Extras:Events
28 Oct 2025:
Double Fizz by Liz West
Double Fizz by Liz West at 1 St Michaels, Manchester – A Burst of Colourful Community“Putting people in a space with colour and light – my art was always going to be immersive,” says Liz West, whose recent Double Fizz art installation has brought upbeat energy to the new development at 1 St Michaels, Manchester – officially opening the 5th of November 2025.What could have been a plain, transitional corridor became a bold creative statement -thanks to Liz’s creative vision and the commissioning of Ruth Davies. Double Fizz continues Liz’s ongoing body of work exploring how colour shapes emotion. Inspired by her earlier project, The Tide, at Greenwich Peninsula, she worked closely with formalighting to carefully select architectural lighting solutions that enabled her to scale her ideas into a 30-metre piece that feels playful, uplifting, and people-centred.On the 28th of October, the installation set the scene for the Women in Lighting “Double Fizz” event, sponsored by formalighting. Guests gathered for lively conversation, including a Q&A with Liz West, hosted by Karen Francis of Hoare Lea, celebrating the importance of visible role models in light, art, and engineering.Delicious Japanese-Peruvian fusion food and drinks were enjoyed at Tokyo & Tumi in Chotto Matte, adding a fun social tone to the evening where we were able to reconnect with our Women in Lighting and industry colleagues.Double Fizz is ultimately about people - encouraging them to slow down, look around, and enjoy how colour can brighten both architecture and mood.Photography by Harley Bainbridge
17 Oct 2025:
WIL Italy ANNUAL MEETING 2025
This year, the Italian Chapter's annual meeting took place in an exceptional location, surrounded by the wonderful Dan Flavin installation inside the church of Santa Maria Annunciata in Chiesa Rossa. The WIL Italy ambassador Giorgia Brusemini, along with Lilliana Iadeluca for the WIL ENTERTAINMENT section, welcomed around thirty lighting designers from different regions of Italy.It was an opportunity to celebrate together the fruits that each year come from sharing a common goal: genderparity, starting with our sector, moving through concrete actions, and looking forward. In particular, we focused on some guidelines to understand what it means to concretely support Women in Lighting, such as joining the 50/50 program in creating50/50 panels and juries, and actively participating in and supporting initiatives and events related to gender, inclusivity, and diversity to raise awareness. Thanks to Martina Frattura, who has always supported our ambassador here in Italy, and to formalighting, who supports our events.
24 Sep 2025:
7 Ways to Career Confidence with Camilla De Burghe
Do you find yourself questioning whether you’re good enough for your role or would you describe yourself as someone that lacks confidence in various aspects of your career?
9 Sep 2025:
UK DarkSky Conference 2025
Good Lighting: From Pollution to Solution is a one-day conference for academics, lighting professionals and practitioners working on the implementation of dark and darker skies. The event will discuss the latest understanding of the impacts of artificial lighting at night, and best practices in mitigation strategies.
9 Sep 2025:
Lighting the Way: Tamykha Patterson’s Journey into Live Entertainment
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.
7 Aug 2025:
Meetup at Way Out West Festival
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:
10 Jul 2025:
Design after Dark
When designing outdoor spaces, especially in ecologically sensitive sites, designers can play a key role in protecting biodiversity and endangered species by providing the right light at the right time. This talk by Chiara Carucci, explores various case studies, presenting concrete results, challenges encountered, and new opportunities for collaboration. It will also question some common misconceptions about mitigation measures, with the aim of promoting a more informed and sustainable approach to lighting design.
19 Jun 2025:
Collected Light, Volume Two - Berlin
Congratulations to Sabine de Schutter - WIL ambassador in Germany for her expertly organised event on June 19th. Supported by formalighting, the Women In Lighting x Women In Architecture event celebrated the launch of Collected Light Vol. 2 together with talks from two inspiring light artist Vanessa Hafenbrädl and Helga Griffiths.Vanessa spoke about her work with glass and projections and Helga talked about her work ‘fugal entanglement’ currently being shown at the World Expo in Japan.This event was part of the Germany-wide Festival WIA and it was great to see as many men in the audience as women!Photos from Hanna Wiedemann.Many thanks also to Ettore Lecchi, Sharon Maghnagi and Henning Künstler.
12 Jun 2025:
Illuminating Lives with Human-Centric Design
While “Human Centric” is not a new concept, this session—led by Han, our speaker and a lighting engineer—promises to offer a fresh perspective based on diverse project experiences. We will also feature a Panel Discussion with guest professionals from the industry to share and exchange insights on the topic.Event Schedule:6:00 – 6:30 PM | Welcome & Networking6:30 – 6:45 PM | Opening Remarks6:45 – 7:15 PM | Keynote Talk7:15 – 7:45 PM | Panel DiscussionWe warmly welcome your participation and look forward to connecting with the lighting design community in Vietnam.
10 Apr 2025:
Prolight + Sound 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.
3 Apr 2025 — 5 Apr 2025:
Led Expo 2025
Women in Lighting India is honored to be the knowledge partners at LED Expo Mumbai 2025. In collaboration with Messe Frankfurt India team, we are pleased to curate and present an invigorating talk with India’s leading lighting designers and manufacturers at the Led Expo, Mumbai! **CXO Power Panel - Balancing Design, Innovation and Manufacturing Excellence in the Lighting Industry"** Date - 3rd April, 2025The event will also see an exclusive guided tour of the premium brands at the expo under hosted buyer program by Messe Frankfurt and a special Lunch followed by Networking dinner on 3rd April for WIL INDIA contributors.
22 Mar 2025:
Three Experiences
An instagram live rom the Light Life Academy. The event is being held in celebration of the Persian New Year, featuring three Iranian women now working in various lighting-related fields across different countries. The live session will be in Persian on Instagram.
5 Feb 2025:
WIL Entertainment × Rosa Stunde
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.
14 Jan 2025 — 16 Jan 2025:
Light + Intelligent Building Middle East 2025: Women in Lighting
Hear from an expert panel of women in lighting discussing the state of the lighting industry in their respective countries in the MEA + region.
6 Jan 2025:
WIL Entertainment Meet-up : Iceland
We are thrilled to invite you for a lunch and a Meet & Greet with Lighting & Production Designer Sooner Routhier in Iceland.
8 Dec 2024:
LDI, Las Vegas 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.
21 Nov 2024:
Fireside Chat by WIL INDIA at Light + Led Expo 2024
Women in lighting India hosted and interviewed the Drone Lady of India, Dr. Sarita Ahlawat, MD and co-founder of World's largest drone lighting company Botlab Dynamics at the Light + Led Expo 2024 organised by Messe Frankfurt India.Hosted by WIL INDIA Ambassador, Surbhi Jindal, it was a very powerful meaningful conversation, specially for the young entrepreneurs/women who want to deep dive into starting their own practice. How they successfully built from 3 employees to 150 + employees today at Botlab. The energy in the room was electric, and the discussion was nothing short of inspiring!Link to the entire conversation -
20 Nov 2024:
Future Lighting – WIL Lunch
On 20th of November, at the FUTURE LIGHTING event in Gorinchem, three of our ambassadors, Sabine De Schutter (Germany), Cristina A. Martínez Bergonje (Belgium), Carlijn Timmermans C.Light.Wise (The Netherlands) will be hosting a WIL LUNCH @12h45.If you would like to join us, exchange some thoughts, and visit the fair, don’t forget to register before the 14th of November by filling out the form at the following link: https://lnkd.in/gJ3n-caNSpecial thanks to Future Lighting for supporting us in this initiative. Further information about the fair: https://lnkd.in/gnh8irTS (in Dutch)
20 Nov 2024:
LiGHT 24: To discuss… Why women’s groups are important for both women and men
Speakers: Carmela Dagnello representing Women in Lighting; Rachael Davidson representing Women in Architecture; James Poore of JPLD; Harsha Kotak representing Women in Office Design; and Neil Knowles of Elektra Lighting.Join together in the Associations Lounge on the Gallery Level at LiGHT 24, for a frank discussion about why it is so important for both men and women to get behind Women’s Groups in the design industry and how male colleagues and peers can help change the narrative.The talk will be followed by a complimentary LiGHT LUNCH providing an opportunity for visitors to network with peers and find out more about these much needed industry women's groups. Representatives from Women Lighting Professionals and the Women in Furniture Network will also be in the room to answer any questions.This event is FREE for all LiGHT 24 visitors, register and please encourage your male colleagues to join you for this important and much needed conversation.
20 Nov 2024:
WIL Entertainment Sessions 2024
Presentations were recorded live at the Women In Lighting sessions organised by Light Collective and held annually at the Paris headquarters of Aryton.
