Forest Flager, Parspec Forest
Virtual
FridayMarch 14, 2025
8:00 am - 9:00 am EST
Credits TBD
Introductory
AI has taken the world by storm due to its vast applications and profound impact on productivity, but how will it impact the lighting industry? Dr. Forest Flager, CEO and Co-Founder of Parspec, will present several case studies highlighting how lighting industry professionals are harnessing the latest AI models to support product specification, alternate identification, quoting, and project management. The presentation will also discuss common challenges and best practices to drive adoption of AI within your organization.
Learning Objectives
- Learn how state-of-the-art AI technology can be used to support lighting specification and alternate identification.
- Gain insight into the current state of the lighting industry with regard to the adoption of AI technology.
- Understand common challenges and best practices to drive adoption of AI within your organization.
- Learn how state-of-the-art AI technology can be used to support quoting and project management workflows.
Speaker
Forest Flager
CEO and Co-Founder
Parspec Forest
Forest developed a passion for sustainable design working for his father’s construction business in Santa Cruz, California. This led him to complete an engineering degree at MIT before joining Ove Arup and Partners in London, UK where he specialized in sports venue design. Forest later pursued a PhD in computational design at Stanford University before joining the faculty at Stanford’s Center for Integrated Facility Engineering (CIFE) in 2013. He went on to lead software and design automation at Katerra, a technology driven off-site construction company, before co-founding Parspec in 2021. Forest currently lives in Palo Alto, California with his wife and young daughter.