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Professional Lighting Design Convention announces final list of speakers

23 February 2015

by Richard Forster

The Professional Lighting Design Convention, PLDC 2015, which will take place in Rome from 28-31 October, has announced the final list of speakers and topics, selected from more than 260 submissions. The future-oriented and innovative conference will feature speakers from 25 different countries, with Austrian media-artist, director, choreographer and composer Klaus Obermaier named as the first Keynote Speaker.

As in previous years, PLDC will be built around a four-track conference. Traditionally, the first three tracks will cover Lighting Application Case Studies, Lighting Application Research and Professional Practice Issues.

The fourth track varies from convention to convention and is dedicated to a topic that is currently key to lighting design developments worldwide. For PLDC 2015 in Rome, the Steering Committee has selected a topic in response to on-going market developments and studies: “Light and Culture”. The track will feature presentations on recently completed projects, indicate how lighting has changed in cultural spaces (museums, art galleries, cultural heritage sites), how different cultures perceive light and consequently how this influences lighting design. The impact of new technologies on the culture of light, and how their application is shaping design or lighting strategies, will also be addressed in this track.

Supporting programme

The PLDC manufacturers’ exhibition from the partners in the industry is developing at a fast pace with almost 75 percent of the exhibition space already sold.

The pre-convention meeting day is shaping up to be a full additional conference day: The Cities’ Forum will be inviting lighting designers, architects and city planners to gather and learn about latest developments. Partner Cities of PLDC will be presenting their ongoing and planned activities and will be joining in the Face2Face talks to network with lighting specialists and discuss cutting-edge topics in city planning and lighting in the public realm.

Based on the evaluations provided by the Paper Reviewing Committee, 15 authors of self-running poster presentations have been selected by the Steering Committee to add additional value to the conference programme. The poster presentations are also classified according to the four conference tracks.

Bringing together the Professional Lighting Design community

PLDC 2015 is again expected to attract around 1500 attendees from all over the world. Professionals from different fields of practice and research will be coming together to discuss and exchange ideas, approaches and concepts. This international and interdisciplinary understanding of lighting design supports the continuing process to gain recognition for this specialist discipline and for the profession as a whole.

Warm-up events confirmed – save the dates!

Evening reception in Milan/I: April 2015: in preparation

Get-together in New York/USA, 5. May 2015, partnered by iGuzzini USA

Casino night in London/UK: 14. May, 2015 partnered by iGuzzini UK

Evening event in Paris/F: 25. June, 2015 partnered by iGuzzini France

Evening reception in Barcelona/E, September 2015, partnered by iGuzzini Spain

More information and updates on the programme, as well as reports on past warm-up events can be found at www.pld-c.com

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