Programme

Friday 9 December


18:15
   Welcome cocktail / Hôtel de Ville – Lyon City Hall 

Reserved for LUCI members and invitees only

  • Opening of the Lyon Light Festival Forum
    Karine Dognin-Sauze, Vice President, Innovation, Smart City Digital, Lyon Metropole / Deputy Mayor, International Affairs, City of Lyon
    Mary-Ann Schreurs, LUCI President, Vice-Mayor of Innovation and Design, Culture and Sustainability, City of Eindhoven
  • Fête des Lumières Award Ceremony
    Gérard Collomb, Senator-Mayor of Lyon, President of Lyon Metropole


20:00 
  Fête des Lumières

 

 

Saturday 10 December

 

 

 

 

LUCI side event – Light & Art Workshop

Reserved for LUCI members and invitees only

  • 9:30    Registration / Village Lumière – Palais de la Bourse
  • 10:00   Light & Art Workshop
    Come help Lyon design a new permanent light art installation ! City lighting professionals, lighting designers, artists, students and all interested participants are invited to contribute ideas in this co-creation workshop with the Lyon Public Lighting Department. More details

13:00   Lunch

Reserved for LUCI members and invitees only

 

Conferences


14:30
 
  Registration and welcome coffee / Village Lumière – Palais de la Bourse

15:00    Opening and introduction

Georges Képénékian, 1st Deputy Mayor in charge of Culture, Major Events and Citizen Rights, City of Lyon
Mary-Ann Schreurs, Vice-Mayor of Innovation and Design, Culture and Sustainability, City of Eindhoven

 

15:30    Conference session 1: The link between permanent and event lighting

Connections are increasingly being made between permanent and event lighting, two originally distinct subjects. Participants in the round table – lighting designers and city representatives  – will answer these two questions:
– How do the stakeholders and disciplines of permanent and temporary lighting design influence each other?
– How do permanent and event lighting connect in city lighting policies?

  • Bernard Duguay, Founder and President of LUCION Media, Montreal
  • Annukka Larsen, Lighting Designer, City of Jyvälskylä
  • Thierry Marsick, Director of Public Lighting, City of Lyon
  • Géraud Périole, Lighting Designer, Bordeaux

17:30   Networking and drinks

 

20:00   Fête des Lumières

 

 

Sunday 11 December

 

10:00    Registration and coffee / Hôtel de Ville – Lyon City Hall 

 

10:30   Conference session 2: New Dimensions in light festivals

Festival organisers from around the world will discuss new dimensions and innovations in light festivals today.
– What kind of innovations and new collaborations can enhance the implementation of light festivals ?
– How can light festivals contribute to creating social cohesion dynamics in the city ?

  • Pablo Corral Vega, Secretary of Culture, City of Quito
  • Kaat Heirbrant, Advisor to the Deputy Mayor for Culture, Tourism and Events, City of Ghent
  • Martin Pošta, Director and founder of the Signal Festival – Prague Festival of Lights, Prague and Zuzana Humajova, Product Sales Specialist for Mobility, Cisco Systems, Prague
  • Jean-François Zurawik, Director of the Fête des Lumières, City of Lyon

12:30    Closing cocktail