SEP
16-18
2020
[d]arc room livestream...
is a global lighting design conference and forum for specifiers, designers and manufacturers brought to you by arc and darc magazines and Light Collective, the team behind the [d]arc awards.
In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, [d]arc room livestream will be held online as part of a unique platform allowing interaction between participants and the audience all over the world.
The event will be held over three consecutive days on 16-18 September 2020 and will consist of a conference, workshops and product demonstrations.
CONFERENCE
The [d]arc room livestream CONFERENCE programme will feature live presentations, streamed to a global audience, by leading lighting industry professionals covering the hottest topics in architectural and decorative lighting.
Karen van Creveld
founder Karen van Creveld Lighting Design
David Morgan
MD Radiant Architectural Lighting
PRODUCT
The [d]arc room livestream PRODUCT programme will enable manufacturers to show their latest products to an interactive audience via presentations, influencer reviews, chat rooms and network meetings.
If you are interested in participating please contact Paul James, [d]arc room director, on p.james@mondiale.co.uk.
WORKSHOP
The [d]arc room livestream WORKSHOP programme will include interactive workshops by sponsoring manufacturers providing educational technology content streamed to a global audience.
If you are interested in sponsoring a workshop please contact Paul James, [d]arc room director, on p.james@mondiale.co.uk.
Marcus Steffan
founder MS Lighting
PROGRAMME
We are delighted to reveal the full [d]arc room livestream 2020 conference programme* and welcome all our amazing international speakers from around the world.
*All times in British Summer Time. Full programme descriptions of all presentations can be viewed on the Swapcard platform once registration is completed
WEDNESDAY 16TH SEPTEMBER

KEYNOTE
09:15
Durham Marenghi (UK)
Olympic Ceremony Lighting Designer
THEATRE: The Greatest Show on Earth
The process of lighting the Olympic and Paralympic Opening and Closing Ceremonies.
STREAM A
10:00 Dr. Emrah Baki Ulas (Australia)
Steensen Varming & UTS
Once upon a time in lighting design
10:30 Yah Li Toh (Singapore)
Light Collab
The journey of a lighting designpreneur
11:00 Ta-Wei Lin (Taiwan)
CMA
Daylight inspiration in practical and conceptual spaces
11:30 BREAK
12:30 Paul Bishop (UAE)
Bishop Design
Seek from your surroundings
13:00 Rikus De Kock (UAE)
Illuminate Lighting Design
High-end hospitality lighting
13:30 Alla Filippovich (Jordan) &
Julia Zharkova (Russia)
962Light / Kultura Sveta
Reading means borrowing
14:00 Sakina Dugawalla-Moeller (UAE)
Light.Func
Why light?
STREAM B
10:00 Christopher ‘Kit’ Cuttle (New Zealand)
Lighting Consultant
The difference a metric can make
10:30 Dan Lister (UK)
Arup
Out of the darkness: finding place in 'non-space'
11:00 Aticha Padungruengkit (Thailand)
Seam Design
Lighting for luxury
11:30 BREAK
12:30 Kapil Surlakar (India)
Light@Work
Three short stories
13:00 Patricia Lopez Yanez (UAE)
Architect and Lighting Designer
The leader as a beacon
13:30 Regina Santos (UAE)
Godwin Austen Johnson
Hold on to your unicorn
14:00 Armaghan Ahmadi Venhari (Iran)
Golnoor
Storytelling in cities
WORKSHOP
14:30 Workshop by LensVector & RCL
Simplifying commissioning with advanced lighting technology; beam shape, intensity, colour, positioning and scene setting
*Please note the workshop is limited to 50 people and is not open to suppliers
THURSDAY 17TH SEPTEMBER

KEYNOTE
11:00
Filippo Lodi (Netherlands)
UNStudio
ARCHITECTURE: Sensorial Experience Design
How UNStudio addresses the increasing role of experience design as a form of multidisciplinary practice.
STREAM A
12:00 Kaoru Mende (Japan)
LPA
The light seminar: lighting educational methods
12:30 Carla Wilkins (Germany)
Lichtvision
Lighting the cultural icon
13:00 Gary Thornton (UK)
neolight global
Lighting masterplan for a brand new city
13:30 Roger Narboni (France)
Concepto
The future of our cities’ nights
14:00 BREAK
15:00 Lisa Marchesi (Italy)
mldlab
Design with light and shadows: to stage culture with lighting
15:30 Akari-Lisa Ishii (France)
I.C.O.N.
4-dimensional inspirations
16:00 Annukka Larsen (Finland)
WSP Finland
Tackling light pollution in Helsinki
16:30 Keith Bradshaw (UK)
Speirs + Major
Enlightenment
STREAM B
12:00 Gabriele Chiave (Netherlands)
Marcel Wanders Studio
A journey through the work of Marcel Wanders Studio
12:30 Ruth Kelly Waskett (UK)
Hoare Lea
We need to talk about daylight
13:00 Sonal Garg (Sweden)
Lighting Designer
An interpretation of intriguing phenomena in nature.
13:30 Asst. Prof. Dr. Karolina Zielinska-Dabkowska (Poland)
Applied research in lighting practice. Who? What? and Why?
14:00 BREAK
15:00 Martina Frattura (Portugal)
White Pure
Where do you see the beauty?
15:30 Martina Alagna (UK)
Nulty
The art of storytelling in the digital age
16:00 Ksenia Kosaya (Russia)
QPRO
Efficient emotionality of lighting concepts for human well-being and productivity.
16:30 Richard Taylor (UK)
Graphic Strategy
Aligning with disruption - how 2020 has lastingly changed the world of professional lighting solutions
FRIDAY 18TH SEPTEMBER

KEYNOTE
13:15
Aleksandra Stratimirovic (Sweden)
Light Artist
ART: My Lights
The use of light as a medium to create works that inspire, trigger feelings or tell things.
STREAM A
14:00 Virginie Nicolas (France)
Concepto
Dark infrastructures in urban lighting: a French touch
14:30 Nathalie Rozot (USA)
Phoscope
Photly, by PhoScope
15:00 Claudia Paz (Peru)
Claudia Paz Lighting Studio
Creating experiences
15:30 BREAK
16:30 Emad Hasan (USA)
The Lighting Practice
Designing a successful career
17:00 Sophya Acosta / Lia Bianki / Fran Varela / Luciana Suppisich (Argentina)
Sophya Acosta Lighting Design
Collective design work: collaborativity and horizontality. How the pandemic allowed us to change our work dynamics.
17:30 Brett Andersen (USA)
Focus Lighting
Looking for the light (even during a global pandemic)
18:00 Victor Palacio (Mexico)
(Ideas en Luz)
A couple of questions about lighting design
STREAM B
14:00 Katia Kolovea (Greece)
Deniz Ural (Canada)
Archifos / Humanistic
Light and the art of being present
14:30 Barbara Horton (USA)
HLB
Succession planning: why it’s important to start now
15:00 Paola Jose (Mexico)
SOMBRA
The resilience of light
15:30 BREAK
16:30 Monica Luz Lobo / Daniele Valle / Diana Joels / Flavio Berman (Brazil)
LD Studio + Kelving LAB / LD Studio / ConcepDUAL / Kelving LAB
The power of light is related to people
17:00 Francesca Bastianini / Alexandra Pappas-Kalber (USA)
Sighte Studio
Policing with light
17:30 Antonia Peón-Veiga (Chile)
Light Architect
Drawing light
18:00 Edward Bartholemew / Nelson Jenkins / Lisa Reed (USA)
Bartholemew Lighting / Lumen Architecture / Envision Lighting Design
The global impact of racism on the lighting industry: Volume 2
BOOK TICKETS
[d]arc room livestream took place on 16-18 September, 2020 and featured 47 presentations across 2 streams broadcast to a global audience, by leading lighting industry professionals covering the hottest topics in architectural and decorative lighting.
If you missed the event but want to catch-up on all the conference talks in full simply purchase a ticket to get instant access.
Tickets to view the conference are £10.00 and attendees will get exclusive access to the entire programme across all three days including a technology workshop hosted by RCL & LensVector.
Once you have completed your order you will automatically receive a link to access the event platform via Swapcard. You can view the event both on desktop and mobile device.
To get the best possible experience we highly recommend that users view the event using either Google Chrome or Firefox.
ILP members will automatically receive CPD credit for attending this event: the ILP staff will be informed of your participation and will credit your CPD record at no extra charge.
SLL members can record their CPD for attending this event using their MYCIBSE.