If you missed the 2025 March Conference, you may watch or review each presentation below. Gain insight on topics such as AI, lighting codes, trends in lighting design, dark sky recommendations, lighting health, sustainability objectives, and so much more!
IES LP-6 – The Next Generation
PANEL DISCUSSION:
Yoelit Hiebert, PLC Multipoint
Mitch Hefter, Mitch Hefter Consulting
Carol Jones, DALI Alliance
Harold Jepsen, Legrand
Casey Diers, Morlights
Is Efficient Lighting Sufficient Lighting for Humans? Look Beyond Metrics
Raimond Dumoulin, Signify
Design to Programming: Key Insights and Lessons Learned in Lighting Control System Implementation
Lauren Schwade, Mazzetti
Brennan Schumacher, Mazzetti
Enlightening Final Moments: Lighting for the End-of-Life Journey
Yun-hsuan Tsai, HLB Lighting Design
DarkSky Principles and Programs
James Brigagliano, DarkSky International
Illuminating “Current” – A Case Study on Lighting a Public Art Suspension
Ardra Zinkon, CLD, IALD, Zinkon Creative Studio
Flicker: It’s Not Just Annoying. New Results of Work on the Phantom Array Effect
Naomi Miller, PNNL
AI Lights the Way: The Future of Product Selection and Procurement
Forest Flager, Parspec
Pushing Back: The Battle for Quality Lighting Continues. Here are Some Tools for the Fight.
Dean Brockob, Texas Lighting Solutions
Andy Powell, Lighting Design Alliance
WELL Buildings: How Lighting Contributes to it, and Beyond Lighting!
PANEL DISCUSSION:
Martin Mercier, Cooper Lighting Solutions
Jon Parrish, Johnson Controls
Tony Esposito, International WELL Building Institute
The Role of Emergency Lighting Inverters in Modern Lighting
Bryce Krulic, Staco Energy Products
RP-46 Is Here. Now What?
Robert Soler, BIOS Lighting
Harnessing the Power of Digital Tools for Lighting Design Innovation
Anna Zuercher, Stantec
Alison Fiedler, Stantec
Harnessing Ambient Energy: Batteryless Solutions for Sustainable Building Control
Ryan Smillie, EnOcean, Inc.
Stranger Things: The Melanopsin-Red Saturation-Brightness Connection
Alp Durmus, Penn State University
View Quality: Why and How to Measure?
Won Hee Ko, New Jersey Institute of Technology
Alp Durmus, Pennsylvania State University
Championing Sustainable Lighting Specification Processes
Matthew Fracassini, The Lighting Practice
Design Storytelling: Communicating the Value of Impactful Lighting Design
Jonathan Hoyle and Xingying Peng
The Lighting Practice
I Can’t Hear You Because the Lights Are Flickering: Managing Sensory Needs in Neurodivergent People
Dr. Matthew Zakreski and Cana Sarnes
The Neurodiversity Collective
Time for a Checkup: Coming Energy Code Changes
PANEL DISCUSSION:
Harold Jepsen, Legrand
Julie Donovan, HLB
Michael Jouaneh, Lutron
Digital Design with DALI
PANEL DISCUSSION:
Carol Jones, DALI Alliance
Clifton Manahan, HLB Lighting
Stephen Zhou, MW Connect
Maintaining Lighting Designs Beyond the Punch List
Andrea Wilkerson, PNNL
Carla Bukalski, Reed Burkett Lighting Design
Anne Kustner Haser, AKLD Lighting Design
“La Plancha” Metropolitan Park
Elías Cisneros, 333 Luxes
Designing Lighting for Interpersonal Video Communication
Richard Falconer, NV5
Outdoor Lighting Controls: How Technology is Lowering Costs and Improving Safety
John McBride, Holophane/Utility, Acuity Brands
Well Hello, DALI!
Bill Ellis, Candela Controls, Inc.
HERITAGE LIGHT: History Illuminated
Charles Stone, Fisher Marantz Stone
Fueling Light Education
PANEL DISCUSSION:
Daniel Blitzer, The Practical Lighting Workshop
Tom Butters, The Lighting Agora
Robert Davis, University of Colorado
Dr. Abimbola Asojo, Morgan State University
Mark Lien, IES
Lumens Are for Humans
Dañiel Luna-Fuller, Luna Lighting
Demonstrating Interoperability and HVAC Integration: Exploring Open Standards in Action with Wireless LLLC
Rita Renner, mwConnect
Chris Wolgamott, Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA)
Beyond Blueprints: Integrating Smart Controls for Holistic Wellbeing
Fabio Zaniboni, BubblyNet
The How, Why and When of Systems Integration
John Mears, Eos Lightmedia
Patrick Smith, Eos Lightmedia
Luminous Connections: Exploring Innovative Bridge Lighting Design
Phat Quach, Domingo Gonzalez Associates
Sustainable Lighting: From Theory to Impact
PANEL DISCUSSION:
Scott Roos, Acuity Brands
Leela Shanker, WAP Sustainability Consulting
Alexandra Christiana, HMFH Architects
Leveraging AI in Lighting To Design Occupant Experiences
Franco Castaldini, Enlighted
Rob Groff, Enlighted
Behavioral Health Lighting Solutions – Concepts, Guidelines, and Strategies for Therapeutic Design
Laurie Emery, Visa Lighting
Light on Crime
Craig Bernecker, The New School, Parsons School of Design
Hyun Woo Hwangbo, Tillotson Design Associates
The Sun–The Perfect Spectrum: What You See and What You Don’t
Jay Goodman, Apres Illumination
Utilizing Latent Properties of Light for Wellness
Abhay Wadhwa, AWA Lighting Designers
Lighting Controls as an Operating System: A Shift in Focus
William Norris, Airlight
Demystifying Fluorescent Retrofits: Helping Clients Upgrade Fluorescent Lighting While Preserving Existing Fixtures
Tom Shearer, Lutron
Bird Utopia
Aura-Nat Sirikanokvilai, Cooley Monato Studio