New from the leaders in laser safety training, Laser Institute of America (LIA) is proud to introduce our free, online Optical Density (OD) Calculator resource for all laser users worldwide. This convenient online tool will calculate what OD is recommended for use with a laser system of a given power. LIA’s online OD Calculator supplies you with the minimum OD required for laser safety eyewear in continuous, single and reptitive wave pulse modes. Visit www.laserinstitute.org/evaluator/od.php to check it out today! Continue reading →

By LIA Executive Director Peter Baker

Dr. Steven Chu and LIA's Peter Baker

It was my pleasure, along with Director of Conferences Gail LoIacono, to greet Nobel Laureate and Secretary of Energy Steven Chu as he entered the ICALEO hotel through the kitchen entrance, accompanied by a flurry of advance people and security staff. He paused briefly in the kitchen, whipped out his laptop to make some last minute changes to his talk, then on we went to the head table for lunch. Continue reading →

February 16-17, 2011

Sheraton North Houston Hotel • Houston, TX USA

www.laserinstitute.org/LAM

Advance Program Now Available!

LIA’s 3rd Laser Additive Manufacturing Workshop (LAM) will bring together industry specialists, executives, users and researchers from around the world to show how cladding and rapid manufacturing can be applied effectively and affordably to today’s manufacturing challenges. This workshop will have significant impact on the widespread industrial implementations of laser additive manufacturing. Continue reading →

Improve the Health of Your Medical Laser Safety Program.

Enroll in LIA’s Medical Laser Safety Officer Course. Continue reading →