Programme

10:00-10:30         Coffee and Registration

La Billeterie, Les SUBS

10:30-10:45         Opening of the LLFF2021

• Tristan Debray, Municipal Councillor in charge of “the City of Children”, City of Lyon (France)
• Meri Lumela, LUCI President, Deputy Chair of the city council of Jyväskylä (Finland)

A few words from LLFF partners:

• Jaap Schuuring, Head of Customer Learning, Signify
• Stéphane Malfettes, Director, Les Subs

10:45-11:30         Keynote – Cities for Children, Light for Children 

A city fit for children is good for everyone: it reconnects social ties and reactivates cultural contexts,
it is a welcoming and inclusive city and attentive to all social and age groups. These contributions
will explore the concept of the child friendly city with the inspiring international project “Città dei
Bambini” (“City of Children”), initiated in Fano (Italy) at the start of the 90’s.

• Francesco Tonucci, Creator of “Città dei Bambini” project, Researcher at the Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies of the National Research Council (Italy)
• Massimo Seri, Mayor, City of Fano (Italy)

11:30-12:30          Session 1: Lighting with future generations: youth participation in urban lighting

Urban lighting should be accessible to all, regardless of social condition and age. With this in mind, one of the challenges for cities is to effectively involve children, young people and their families in everyday urban lighting. This often requires to carefully develop playful, creative and participatory approaches with a special focus on how children can use and enjoy public spaces after dark. This session will involve speakers from London, Gothenburg and Lyon who will share their perspective based on experience and examples of how to involve young people in creative and sustainable urban lighting.

• Elettra Bordonaro, Principal and Creative Director – Light Follows Behaviour, Senior Research Fellow London School of Economics
• Lars Ocklund, Head of City Lighting, Traffic and Public Transport Authority, City of Gothenburg (Sweden)
• Thierry Marsick, Director, Urban Lighting Department, City of Lyon (France)

Moderated by Mark Burton-Page, Director, LUCI Association (France)

Q&A

12:30-14:00         Lunch

Plateau 2, Les SUBS

14:00-15:00          Session 2: Involving youth and families in moments of awe through light in public space

This session will explore how cities involve and include children and families when organising temporary light events, from light festivals to major projects for animating public space. Speakers from Montreal, Jyväskylä, Turin and Lyon will present examples of initiatives that involve school children in educational workshops on the topic of creative lighting in preparation for and during light festivals as well as examples of strategies for animating public space with children and families specifically in mind.

• Guillaume Aniorté, International Executive Advisor, Quartier des Spectacles Partnership, Montreal (Canada)
• Elisa Hillgen, Lighting Coordinator, City of Jyväskylä (Finland)
• Matteo Scainelli, Project Manager, Cultural Activities Area / European Cultural Networks and Projects, City of Turin (Italy)
• Marion Traversi, Project Manager, Fête des Lumières, City of Lyon (France)

Moderated by Jessica Ferey, Programme Manager, LUCI Association (France)

Q&A

15:00-16:00        Creative Lighting Pecha Kucha Presentations Session A

These sessions 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.

• Noor Riyadh – Transforming a City into a Gallery without Walls
  Maya AlAthel, Artistic Manager at Noor Riyadh Festival & Yasmeen Sabri, Head of Production and Operations for Noor Riyadh Festival, City of Riyadh (Saudi Arabia)
  
• Le lapin dans la lune (the Rabbit in the Moon)
  Renato González, Artist (Mexico)
  
• Farnesina Digital Art Experience
  Claudio Caciolli, Founder and creative director of Bright Festival (Italy) & Stefano Fake, Founder of The Fake Factory and Art Director of Farnesina Digital Art Experience (Italy)
  
• Plays Around ORGANuGAMME
  Raphaël Girouard, Landscape architect & lighting designer, Radiance35, Marseille (France)

16:00-16:30  Coffee Break

Plateau 2, Les SUBS

16:30-17:30  Creative Lighting Pecha Kucha Presentations Session B

• Letting the lights out; creating a festival for, by and with the people of Ghent
  Kaat Heirbrant, Coordinator of Ghent Light Festival, Ghent (Belgium)
  
• My First Light
  BIBI, Artist, Rieux-Minervois (France)
  
• The City Makes Glow
  Tom Weerts, Production Manager, Foreign Affairs and Development, Glow Eindhoven (Netherlands)

17:45     LIT Award ‘Spotlight’ Prize Presentation

LUCI has just been awarded the 2021 LIT Award “Spotlight” prize for its major contribution to the international lighting community.

• Sylvain Godinot, Deputy Mayor in charge of Ecological Transition and Heritage, Public Lighting and Lighting Masterplan, City of Lyon (France)
• Astrid Hebert, Director and Co-founder 3C Awards (Switzerland)

18:00    Cocktail reception

Plateau 2, Les SUBS

Following the cocktail: Visit of of the Fête des Lumières installations at Les SUBS and beyond.

Team members of the Department of Events and Animation in charge of the Fête des Lumières
will share their experience and give a behind-the-scenes look at the event. This presentation is
followed by an open Q&A moment with participants.

• Marion Traversi, Project Manager, Fête des Lumières, City of Lyon (France)
• Romain Tamayo, Project Manager, Fête des Lumières, City of Lyon (France)
• Julien Pavillard, Director, Fête des Lumières, City of Lyon (France)