The Region's Premier Tech Stage - Where Lighting Innovation Takes Centre Stage
The InSpotLight Stage is a dynamic platform designed to showcase ideas, people, and practices shaping the lighting industry today. Spanning three days, the stage brings together designers, manufacturers, educators, associations, and emerging voices to share knowledge, challenge conventions, and spotlight innovation across the lighting ecosystem.The programme opens with live product pitches, where shortlisted solutions take centre stage in front of an expert judging panel as part of the Light Middle East Awards process.
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These sessions place innovation under the spotlight, offering audiences a front-row view of cutting-edge products, technologies, and thinking that are redefining indoor, outdoor, decorative, and intelligent lighting. As the stage progresses, the focus shifts toward professional dialogue and industry leadership, featuring sessions led by global and regional associations, including Women in Lighting, IALD, SLL, IES, and other industry bodies, fostering open conversations on practice, mentorship, collaboration, and the evolving role of lighting professionals.
InSpotLight also places strong emphasis on learning and skills development, closing each day with hands-on workshops and in-depth sessions. From DALI Alliance workshops exploring standards and future-ready systems to an AI-focused workshop examining how intelligent tools are reshaping lighting design workflows, the stage offers practical takeaways alongside creative inspiration. By blending competition, conversation, and education, InSpotLight creates an inclusive space for experimentation, exchange, and forward-looking ideas — putting people and innovation firmly in the spotlight.
Smart Lighting Control Partner
Associate Sponsor
11:20 – 11:30
Opening Remarks
Category: Indoor Lighting
11:30 – 11:40
LUMENCORE RECESSED OPTICOLOR+ | LUMENPULSE
11:40 – 11:50
SIPARIO | IGUZZINI MIDDLE EAST
11:50 – 12:00
ZHIWER WW | FENOS BVBA
12:00 – 12:10
APERTURE | FLUXWERX ILLUMINATION
12:10 – 12:20
VIEWMAX | FLUXWERX ILLUMINATION
Category: Outdoor Lighting
12:20 – 12:30
RIBEIRA | IGUZZINI MIDDLE EAST
12:30 – 12:40
LSC180 SMART POLE | WE-EF LEUCHTEN GMBH
11:00 – 11:05
Opening Remarks
11:05 – 12:20
Panel Discussion: A Brief Insight Into Working As Lighting Designers In The Region By Local Ambassadors for The Women In Lighting Project.
12:20 – 13:10
Panel Discussion: Leadership Insights: Multi-disciplinary Approach to Mentorship, Collaboration and Technical Excellence
13:10 – 13:30
Fire-Side Chat: Circularity in Retrofits: Unlocking the $3.9 Trillion Decarbonization Opportunity
13:30 – 13:55
Fire-Side Chat: Stories with Light
13:55 - 14:15
Presentation: 1 of 5, How Light Plays It’s Part in Our Sensory Experiences
14:15 - 14:35
Presentation: Astrophotography Through a Lighting Designer’s Lens
14:35 - 14:55
Presentation
14:55 - 15:15
Presentation: Lighting Industry Transformation: Key Predictions, Innovations and Opportunities
15:15 - 15:40
Presentation: From Concept to Skyline: Crafting the World’s Tallest Lighting Experience
10:50 – 11:00
Opening Remarks
11:00 – 12:00
Workshop: The AI Shift: Lighting Design Workflows in the Age of Intelligent Tools
12:00 – 12:20
Presentation: Using Metrics for Sustainable Lighting Design
12:20 – 13:10
Panel Discussion: From Study to Studio: Building Your First Role in Lighting
13:10 – 13:50
Education Focused Presentation: The ALBA Lighting Journey — From Education to Practice
13:50 - 14:30
Panel Discussion: The Role of AI and Simulation in Lighting Design Education
14:30 - 14:50
Presentation: Light and Heritage: Redefining the Spirit of the Old Sharjah Wall
14:50 – 15:15
Presentation: Architectural Lighting: An Architect’s Perspective and Insights
15:15 - 15:35
Case Study: Skyview Restaurant, Ethiopia - Daylight Modelling, Shading Response, and Architectural Lighting Coordination
15:35 - 16:15
Panel Discussion: Where Have the Stars Gone? Finding Our Way Back to the Night
16:15 – 16:20
Closing Remarks and Tour of Exhibition
All sessions are CPD certified
2026 Speakers
Anirudh Bhaskaran
Associate Director - Buildings and Smart Infrastructure | Frost & Sullivan
Alla Fillipovich
Lighting Designer | 962Light
Ammar Abdulla
Research Analyst, SAASST | University of Sharjah
Anthony Girgis
Graduate Lighting Designer | AE7
Ayazhan Assanova
Ambassador in Kazakhstan | Women In Lighting
Cherine Saroufim
Interior Architect - Lighting Designer | Atelier Saroufim – Idepconsult
Dane Sanders
President | Clanton and Associates, Inc
Danish Sayed
Project Director | Light Directions
David Gilbey
Founder and Creative Lighting Director | d-lighting
Elio Noureddine
Student | ALBA-UOB
Erin Denkovska
Senior Associate | Delta Lighting Design
Faraz Izhar
Lead Lighting Designer | AE7
Ghada Dhwaik
Founder and Creative Director | GD lighting Design and Lumino Experience/Light Festivals
Hadeel Murad Ahmed
Student | University of Sharjah
Iliana Zotou
Team Lead & Senior Lighting Designer | Nulty
Jared Smith
Vice President | IES Manager, Buildings Electrical Department | CBCL
Jinane Abi Kalil
Design Director | Moonlight Architectural Squad - MASQ
Katia Kolovea
Founder | Archifos
Khalid Faroug
Senior Consultant - Lighting Designer | WSP in the Middle East
Kristina Allison
President, SLL & Environmental Lighting Lead | WSP UK
Leanne Henderson
Executive Director | Taurima
Luna Ibrahim Alserawan
Student | University of Sharjah
Nadia Al Badri
Lecturer – Fine Arts and Design | University of Sharjah
Peter Veale
Director | Layers of Light
Eng. Salim Mohamed Rekouane
Dubai Municipality
Matt Waring
Editor | arc Magazine
Michael Grubb
Founder | Michael Grubb Studio
Majeed Uz Zafer
Founder | Light Factor
Mohannad Alsalkhadi
Principal Lighting Designer
Melike Ozden
Principal Designer | Optimum Lighting Design
Robert White
Senior Lighting Designer/Founder | Illuminart
Ratna Kumari
Senior Associate | CD+M Lighting Design
Renz Hernandez
Lighting Designer | dpa Lighting Consultants
Rijo Abraham
Project Development Manager | TAQA Energy Services
Reem Nassour
Founder | Light Factor Principal Architect & Founder, Nassour Architecture Office
Randy Reid
Editor | Designing Lighting Magazine
Regina Santos
Founder | Light Fusion
Sakina Dugawalla – Moeller
Founder | Light Func
Surbhi Jindal
Founder & CEO | Da Light Hub
Sleyman Haber
Student | ALBA-UOB
Sudipti Varadharajan
Lighting Designer | Delta Lighting Design
Waleed Fakousa
Principal | CD+M Lighting Design
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