Third Annual ArchLIGHT Summit in Dallas, Sept. 19-20, Engages Architectural Lighting Community in New Ways

Dallas Market Center has long been known for its lighting leadership after decades of hosting the semi-annual Lightovation as the largest residential lighting show in the Western Hemisphere. Now in its third year,?ArchLIGHT Summit?has expanded DMC’s scope to include commercial and architectural lighting exhibits alongside a?robust schedule?of CEU programming and events for lighting designers, specifiers, architects, interior designers and other professionals, as well as students and educators in the design/build fields.

ArchLIGHT Summit runs September 19-20, kicking off with a welcome reception hosted by Women in Lighting + Design (WILD) on Monday, September 18. This event will take place on the top floor of the Dallas World Trade Center, offering spectacular sunset views of downtown Dallas.

Exhibits will be open 9am-6pm on Tuesday, September 19, and 9am-3pm on Wednesday, September 18, on the first floor of the Dallas Trade Mart, allowing attendees the opportunity to learn about the latest lighting innovations.

Registration?or the exposition portion of the event is complimentary, and a flat fee of $50 allows access to a choice of more than 20 educational opportunities over the course of the two days. With guidance from an?Advisory Board?of experts representing different disciplines, these sessions encompass a variety of topics beyond lighting application, as well as interactive workshops and dynamic demonstrations.

New for 2023, one of the presentation venues will be conveniently located on the ArchLIGHT Summit show floor. This Light Bites stage will feature shorter, easily digestible sessions and engaging discussion.

Speaker, event and attraction highlights for the 2023 event include:

• Lovers of Light, a traveling team game show making its first appearance in Dallas and benefiting the IALD Education Trust. The game show follows an opening night Happy Hour starting at 5pm on Tuesday, September 19, for all participants and sponsored by Casambi.
• Earlier that day, HOK’s Ben Crawford moderates an AIA Dallas panel discussing the importance of lighting in public spaces. Panelists include 5G Studio’s Yen Ong, lighting designer Scott Oldner and Ryan Companies’ Dana Hamdan, who worked on the AT&T Discovery District project while at Gensler in Dallas.
• Also on Tuesday, Katherine Stekr and Carrie Hawley of HLB Lighting Design will discuss the complexities of color, science and design; Davidson Norris of Carpenter Norris Consulting will talk about daylighting in the context of the MTA’s Fulton Transit Center in NYC; and Matthew Fracassini of The Lighting Practice presents Factoring Sustainability into Your Firm’s Specification Process.
• That day on the Light Bites stage, the Dallas Section of IES will host a Luminaire-Aware Design Competition, based on a format similar to the IES Lighten Up! Luminaire Competition. Themed around sustainability, the name plays off of AWARE, an innovative art installation commissioned exclusively for ArchLIGHT Summit by The Lighting Exchange. This installation is sponsored by Lightly and Prentalux | Cooper Lighting, two brands known for sustainability.
• In another nod to sustainability, ArchLIGHT Summit has partnered with Sourcery to reduce paper waste and increase engagement. Attendees will be able to digitally save products they see on the show floor using the Sourcery app.
• On Wednesday, September 20, AIA Dallas’ Latinos in Architecture group will present on the Light Bites Stage; and Hayley Kinlaw and Ryon Sommerer of AE Design will explain how to navigate budgets in professional lighting design.
• Over both days, lighting designers Tony Esposito and Jason Livingston will present an updated version of their popular TM-30 color rendition demonstrating, illustrating these concepts using different textures and colors, even using live models to express effects on skin tones. Another session repeated to ensure capacity will be accommodated will be Shoshanna Segal of Hartranft Lighting Design presenting about tools for successful lighting control specification.
• A Wednesday?Student Day?will include student-oriented versions of the TM-30 and lighting control sessions, as well as a workshop with Light Justice addressing lighting inequity in a local underserved community and a presentation from the IALD Education Trust about the lighting design profession. Students and educators may request a code for complimentary registration to both event days.

Registration for ArchLIGHT Summit is open at?https://archlightsummit.com/attend/. An exclusive rate of $189/night has been secured at the Renaissance Dallas Hotel, within walking distance of DMC and ArchLIGHT Summit. Reservations may be made here:?https://book.passkey.com/event/50388186/owner/14227/home

Sponsors of the 2023 ArchLIGHT Summit include Casambi, Lightly, Living Lights, Prentalux | Cooper Lighting, Sourcery, Targetti, Thomas Technologies, Hossley and Preferred Lighting Group.

Association Partners for the 2023 ArchLIGHT Summit include the American Institute of Architects (AIA) Dallas Chapter, American Lighting Association, Illuminating Engineering Society Dallas section, Light Justice, International Association of Lighting Designers (IALD) Education Trust, Lighting Controls Association, National Association of Innovative Lighting Distributors (NAILD), National Lighting Bureau, North American Coalition of Lighting Industry Queers, and Women in Lighting + Design international and local chapters.

Media Partners for the 2023 ArchLIGHT Summit include?Arc; ARCHITECT; Architectural Products; Architectural SSL; Commercial Construction & Renovation; Designing Lighting; Designer Pages; Edison Report; Energy Watch News; Furniture Lighting & Décor;?“Get a Grip on Lighting” Podcast;?Inside.Lighting; Light Directory; LightNow News;?and The Lighting Exchange.

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