We have assembled an enviable list of professionals to lead the courses at the NCS Colour Academy. Each one is well versed in the subtleties of colour teaching and are all well known experts in their respective fields. All our teachers are professionals working practically in the industry and draw upon their wealth of knowledge to give attendees the latest developments from the industry.
Berit Bergström, Stockholm, Sweden
Berit Bergström is the Managing Director of the NCS Colour Academy, a subsidiary of the NCS Colour AB. Bergström has a lengthy experience giving colour courses and presentations worldwide in NCS on a very high level. She has carried out colour design courses for countless paint industries worldwide and undertaken a unique colour research project, the purpose of which was to inform professional colourists about useful results from Swedish colour research work, which was published in a booklet in Sweden. Bergström is the current President of AIC and has also been the chairperson of the AIC Study Group on Colour Education since 1998. AIC is an international colour research organisation with annual meetings held around the world. In addition, Bergström is the secretary of the Swedish Colour Centre Foundation.
Nick Harkness, Alexandria, Australia
Nick Harkness has been actively involved with colour measuring instrumentation and colour order systems for approximately 20 years. His involvement in companies include Minolta, BYK Gardner GmbH, Vervide Ltd, and the NCS Colour AB. Harkness runs regular one-day technical seminars on colour measurement and colour theory particularly for the automotive industry, building product industry, food, paint and plastic industry as well as white goods industries both in Australia and internationally. Apart from this he teaches Measurement of Light and Colour at the University of New South Wales in Australia for the School of Optometry and Vision Science. Harkness is a member of the Executive Committee of the AIC (International Colour Association) and has presented several papers to local and international conferences and meetings.
Anders Nilsson, Stockholm, Sweden
Anders Nilsson studied engineering physics at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm. He is the Technical Manager, R&D at NCS Colour AB and is responsible for NCS’ Technical Department. He currently does colour consultation and education, software development, NCS Quality Management as well as Network Administration. Nilsson is responsible for colour research projects and the development of the NCS colour system on computer screens. Nilsson has been involved in standardisation and production and, since 1998, has been responsible for the development of the ISO 9000 based Quality System of the NCS system. He has participated in and contributed to many of the International Colour Associations colour conferences and seminars.