The highlight of the co-located Strategies in Light (SIL; strategiesinlight.com), The LED Show, and Lightspace California events (lightspacecalifornia.com), the third annual Sapphire Awards Gala bestowed honors upon beacons of innovation in the solid-state lighting (SSL) industry on Mar. 1, 2017 in Anaheim. Now in our third year, we uphold the view that the Sapphire Awards program is singular in the industry for its recognition of valuable contributions across the entire LED and lighting supply chain, from enabling components to test tools, and from controls to lighting end products.