Conference

The World's Largest Annual Lighting Conference

The Pre-Conference LIGHTFAIR Institute® and LIGHTFAIR Conference five-day program features over 70 courses and more than 140 speakers totaling more than 190 hours with accreditation.

View 2018 Conference Program Details - includes session and speaker details

Continuing Education Credits Information

2018 Conference Program Flipbook

All course registrations include FREE entrance to the LIGHTFAIR Exhibit Hall [not applicable to Non-Exhibiting Manufacturers].

Pre-Conference - May 19 - May 20, 2018

LIGHTFAIR INSTITUTE®
Intensive courses and workshops of instruction on selected topics relating to a particular field within lighting. Choose one-day or two-day highly focused immersion courses or select three-hour workshops on a variety of topics.

Conference - May 21 - May 23, 2018

SEMINARS
90-minute lectures on specified topics
EXHIBITOR-LED LUNCH & LEARN SEMINARS
90-minute seminar, plus lunch
CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS
3-hour workshops
FORUMS
Variety of 60-minute Forum sessions
60-MINUTE SESSIONS
Shorter educational offerings
Chicago Architectural Cruise

Conference Levels

FOUNDATIONAL - Limited lighting experience
INTERMEDIATE - Moderate technical and/or design knowledge; equivalent of IES ED 150; up to 10 years working in lighting industry
ADVANCED - Advanced technical or design knowledge and/or experience; 10+ years experience in lighting
GENERAL - Applies to all audiences

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Conference Newsletter

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Course Handouts

In an effort to be environmentally friendly, PRINTED HANDOUTS WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE ONSITE for any seminars and workshops. Only the in-depth 1-day and 2-day Institute courses will have printed handouts provided to participants at the Conference. All other course handouts – for all workshops and seminars – will be available online for registered course attendees to download prior to the Conference via their registration login.