Antón Amann studied Architecture at the University of Navarra/E. He is the founder and Managing Director of als (architectural lighting solutions), where he has been planning, managing and consulting in the field of architectural lighting since 1998. Antón Amann is also involved in research and teaching.

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Colin is a lighting designer with over fifteen years experience from a background education in architecture. After his studies, he started at Speirs and Major Associates in London as a Senior Lighting Designer. In 2002, he worked as a freelance lighting designer and was a lecturer in Light and Colour at the London Metropolitan University until 2004. Colin has lectured on the History of Light in Religious Architecture, Colour Theory, and Light Projection and the Art of Lighting in Film internationally. He has worked on many large-scale internationally recognized projects across Europe and the Middle East incorporating many fields of expertise in historic Grade I listed architecture, large-scale engineering projects, museum installations, corporate headquarters, theatres, yachts and hotel/retail complexes. Currently, he is an Associate at Isometrix Lighting + Design Ltd in London.

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Victor Barbero has a background in electrical engineering, in which he acquired his Master degree in 1973. After his studies we was appointed the Director of Electric Installations at Iberdola S.A. From 1995 onwards he has been the Principal of the Lighting Design Department at Iberdola S.A.

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Kristin Bredal is a set and lighting designer based in Oslo, Norway. She acquired her Master of Fine Arts in Theatre Design in 1994 at Yale University. Kristin Bredal is the founder and owner of Zenisk, a design firm specialized in lighting plans for public spaces, architectural lighting design and exhibition design.

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Trained in photography, Sakchin Bessette founded Moment Factory in 2001. His vision was to create a new media art studio seamlessly bringing together content creation and technology, using lighting design as a vital tool. Over the years, Sakchin has been a close collaborator to the Cirque du Soleil creative team participating actively in the creation and production of several projects such as the Beatles Revolution Lounge at the Mirage in Las Vegas, which comprises the subtle choreography of blending lighting and video projections. Sakchin has been the creative lead behind some of the most important installations developed by Moment Factory in the field of urban lighting, notably the award-winning interactive screen in the Quartier des Spectacles in Montreal, the organic media facade for 1075 Peachtree in Atlanta, and the iconic lighting installation at Canada Place in Vancouver during the Winter Olympic Games.

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Raised in Nice in the cinema world, Louis Clair pursued technical studies, developed a leaning towards industry and became a mechanical and electrical engineer. In 1968, he came back to the cinema field and was promoted to technical manager of the Studios “la Victorine” film company in Nice, where he founded a department of architecture and decorative lighting. In 1974, he created a distribution agency specializing in architectural lighting, using “very low-voltage halogen lamps” to bring “drama” into decorative lighting. In 1978, he was appointed to create the French subsidiary of a German manufacturer of interior lighting equipment and developed architectural lighting in France. He founded Light-Cibles in 1983, the first independent professional lighting design practice in France, and was involved in the expansion of leading Italian and German lighting manufacturers as a marketing consultant in Europe. Since then, he has designed the lighting for numerous projects, many of which are known for the cinematographic and even symbolic use of light and shadow in architecture. He has further developed his activities in Asia since 1990, in Quebec in 1998, and in the Middle East in 2000. His son Emmanuel, architect, joined Light-Cibles in 1998 and is today co-manager of the company. During the last three years they have founded Light-Cibles offices in Spain (Madrid), Singapore and China. They also run an office in Paris.

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Andreas Danler, a graduated Electrical Engineer has been employed at Bartenbach LichtLabor since 1989. Until 1998 he worked as a team leading lighting designer. Since 1998 he is responsible for formulating conceptual design ideas as well as for supporting the design teams on a range of technical and scientific issues. Promoted to executive manager in 2003, he assumed responsibility for all aspects of project management. Since 1998 he has been holding a teaching post at the Institute for Interior Design at Stuttgart University. Since 2003 he has been holding a teaching post at the Lichtakademie Bartenbach (Lighting Academy of the Innsbruck University). Since 2000 he has held various lighting seminars for the Architectural Association of Stuttgart FBAU, the Technical College of Augsburg and many more. In his role as a team leading lighting designer and as a member of management he was responsible for projects like Singapore Airport (Terminal 3) SOM New York, BMW Headquarter, Munich together with Architects Schweger + Partner, Hamburg and other international and national projects.

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Helen Diemer is President and design principal of The Lighting Practice, an architectural lighting design firm in Philadelphia, PA, USA. In her 25 years in the lighting profession, she has designed lighting for public, corporate, university, healthcare and retail environments. Helen is a Fellow and past president of the International Association of Lighting Designers (IALD) and a member of the Illuminating Engineering Society (IESNA). As former chair of the IALD’s Energy Committee and member of the IESNA Energy Management Committee, she was involved in developing the lighting energy requirements of ASHRAE/IESNA Standard 90.1. She received a BAE in Architectural Engineering from Pennsylvania State University and has lectured and authored articles on a variety of lighting issues.

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Philip Gabriel, educated as an architect and interior designer, has practiced lighting design for over 40 years. His firm, Gabriel Mackinnon provides services in architectural lighting and has completed projects including urban centers, offices, schools, churches and historic restorations. Philip Gabriel is a member of PLDA and the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, Fellow and Past President of the IALD, and a Fellow Urbanscreen of the IES. He has been teaching lighting throughout his career, most recently in the Masters Lighting program at Parsons in New York City.

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Carl Gardner is a lighting designer, consultant and one of the United Kingdom’s best-known analysts and commentators on the lighting industry. He has been Editor of the ILP’s Lighting Journal for 13 years and is the Director of CSG Lighting Consultancy Ltd, specializing in interior, exterior and urban lighting design. He has worked on several urban lighting master plans, including Scarborough (1997), Sydney, Australia (1998), York (2004); and Gloucester (2007). In 2009, he was the lighting specialist on a Defra-funded research project to assess United Kingdom light nuisance complaints and how local authorities are dealing with them. He was an expert witness to the Royal Commission for Environmental Pollution’s December 2009 report on artificial lighting. Carl also organises training seminars for local authorities on tackling light nuisance under the 2005 Act. His books include Lighting Design: an Introductory Guide for Professionals (Design Council, 1993) and Light – Re-interpreting Architecture (Rotovision, 2001).

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Paul Gregory is the founder and president of Focus Lighting, Inc. of New York City, which is today regarded as a leading lighting design firm and has won innumerable awards for creative work. Paul was trained in theatrical lighting at the Goodman Theatre School of the Art Institute of Chicago and in Architectural Lighting Design at the Parsons School of Design in New York City. He has spent the 25 years revealing and highlighting architecture by “painting pictures with light”. Paul’s designs reflect the belief that a sense of drama is inherent in successful architectural projects.

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Gerard Harbers is co-founder of Xicato and currently serves as Chief Technology Officer. Prior to Xicato, he held various technical and management positions at Philips Research Laboratories, Philips Lighting and Lumileds. From 1986, he designed and developed various optical test systems for testing parts used in optical recording and consumer electronics at Philips Research. After joining Philips Lighting in 1996 as Manager for the Optical Design Group, he led the design and development of LED illumination systems. In 2000, he joined Lumileds Lighting focused on system design and pioneered LED Backlighting for large area LCD displays. His team was the first in the world to demonstrate a high-power edge-lit RGB LED 18 inch LCD Monitor at the SID 2000 Conference. His high power LED system designs included optimized lighting solutions for many new solid-state lighting applications such as street lights, traffic signals, automotive headlights, signage and contour lighting, and LCD backlights. His expertise in this field has led to numerous publications and invited talks.

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Malcolm Innes has worked as a professional lighting designer for 18 years. Working with Kevan Shaw Lighting Design and Speirs and Major Associates, he worked as a senior designer, associate and associate director on large-scale architectural lighting projects internationally, including The Grand Mosque, Abu Dhabi, Copenhagen Opera House and Gothenburg's Museum of World Cultures. Malcolm established his own practice in 2004 to pursue his interests in smaller, more intimate projects, lighting education, research and art-based projects. He has always been fascinated by the transitory effects of light and shade and their emotional power. His current practice explores the borderland between lighting design and light art. Malcolm is a member of the PLDA's Lighting Educators’ network, teaches lighting to undergraduates, and has recently contributed to establishing a new MDes in Creative Lighting at Edinburgh Napier University. His lighting textbook for interior design students will be published in 2011.

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In 1998 Brendan Keely completed the MSc in Light and Lighting at the Bartlett School of Graduate Studies, University College London. Brendan has been Design Studio Manager of the Lighting Team at BDP (North) since early 2003, and has worked on a number of varied projects. As a professional architectural lighting designer he aims to seamlessly integrate the art and science of natural and artificial lighting into architecture through sustainable design. He is an active member of the UK lighting design community and as the Northwest Representative for the Society of Light and Lighting organises and hosts seminars for their members, chairing master classes in the region and organising social evenings. Brendan has accepted to be a member of the judging panel for the UK Lighting Design Awards 2012.

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After graduating from the University of Cambridge, Florence studied lighting at the Bartlett School of Architecture and has been working for Arup, an international design and business consulting firm, since. Florence is now a Director with Arup. She is the leader of Arup’s global lighting practice, and has been responsible on a wide range of creative and well-executed projects all over the world. Her particular interests in visual perception and natural lighting have played key roles in many of her innovative and sustainable design solution on projects, such as Tate Modern in London, Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto and the New Acropolis Museum in Athens. Florence has a strong interest in visual light art as a lighting designer and has worked with a number of artists and architects in creating public art installations integrated with light. She has co-authored the recent publication of the RIBA Technical Review series on Lighting and a book called Space Craft on Developments in the Architectural Computing.

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Douglas Leonard JR, DIA, PLDA is partner and principal of DLLD, architectural lighting design firm in Santiago de Chile and vice president of DIA, the local professional lighting design association. Through his 9 years of lighting design experience has directed more than 100 projects, including residential and corporate buildings, hospitals, theatres and retail facilities. He studied architecture at Universidad Central de Chile and has a diploma in organizacional development from Universidad Católica de Chile.

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Merete Madsen is an architect specialized in lighting. She holds a PhD from The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture in Copenhagen, where she also worked as Associate Professor until 2008. She has written articles in a number of magazines and lectured at universities all over the world. Parallel to this, she had her own Lighting Consultancy Company, specialized in Daylighting Design. Today, Merete works as a lighting architect at Grontmij | Carlbro in Copenhagen, where she is part of an interdisciplinary team working with sustainability, daylight and lighting design.

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With training in architecture, architectural lighting, and industrial design, Paul Marantz is an internationally recognized leader in the lighting industry. Throughout his career he has been involved in many facets of lighting research and the development of new lighting technology, and has designed the lighting for large and small-scale projects around the world. His exemplary work has won him acclaim and numerous awards. He is a founder and Consulting Design Principal at Fisher Marantz Stone in New York, USA.

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Kai Piippo is the managing design principal of Ljusarkitektur, which was established 1991. Kai Piippo gives lectures in universities and at lighting events around the world and was involved in developing the format for PLDA lighting workshops. Among his greatest interests is the difference between lighting cultures, and how light can enhance the quality of life.

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Kevan graduated from Loughborough University of Technology with a BSc (Hons) in Economic and Technological History and Social Psychology. He established Kevan Shaw Lighting Design in 1989 and has led numerous substantial projects. In addition to giving guest lectures and heading lighting workshops, he is a part-time lecturer at the University of Wismar, Germany and Napier University, Edinburgh.

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In 2009 Odile Soudant established her own lighting design practice Lumières Studion after working as the Head of the Ateliers Jean Nouvel lighting department. Odile commits to each project with a unique and comprehensive approach from concept to realisation. Lumières Studio is dedicated to lighting design through architecture, urban, event and artistic projects and now works with many different companies.

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After taking a degree in Architecture, Mark Sutton Vane went into the manufacturing of light fittings. Mark moved into the field of architectural lighting design and started Sutton Vane Associates in 1995. The practice has designed lighting for a wide range of projects: public spaces, roads, pedestrian areas, bridges, structures and routes; the exterior and interior lighting of historic and modern buildings; permanent galleries and complete museums; temporary exhibitions including The Terracotta Warriors at The British Museum; educational and institutional projects, complete leisure attractions, hotels, retail environments, shops, restaurants and offices. The practice has completed projects in most European countries, all over the Middle East and in China and Africa. Sutton Vane Associates has worked on photovoltaic-based lighting, alternative energy lighting and wind-powered lighting. Mark regularly writes on lighting, judges lighting and gives lectures and Master Classes around the world.

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Linnaea Tillett is an award-winning lighting designer specializing in landscape and public space. Principal of Tillett Lighting Inc. for more than 25 years, she holds a doctorate in Environmental Psychology. Combining design and social science, Linnaea uses light to enhance delight, sustainability, and the perception of safety in public environments.

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Giovanni Traverso graduated in Architecture at IUAV, Venice and in 1994 decided to specialize in lighting. He went on to gain his MSc in "Light and Lighting” at the Bartlett School, University College of London, and in 1996 he founded the design practice traverso-vighy together with Paola Vighy.

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Birgit Walter founded the design practice BMLD in Barcelona in 2001 after her eight- year stay in New York City where she was part of the team at Horton Lees Lighting Design in 1995. In 1996 she joined the prestigious American company Brandston Partnership. Birgit takes active part in teaching as well as lecturing at conferences on lighting design and is regularly published. She is co-director of the forthcoming Lighting Design Graduate Programme at the Polytechnic University of Barcelona (UPC). She is pro-active in the CIE and a founding member of APDI.

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Ulrika Wänström Lindh is a PhD student at the School of Design and Crafts in the Faculty of Fine Arts, Applied Arts and Performing Arts at the University of Gothenburg. Ulrika has a background in interior design and architecture, and has also worked as a lighting designer. Her doctoral thesis deals with visual observations and spatial experiments on and around the effect of light distribution, placement and direction of light within the space in relation to the perceived shape and experienced spatial atmosphere. She is further investigating concepts such as spatial ‘enclosedness’, spatiality and spaciousness in relation to lighting design. This spatial exploration together with the development of inherent concepts has led to the search for the lighting grammar that can become part of the lighting designer’s toolbox.

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James Yuan studied Interior Design at the Chung Yuan Christian University in Taiwan. After his studies, in 1993, he took part in a short-term research and study programme for Siemens in Germany. From 1999, he became the Principal of J.Y. Lighting Design Consultants in Taiwan and since 2002 he has been Principal of Z.Y. Lighting Design Consultants in Beijing. James Yuan gained a PhD in Architecture in 2009 at the Tsinghua University in Beijing, China. Dr. Yuan has taught in several courses of Engineering, Design, Architecture, Lighting and Interior Design. He is a professional member of the Industrial Technology Research Institute of Taiwan and the Shanghai Lighting Association.

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Semir Zeki is Professor of Neuroesthetics at University College London (UCL). His primary interests are the functional organization of the visual brain, the neurobiology of knowledge, and the neural sources of aesthetic appreciation and creativity. Prof. Zeki has written a number of books, lectures widely, and has received a number of prestigious awards including the Erasmus Medal from the Academia Europaea in 2008.

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