ArchLIGHT Summit

Join AAiLA and meet our members for breakfast by the koi pond before you start your day on the show floor.

When it comes to patient and staff safety, behavioral health/high abuse facilities need light fixtures that are tested and proven to perform to the highest standard in these specialty environments.  This carefully designed vignette will help demonstrate the importance of behavioral health/high abuse luminaires and interior design elements.

All items in these spaces need to be engineered to meet the rigorous requirements of the New York State Office of Mental Health (NYS-OMH) and other industry recommendations. In the last several decades, behavioral healthcare has evolved dramatically – alongside our societal understanding of mental illness. Treatment objectives have changed from symptom control to patient-centered recovery. These changes permeate every element of behavioral health/high abuse facility design, including lighting.

Come experience some of the key components in a behavioral healthcare setting and speak with Subject Matter Experts.

Design Team members include:

• Hans Nielsen, VISA Lighting
• Jill Klores, CLD, IALD, LC, FIES - SENIOR LIGHTING DESIGNER AND FOUNDING PARTNER, ESSENTIAL LIGHT DESIGN STUDIO
• John DuBard, IIDA, CHID, LEED AP - Senior Interior Designer

Experience a real life setting where we are able to demonstrate how the UGR numbers you calculate on paper,
actually feel. We have created a unique installation that will enable attendees to experience various glare
and comfort aspects of UGR.

Actually experience what the UGR Rating is that you specify and learn why its important to understand the different settings,

A subject matter expert from Zumtobel will be present to answer questions and guide you to experience and understand the various measurements.

Immerse Yourself in Light™Experience light like never before - Only at ArchLIGHT Summit
An educational experience, developed by The Lighting Exchange

Teleport to a world of lighting inspiration, education, and exploration powered by The Lighting Exchange. Dive into real projects from designers from all over the world. Explore the fundamental elements of light and interact with the products that illuminate the world around us. Experience the real impacts of light in the built environment and learn from the industry's absolute best as you completely immerse yourself in light, only at ArchLight Summit.

Women in Lighting+Design DFW is excited to have Amy Bonder, CCO at Luminii speak at ArchLIGHT Summit. Ms. Bonder will be speaking about how Brand statements are integral to long term career development. Personal branding is how you tell your authentic story to others which helps bolter confidence and credibility within your industry and sphere of influence. It helps with building trust, driving focus, networking while setting oneself apart from others. A clearly defined brand statement helps you really laser in on your passion and your expertise. It allows you to have a compass to drive choices on: types of projects that you want to design; cultures in a company that suit you; committees that allow you to feed your passion while delivering your expertise. A brand statement that is effectively communicated allows others to truly understand who you are as a career professional. Employers, customers, peers, etc. can identify you with types or work while getting excited about what you have to say. Careerblast.tv said that a personal brand "allows you to promote yourself at work so your audience knows exactly what you stand for. People with strong personal brands are authentic, stand out from the crowd, and are able to deliver their unique set of skills to a company with moxie and confidence".

This panel discussion brings together architectural design consultants and lighting business partners to discuss their role in the process of specifying lighting and the challenges they face to see a project develop from concept through construction.  This conversation invites partners to ask important questions, challenge the process, and identify ways to work better together to reach mutual goals.  

It's a must attend for those that want to address pain points in the design industry and find solutions.

20 Minutes of Lighting Levity.  Please join us at 5pm, as Dean Brockob, President of IES Dallas Chapter and his vast database of “lighting gone wrong” will get the happy hour off to a lively start. With 18 years’ experience as a lighting RSM, Dean often traveled with a camera. Thanks goodness for lighting designers and lighting professionals, because if we’re not careful… our lighting intentions can get botched!

Have a blooper of your own you'd like to share? Share with us the lighting blunders you've seen in your travels! We'll be happy to add it for consideration to our presentation.
Share your blooper here!

Join us as we celebrate the first night of the event!

This event is open to  ALL attendees, exhibitors, speakers and partners participating in the ArchLIGHT Summit.

We will host you all ArchLIGHT Summit attendees to a hosted bar and a variety of great savory and sweet food selections to let you unwind after the full day on the trade show floor.