LEDucation Trade Show & Conference
Get ready to light up the New York Hilton Midtown with over 380 Exhibitors and an impressive line-up of Conference speakers and topics. The 2023 LEDucation Conference will be presented by a distinguished selection of professional speakers covering topics that address important issues facing the lighting industry today
Last Updated: 12/7/22
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LEDucation Is Presented By: Designers Lighting Forum of New York
Organized by the Designers Lighting Forum of New York, LEDucation is the ultimate marketplace for solid-state lighting innovations, giving industry professionals a chance to experience new technologies as well as continue their education through a wide range of accredited seminars. LEDucation is a non-profit event, and its proceeds help stimulate future LED advancements by supporting a variety of grants, scholarships and lighting programs.
Pre-Registration
Exhibit Halls: $30.00
In-Person Sessions: $35.00 per session
PACKAGE SAVINGS!
Exhibit Halls + All In-person Sessions: $60.00
Exhibit Halls + All In-person Sessions + All Virtual Sessions $100
VIRTUAL MONDAY
Individual Sessions: $20.00
All Virtual Sessions: $50.00
On-site Registration
Exhibit Halls: $45.00
In-Person Sessions: $35.00 per session
Exhibit Halls + All In-person Sessions: $75.00
DLF and IES New York City Section Members
Are invited to register for an Exhibit Halls Pass free of charge, available only with pre-registration.
Students
Are invited to register for an Exhibit Halls Pass free of charge, available only with pre-registration. A Student ID will be required at the show.
Exhibitors
Andcosta Lighting
3Form LightArt
3G LIGHTING
A.L.P.
AAG Stucchi North America Inc
AAMSCO Lighting Inc.
ABLE Power Products
Academy Light
Access Lighting
Acclaim Lighting
ACROSENTEC
Acuity Brands
Acuity Brands Life Safety
Aculux
ADURA LED SOLUTIONS
Advance By Signify
AFX INC.
Aldabra USA
Aleddra LED Lighting
Alight
Alloy LED
Almag Aluminum
Alphabet / Bruck
ALUZ Lighting
ALW
Amerlux
Amico Lights
Apure
Arancia
Arcluce
Arkalumen Inc.
ARON Lighting
Artemide North America
ARTIKA for living
ASL Lighting
ATEA
Atlantic Lighting
Authentic Design Collection: Martinelli Luce
Avi-on Labs, Inc.
Axis Lighting
Axo Light USA Inc.
B-Light
BACKLIGHT srl
Balanced Care by Axis Lighting
Barbican Lighting
Barn Light Electric
Barron Lighting Group
Bartco Lighting
Beachside Lighting
BEGHELLI USA
Bender + Wirth Inc.
Besa Lighting
Beta-Calco Inc.
Beulux
BIOS Lighting
Birchwood Lighting, Inc.
BL Lighting
Blackjack Lighting LLC
Boca Flasher
Bock Lighting
Bodine
Bold Lighting
Bover
Boyd Lighting
Brownlee Lighting
BubblyNet
BuzziSpace
Casambi Technologies
cBright Lighting Inc.
Cerno
Chameleon Lighting, Inc.
Clarte Lighting
CONEXSYS
ConTech Lighting
Contraste Lighting
Cooledge Lighting
Cooper Lighting
Coronet
Cosine Lighting LLC
Cree Lighting
Crestron Electronics
CSL Lighting
Current
Dado Lighting
DALI Alliance
Day-O-Lite
Deako Lighting
Delray Lighting
Delta Light
Designplan Lighting, inc.
Ecosense
Edison Lighting Group Ltd.
Edison Price Lighting
Eklipse Architectural Lighting
Elco Lighting
eldoLED
Elite Lighting
eLuminaire
ELUXNET USA Corporation
Encelium
Encore Lighting Manufacturers
Energetic Lighting
EnOcean Inc
ERCO Lighting, Inc.
ERP-POWER
Estiluz, Inc.
ETC
Eureka
Evenlite
EverLast Lighting
Evluma
Extant Architectural Lighting
F.L.I. FORMULA LUCI ITALIA USA INC
FC / SSL
Feelux Lighting
FILIX Lighting USA
Finelite, Inc.
Flexalighting North America
Fluxwerx
Focal Point
FOLIO USA INC
Forum Lighting Inc.
FSC LIGHTING
Functional Devices, Inc.
Fusion Sourcing Group, Inc.
G Lighting
Gammalux Lighting Systems
GENLED Acolyte
Glint Lighting
GLLS
Global Lighting Perspectives (GLP)
GMLighting
Goldeneye Inc.
Gordon Bullard & Company
Gotham
Griven
GVA Lighting, Inc.
H.E. Williams, Inc.
Hatch Lighting
Healthcare Lighting
Hemera Inc.
Heper USA
HessAmerica
Hevi Lite, Inc.
Hi-Lite Manufacturing
Hinkley
HK Lighting Group
Holectron
Hunza and LuxR Lighting
Hydrel
i2Systems
iGuzzini
ILEX
ILLUMUS - ILP
IM Design Concepts
Impact Architectural Lighting LLC
Insight Lighting
Intelligent Lighting Controls
Intense Lighting
INTER-LUX
Intertek
Intra Lighting
Inventronics
IOTA
IR-TEC America, Inc.
JESCO LIGHTING GROUP, LLC
JLC-Tech
JOKERLIGHT
Juno
Justice Design Group
Kelvix
Kenall Manufacturing
KEYSTONE TECHNOLOGIES
Khatod NA
Kim Lighting
Kirlin Lighting
KKDC
KLIK USA
KLUS
Konica Minolta Sensing Americas
Kurt Versen
Kurtzon Lighting
Kuzco Lighting
Lamar / Clear-Vu Lighting
Landscape Forms
Landscape Forms Inc.
LED Inspirations
LED Linear USA
LED NER
LEDiL, Inc.
Ledrabrands
LEDVANCE
Legion Lighting
Legrand/Wattstopper
Lehigh Electric Products Co
LensVector
Leviton
LF ILLUMINATION
Light Engine Technologies, Inc.
LIGHTGLASS
Lightheaded
Lighting Services Inc.
Lightnet USA Inc.
Lightolier / Ledalite / Gardco / Color Kinetics
Lindsley Lighting
Linmore LED
Litecontrol
Litelab
Liteline
Lithonia Spec
Living Lights
LLI Architectural Lighting
Louis Poulsen
LOUPI
LSI Computer Systems Inc
LSI Industries
LTF Technology
Lucent Lighting
Lucetta
Lucifer Lighting Company
Lumascape
Lumca Inc
Lumecon
LumEfficient
Lumen Warm
LumenArt
Lumenpulse
Lumentruss
Lumenture Inc.
Lumenwerx
Lumileds
Luminaire LED
Luminii Corp / Senso
Luminis
LUMINO
Luminus Devices, Inc
Lumos Architectural Lighting
Lutron Electronics Co
LUUM.iO
LUX dynamics
LUX Illuminaire
LUXRITE/AKLOW (ALLSTAR LIGHTING)
Luxxbox
Magnitude Lighting
Manning Lighting Inc.
Mark
MAXLITE, Inc.
McWong International
Mercury Lighting Products
Metalumen
METEOR LIGHTING
MetroSpec / FlexRad
MiclionLED
MKS Advanced LED
MODA Light
Modern Forms
Modular International, Inc.
Modular Lighting Instruments
ModuLED / Liton
MOJO Illumination
MP Lighting
Myers Emergency Power Systems
Nanometer Lighting
NERI North America
New Star Lighting
Nichia America Corporation
Nicolaudie America Inc.
NICOR
NLight
NLS Lighting
No. 8 Lighting
Nora Lighting
North Star Lighting, LLC
Nova Flex LED
Nulite Lighting
Num Lighting Ltd.
NX Lighting Control
OCL
OEM Lighting Sales
Omnify Lighting
Omnilight, Inc.
On Light / Ansorg / Pracht
ONE A
OPUS
Orbit Illuminations Inc
Oxygen
Pablo Designs
Pathway Lighting Products
Peerless
Penta Light USA
Performance IN Lighting
Pharos Architectural Controls
Phoenix Lighting
Picasso Lighting Industries
Pinnacle Architectural Lighting
Plaskolite
PMC Lighting
PoE Texas
PreciseLED Inc.
Prescolite
Prima Lighting/Arkansas Lighting
Prizm Lighting
Prolume
Promotech
Puraluce
Q-Tran
Quattrobi Inc.
RAB Lighting
Radiant Architectural Lighting
RAGNI Lighting International, LLC
Rayon Lighting/ID ILLUMINATION
RBW
RCL/Precision
Revelite
Rosco
Saco Technologies
Saliot Lighting
Samsung LED
Satco/Nuvo Lighting
Saylite
Schnick-Schnack-Systems GmbH
Scout Lighting
SEBCO Industries, Inc
SELF Electronics USA Corporation
Selux
SGM Lighting
Sistemalux
SLG Lighting
SNOWBALL LIGHTING INC
Sol by Sunna Design
Solais Lighting Group
SOLAVANTI LIGHTING & ETi Handrail Systems
Soraa
Specialty Lighting Industries
Spectrum Lighting
SPI Lighting
SPJ LIGHTING
Spot on Lighting
Starfire Lighting
STEINEL AMERICA
Sternberg Lighting
Structura, Inc.
Synapse Wireless, Inc.
Targetti USA
TCP Lighting
Tech Lighting / Element
Tegan Lighting
THE LIGHTING QUOTIENT
The Smart Lighting Company
Times Square lighting
TIVOLI
Toggled
Tokistar Lighting
TPR Enterprises, Ltd.
Traxon e:cue
Tresco Lighting
Tripar Inc
Tryka
Two Parts
U.S. Architectural/Sun Valley Lighting
Universal Fiber Optic Lighting USA, LLC.
University of Colorado Boulder
USAI Lighting
Vantage Lighting
Verbatim/Nippo
Verozza Lighting
Visa Lighting
Viscor Inc
Viso Systems
Vista Professional Outdoor Lighting
Visual Lighting Technologies
Vode Lighting
WAC Lighting
Wagner Architectural
wakaNINE
WE-EF LIGHTING USA
wtec Inc.
XAL Inc.
Xicato
XICO Lighting
Yingjiao Electrical
Zaniboni Lighting
Zumtobel Lighting Inc
Virtual Monday, March 6, 2023
Virtual
8:00am – 9:00am EST
How Lighting for Circularity Delivers Economic, Environmental and Social Value »
Thomas Marinelli, Signify
Virtual
9:30am – 10:30am EST
Lighting Effects for Learning with Spectral Shaping »
Dr. Michael S. Mott, The University of Mississippi; Daniel Robinson, University of Texas at Arlington; Regan Morse, The University of Mississippi; and Lauren Saltzman, The University of Mississippi
Virtual
11:00am - 12:00pm EST
How to Avoid Common Visual Issues in an Operating Room with the Right Light »
Dana Porter, Kurtzon Lighting
Virtual
12:30pm – 1:30pm EST
Fundamentals in Backlighting Design »
Thomas Lawrence, GPI Design
Virtual
2:00pm – 3:00pm EST
New Retail Lighting Trends and Concepts to Brighten Your Sales »
Henri Uutela, Ledil
Virtual
3:30pm – 4:30pm EST
The Path to Sustainable Lighting »
Ruairidh McGlynn, Stoane Lighting and Irene Mazzei, Stoane Lighting
Virtual
5:00pm – 6:00pm EST
Designing the Perfect Uplight »
Donald Peifer, Smash the Bulb
Virtual
6:30pm – 7:30pm EST
Melanopic Lighting: What Specifiers Need to Know »
Ravi Koul, Signify; Peter Duine, Signify; and Bianca van der Zande, Signify
In Person Tuesday, March 7, 2023
9:00am – 10:00am EST
Location: Nassau
Emergency Lighting is Not One-Size-Fits-All – How to Design and Deploy Emergency Lighting for Each Project »
Meghan McDonnell, Lutron Electronics Co., Inc.
9:00am – 10:30am EST
Location: Murray Hill
Panel Discussion: Lighting Application Efficacy: The What, Why, and How »
Parisa Mahmoudzadeh, Pennsylvania State University; Wenye Hu, University of Sydney; Wendy Davis, University of Sydney; and Dorukalp Durmus, Pennsylvania State University
9:30am – 10:30am EST
Location: Gramercy
What is 1% Dimming? »
JR Krauza, Coronet LED and Michael Hawkins, Stan Deutsch Associates
10:30am –11:30am EST
Location: Nassau
Light Reach Network: a Solar Framework for Philanthropy in Lighting »
Nathalie Rozot, PhoScope and Jenny Werbell, Essential Light Design Studio
11:00am – 12:00pm EST
Location: Gramercy
OLED Lighting for Embedded Applications »
Raymond Reyes, OLEDWorks
11:00am – 12:30pm EST
Location: Murray Hill
Panel Discussion: Interoperable Digital Lighting Systems »
Dr. Mark Duffy, MD35 Consulting, Michael Davidson, Synapse Wireless, and Landon Miles, Inventronics USA
12:30pm – 1:30pm EST
Location: Nassau
Deciphering the Art & Science of Backlighting »
Charlene Song, LEDCONN Corp
1:00pm – 2:00pm EST
Location: Gramercy
Is it Time for LED-to-LED Lighting Conversions? »
Tom Nowakowski, Cree Lighting
1:00pm – 2:30pm EST
Location: Murray Hill
Panel Discussion: The Lighting Evolution of the Veterans Room Park Ave Armory »
Carla Ross Allen and Paul Marantz from Fisher Marantz Stone; Kirsten Reoch, Park Avenue Armory; and Dawn Ladd, Aurora Lampworks
2:00pm – 3:00pm EST
Location: Nassau
The Art of Landscape Lighting »
Janet Lennox Moyer, Jan Moyer Design
2:30pm – 3:30pm EST
Location: Gramercy
PoE Lighting in Smart Building Design »
Kim Johnson, MHT
3:30pm - 4:30pm EST
Location: Nassau
Trends and Technologies in LED Lighting for Horticulture »
Brian Bennett, Thrive Agritech, Inc.
3:00pm – 4:30pm EST
Location: Murray Hill
Panel Discussion: The Impact of a Pandemic on Design »
Dorothy Underwood, KGM Architectural Lighting; Stacey Bello, KGM Architectural Lighting; Shawn Fernandez, ETC; and Matt Emmi, OneButton
4:00pm – 5:00pm EST
Location: Gramercy
Beyond Melatonin – Dynamic Lighting Systems for Light and Health »
Paul Pickard, Korrus, Inc.
5:00pm - 6:00pm EST
Location: Nassau
I Wanted My Custom Lighting Fixture to Look Like a Golden Rocketship but I Ended Up With a Paper Airplane! A course about buying custom lighting »
Larry Lieberman, Luma-Spec Lighting
5:00pm - 6:30pm EST
Location: Murray Hill
Panel Discussion: The Challenges of Assessing Glare »
Shaun Fillion, New York School of Interior Design; AC Hickox, Domingo Gonzalez Associates; Dan Wang-Munson, RAB Lighting; and Aaron Smith, Finelite
In Person Wednesday, March 8, 2023
9:00am – 10:00am EST
Location: Nassau
Lighting Design Workflow: An Exploration of a Designer’s Software Toolkit »
Tsu-Hao Kuo, Borealis Lighting Studio and Hsin-Ying Huang, Borealis Lighting Studio
9:00am – 10:30am EST
Location: Murray Hill
Panel Discussion: Go Solar! Solar Street & Pathway Lighting are a Reality! »
Sandra Stashik, Selux; AJ Pualani, Selux; Nancy Clanton, Clanton & Associates; and David Schmitt, Clanton & Associates
9:30am – 10:30am EST
Location: Gramercy
The Future of Lighting in the Metaverse »
Erin McDannald, Lighting Environments and Environments by LE
10:30am – 11:30am EST
Location: Nassau
Emergency Egress Lighting and LED Lighting »
Jamie Eck, O'Blaney Rinker Associates
11:00am – 12:00pm EST
Location: Gramercy
Get Real »
Coffield King, CannonDesign
11:00am – 12:30pm EST
Location: Murray Hill
Panel Discussion: Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of Luminaires and Lighting Design Strategies -
Tales from the Front »
Leela Shanker, Flint Collective NYC; Russell Greenberg, Rux Studio; & Kate Hickcox, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
12:30pm – 1:30pm EST
Location: Nassau
DALI-2 Compliant Photosensor: A Journey »
Yoelit Hiebert, PLC Multipoint
1:00pm – 2:00pm EST
Location: Gramercy
Not All Reds are the Same (Challenges of specifying color changing LED) »
Ellie Motevalian, P2S, and Toranj Noroozi, P2S
1:00pm – 2:30pm EST
Location: Murray Hill
Panel Discussion: Holistic Sustainable Design for Lighting »
Alexandra Gadawski, HMFH Architects; Jaime McGavin, HMFH Architects; Christoph Reinhart, Solemma and Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2:00pm – 3:00pm EST
Location: Nassau
Quantification of Perceived Spatial Brightness: Feu and MRSE »
Craig Bernecker, The Lighting Education Institute/Parsons School of Design and An Hsu, One Lux Studio
2:30pm – 3:30pm EST
Location: Gramercy
Introduction to Building Automation Integration »
Gary Meshberg, Digital Lumens, Inc. and C. Webster Marsh, Boston Illumination Group