Events

  Lightovation Interior Designer Preview Day June 18th Lightovation is the largest residential lighting trade event in North America, held at the Dallas Market Center, June 19-22. A sneak peek Interior Designer Preview Day on June 18th will provide trade-focused presentations, tours and networking opportunities. RSVP here to reserve your spot and confirm your attendance. NAILD [...]

    Two lighting control trade shows + conferences have emerged in the past couple years: 1. NYControlled produced by IESNYC & DLFNY, and 2. the DLC Controls Summit. Here is an update on each. Both are occurring in October, this year.  NYControlled  The 2024 show has been announced for October 29th, 2024, 11am – 7pm [...]

  ALA’s next member forum will be hosted Wednesday, May 15, at 12 p.m., CDT. This forum, designed for manufacturer members, will cover the extended producer responsibility laws related to plastic and packaging, which are becoming commonplace. Rachel Michelin, president, of the California Retailers Association, will lead the forum with a brief presentation, followed by an [...]

Much has been written about the numerous lighting manufacturers that have expanded into EV chargers. A few examples include: Espen Technology, Light Efficient Design, Leviton, and LEDVANCE. So what are the tradeshows for the EV charger industry? One is EV & Charging Expo 2024, held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, today and tomorrow. This show is [...]

The 4th annual ArchLIGHT Summit has opened attendee registration. The conference and trade show event will be held September 17-18, 2024, at the Dallas Market Center. It is a specifier-centric event for lighting designers, architects, engineers, and interior designers. You can register and view the full schedule of events, here. Attendees will have access to [...]

  IES & DOE Research Symposium May 15-16, 2024 Held in Portland, OR, topics will include: research trends for next-generation lighting tools, new recommendations & methods to evaluate health impacts, innovative approaches to environmental stewardship & support of sustainable lighting practices, novel tools for post-occupancy evaluations, and design for resiliency. Register here. Lighting Education Tour [...]

  The Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) has made recent announcements related to both the IES24 Lighting Conference, as well as the 2024 IES Industry Progress Report. IES24 Lighting Conference The IES is now accepting papers, posters, and speaker presentation abstracts for IES24 Lighting Conference, held August 15-17, in New York City. Subject-matter experts can present [...]

  Sure, you’re a hardcore lighting person, but what about the teenagers in your life? Camp CANDLE is an architectural lighting design summer camp for high school students. It’s located at Penn State University, with one of the top lighting / architectural engineering programs in North America. The goal of Camp CANDLE is to increase awareness [...]

  High Point Market is certainly one of the oldest and most established in the furniture industry. The tradeshow dates back to when North Carolina was THE center of the furniture manufacturing industry. Of course, that all changed with globalization and the rise of Asian furniture manufacturing. It’s admittedly been many years (pre-pandemic) since I [...]