Lightfair Intl. 2018 will take place in Chicago after a 23 year absence. To be held at McCormick Place on May 6-10, the move was designed to accommodate the shows continued growth — the convention alternately takes place on the east and west coasts. With 2.6 million square feet of space, McCormick Place is the largest U.S. convention center.
“We expect Chicago and McCormick Place to help deliver a Lightfair experience of extraordinary relevance and resonance,” says Jeffrey L. Portman Sr., Vice Chairman, President and Chief Operating Officer of LFI managing partner AmericasMart Atlanta. “The spectacular scope of Lightfair exhibits, together with its extensive conference programming, demands an environment of the scale which McCormick place offers — one that our customers will embrace and enjoy.”
LFI is the world’s largest annual architectural and commercial lighting trade show — In 2016, the show was hosted in San Diego, drawing record attendance.
“Chicago and Lightfair enjoy closely aligned postures within the global lighting design community,” says Marsha L. Turner, CAE, Chief Executive Officer of LFI partner International Association of Lighting Designers (IALD). “Both command pivotal roles as centers of lighting and technology innovation and thought leadership. We look forward to all that the 2018 trade show and conference will achieve in this uniquely advantageous setting.”
New for the 2017 show, Intelligent Lighting Pavilion and IoT Pavilion will be among the six pavilions featured: Design; Exterior & Roadway Lighting; Global Light + Design; and New Exhibitor Pavilion.
LFI exhibitors showcase new introductions and a myriad of solutions ranging from LEDs, OLEDs, luminaires, controls, energy-efficient products, alternative energy including solar power, decorative, integrated design, exterior and roadway, software, solutions, IoT and innovative design.
“With Lightfair’s consistent and continuing growth must come exploration of different venues and new approaches to it staging,” says Timothy Licitra, Executive Vice President of LIF partner Illuminating Engineering Society (IES). “Chicago and McCormick Place create for Lightfair and particularly our exhibitors a new canvas for innovation and expansion.”
LFI 2017 will take place at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia, May 7-11, with the pre-conference taking place May 7-8 and the trade show and main conference running May 9-11.
