Agenda
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Light Middle East is the largest dedicated trade show and conference of its kind in the region. This three day conference will provide you with innovative product development, current design trends and invaluable technical know-how.
Day 1 - Green ME
Green Middle East: What Makes you Green?
Conference, supported by Sesam Business Consultants will feature keynote lighting speakers from the corporate sector and regional experts on energy efficient lighting who will present their sustainable lighting solutions with case studies for the GCC and Middle East region.
Speakers and topics confirmed to-date:
Architecture vs. light
- An explanation of Photometric analysis and how it is used in the following:
- The reduction of glare
- The optimization of architectural facades to improve daylighting
- The optimization of lighting controls to optimize lighting conditions
Iain Macrae, Head of Global Lighting Application Management, Thorn Gulf, UAE
Sustainability analysis of lighting solutions
The World’s Largest Chandelier Reflective Flow officially inaugurated in the Gulf; Sustainability need not affect Scale or Design
Martin Valentine, MSLL PLDA, Lighting Expert, Municipal Infrastructure & Assets, Abu Dhabi Municipality, UAE
Abu Dhabi Lighting Strategy for the future of the Emirate
Speaker TBD, Targetti Poulsen, UAE
Natural Light: An Exciting Challenge
Day 2 - Light Focus
Light Focus Conference: Innovation & Sustainability in Design
The Light Focus Conference supported by the Professional Lighting Design Association enables visiting architects, lighting designers, and specifiers to learn about the latest design applications and trends.
The Conference is run under the overall show theme Innovation & Sustainability in Design with the intended purpose to highlight the ongoing debates surrounding sustainability and focus on promoting enhanced awareness and knowledge about new lighting systems and technologies, how these integrate with current building methods and guidelines, and contribute to a more responsible future.
Conference Program - Monday, 1. November, 2010
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9:00-9:30 - Conference Registration
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9:30-09:45
Welcome address
Joachim Ritter, FPLDA, Editor-in-Chief
Professional Lighting Design, Guetersloh, Germany
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09:45-10:45
Defining low-carbon lighting
Martin Lupton
Collective Lighting, West Midlands, UK
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10:45-11:00 - Coffee Break
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11:00-12:00
Lean and Green: Lighting in the Next Age
Paul Marantz, FIALD, IES, LC
Fisher Marantz Stone, New York City, NY, USA
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12:00-13:00
Energy isn’t everything
Kevan Shaw, PLDA, IALD - KSLD
Kevan Shaw Lighting Design, Edinburgh, UK
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13:00-14:00 - Lunch Break
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14:00-15:00
Darken our Brightness – Light Master Planning in the Post-Kyoto Age
Mark Major, PLDA, IALD, RIBA
Speirs & Major Associates, London / Edinburgh, UK
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15:00-16:00
Grand Mosque and Great Tower
The lighting design story of the Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nayhan Mosque, Abu Dhabi and the Celebration Lighting for the Burj Khalifa, Dubai
Jonathan Speirs, PLDA, RIBA
Speirs & Major Associates, London / Edinburgh, UK
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16:00-16:30 -Coffee Break
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16:30-17:30
Atlantis – a legend becomes a project
Paul Gregory
Focus Lighting, New York City, NY/USA
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Day 3 - Philips LED
The Philips educational LED and Exhibitor Experts' Forum
A Lighting Industry Powwow on Innovation & Sustainability in Design in the Gulf region
This Forum will give exhibiting companies the opportunity to educate the visitors on the show floor about their activities in the areas of innovative lighting control methods, user interface design controls, success factors and trends in LED lighting, dynamic lighting, and eco-friendly lighting solutions. The focus is specifically on innovations and solutions relevant to the Middle East region replacing traditional product demonstration presentations.
Reliability of leds: What is fact and What is fantasy
Rogier van der Heide, Philips, Eindhoven, Netherlands
Eric Sanders. Lumileds division, Philips, Dubai, UAE
This session will be held twice throughout the day at the following times:
Session 1 - 10:30-11:30
Session 2 - 14:30-15:30
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