Lighting Council Australia will be holding a full day Lighting the Future Symposium on 15/5/25. This event will bring together technical experts from across Australia for deep in person discussion on technical matters.
The full day program will include:
Presentations from leading experts in their field
Insight sharing from speakers across all 5 of our Sub-Industry Groups:
Solid State Lighting
Lighting Controls
Outdoor Lighting
Solar Lighting
Emergency Lighting
Interactive panel discussions as part of each of the above
An opportunity to network with peers and engage in further discussion
Program includes morning/afternoon tea, lunch and networking drinks
Who should attend?
The content and discussions have a technical focus, ideal for Technical Managers and their team, Engineers and Lighting Designers.
Event details
Date: 15 May 2025
Time: 8.30am - 5.00pm (followed by networking drinks)
Cost: LCA Members $95, Non-Members $195
Location: Arrow Events - 488 Swanston St, Carlton VIC 3053
Speakers for this event are leading experts in their respective fields, keen to share their knowledge, case studies, research and more.
Tony Bergen, Australian Photometry and Radiometry Laboratory
Tony is a physicist and Vice-President Technical of the International Commission on Illumination (CIE), past-President of CIE Australia, President of the Metrology Society of Australasia; serves on three Standards Australia committees; and is on NATA’s Calibration Accreditation Advisory Committee. Tony’s presentation will explore how the human eye perceives light, from photoreceptors and mesopic vision to circadian regulation and temporal light artefacts.
Kenneth Wishaw, Australasian Dark Sky Alliance
With a distinguished career as a medical specialist, anaesthetist, and Australia’s first full-time helicopter rescue doctor, Ken has advanced our understanding of how lighting impacts human health and the environment. Following medical school, Ken studied visual physiology and later completed post-graduate research at the University of Southern Queensland, focusing on how different colours of light affect our vision at night.
Ken will share his unique insights on the human health effects of lighting—exploring how LED technology has contributed to current challenges and how it may also hold the key to healthier, more sustainable solutions.
Crispin Rock, Viridis Systems
In 2013 Crispin set up Viridis Systems, to supply and commission lighting control systems. He has a Masters of Illumination Design from the School of Architecture, Design and Planning (ADP) at University of Sydney. This led to an opportunity to study for a PhD in the lighting lab at ADP conducting research into dimming preferences.
Victor de Lange, Signify
Victor will share Signify’s project case studies in the Town of Pepperell, Massachusetts, USA where the town’s 409 high-pressure sodium light fixtures were replaced with LED light fixtures with warmer CCT’s that minimizes light pollution, reducing effects known as ‘glare’, ‘skyglow’ and ‘trespass’. Closer to home in the City of Canberra, a test has been done with Tunable White luminaires to understand the impact on the neighbourhood and the wider environment.
Cesar San Miguel, Aust. Dept Climate Change, Energy, Environment and Water
Cesar has been working on light pollution within the Commonwealth since 2020. He participated in LG010, the Standards Australia committee for AS/NZS4282:2019 Control of the obtrusive effects of outdoor lighting. He was Head Lead on the development of version 2.0 of Australia’s National Light Pollution Guidelines for Wildlife.
Dr Alex Black, Centre for Vision and Eye Research, Optometry and Vision Science, QUT
Alex is an internationally recognised researcher in vision, ageing and driving. His research has focused on the impact of vision impairment and ageing on functional outcomes, including understanding how vision impairment affects driving performance, on the factors affecting night-time pedestrian visibility.
Mr Craig Nicol, Graphen Manufacturing Group
Craig founded GMG in 2016 after a career of over 20 years in delivering large scale innovation including leading multi-billion-dollar gas and LNG value chains in Australia and Asia Pacific and managing sales and marketing teams across Asia Pacific working for Shell International. Craig is Chair and Co-Founding Member of the Advanced Materials and Battery Council (AMBC).
Mr Michael Duce, Clevertronics
Michael is an Electrical Engineer with 30 years’ experience in the lighting industry. He has overseen the introduction of many world first technologies in emergency lighting. In addition to Michael's role as GM Product and Technical Services at Clevertronics, he is also the Smart Cities Council, Co-Chair of Smart Built Environment Task Force Standard Australia, committee member LG-007 (Emergency Lighting in Buildings) and LG-011 (Photo Luminescent Exit Signs) International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), Joint Working Group 2 & 3 Convener (Safety and Performance standards emergency lighting and exit signs)
Michael will present insights into the influences and market forces shaping our direction, driving innovation and helping to solve problems and challenges for our future.
