Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition fair will feature a special LED hall for the first time in 2008. The Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition – scheduled for 8 – 11 June 2008 – is Asia’s largest trade fair for lighting products and services, and is the preferred sourcing destination for thousands of architects, building planners, lighting retailers and wholesalers around the world: over 1.200 exhibitors and 45.000 visitors attended the 2007 show. As well as housing a complete range of technical & exterior lighting, domestic lighting, professional lights, electric lights, accessories and components, the fair will feature a special LED hall for the first time in 2008.

With energy-savings and environmental-friendliness at the forefront of China’s agenda, the LED market is growing fast, achieving a growth rate of 18% in 2005. With their low energy consumption, longer life-spans and a vast array of applications, LEDs are gaining popularity, and China’s demand for product choice and information on new technology is high. Considering this industry attention and focus on the development and application of LEDs, one hall at the Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition will be completely dedicated to LEDs in 2008. Suppliers of these products will be grouped together and the special zone will be marketed as an added attraction for buyers.

Guangzhou International Lighting Technology Symposium 2007
The Guangzhou International Lighting Technology Symposium will return for a third session this June with the theme: 'The Cohesion Between Lighting and Landscape, Buildings and Interiors'. Eleven lighting experts of international repute are already lined up for the speaker panel at the symposium.

China Illuminating Forum - Illuminating Engineering Design & Implementation And the 1st China Lighting Award Project Presentation
The China National Office for Science Technology Awards authorised the China Illuminating Engineering Society in June 2005 to organise the China Lighting Project Award - the only government authorised lighting design award in China. The China Illuminating Engineering Society and Guangzhou Guangya Messe Frankfurt Co Ltd has joined hands and invited some of the engineers & designers of these projects to the Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition to share their insights.

Symposium Programme
09 - 11 June 2008
Venue: Meeting Room 2
"The cohesion between lighting and landscape, building, interior"

09 June 2008 
"Landscape lighting"
10:00 – 11:00 Speaker: Rong Hao Lei
Master plan and design of urban lighting

11:30 – 12:30 Speaker: Li Bing Hua
Lighting energy conservation, control and environment - the research and implementation of green lighting technology in national stadium

14:00 – 15:00 Speaker: Graham Phoenix
Lighting of theatres and religious buildings - how they fit into public space

15:30 – 17:00 Speaker: Louis Clair
Lighting for landscape components

10 June 2008
"Architecture lighting"
10:00 – 11:00 Speaker: Yu Ting
How does lighting play its role on re-construction of Hongkou stadium? (from architect’s perspective)

11:30 – 12:30 Speaker: Kaoru Mende
Lighting for ancient and modern buildings

"LED technology"
13:30 – 14:30 Speaker: Marc Fontoynont
Can LEDS provide better luminous environments than standard light sources in indoor and outdoor lighting? Results of experimentations

14:45 – 15:45 Speaker: Kevan Shaw
Integration of LED and Architecture

16:00 – 17:00 Speaker: Ray Letasi
Intelligent solid-state illumination: the future of lighting -- common misconceptions

11 June 2008
"Interior lighting"
10:00 – 11:00 Speaker: Gao Chao Yi
Lighting Design VS. Interior Environment (from interior designer’s perspective)

11:30 – 12:30 Speaker: Paul Traynor
Large-scale commercial spaces

Award Project Presentation Programme
13:00 – 13:20 The implementation of solar system for lighting use in building
Ms Dai Deci, Chief Engineer, Architectural & Design Institute Tsinghua University

13:25 – 13:45 Lighting design for sport arena
Mr Yao Mengming, Lighting Designer, Philips (China)

13:50 – 14:20 A symphony of lights – wide combination of lighting systems
Mr Chan Tak Ka, Senior Building Services Engineer, Electrical and Mechanical Services Department, the Government of the HKSAR of the People’s Republic of China

14:25 – 14:45 Re-design in the implementation of big-scale landscape lighting
Mr Lu Zhang, General Manager, Beijing Feidong Light & Electric Technology Co Ltd

15:00 – 15:20 Commercial and office space lighting – report on Chang Zhou South Street lighting design
Mr Yan Hua, Lighting Designer, Beijing Toshiba Lighting Design Center

15:25 – 15:45 The implementation of lighting design for classical architecture in China
Mr Feng Qing, General Manager, Beijing Guangdeng Lighting Equipment Design & Installation Co Ltd

15:50 – 16:10 The verve of lighting in European classical architecture at night – application in Tianjin building
Mr Jiang Bo, General Manager, Beijing Weitejia Lighting Project Co Ltd

16:15 – 16:35 Historical cultural street lighting design
Mr Zhang Yujun, Lighting Designer, Beijing Pingnian Illuminating Technology Co Ltd

The presentation will be conducted in Mandarin, English interpretation will be provided.