Updates On Four Lighting Industry Events

Here are quick updates on four lighting industry trade shows & conferences.

ArchLIGHT Summit:

• September 15-16, 2026 at Dallas Market Center, Dallas, TX.
• Announced key schedule highlights for the 2026 event.
• Urban lighting authority Leni Schwendinger and IALD president Andrea Hartranft will deliver keynote addresses.
• The show returns co-located with Dallas Design Week, DALI Summit, for the first time, the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID)’s national GATHER: Catalyst, and Dallas Market Center’s Gift & Home Marketand KidsWorld.
• The 2026 educational program includes seven HSW-accredited sessions addressing topics ranging from recommended lighting levels and color rendering to historic preservation, outdoor controls, selectable lighting, and human health and wellbeing.
• To register and view the full schedule of events, visit archlightsummit.com.
• LightNOW is a media sponsor of ArchLIGHT Summit.

Image above courtesy of Dallas Market Center.

DLC Summit 2026:

• October 26-27, 2026 in Los Angeles, CA.
• Attendance is limited and they still have a few spots left (according to DLC in an 8/21/26 email).
• The theme is Next Gen Lighting: Controls, Integration, and the Environment.
• The agenda can be viewed here.
• You can register here.

2026 IES Street & Area Lighting Conference (SALC):

• November 8-11, 2026 at the Sheraton Phoenix Downtown, Phoenix, AZ.
• Primary focus of improving outdoor lighting.
• The conference program provides outdoor lighting training classes, seminars, networking sessions and an exhibit hall.
• More than 1,000 attendees are international, representing utilities, municipalities, DOTs, consulting and engineering firms, research firms, manufacturing firms and educational institutions.
• You can register here.

Light + Intelligent Building North America:

• Conference: March 15, 2027.
• Exhibition: March 16-18, 2027.
• In Las Vegas, NV.
• Call for Abstracts (Speakers) is open through August 31, 2026.
• Submit your abstract here.
• Information on attending or exhibiting is available here.

David Shiller

David Shiller is the Publisher of LightNOW, and Senior Business Development Consultant at Capacity Consulting, a North American consulting firm providing business development services to advanced lighting manufacturers. The ALA awarded David the Pillar of the Industry Award. David has been co-chair of the ALA’s Engineering Committee since 2010. David established MaxLite’s OEM component sales into a multi-million dollar division. He invented GU24 lamps while leading ENERGY STAR lighting programs for the US EPA. David has been published in leading lighting publications, including LD+A, enLIGHTenment Magazine, LEDs Magazine, and more.

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