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LS2026 Program

Workshops and Special Events

Main Event · Round Table

Future of Light

Leading voices from lighting design, research, industry and international standardization meet for the conference’s main round table.

Carla Wilkins

Senior Partner / Global Creative Director · IALD President / CLD

Prof. Georges Zissis

Vice-Dean, University of Toulouse · IEEE Smart Cities Technical Community Chair

Teresa Selvaggio

Director of Public Affairs, LightingEurope

Tony Bergen

CIE President-Elect · Managing Director, Australian Photometry and Radiometry Laboratory

Hands-on Knowledge

Workshops

Each workshop is presented as one complete session, with all of its speakers grouped together.

Sponsor’s Workshop

Smart Cities and Smart Buildings—Urban Connectivity, Building Automation, Data-Driven Environments, Human-Centric Infrastructure, Integrated Spatial Intelligence

Alan Jackson

Business Development Specialist · International Speaker, Helvar

Workshop

Daylight Harvesting Systems: Back to Basics

Prof. Aris Tsangrassoulis

Department of Architecture, University of Thessaly · CIE TC 3-59 Member

Workshop

Beyond the Frame—The Art and Science of Cinematic Light

Prof. Dimitris Theodoropoulos

Professor and Director of Photography · Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Workshop

The Auditor’s Lens: Decoding Lighting in BREEAM, DGNB, LEED, & WELL

Eftychia Eliopoulou

Design Manager · Architect, PMP, WELL AP

George Pantelidis

Head of Design and Projects, ZEB SA · Mechanical Engineer

Petros Dalavouras

Architect Engineer · Co-owner, General Refrigeration S.A.

Workshop

Lighting Educators Network

Prof. Georgios A. Triantafyllidis

Associate Professor, Aalborg University

Sponsor’s Workshop

Hellenic Parliament and the Monument to the Unknown Soldier Revealed Again—Heritage, Aesthetics, Technology

Thanos Danilof

Lighting Designer · Director, DANILOF light + perception studio

Workshop

When Buildings Whisper: Less is More

Vasiliki Malakasi

Lighting Designer · Director, Idea Design

Special Event · Guided Night Walk

The Lighting Police City Lab: Athens After Dark

Experience Athens through light in a guided exploration of the city after dark.

Katia Kolovea

Founder, The Lighting Police · Founder and Creative Director, Archifos