IESNYC Members to Present at Lightfair 2025
May 4 – 8, 2025 • Las Vegas Convention Center
We are thrilled to announce that members of the IESNYC will be taking the stage at Lightfair 2025! This prestigious event brings together the brightest minds and innovators in the lighting industry, and we are proud to have our talented members inspire us. Their participation not only highlights their expertise but also underscores the vibrant community we are involved in.
If you plan on attending, don't miss out! Gain insightful knowledge and be inspired from our industry experts!
Craig Bernecker, PhD
Professor of Lighting, Design/Director, Graduate Lighting Program at Parsons School of Design, The New School/The Lighting Education Institute
Photometry in Action
Monday, May 5 | 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM | Room 3
Photometry in Action is a hands-on workshop exploring the photometric process using a bench-top goniophotometer fully capable of generating a complete luminaire photometric report, including luminous intensity and spectral data along with a .ies file. Since many lighting designers, specifiers, manufacturers, distributors, and sales agents have not had an opportunity to actually see the photometric measurement process, but use photometry in their publications, analyses and designs, this workshop provides an opportunity to better understand the photometric process and the data designers and almost all of those in the lighting industry are typically using.
A Proposed Two-Parameter Approach to Recommended Lighting Levels
Tuesday, May 6 | 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM | Room 1
Illuminance, measured in foot-candles or lux, has long been the metric used to recommend lighting levels for specific applications. This session takes the perspective that two metrics are likely necessary to adequately address end users’ perception of the adequacy of illumination in various applications. This approach explores the combination of illuminance and Mean Room Surface Exitance (MRSP) in a systematic way through a series of analyses of representative applications to determine the efficacy of these metrics for lighting design recommendations and practice. Proposed recommendations for these two parameters are then suggested for a variety of applications.
Lauren Schwade
Associate Principal, Healthcare Lighting Lead at Mazzetti
with Brennan Schumacher, Mazzetti
Design to Programming:
Key Insights and Lessons Learned in Wireless Lighting Control System Implementation
Tuesday, May 6 | 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM | Room 2
The surge of wireless technologies has impacted all industries, including the lighting sector, at a critical juncture. This technology streamlines installation and date, reduces upfront costs, saves energy, and minimizes maintenance for lighting systems. Design teams may initiate design documents and layouts based on a standard wired system, only to pivot and transform that set into a wireless control system. This presentation will review lessons learned from our hands on experience in designing and documenting wireless control systems over the past six years, ranging from libraries to office buildings, and encompassing larger healthcare facilities across the country.
Daniel Blitzer
Principal at The Practical Lighting Workshop
Fueling Lighting Education
Wednesday, May 7 | 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM | The Designery
Fueling Lighting Education considers how the lighting industry supports education for the next generation of lighting professionals, as well as for continuing professional development. This panel will survey available university programs, discuss the availability of scholarships, and identify funding sources for curriculum development.
The goal is providing a snapshot of lighting education opportunities in North America and communicating the importance of providing ongoing support for those opportunities and the students who will use them. Educators and others are developing interesting initiatives that deserve greater visibility and certainly greater support. We hope to press the issue!
Shaun Fillion
Director, Lighting Design at RAB Lighting, New York School of Interior Design
AI in Action: Successful Applications in Architectural Lighting
Tuesday, May 6 | 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | The Designery
This course will look at realized installations which have utilized AI in architectural lighting. We will explore Zaha Hadid Architects' use of AI in generative proposals and structural analysis. We will focus on AI's applications to adaptive lighting systems like The Edge in Amsterdam, Generative design like The Hive in London, Predictive analysis in controls products and automated systems like the AI powered lighting in the Kungsbrohuset in Stockholm. We will explore where AI continues to branch into the field of architectural lighting, from calculations and analysis to generative design.
Phat Quach
Director at Domingo Gonzalez Associates
Luminous Connections: Exploring Innovative Bridge Lighting Design
Tuesday, May 6 | 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | The Designery
Bridges play an important role in transportation infrastructure and, in many cases, civic identity. To celebrate and reinforce bridge identity, architectural lighting can help promote safety, facilitate nighttime usage, and enhance nighttime presence, while implementation of a programmable color-changing system can provide a palette responsive to holidays or themed events. This seminar will shed light on the process of designing architectural lighting for existing and new bridges, from concept exploration to construction completion.
Lee Brandt
Principal at HLB Lighting
with Harold Jepsen, VP Standards & Industry Affairs at Legrand and Charles Knuffke, Systems VP & Evangelist at Wattstopper/Legrand
Energy Code Season of Change, Are You Ready?
Wednesday, May 7 | 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | Lightfair Theatre
The energy codes have seen a season of change. ASHRAE/IES 90.1-2022 completed the federal termination early last spring. The International Energy Efficiency Code (IEEC) released version 2024 late last summer. The California Energy Commission adopted the 2025 Title 24 Part 6 early last fall. The energy code’s seasonal updates come with inevitable changes to lighting and lighting control measures. This session will get you up to speed, in shape, and season ready with all the new code changes as well as provide application clarity to your lighting and lighting control project designs.
Nubi Leon Martinez
Architect & Lighting Designer at Arquifabrica
Light and Brain Responses:
From Neuroscience to Neurolighting, How to Control our Brain Responses with the Appropriate Use of Light
Wednesday, May 7 | 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | Room 1
Visual (and non-visual) perception of light produces specific brain responses: neuro-endocrines (hormones production) and neuro-behavioral (sleep-awake cycle).
As non-visual perception of light, I refer to melanopic light effect, which is related to our circadian rhythm, received by ipRGCs and controlled by SNC suprachiasmatic nucleus.
Moreover, our nervous system (central and peripheral) has responses conditioned by lighting (intensity, color temperature, contrasts).
Then, lighting triggers the production of neurotransmitters that may act as regulators or disruptors of our biological system. Knowing our circadian rhythm and understanding their relationship with light is crucial to harmonize our biology and preserve our health.
The Power of Lighting in the Collective Memory of a City:
Historical Narrative of a City, Through Lighting, from the Antique Classic Sources to the Newest LEDs
Thursday, May 8 | 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM | The Designery
Some cities have remarkable architectural or urban spaces that make them unique, with their own identity, culturally and historically.
Those iconic places, become part of the collective memory of the city in the inhabitants and tourists; moreover, in some cases, lighting is the most characteristic element that reinforces this, in the way of advertisement, façade lighting or simply street lighting. As a case study, let´s analyze how lighting express the identity in three places: the growing and diverse square Callao in Madrid, the golden Prague and the vibrant Times Square of New York City and how lighting makes them memorable.
Friedrich Bremecker
President at DIAL America Inc.
Digital Processes for Lighting Design in the BIM World
Wednesday, May 7 | 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM | Room 2
This presentation explores how lighting designers can use OpenBIM for seamless data exchange across software tools. OpenBIM allows designers to choose their software, provided it supports IFC format. Recent standards, such as IESNA’s TM-32 and ISO’s lighting standards, led to the creation of GLDF (Global Lighting Data Format). This format enables designers to directly integrate architectural models, saving time and reducing errors. While some challenges remain in data exchange, ongoing work by IES, ISO, and CEN promises rapid improvements. The lighting design workflow will be demonstrated using DIALux, while the architectural process will be illustrated through various tools, including Revit.
