Extras:Events
3 Dec 2023:
LDI Sessions 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.
19 Oct 2023 — 20 Oct 2023:
WIL Entertainment Sessions 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.
3 Sep 2023 — 5 Sep 2023:
Plasa Show 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.
24 Apr 2023 — 28 Apr 2023:
Prolight + Sound 2023
Europe's leading fair for event and media technology, Prolight + Sound 2023 is supporting the Women in Lighting project with the premiere of the “Women in Lighting Lounge” where we will be present in person to record interviews, discuss the project and continue to draw attention to the achievements of women in the sector and provide impetus for more gender diversity.
17 Jan 2023 — 19 Jan 2023:
WIL at Light Middle East
Jan 17th LME Awards - Shortlisted Products Pitch at the Specifiers Arena with the possibility for Peer Voting as well. Product design panel including WIL ambassador for UAE, Sakina Dugawalla-Moeller. 10am to 2pm at the Specifiers Arena - Who will survive the Lighting Shark Tank?! Evening: A Trip to Museum of the Future!!!! Jan 18th Light Talks hosted by Light Collective. You can find the full program here, culminating in a special WIL session: Design for Social Inclusion Panel Discussion presented in Pecha Kucha style with each contributor presenting their experiences, knowledge and real-world examples of socially inclusive designs. Panelists include: Cherine Saroufim - IDEPCONSULT, WIL Lebanon Momena Saleem - WIL Pakistan Dipali Shirsat - Delta Lighting Design, UAE, WIL R.A.W. blogger Katia Kolovea - WIL team, Archifos, UK Dalal AlSharhan - DAL Studio, WIL Kuwait Surbhi Jindal - Da Light Hub, WIL India Look out for a special Light and Health session with WIL Mexico ambassador, Magali Mendez Details to come. Jan 19th The 16th edition of the LME Awards, a Gala dinner at the Ritz Carlton. Also at the show, WIL partner, The Virtual Lighting Design Community will be conducting a series of live interviews in the Premium Club which will be live streamed. More info on this to follow. Sign Up Link for WIL Supporters
22 Nov 2022 — 23 Nov 2022:
APERITIVO at Light22
To celebrate the end of the first day of Light 22, formalighting are holding a traditional Italian Aperitivo on their stand for the WIL Community and any WIL Male Supporters - please join us and come and say hello between 5:30pm and 7pm on Tuesday 22nd November.Also the next day, UK WIL Ambassador Carmela Dagnello is hosting a catch up on 23rd November at 5pm at The Skinny Kitchen, 52 Upper Street, N1 0QH.
18 Nov 2022:
WIL at LDI
LDI in collaboration with WIL, will be hosting short 30-minute talks by dynamic women in the lighting industry on a series of different topics!
14 Nov 2022 — 25 Nov 2022:
Collected Light – London
Collected Light Exhibition comprises six artworks created by six different female artists, curated by Sharon Stammers and Martin Lupton of Light Collective and displayed at boutique gallery, SoShiro in London, with the support of formalighting.This intimate exhibition features a range of mediums, from neon to projection and created between 2019 and 2022. Experience works from Chila Kumari Burman Singh (UK), Jacqueline Hen (DE), Karolina Halatek (PL), Kate McMillan (UK/AU), Lauren Baker (UK) and Tamar Frank (NL).
24 Jun 2022:
Expectation – WIL Taiwan+China Workshop
Women In Lighting Taiwan and China organised a workshop on the evening of June 24, 2022, in Taipei, Taiwan, which was sponsored by Forma Lighting and its local partner Konson Trading Co., Ltd. The workshop attracted 30 participants; mostly female lighting designers based in Taiwan.The theme of the workshop was "Expectation", with the aim of introducing the WIL organization, the development opportunities WIL has offered to women in the industry, and to invite more designers to support WIL's goals. The event gave participants deeper insight into the WIL project and collected topics of interest from them for future events.The workshop was opened by Ya-Hui Cheng, a WIL Taiwan ambassador, who introduced her educational and professional background and how she became to be involved in the WIL project. Ya-Hui argued that, because of unconscious gender bias in her society due mainly to family background, men receive more opportunities in the Lighting industry than women do. Ya-Hui highlighted how the WIL project aims to create opportunities for women in gaining industry experience, including judging and speaking at lighting awards and events, whilst also supporting the emerging generation of women designers to achieve their goals. Ya-Hui also introduced the 8 March WIL Global gathering and the WIL Awards, the result of the UK Gender Equality Survey in the lighting Industry by Carmela Dagnello, and finally encouraged workshop participants to join and support WIL in their endeavors.The next to present was Jenna Liu, in her capacity as the WIL China ambassador, to highlight the work WIL performs in China. Jenna explained that, whilst WIL provides opportunities for women to succeed in the Lighting industry, they also need male supporters in the process to assist in achieving equality between men and women. Jenna ran workshop participants through the process of navigating and finding information on the WIL website and mentioned that WIL also celebrated International Men’s Day on 19 November as part of their equality program. Jenna promoted activities on the Chinese social software wechat, welcome Chinese to join.During the break, both ambassadors had workshop participants fill out gender equality survey questionnaires, to help WIL gain local data.The workshop ended with a Question-and-Answer session, with all participants actively engaged in the discussion. Topics of discussion included: understanding what participants feel and think about the industry, the various opportunities for women to increase their chances of making public appearances, and suggestions on various lighting installations in Taiwan that could be improved. Finally, a survey was taken of participants' expectations for subsequent WIL activities.Photo above : Our WIL male supporter Mr. Tawei Lin provided champagne to celebrate the success of the event.
29 Apr 2022:
Gender in Lighting and Dark Sky Forum
On the evening of April 29, 2022, the Taiwan Dark-sky Association (TDA) invited two representatives from the International Women in Lighting (WIL), Ya-Hui Cheng and Jenna Liu to talk about gender in lighting and to discuss the prospects of night lighting. The forum was broadcast at the same time via Facebook and the online Yinzhiguang (elicht.cn) platform in Mainland China.This forum was started with Miss Zhi-ying Li as a TDA Project Manager sharing her life experiences, her interest in nature, and the issue of dark space. The dark space related to the safety issue, especially for women, has been manifested in the society, if we don't think about it carefully, we may not realize it very much, and they are so subtle and imperceptible that we passively obey these rules. For example, we often heard that it is not safe for a woman to go out at night.Ya-Hui as WIL Taiwan representative has introduced WIL and presented some research about gender issues in the workplace, from man and woman perspectives. The research mentioned how different men and women think, deal with the problem, and look at things, even on the color. The research also mentioned that for most women, feeling safe is the most important aspect when traveling. Based on the research, it was concluded that the quality of light is more important than the quantity of light as too bright is not always safe. The layer of light and the availability to recognizing is more important than just being bright. Besides, Ya-hui gave some examples and photo references on the ideas of light reduction, including the “Dark Design” concept, Moonlighting design, and even Indirect lighting by introducing some ways to reduce the unnecessary lighting by playing with the light layers, unitizing the light from the adjacent space, and even using the reflective light from the task lighting bounce back from the table to the ceiling as the space sensing light. Ya-Hui closes the speech with “Light Fasting”, the concept originated from Mr. Kaoru Mende, to make lighting environment “healthier”.Jenna as WIL China representative made a comparison between the dark sky which correlate to the environment and lighting which correlate to the human being, in terms of light source selection, reducing glare, brightness, and size. She highlighted the lighting design for different genders based on the eye height. She gave some real-life photo examples of how different genders view the space and installation height of the light fitting differently.Mr. Lin Axiou as TDA Chairman gave a speech about the philosophy of life, nature, and society. He thinks the patriarchal system constructed by society over thousands of years is quite stable, its structure is large, and in many places it has been taken for granted. And some are manifested in subtle places, if we don't think about it carefully, we may not realize it very much, and they are so subtle and imperceptible that we passively obey these rules. Lighting reduction arguments are always associated safety issues, and the female lighting designers are the stakeholders in both meaning. Dark-sky initiative must understand the deep concerns from women and lighting designers. So it is the first dark-sky advocacy dialogue with female lighting designers in Asia.The forum ended with a Q&A with all the participants actively engaged in the discussion.
16 Dec 2021:
WIL Holiday Gathering
Join formalighting and the Women in Lighting team to celebrate the holidays with a unique social gathering in the 8-bit metaverse known as Gather Town! Create your own avatar, wander round our party venue and meet the international WIL community to chat and socialise.Tickets are limited. Apply for a ticket to: [email protected]. Further information will then be shared with you on how to participate in the Holiday Gathering.
22 Sep 2021:
Women in Lighting for Gender Equality
Visit the [d]arc room pop up to hear the panel discuss Gender Equality in the Lighting Industry. The 50:50 panel includes Krishna Mistry (Mistry Lighting), Ruth Kelly Waskett (Society of Light and Lighting President, Hoare Lea), Marcus Steffen (Marcus Steffen Lighting Design) and James Poore (James Poore Lighting Design) and hosted by Sarah Cullen, editor of darc magazine. Inspired by the survey undertaken by WIL UK, the panel will talk about issues such as women in leadership and the gender pay gap, women and work/life balance, company policies and motherhood. Also how men and women can fight gender bias together to make the workplace better for all.
16 Sep 2021:
Introduced Lighting Design as a separate subject in Universities
I, Ana Tanveer Abdullah, WIL ambassador, introduced and established lighting design as a separate subject in architecture and interior design curricula at major universities in Pakistan. The inaugural batch successfully graduated in 2023 (attached image), where I initiated teachings on CCT and CRI within the realm of lighting fixtures, ensuring each student had hands-on experience in a classroom environment (attached image). This pioneering effort aims to enhance the quality of education and professional practice in the field of architectural and interior design in Pakistan, paving the way for future innovation and excellence in lighting industry.
14 Sep 2021:
Moving Lights
There was a live demo from Ayrton from their Paris showroom, a talk by UK lighting designer Aideen Malone, a presentation on architectural moving light products from formalighting and a talk from French designer Damien Joyeux. The session ended with a Q&A.
9 Sep 2021:
Hacking With Light… When Evening Comes
During Milan Design Week, the light installation "Hacking With Light...when evening comes" - in collaboration with Moroso and formalighting, will be the stage for the meeting organised by Women in Lighting ITALY within the Alcova Public Programme. Italian designer and ambassador for the International Women in Lighting project Giorgia Brusemini with Lighting Designer Lisa Marchesi, will be presented. Meeting moderated by journalist Paolo Casicci. The evening will be an opportunity for WIL project supporters and the entire Milan lighting community to meet in person.
5 Aug 2021:
Women & The Lighting Profession – Understanding their role
What is it about the lighting profession that has helped women to succeed? It could be argued that in lighting, unlike other design disciplines like architecture or interior design, women have played a greater role in shaping the profession. This session provides a deeper understanding about the role of women and their experiences in the Indian lighting industry from the IALD India and WIL India.
17 Jun 2021:
How Very Queer: LGBTQ+ Identities in the Lighting Industry
This program is presented in partnership with: NORTH AMERICAN COALITION OF LIGHTING INDUSTRY QUEERS (NACLIQ) WOMEN IN LIGHTING (WIL) WOMEN IN LIGHTING + DESIGN (WILD) Thank you Francesca, Sophie, Marien, and Alana for educating us and telling your stories!! We want to take time to acknowledge the role and experience of Queer/LGTBQ+ identities within the lighting industry, and to make sure that we are inclusive of all women and gender non-conforming individuals that form part of our community. Panelists shared from their experience and also provided history of the queer perspective, current struggles, and definitions for any who are curious to better understand their friends and colleagues under the LGTBQ+ umbrella and to open pathways of communication across our global community. “It’s important to create spaces to diversify, and not only to diversify but to advance the industry as much as we can, and not only to diversify but to humanize it also. … We have to hold the industry accountable for not creating, in the past, spaces in which queer communities can feel safe and represented, but looking forward into the future – we’re here and let’s keep this discussion alive.” – Marién “I started NACLIQ for that reason – to create a space for us … to make that space safe everywhere, particularly in the reps office, in the distributor’s office, in the contracting company – [a space] to exist, to be ourselves.” – Alana “We are not living just as individuals within our different firms or companies, but also [the actions and reactions within these spaces shows] the impact that our employers and community members have on our existence.” – Francesca How to be an ally: “Much like what we’ve been learning through conversations about Black Lives Matter, we can apply those sorts of things to queerness as well, and to feminism. Like rather than just not being homophobic – be actively anti-homophobic. If someone says a slur in front of you, maybe you’re not gay – maybe no one in the room is gay, but be brave enough to stand up and say ‘actually, I don’t find that funny, and why are you saying that, what’s the joke? I don’t get it.’ And also just listen and promote those voices when people speak out because I think it’s very difficult for other people to speak out about it.” – Sophie RESOURCES Women in Lighting – https://womeninlighting.com/ NACLIQ – http://nacliq.org/ Women in Lighting + Design – https://womeninlightingdesign.wordpress.com/ Pronouns – https://www.mypronouns.org/ Queeries – https://queeries.xyz/ Stonewall – https://www.nyclgbtsites.org/site/stonewall-inn-christopher-park/ Be an ally – https://www.glaad.org/resources/ally Queer etymology – https://www.theallusionist.org/allusionist/queer Kimberlé Crenshaw on Intersectionality https://www.ted.com/talks/kimberle_crenshaw_the_urgency_of_intersectionality https://www.instagram.com/soyouwanttotalkabout/ https://www.instagram.com/feminist/ https://www.instagram.com/blairimani/ https://www.instagram.com/mattxiv/ https://www.instagram.com/blackandembodied/ Check out WILD
10 Jun 2021:
The WIL Awards 2021
We celebrate the WIL Award recipients with an online event – watch live and share your comments on YouTube.
8 Mar 2021:
WIL Global Gathering
The Global Gathering event is an online event to celebrate International Women’s Day, the 2nd anniversary of the project and to connect our growing network and community together. All are welcome.
28 Jan 2021:
Light on the brain: the science of light and learning in lock-down
Women in Lighting are proud to host Dr Shelley James on her mission to share the latest research and, more importantly, practical solutions, so that you can stop your lighting harming your kids - and help them to learn at home. Dr Shelley James has a PhD from the Royal College of Art and is an international expert on light and well-being. She recently appeared on the award-winning BBC series Innovations that Changed the World and on the webinar series the Neuroscience of Light.
