Dr. Bruno Smets Head Public Private Innovation Partnerships, Sector Strategy and Innovation, Philips Lighting BV   “The future of the lighting industry largely depends on its ability to make the transition from light sources to intelligent lighting systems enabled by Solid State Lighting. This requires close collaboration with the micro-electronics industry to... Read more

Dr. Klaus Orth Head of Development, Business Unit Light Engines & Controls OSRAM GmbH   “Intelligent lighting will enter all lighting applications from professional to residential areas. Energy saving while increasing convenience with ease of use drives smart lighting business in future.” Read more

Dr. Kees van der Klauw Senior Vice President Research & Development Professional Lighting Solutions and Chief Architect Philips Lighting BV   “The real transformation of lighting is not about using LEDs instead of conventional light sources. It is the merge of electronic light sources with the digital world that will create unprecedented valuable use... Read more

Dr. Klaus Vamberszky Executive Vice President Technology Zumtobel Group AG   “Smart lighting means intelligent lighting. Lighting that recognises you as a customer, with your application, your needs, your wishes and requirements. Lighting which enables all this without harming the environment, without using more energy than absolutely necessary. This is smart and... Read more

Prof. Dr. Emile Aarts Scientific Program Director TU/e Intelligent Lighting Institute (ILI)   “Future lighting will become like a digital medium: it will be captured, transported, and rendered automatically, and it will provide end-user benefits in a diversity of application domains ranging from functional and atmospheric lighting to cognitive enhancement and mental care”... Read more

Dr. Arthur Jaunich Associate Principal McKinsey & Company Inc.   “Smart lighting is becoming reality, by combining LED lighting technology with sensors, connectivity, and advanced data processing to innovative lighting solutions. However, penetration of these smart lighting solutions will be still limited to niches in the near future, as the demand side... Read more

Mr. Juergen Sturm Secretary General Lighting Europe Association   “Lighting is about to undergo the most fundamental change since Edison’s invention of the light bulb more than 100 years ago. Not only the switch to solid state lighting product technology will lead to a new perception of what lighting is and can... Read more

Dr. Phil Reeves Managing Director Econolyst Ltd,   “New and emerging AM technologies now allow us to add functionality into objects, such as dissimilar optical materials, thermally colour changing materials, light pipe, and light switches. Based on current research we will in the near future also be able to print electrically conductive... Read more

Dr.techn. Franz Zerobin Managing Director Tridonic GmbH & Co   “LED challenges the light industry and the markets” As we experience an accellerating product development on LED light sources to replace practical all conventional lighting sources, the real breakthrough will happen if industry can provide complete and simple using lighting solutions including... Read more

Dr. Dieter Meyer Product Manager, Systems Zumtobel Lighting GmbH   “By the use of more smart sensors scanning the sky conditions in terms of brightness and color temperature, lighting automation will always provide the lighting defined as "best" for this type of application. Re-producing the same color temperature indoor as it presently... Read more

Ms. Fenella Frost Marketing Director PhotonStar Technology Ltd.   “In the future, the performance of people in a building will be recognised as having a higher financial value than potential further energy savings. Connected, dynamic, intelligently controlled light, that has been optimized to nourish the circadian rhythm will deliver human productivity improvements,... Read more

Dr. Janne Aikio Principal Scientist VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland   Every lumen and watt not needed is waste of resources. Every photon too few is loss of performance. Every second used for adjusting light is away from productivity. …and light can do more than this... “Price of a lumen or... Read more

Mr. Karl Jonsson Sr. Director of Product Management Greenwave Reality Ltd.   “The arrival of solid state lighting has initiated a change in the way consumers use and experience light. It has opened doors allowing for features and connectivity that have not been possible with legacy light sources. The future of lighting... Read more

Mr. Thomas Schielke Principal Architect ERCO   “The rise of the LED has caused lighting technology to develop further towards optoelectronics, a seamless connection of optical and electronic components. The necessary optoelectronic systems are designed and built in-house. This includes everything from the PCB of the LED module to the complex secondary... Read more

Dr. Phillip Ross Founder and Design Director Fonckel BV   “The future of lighting is in connecting closer to people. Light gains much more dynamic and adaptive qualities, and our interaction with it richly involves the social, physical and emotional capabilities of people. Light will be an actor in our environment, with... Read more

Mr. Simon den Uijl Msc. Secretary General The Connected Lighting Alliance   “Future lighting solutions are connected. Open standards will be used to wirelessly connect luminaries, lamps, dimmers/switches, sensors, remote controls and internet gateways. This will enable the lighting industry to provide consumers and professional customers with a wide range of new value added... Read more

Dr. Hannah Helbig Innovations Manager OSRAM AG   “Smart light management is one of the most important trends in the lighting market. It enables enormous energy savings, as light is only turned on to the extent needed. Beyond that, smart solutions will enhance the quality of light and leverage human-centric lighting designs.”... Read more

Mr. Niko Kivioja Msc. Managing Director Netled Oy, Finland   “Horticultural lighting is on a verge of a revolution. New emerging technologies such as LED, OLED, Smart Lighting, etc. will create outstanding opportunity for growers to manage the quality, morphology, color, pests, nutrient levels and all other crop properties related to the plant... Read more