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Advancing the global profession of lighting design through leadership and advocacy.

09/03/2026

Enlighten Everywhere. Two conferences open for registration, one Call for Presentations live — pick your city (or all three).

🇺🇸 IALD Enlighten Americas | Austin, TX | 15–17 October 2026 — Registration Open
🇸🇬 IALD Enlighten Asia | Singapore | 26–27 November 2026 — Registration Open
🇩🇰 IALD Enlighten Europe | Copenhagen | 17–18 June 2027 — Call for Presentations, closes 22 Sept 2026

Whether you’re joining us on stage or in the room, the next year is shaping up to be a big one. Register for Austin or Singapore, or submit your session for Copenhagen before the CFP window closes.

Full details and registration at iald.org or link in bio.

09/02/2026

Meet Tanya Flores, Chapter Coordinator for IALD Southern California! 🌟 Tanya’s background spans architecture, interiors, and lighting design, a combination that lets them craft thoughtful, connected built environments with a deep focus on the human experience, working across every spatial scale. Thank you, Tanya, for your leadership within IALD SoCal!

IALD Regions + Chapters are the Association at the local level; the skills and talents of our coordinators help them thrive. Read more at iald.org/chapters.

09/01/2026

Lighting’s biggest night is coming back. ✨ The IALD International Lighting Design Awards celebrate the projects, teams, and ideas pushing our industry forward — and we want to see yours.

📅 Entries close 11 October
🏆 Awards Gala: 17 March 2027 | Las Vegas

Think your project has what it takes? Submit now! Link in bio.

08/31/2026

45 days until EA26…and what are you planning to do in and around Austin, Texas? 🤠

As a benefit to attendees, our IALD Texas Region + Chapter volunteers have put together a Member Guide to Austin — packed with personal recommendations for sights, food, and experiences in and around the city.

You can use this handy guide for resources like:

🍽️ Food and drink locations
🛍️ Shopping interests
🎸 The local music scene
🖼️ Extracurricular activities, including museums, galleries, and outdoor adventures
🌉 Austin’s best views and vistas

Grab your copy — link in bio!

And a huge thank you to our EA26 Platinum Sponsors for making this year’s conference possible: Acuity Brands, ALUZ, DALI Alliance, Focal Point, Heper, Landscape Forms, LEDFlex, LMPG, Lucifer Lighting, Lumenture, Luminii, Lutron, and WAC Group.

08/28/2026

✨ Meet three of our 2026 IALD Awards winners — and see if your project could be next.

The 44th annual IALD International Lighting Design Awards are open for entries. Submit your work for a shot at global recognition alongside designers like these.

⏰ Early submission pricing ends 8/30 — rates go up starting 8/31. Entries close 10/11.

Link in bio to start your entry. 🔗

08/27/2026

⏰ Closing soon — Call for Abstracts for LIBNA 2027 wraps up 31 August.

Got a project, insight, or innovation worth sharing with the lighting + building industry? Don’t sit on it. Submit before the window closes. Link in bio.

08/26/2026

Welcome aboard, Nick! 🎉

The IALD Southern California Chapter is excited to welcome Nick Albert to its team of volunteer coordinators.

Nick is the principal of Chromatic, a Los Angeles–based lighting design studio focused on thoughtful, human-centered environments, exploring how light shapes experience in architecture and public space. He also founded Light Equity, a nonprofit initiative working to expand access to high-quality lighting design in underserved and rebuilding communities.

IALD Regions + Chapters are the Association at the local level; the skills and talents of our coordinators help them thrive! Read more at iald.org/chapters

08/25/2026

⏰ 5 days left for early pricing on the 2027 IALD Awards.

In case you missed it: entries are officially open for the 44th annual IALD International Lighting Design Awards! We’re celebrating the best in architectural lighting design worldwide — member and non-member designers welcome.

Early submission pricing ends 8/30. Miss it, and rates go up starting 8/31. Entries stay open through 10/11, but the best price is only available for a few more days.

Ready to submit? Link in bio. 🔗

08/24/2026

The Call for Presentations is officially open for IALD Enlighten Europe 2027 in Copenhagen! 🇩🇰

Join us 17–18 June for a boutique, capped-attendance event built exclusively by and for lighting design professionals — real connection, real conversation, no trade show noise.

We’re looking for speakers ready to lead sessions on controls & systems integration, AI and emerging tech, sustainability, research, business practice, and more.

Apply by 22 September. Link in bio to submit your proposal ✨

08/17/2026

✨ Sneak peek: your first EAS26 speakers! ✨

Swipe through for a first look at who’s taking the stage in Singapore this November 🇸🇬 — more speakers dropping soon, so stay tuned!

✨ Teal Brogden, FIALD, CLD & Ken Douglas, FIALD, CLD — Why Grow? Rethinking Scale, Stability and Impact in the AEC Industry

✨ Dr. Chanyaporn Bstieler — The Social Life of Light: A Framework for Research-Driven Urban Activation

✨ Linus Lopez, IALD, CLD — Designing for “The Edge”: Rural with Urban, Human with Animal

✨ Pakamon Panujirutt — Sustainable for Whom? Redefining Energy-Conscious Design Through Human Biology

✨ F***y Soulard, IALD — Lighting Standards and Disability: Who Is Still Left in the Dark?

✨ Georgios Triantafyllidis, Ph.D. — Quantifying Lighting Experience: An EEG-Based Approach to Valence and Arousal

Link in bio to register 🎟️

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