Lyon Light Festival Forum – Programme

Friday 7 December 2018

?Village Lumière at Palais de la Bourse/CCI  (unless stated otherwise)

Essence of Light: New forms of creative lighting for cities

As more and more cities seek to be recognized as “Creative Cities”, artistic lighting and light festivals are a way to reveal their creative potential all the while engaging with their citizens. The Lyon Light Festival Forum 2018 will be the opportunity to continue exploring the use of permanent and temporary light for cities, focusing on strategies melding these two types of light to uncover new forms of creative lighting that are emerging throughout the world.

08:30 –  09:00: Registration and welcome coffee

09:00 – 09:30: Welcome Remarks

• Yann Cucherat, Deputy Mayor in charge of Sports, Major Events, and Tourism, City of Lyon
• Kiewook Kwon, General Director, Seoul Metropolitan Government
• Christophe Guidon, France Public Sales Leader, Signify

09:30 –  11:00: Session 1: Lights up! Using lights for creative cities  

The number of both permanent and temporary creative lighting projects has increased in recent years as cities search for ways to stand out in a strong competitive global context. In addition to using light as a tool to attract tourists or brand a city, how can a city’s lighting strategy contribute to its overall creativity? How can creative lighting projects help drive citizen engagement? City representatives and festival organisers will discuss the various ways they have implemented such strategies and share insights about the opportunities and challenges that arise. This session will be filmed with the support of Signify Lighting Academy (Pioneers of Light)

• Moderated by Jean-François Zurawik, Director, Fête des Lumières, City of Lyon (France) and Thierry Marsick, Director, Department of Urban Lighting, City of Lyon (France)

11:00 – 11:30: Coffee break

11:30 – 13:00: Session 2: Bright ideas: new forms of creative lighting

Building upon the first session’s conversations around cities’ creative lighting strategies, this session will showcase concrete examples of new forms of creative lighting projects and events emerging throughout the world. How do these new forms of lighting respond to cities’ and citizens’ needs? Light artists, designers and academics will discuss innovations in this realm, from media facades and projections to light sculptures and installations. This session will be filmed with the support of Signify Lighting Academy (Pioneers of Light)

• Moderated by Jean-François Zurawik and Thierry Marsick

13:00 – 14:00: Lunch

14:30 – 16:30: Inspire & Exchange: Peer-to-peer presentations of creative lighting projects from around the world 

This brand-new session of “Pecha Kucha”- style speed presentations will be an opportunity for peer-to-peer sharing and exchange in the field of creative lighting. Hear from light festival organisers, artists, and designers about creative lighting projects and innovations in the field.

Check out the Pecha Kucha presentations Pecha Kucha sessions 2018.

16:30 – 19:00: Free time 

19:00 – 20:00: Beer and wine tasting 

20:00 – 23:00: Fête des Lumières