Online Programme

• Victoire Goust, Deputy Mayor, Tourism and Events, City of Lyon
• Meri Lumela, LUCI President, City of Jyväskylä
• Barbara Kreissler, Director, B2G Professional Lighting, Global Public & Government Affairs, Signify

9:30 SESSION 1: The evolution of creative lighting to reimagine cities

Many cities around the world use creative lighting and light festivals to strengthen their city’s brand and create a unique identity while attracting visitors and elevating local residents’ pride in their city.

As more and more cities employ these lighting strategies, how can they ensure that they remain unique and interesting for locals and tourists? How are cities reimagining their nightscapes using these creative lighting technologies?

• Introduction by Sylvain Godinot, Deputy Mayor in charge of Ecological Transition and Heritage, City of Lyon (France)
• Jess Scully, Deputy Lord Mayor of Sydney, co-Chair of the Nightlife and Creative Sector Advisory Panel (Australia)
• Sarah Gaventa, Director, Illuminated River Foundation (UK)

Moderated by Mark Burton-Page, General Director, LUCI Association

15:00 Creative Lighting Pecha Kucha (Session A)
Light festival organisers, artists, and designers share about creative light projects and innovations in the field.

• Expression by Rik van Stiphout (City of Eindhoven), Castor Bours & Wouter Widdershoven (Studio Toer)
• Taxco de Alarcón: From Darkness to the Light by Evelyn Figueroa (City of Taxco)
• Light Festivals Sustainability – COP 26 Glasgow by Craig Morrison (CMD)
• This Christmas, stay in Colombia, your home by Maria Isabel Zuluaga Gomez (City of Medellin/EPM)

14:00 SESSION 2: The transformation of light festivals to adapt to the new normal
The year 2020 and the Covid crisis will have brought major challenges to the management, design, and general daily operations of a city. Some of these challenges have impacted the events, festivals and creative lighting projects organised by cities. Beyond this, however, political directions are shifting, more attention is being placed on sustainability and environmentalism, and our light festivals must adapt. This session will explore how light festivals have transformed in the face of Covid but also how they are thinking of evolving to keep up with the many changes in the world.

• Julien Pavillard, Director of the Fête des Lumières, and Romain Tamayo, Project Officer, City of Lyon (France)
• Kaat Heirbrant, Advisor to the Deputy Mayor for Culture, Tourism and Events; Organiser of the Ghent Light Festival, City of Ghent (Belgium)
• Elisa Hillgen, City of Light Coordinator, City of Jyväskylä (Finland)
• Ronald Ramakers, Director, GLOW Eindhoven (The Netherlands)

Moderated by Jessica Ferey, Programme Manager, LUCI Association

14:00 Session in partnership with Cluster Lumière: Societal added value of Intelligent Lighting in metropolises, feedback and perspectives (session in French)

Interviews with French-speaking metropolises: Brussels, Montreal, Brest and Lille followed by expert discussions.

• Damien Morineaux, Head of public lighting department, City of Lille
• Saïg Potard, Head of public lighting department, City of Brest/Brest Metropolis
• Bénédicte Collard, Streetlight Manager, City of Brussels/Sibelga
• Isabelle Lessard, Street lighting engineer, City of Montreal
• Nicolas de Malherbes, Company manager, Citeos Installer and operator
• Bertrand Marhadour, Regional street lighting manager, Signify
• Bruno Foucras, Industrial science and technology professor – University of Aix-Marseille

Moderated by Philippe Badaroux, President of the Cluster Lumière