Special Event Archive WHAT: BENTON VISION a symposium honoring Stephen A. Benton Allen Professor of Media Arts and Sciences, MIT inventor of the white-light transmission, "rainbow" hologram WEBCAST ARCHIVE:  http://www.media.mit.edu/events/movies/video.php?id=benton-vision-2003-11-11 PHOTO ARCHIVE: View event photos. SUMMARY: On Tuesday, November 11, 2003, the Media Lab held "Benton Vision"—an event to celebrate Stephen A. Benton—Allen Professor of Media Arts and Sciences, and inventor of the white-light transmission, "rainbow" hologram—and the field of holography. Co-hosted by MIT President Charles Vest and Media Lab Chairman Nicholas Negroponte, speakers included: Jeannie Benton Betsy Connors, ACME Holography * Yuri N. Denisyuk, Ioffe Institute, RAN, Russia Jean-Marc Fournier, Swiss Federal Institute, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland Joseph W. Goodman, Stanford University Michael A. Klug, Zebra Imaging, Inc. Emmett N. Leith, University of Michigan John Maeda, MIT Media Laboratory Andy Pepper, Shearwater Foundation * Nicholas J. Phillips, De Montfort University, Leicester, England Richard D. Rallison, Ralcon Corporation * Presenting a paper on behalf of Margaret Benyon, Holography Studio INFORMATION: Additional resources about holography can be found at the MIT Museum, which includes the Stephen Benton collection. IN MEMORY: Stephen A. Benton (1941 - 2003) MIT Media Laboratory Home Page | Events Main Index