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"Light the Future: A Community Outreach Event" for Los Angeles Area Students Taking Place at OFC Celebrates International Year of LightOFC 2015, being held this week at the Los Angeles Convention Center, will celebrate the International Year of Light (IYL) on Thursday, 26 March with "Light the Future: A Community Outreach Event" for local Orange (News - Alert) County middle school students that will feature light-focused demonstrations from The Optical Society (OSA) university chapter members. More than 100 middle school students and members of local Girl Scout troops will have the opportunity to meet representatives of global companies in the optics and photonics industry who will explain the many applications of optics technologies that affect everyday life, such as mobile apps and telecommunications. Students are also invited to tour the exhibition floor featuring 560 companies. Middle school student experiments with a LIGHT BLOX kit (Photo: Business Wire) In addition to the demonstrations, student groups will receive an International Year of Light "LIGHT BLOX" kit which features several optics-based projects that can be easily recreated at home or in the classroom. WHAT: "Light the Future: A Community Outreach Event" at OFC. WHEN: 26 March 2015, 11:00 a.m. PST WHERE: Exhibit Hall, Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles, California, USA DETAILS: Participating volunteers and OSA student chapters include:
Spectrobox; The Colors of Light
Slinky Spring, Magic Balls, Color Mix Box (News - Alert) and Guiding Light
Telecommunications, EM Spectrum (News - Alert) and Lenses, Optical Illusions,
Mirrors and Reflections, Music Transmission
Music Transmission/Amplitude Modulation
Solar Aid/Unite to Light PRESS REGISTRATION: Media/analysts are encouraged to attend and can register on-site at OFC in room 309, South Hall of the Convention Center. ABOUT OFC: OFC 2015 is the most comprehensive international event for both science and the business of optical communications. The technical programming, exhibits and special events are developed for all audiences from systems and components manufacturers as well as service providers, carriers and enterprise.
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