LightFair Makes Changes to Exhibit Floor

For the annual conference and exhibition at the Javits Center in New York City this month, LightFair is enhancing its exhibit hall experience with 45+ events, including networking opportunities, categorized lighting pavilions, educational pavilion tours, and giveaways on each day of the trade show October 27-29.

“LightFair’s trade show allows powerful connections to be made between individuals in the lighting and design industries,” said Dan Darby, Show Director. “Whether those connections are made through exploring lighting in pavilions or attending networking events, our exhibit hall is the place to build and develop those relationships.”

Events around the exhibit hall will be in several locations – LightFair Live, the Special Events Area, and the Designery – as well as guided tours across five pavilions. The Special Events Area is a collaborative space for networking with peers while participating in 10 events such as scavenger hunts, open houses, and meetings. The Designery will offer 12 educational sessions.

Kicking off the trade show is the opening day speaker Karim Rashid, who Time Magazine calls “the most famous industrial designer in all the Americas,” discussing The Business of Beauty at LightFair Live. Rashid will address how to keep businesses engaged and exciting during the mass mechanization of the 20^th Century. LightFair Live will feature a line-up of an additional six sessions presented by exhibitors and member-based organizations.

Nine of those industry membership organizations will host networking events in the Special Events Area during the trade show: Association of Energy Engineers (AEE); Illuminating Engineering Society (IES); International Association of Lighting Designers (IALD); International Association of Lighting Management (NALMCO); National Lighting Bureau (NLB); The Lighting Quotient; Women in Lighting + Design (WILD); and Women in Lighting Mexico (WIL). These networking events include presentations, a scavenger hunt, and general meeting times for visitors to connect with others in the industry.

Over three days, eight professionally led tours will educate attendees and provide an overview of LightFair’s five pavilions – Smart Pavilion, Design Pavilion, Outdoor Pavilion, The Collective, and the New Exhibitor Pavilion – along with a general show floor tour for new attendees and a tour of LightFair Innovation Award winners.

All visitors to the New Exhibitor Pavilion have the chance to win one of three $250 Visa gift cards in LightFair’s new “Watts New” contest, where attendees must log five or more visits to new exhibitors in the pavilion. The contest runs through the LightFair mobile app, where visits will be tracked and winners announced.

During daily giveaways on the trade show floor, attendees can receive LightFair “swag,” such as branded water bottles, snacks, and vouchers redeemable for free drinks.

The trade show floor, which will be free admission this year, is slated to showcase more than 240 exhibitors. Attendees who register for the LightFair Trade Show before Friday, October 15, will automatically be entered to win one of five pairs of tickets to The Edge, the highest outdoor sky deck in the Western Hemisphere with 360-degree views of New York City. Registration is available here.

Admission to the LightFair Conference, which runs October 25-29, is separate from trade show access. Unlike the free exhibit floor, registration for the Conference ranges from $90 to $1,495 and comes with access to some 35+ sessions across six tracks, spanning over the five days of the Conference. Sessions will range from 1- and 2-days, daily workshops, 60- and 90-minute sessions, offering nearly 90 CEUs. Full Conference information and pricing is available here.

LightFair 2021 has adapted to allow safer product exploration and education as outlined in its “Safer Floor. Safer Show.” guidelines. LightFair is working closely with the Javits Center to stay up-to-date on recommendations and guidelines from the CDC and the city of New York, including the vaccination requirement to attend. The full “Safer Floor. Safer Show.” protocols can be found here.

Going?

So, with all that LightFair has going on … are you going? (and, in your response, please add whether you typically have attended LightFair?