Lightfair International this week announced an all-new Smart Cities Forum and an evolved Light & Health Forum for the 2018 conference at McCormick Place in Chicago, May 6-10.
The forums set for Wed., May 9 each include six sessions that are are available as a package or à la carte.
The Smart Cities Forum explores how smart cities are leading lighting into the Internet of Things (IoT) where lighting enables digital technologies critical to the expansion of city services. It informs on relevant protocols, artificial intelligence, data analysis, case studies and more.
The Smart Cities Forum will begin with a breakfast presentation by the forum sponsor, Arrow Electronics, and then a full day of sessions including:
- Lighting and Beyond: The Pragmatic Use of Artificial Intelligence in Smart Cities
- Street and Area Lighting Limbo
- The Smart City Protocol to Control Streetlights, Parking, Waste and Many Other Use Cases
- The Evolution of Smart Cities 2.0 from A to Z
- From Data to Information: Using Data to Make Informed Building Decisions
- The Chicago Smart Lighting Program: Bringing Outdoor Lighting into the 21st Century
Speakers represent a variety of sources including Lutron Electronics Co., Echelon Corporation, Smart Outdoor Lighting Alliance (SOLA), Chicago Infrastructure Trust, Chicago Department of Transportation, Chicago Department of Innovation & Technology, Chicago Mayor's Office, Cimcon Lighting Inc. and TALQ Consortium.
The Light & Health Forum will return for its third year with all-new courses. Light has been shown to impact humans well beyond providing for optimal visual performance. This forum continues to explore the non-visual effects of light not only on humans, but also plants and wildlife.
The Light & Health Forum will begin with a breakfast presentation by the forum sponsor, Visa Lighting, and then a full day of sessions including:
- The Truth About Circadian Lighting 2.0
- Lighting Metrics for Well-being: Characterizing Visual and Non-visual Responses
- Seeing Red: How Long-Wavelength Light Can Impact Humans, Plants and Animals
- How to Do Tunable WELL: Points, Pitfalls and Potential
- Circadian Lighting Solutions for Office Work Places
- Starving for Darkness – How Exterior Lighting affects our Wildlife
Speakers represent a variety of sources including Horton Lees Brogden Lighting Design, Stantec, CT Lighting Sales, Lutron Electronics, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Delos, Lighting Research Center at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, RAB Lighting and BIOS Lighting.
New for 2018, forum participants will have access to a digital version of the sessions they attend after the conference for future viewing. All Lightfair Conference registrants have the option to purchase a digital version of the forum sessions.
Visit www.lightfair.com/conference for additional information about the Lightfair International 2018 Conference, Smart Cities Forum and Light & Health Forum.
