Taeki Kim

Director of City Lighting Policy Division, Seoul Metropolitan Government

As the Urban Light Pollution Policy Division leader, Taeki Kim is responsible for the management of the Seoul City nightscape as well as of outdoor advertisement facilities such as electronic display boards. He has also been responsible for the organization of this LUCI AGM 2016. He previously worked as the Facility Evaluation Team leader for Seoul City where he was instrumental in introducing LED lamps for outdoor lighting in Seoul and establishing lighting plans and design criteria. He has in-depth experiences in electricity and ICT over the past 40 years, including contract evaluation, electrical design and construction of the subway system and establishment of the traffic information system. Currently, he is interested in connecting Seoul City’s outdoor lighting policies to urban regeneration and tourism policies so as to vitalize the economy of local communities.

Jeongtai Kim

Professor, Kyung Hee University (Chairman, Korea Society of Lighting and Visual Environment)

Dr. Jeongtai Kim is a Distinguished Professor at Kyung Hee University. He received his PhD in Architecture from Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea in 1985 and completed his Post Doc. at University of Cambridge in 1987.  His research focuses on sustainable lighting and healthy buildings. He is a Fellow of the Korea Academy of Science and Technology (KAST), he was the President of Korea Institute of Ecological Architecture and Environment (2007 – 2008), and currently acts as the President of the Korea Society of Lighting and Visual Environment. He is also the  President of the Korea National Chapter of International Dark-Sky Association. He is the Co-Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Sustainable Lighting, an Editorial Board member for the Indoor and Built Environment, Energy and Buildings journal, and has published over 150 papers in SCI(E) journals and over 150 papers in peer reviewed conference proceedings.

Jinhwa Park

Manager, City Lighting Policy Division, Seoul Metropolitan Government

Jinhwa Park has been improving the landscape lighting of major public spaces and tourist attractions in Seoul since 2004. He has established the Night View Lighting Plan for the City Wall (2005), the Seoul City Night View Plan and Lighting Guideline (2009), as well as the Seoul Metropolitan Light Pollution Prevention Ordinance and its enforcement regulations (2010), among others. He has also been involved in the Seoul Lightscape Improvement Guidebook, the Good Light Award and the Smart Light City Seoul Framework. He has been active in LUCI since 2007 and has played a major role in the organization of the LUCI Annual General Meeting in Seoul.

Mee Jeong

Chairman, Korea Association of Lighting Designers

Dr. Mee Jeong received her PhD in Spatial Design from Tokyo University of the Arts, in 2000. As the president of the lighting design agency, EON SLD Co. Ltd., Dr. Mee Jeong designed the architectural lighting for the Seoul Namsan Tower, the Lotte World Tower, and also established the lighting master plan for Seoul (2000~2008). She has also conducted academic research on lighting master plans for local governments. Dr. Jeong is the president of KALD (Korea Association of Lighting Designers) and a member of the Good Lighting Environment Committee of Seoul. She is also the executive director of AALD (Asian Associations of Lighting Designers) since January 2009, the member of a standing committee of ALDA (Asian Lighting Designers’ Association) since May 2015, and a member of IES (the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America).

Gustavo Aviles

Lighting Designer

Gustavo Avilés (México City) studied Architecture at the Iberoamericana University. Since 1984 he has been focused on Light in Architecture. His dedication to architectural lighting culture has conducted him to take on a transdisciplinary academic approach to articulate his practice through different standpoints on light and lighting. With this unique view he founded Lighteam in 1986. He has an extensive teaching experience and is sought afer to speak at conferences worldwide. His work achieves a wide variety of applications and scales.

Jungsoo KIM

Consultant, Urban Light Pollution Policy, Seoul Metropolitan Government

Jungsoo KIM is a partner of world renowned architectural lighting design firm Brandston Partnership Inc., in New York. She received her MFA in Architectural Lighting Design from Parsons School of Design, New York in 1994. Since joining BPI, she has worked on lighting design projects including masterplans, parks, airports, hotels, convention and art centres, educational facilities, bridges and buildings. She taught lighting design in the Parsons School of Design. She is a member of the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America. She has won the Lumen Award, the Lumen Citation, International Illumination Design Award of Merit, and the IALD Award. She has been a member of City of Seoul Night-time Environment Policy Committee from 2015.

Seiyong Kim

Professor, Korea University

Sei-Yong Kim currently teaches at Korea University and Columbia University and is an advisor to the Mayor of Seoul and a member of the Seoul Urban Planning Commission. He has worked with Columbia University as an adjunct professor, Harvard University as a Fulbright Fellow, University of Sydney as a visiting professor, and UN Habitat as a specialist. His area of study is related to creating and maintaining “cool” urban spaces in the 21st century when rapid transformations are taking place, emphasizing specific role of urban design where architecture intersects with urban planning. He received his Master Degree from Seoul National University, Korea and Columbia University. He previously worked as an urban designer at the Seoul Development Institute and as an architect and urban designer for the Korean National government, the City of Seoul, and several companies like Samsung, Daewoo, LH and K-Water.

Ed Ebrahimian

General Manager, Bureau of Street Lighting, City of Los Angeles

Ed Ebrahimian is the General Manager of the Bureau of Street Lighting in the City of Los Angeles. He has more than 30 years of experience with the City. Appointed General Manager 11 years ago, he is responsible for the 2nd largest municipal street lighting system in the USA with over 215,000 streetlights and 400 different styles ranging from modern, decorative to historic.

Flemming JØRGENSEN

Councillor, Chairman of the City’s Innovation Committee, City of Albertslund

Flemming JØRGENSEN has worked for many years with environmental protection, roads and buildings in Danish municipalities. He is now the leader of an EU-funded project for energy savings in public buildings in the Greater Copenhagen area. Beside his professional career, he is a member of the City Council of Albertslund, where he is chairman of the innovation committee, working with lighting and smart city. The City of Albertslund has founded DOLL, probably the largest Living Lab for LED street lighting in the world.

Denis PERROT

Head of Expertise and Innovations, EVESA

A civil engineer from HEI Lille, Denis PERROT is in charge at EVESA of the Energy Performance Contract (EPC) of Paris, which aims to reduce the city’s overall urban lighting electricity consumption by 30% in the period 2011-2020. He has worked for ETDE (Bouygues Energies & Service) where he occupied various management and marketing posts over 10 years. His knowledge of energy networks and his particular interest in urban lighting and energy efficiency led him towards a position proving technical support and assistance to regional departments for his company. He is working on the deployment of a meshed communication network based on IoT for the City of Paris.

Annukka LARSEN

Lighting Designer, City of Jyväskylä

Lighting designer Annukka LARSEN has been coordinating the City of Light project in Jyväskylä, Finland, since 2007. She was already involved in creating the Jyväskylä City Lighting Master Plan in the year 2000. She contributes to the development of attractive city nightscape by guiding all of the lighting projects in the city.

Koen PUTTEMAN

Head of Technology & Asset Management Public Lighting, Eandis

Koen PUTTEMAN has a Master’s Degree in Engineer Electromechanics with over 10 years of experience in the Public Lighting sector. Within Eandis he focuses on the architecture, engineering and life cycle of public lighting. This includes the preparation of a long term vision, researching and implementing new technologies, and design and maintenance rules. He also acts as Chairman of the Working Group Transport Lighting of the Belgian Institute for Illumination (IBE-BIV). He is also a Belgian representative for European standardisation of street lighting and is active as member of the Committee on Public lighting at Synergrid.

Ingemar JOHANSSON

Urban Transport Administration, City of Gothenburg

Ingemar JOHANSSON is an engineer from Carlsberg School in Kalmar and marketing economist from the IHM Business School in Gothenburg, Sweden. He has been working as the head of street lighting, traffic signals and AC/DC power station for trams for the City of Gothenburg for the last 14 years. He has more than 35 years of experience in the field of design and maintenance of public spaces, from preliminary stages through to commissioning projects.

Olli MARKANNEN

Office Manager, Public Works Department, City of Helsinki

Olli MARKANNEN holds a Master of Science from the Helsinki University of Technology. He started as the manager of Outdoor Lighting at Helsinki Energy in 2002. The network and organisation recently moved to the Public Works Department, where he is currently the Office Manager. Previously he has also been in charge of the lighting design for neighbouring cities, and Helsinki Vuosaari Harbour project.

Kyuchul BANG

Deputy Director, Electronics & Electrical Division, Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy

Kyuchul BANG is currently Deputy Director of the Electronic and Engineering Division at the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy. He has previously worked as Deputy Director of the Trade Security at the Ministry of Knowledge Economy, General Manager at Korea Strategic Trade Institute and Senior Researcher in Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. He graduated with a Bachelor of Electronic Engineering at Yonsei University in 2001, and completed a Master’s degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology in 2003.

Daeyeon CHO

Executive Director, Board of Smart City, Korea Agency for Infrastructure Technology Advancement

Dr. Daeyeon CHO is the Executive Director of Smart City at Korea Agency for Infrastructure Technology Advancement (KAIA), where he focuses on international collaborative activities on Smart Cities. He has been involved in the national research and development (R&D) programme strategy and has a significant experience in planning, management and commercialization of R&D activities. He is currently member of the National Academy of Engineers of Korea. He was a member of the Road Design Council and of the Design Supervision Council. He received his PhD in Structural Engineering from the Seoul National University in 1994.