Conference participants meeting at a professional event

LS2026 Program

Workshops and Special Events

Future of LightExpert workshopsAthens After Dark

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

Ruskin Hartley

CEO, DarkSky

Tony Bergen

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

Main Event

Present of Light – Innovations in Action

Main Event · Present of Light – Innovations in Action

Light That Moves Changes

Sergio Padula

Technical Director Middle East & English-speaking Africa, iGuzzini

Main Event · Present of Light – Innovations in Action

Beyond Energy Efficiency: Technologies for Truly Sustainable Outdoor Lighting

Stefano Toti

Senior Sales Leader and International Business Development Leader · AEC Illuminazione

Expert Perspectives

Keynote Talks

Keynote Speaker

Reliability and Environmental Testing Roadmaps for Automotive Optical Components

Dr. Christofer Silfvenius

Ph.D. in Semiconductor Physics from KTH · Test Leader at TRATON AB

Keynote Speaker

AI in Modern Lighting Design

Robert Heinze

CTO of RELUX

Keynote Speaker

Connecting Light Pollution Research: Towards Interoperable and Future-Proof Data

Prof. Dr. Valéry Ann Jacobs

Professor in Lighting, KU Leuven · Convener of the CIE Research Forum on Light Pollution

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 · Intelligent Buildings & Connected Technologies

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.

Dimitris Managoudis

CEO, ICON Group · CPM Level-C IPMA VP · Co-founder, SBC Greece · MSc Mechanical Engineer · DGNB Auditor & Consultant

Workshop

Designating Dark Sky Places: Methods and Benefits

Andreas Papalambrou

DarkSky, Greek (Hellenic) Chapter Leader and Founder

Workshop

Lighting Educators Network

Prof. Mandana S. Khanie

Director of MSc Light & Lighting, UCL · Chair of CIE JTC 18 Lighting Education · Member of the Daylight Academy

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

Workshop

Warm Lights: Astypalaia

Anna Sbokou

MSc Light & Lighting, CLD, IALD, IES · Founder and Director, ASlight · Lighting Consultant, Hellenic Conservation Fund

Workshop

Visual Accessibility in Ophthalmology: From Functional Assessment to Personalized Smart Lighting

Prof. Georgios Labiris

MD · Professor of Ophthalmology · Head of Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital of Alexandroupolis

Dr. Eirini-Kanella Panagiotopoulou

MD · Post-Doc, Specialist in Ophthalmology · University Hospital of Alexandroupolis

Minas Bakirtzis

MD · PhD Candidate, Specialist in Ophthalmology · University Hospital of Alexandroupolis

Workshop

Illumination Reimagined: Merging General Illumination with Far-UVC Disinfection for Healthcare and Food Safety

Graeme Lister

Graeme Lister Consulting LLC · Development of regulations and standards for lighting applications · IES, ANSI and CSA committees

Workshop

Advancing Smart Cities Through Technical Collaboration: The IEEE Smart Cities Technical Activities Committee – Impact, Initiatives and the Road Ahead

Dr. Harivardhagini S. Subhadra

Professor and Head, Department of Electronics & Instrumentation Engineering · CVR College of Engineering, Hyderabad, India · Senior IEEE Member, Researcher, Innovator and Entrepreneur

Workshop

Sports Lighting, Let’s Discover It!

Dr. Octavio Perez

Lighting Consultancy and Assessment LTD

Sponsor’s Workshop

From Lighting Performance to Environmental Performance: How to Evaluate the Real Sustainability of an Outdoor Lighting Project

Stefano Toti

Senior Sales Leader and International Business Development Leader · AEC Illuminazione

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