Ken Barat has over 30 years of experience in laser safety including being the Laser Safety Officer at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab and the National Ignition Facility (LLNL) working on control measures, training, and audits in an R&D setting. He was Laser Safety Adviser to the Allen Brain Institute, LIGO, KLA, ELI-Beamlines and others. Mr. Barat is a member and previous Chairperson of the ANSI technical committee for writing laser use standards in the research setting. He is a voting member of the ANSI Z136 committee and the author of several standard works on laser safety. He earned numerous awards, including Jim Rockwell awards (2009 and 2005) for Laser Safety Leadership and Education, the Tim Renner User Service Award (2002) from the Advance Light Source, and recognition awards from the Department of Energy and LSO Working Group. He is a member and presenter at the UK Laser Safety Forum series and at Photonics West.