Educator Summit Invitation

Education as a basis for the future

1st international Educators’ Summit to be held in Milan on 12. and 13. April, 2011.

The Professional Lighting Designers' Association’s main aim lies in the establishment of the architectural lighting design profession.

Six steps have been identified for the recognition of the lighting design profession and a lighting design syllabus at university level is one of these steps.

The aim is not to create a common syllabus for every university to follow. Instead, we will discuss a ‘virtual’ syllabus that most can agree contains sufficient information necessary to become a lighting designer and could adequately represent the profession.

Each university would continue to have its own unique strengths, focus and direction. This unique event is by invitation only, and includes representatives from leading lighting associations around the world including IES, IALD, PLDA, APIL and others. Key educator delegates from Germany, Italy, Sweden, Norway, India, USA, United Kingdom, Spain, Mexico and many others have already confirmed their attendance!

DAY 1

Welcome and introductions

‘Pecha Kucha Style’ presentations on the topic “Syllabus”

Workgroup sessions: discussion of virtual syllabus contents and education modules

Wrap-up of first day - results and conclusions

DAY 2

Introduction and schedule for the day

‘Pecha Kucha Style’ presentations on the topic “Lighting Research“

Workgroup sessions: discussion on developing the lighting research landscape

Wrap-up of Summit - conclusions

Forecast for coming months, tasks and workgroup goals

Steering Committee

Jean Sundin, PLDA, IES, IALD is a Founder
and Principal of Office for Visual
Interaction based in New York City
with award winning projects worldwide
and has lectured throughout the USA
and abroad. Jean is an active member
of PLDA as the current Director for Education
and was the chair of the Architectural
Lighting Fundamentals committee.

Malcolm Innes, PLDA has
worked as a professional lighting
designer for 18 years
Malcolm is an active member of
the PLDA's Lighting Educators’
Network and he is in the process
of establishing a new Masters
programme in Creative Lighting
Design at Edinburgh Napier University.

Alison Ritter, FPLDA is a Founding Member
of PLDA and was Director General of PLDA
from 1995 to 2010. As a former teacher,
she continues her passion for education and
is currently Head of Education Concepts
and Programmes at VIA Publishing and has
an interest in continued professional development/
CPD, and investigating ways of coordinating
lighting design research.

Francesco Iannone, FPLDA

With special thanks to our local Italian
coordinator, Francesco Iannone, FPLDA. A
Founding Member and now Fellow Member
of PLDA he has served as President, and
Vice-President of the association

The Educators’ Summit is generously supported by: