiance's Rtcontrib and Mksource Programs
Jack de Valpine (delivered in absentia)
Design case studies 10:30 Crystal Palace Lighting Simulation
Chris Jessee
11:00 Mid-morning break - tea/coffee & HDR Display Demonstration
11:30 Experiments with a digital 'light-flow-meter' in daylit art museum buildings
Merete Madsen & Michael Donn
12:00 Daylighting design with climate
Francesco Anselmo
12:30 Radiance in Lighting Design
Thomas Bleicher
13:00 Lunch including optional tour of the Queens Building (~20 mins)
14:00 Design optimisation with Radiance
Giulio Antonutto
14:30 Visualization of Radiance Results with OpenDX & Generating Design Options using String Testing (slide 31 may not render in Acrobat)
Andrew McNeil
15:00 Advancing Daylighting Design with Radiance
Philip Greenup
15:30 Afternoon break - tea/coffee
Radiance in “end-user packages” 16:00 Integrating Radiance in the IES <Virtual Environment>
Don Stearn
16:15 Radiance in ECOTECT
Andrew Marsh
Coda 16:30 Problem solving session
Greg Ward / all
17:00 Open discussion
17:30 Workshop end
All daytime refreshments and both lunches are included in the conference fees. The (optional) Workshop Dinner at the Tiffin is extra (£20.50p without drinks).
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