Sessions
Upcoming Events
Way Out West
15 Aug 2026
More info to come!
PLASA Social
7 Sep 2026
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WIL Entertainment Sessions 2026
17 Nov 2026
More info to come. Save the date!
LDI Las Vegas 2026
6 Dec 2026 — 8 Dec 2026
More info to come!
Past Events
WILE at Scandlight 2026
7 Jun 2026 — 9 Jun 2026
Speaker line up includes the following women:Isabel Potter - ResearcherAmy Chan - Light and Theatre artistEmma Weil - Head of Light, Sound and Video at the Royal Swedish OperaJobi Rabinowitz - Experimental lighting, video and scenographic designerKelli Zuzulka - Lecturer & lighting designerLara Szabo Greisman - Nobel Light WeekLotta Hammarstrand - Lighting DesignerNatalie Chueng - Dramaturg of transmedia productionsRaisa Kilpelainen - Lighting designer, scenographer & educatorVeronique Perruchon - Professor of Performing ArtsMore Info
WILE Meet up at GET show
7 Apr 2026
What an incredible turnout at the Women in Entertainment Lighting Meetup! Thank you to everyone who stopped by the Women in Entertainment Lighting meetup at #GETshow in Guangzhou. The energy was unmatched! So grateful for this community. Let’s keep shining! See you at the next one.
WILE Broadway Happy Hour
6 Apr 2026
It was fun and inspiring at the first ever WIL Entertainment HAPPY HOUR on Broadway, NYC. It was great to meet so many cool and inspiring ladies in lighting - let’s do this again, and again!! Thank you ACT Entertainment and Ayrton for supporting and making this possible.
Daphne Delbeke at Light & Building, Frankfurt
8 Mar 2026
If you are attending the architectural show Light and Building on 9th March, WIL has a special session with six speakers talking about their work. This includes Daphne Delbeke from Magic Monkey in Belgium talking about their immersive light events and large scale light installations.
Meetup at Integrated Systems Europe 2026
4 Feb 2026
If you are at ISE, go and say hello at Ayrton's booth at 4pm on the 4th Feb. You can find their VIP Stand at 6G500 and can sign up for the event here.
Panel discussion at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts
16 Jan 2026
Congratulations to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, London who hosted an inter-school event featuring a panel discussion and a student networking event on 16th January. The event was moderated by Anna Matthews, Head of Lighting at LAMDA and featured:
LDI, Las Vegas 2025
8 Dec 2025
The ever-changing role of the lighting designer” was a fabulous panel discussion played out before a near full house on the main stage at the LDI show in December, 2025. The panelist’s had a great dynamic - interacting with each other, with the amazing moderator Sharon Huizinga and with the audience. Super inspiring thoughts, great advice and amazing role models for young women entering the profession who are wondering which roles would suit their skills and interests.
WIL Entertainment Sessions 2025
25 Nov 2025
For the fourth year running, the Women in Entertainment Lighting Sessions 2025 took place at the Ayrton HQ in Paris on November 25th. The day featured a unique line up of female speakers from different lighting backgrounds. This year, the program included speakers from Architecture, Art and Technology, Live Events and Concerts and Entertainment Parks. Racheal Flint from Michael Grubb Studios in the UK talked through a range of her latest architectural lighting projects, Anouk Wipprecht from the Netherlands spoke about her imaginative wearable technology, Tracey Eck from France shared her 33 years of working for Disneys Imagineering and Sooner Routhier from the US explained how she got into the world of concert lighting and production design. Each presentation was followed by a question and answer session.
Lighting the Way: Tamykha Patterson’s Journey into Live Entertainment
9 Sep 2025
Join us for an inspiring session that follows the career of Tamykha Patterson — a freelance lighting programmer and associate lighting designer who has worked on some of the biggest stage productions in the UK and beyond, with prestigious companies including Disney Theatrical, Matthew Bourne’s New Adventures, The Jamie Lloyd Company and the National Theatre.
Meetup at Way Out West Festival
7 Aug 2025
WIL Ent had a very successful meet up at the start of August at Way Out West which is a city festival in Gothenburg Sweden. The five stages host a broad variation of artists and music over three days and WIL Entertainment was there for a Meet & Greet with legendary LD Emmanuelle Gigi Pedron, currently on tour with Queens Of The Stone Age. WIL Ent ambassador Linnea Ljungmark explains:
Prolight + Sound 2025
10 Apr 2025
We are really pleased to announce a meet up at Prolight & Sound as it celebrates 30 years of the show. WIL is partnering with the long established Rosa Stunde on April 10th at the Aryton stand.
WIL Entertainment × Rosa Stunde
5 Feb 2025
Everyone is invited to the Rosa Stunde event which will be held at ISE on Feb 5th. This gathering of women in the entertainment industry was founded by Marc Lorenz and Solveig Busler in 2011. This initiative primarily aims to unite women from various departments within the industry—including lighting technicians, sound designers, video operators, riggers, photographers, purchase managers, bookers, production managers, and many others.
WIL Entertainment Meet-up : Iceland
6 Jan 2025
We are thrilled to invite you for a lunch and a Meet & Greet with Lighting & Production Designer Sooner Routhier in Iceland.
LDI, Las Vegas 2024
8 Dec 2024
Light Collective will also be attending LDI, Las Vegas for a WIL Entertainment Session and meet up supported by Ayrton and ACT. These sessions will feature Karla Lopez, Erica D Hayes, Kat Borderud speaking about their work and Sharon Huizinger speaking about the Rock Livitz Academy.
WIL Entertainment Sessions 2024
20 Nov 2024
Presentations were recorded live at the Women In Lighting sessions organised by Light Collective and held annually at the Paris headquarters of Aryton.
Plasa Show 2024
2 Sep 2024
We are happy to invite you to the PLASA Show – London for a Meet up on September 2nd at 4.30 pm. There are also two WIL talks to attend on the 2nd Sept by Frankie Boyle and Light Collective
Prolight + Sound 2024
20 Mar 2024
If you are going to Prolight & Sound, please come along to the WIL meet up and support Cara Hood who will be talking at the show about her journey in light from student to working professional.
LDI Sessions 2023
3 Dec 2023
We are pleased to announce a special session at the LDI show on Sunday, December 3rd which includes both talks and a meet up and is supported by Ayrton and ACT. Light Collective will be introducing the WIL session and it will complete with a social get together. In between, there will be three fabulous speakers hosted by Ebony Madry, Lighting Designer & Project Manager, Brite Ideas.
WIL Entertainment Sessions 2023
19 Oct 2023 — 20 Oct 2023
Women in Entertainment Lighting Sessions, run by Sharon & Martin from Light Collective, Linnea from Topstage Sweden & Ayrton, offer a full-day event that offers inspiration, motivation, networking, personal and professional development and the opportunity to be part of and also support the community of women in lighting.
Plasa Show 2023
3 Sep 2023 — 5 Sep 2023
Monday 4th September, 4pmWIL Meet-upThe Women In Lighting Project is inviting all women working in lighting and their supporters to come along for drinks and a meet up at 4pm on 4th September in the PLASA bar on the show floor. This is the second year running that the meet up is happening and in 2022, we hosted a group of women from many different backgrounds who came together to swap stories. The meet up is an opportunity to network and find out more about the project. Thanks to Ambersphere and Ayrton Lighting for supporting the drinks and the WIL project.
