More than a year after the industry was hit by unprecedented business challenges, LED Expo’s physical platform will play an instrumental role in uniting the LED value chain to create an atmosphere of collaboration. However, with the on-going travel restrictions that are still in place globally, organisers of LED Expo have announced plans to introduce a multimodal format for the show this year that will integrate in-person interactions and digital business matchmaking. This will enable companies across the globe to participate in the three-day fair and continue the much-needed business networking and learning, despite travel limitations.
The move also aims to allow greater exposure to on-site exhibitors and attract participation from new and emerging markets. Mr Raj Manek, Executive Director and Board Member, Messe Frankfurt Asia Holdings Ltd shared: “Exhibitors on-site will, of course, have dual advantage and exposure as the digital model through its focus on “product showcases” and “knowledge exchange” creates a new avenue for business sourcing, networking and learning. The idea is to make collaborative engagements extremely simple and bring the industry under ‘one roof’ for three-day of pure business conversations. We are diligently working on all fronts to ensure a productive, safe and successful show experience for the industry.”
LED Summit Webinar series: IALD and Messe Frankfurt India join hands to keep lighting leaders and industry connected through on-going knowledge series
LED Expo has, over the years, become a stimulating force in India to phase out non-conventional lighting including CFL and CCFL lighting and leap forward into next-generation technology for intelligent LED lighting. The Summit acts as the knowledge arm of the fair highlighting developments in the LED segment.
Re-introducing the summit through a virtual webinar series, Messe Frankfurt India has a carefully curated line-up of events that aim to provide valuable content designed to drive progress and innovation in the Indian lighting industry. The Indian subsidiary has joined hands with International Association of Lighting Designers (IALD) as their Knowledge Partner, for this goal.
Dr. Amardeep M. Dugar from IALD said: “The LED Expo Knowledge Series is conceptualised as a series of panel discussion sessions on interesting and thought-provoking topics pertaining to the Indian lighting industry. IALD India is curating this series piece-by-piece, presenter-by-presenter with a focus on different session types throughout the series and provides opportunities to share ideas, learn new techniques and re-energise the Indian lighting industry.”
Through a chain of eight webinars, involving panelists from across the manufacturing, design and policy sides, LED Summit will explore ‘what’s next’ for the lighting industry and challenges and opportunities impacting business, until the show goes live in November 2021.
While the themes taken up at LED Summit will reflect the latest developments since the pandemic, it will also cover crucial challenges such as light pollution and mitigating its impact, blue light hazards from LED and India’s readiness in circular economy of lighting. The series aims to highlight the balance of art, culture, design and technology through lighting heritage buildings and collaborative practices in lighting design. A special session on the role of architectural lighting designers and women in lighting industry will also be taken up at the LED Summit.
The first session in the series, scheduled on 29 June will deliberate India’s challenges in design and manufacturer of lighting equipment in its vision for Aatmanirbharta and strengthening the domestic industry. Elaborating on the objective, Mr Manek shared: “We intend to provoke solution-oriented discussions between the stakeholders and more importantly, to keep the global lighting industry connected through this period.”
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LED Expo New Delhi is part of Messe Frankfurt’s Light + Building Technology fairs headed by the biennial Light + Building event. The next edition will be held from 13 – 18 March 2022 in Frankfurt, Germany.
Messe Frankfurt also offers a series of other light and building technology events worldwide, including Shanghai Intelligent Building Technology, Shanghai Smart Home Technology, and other events in Argentina, India, Russia, Thailand and the UAE.
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Background information on Messe Frankfurt
Messe Frankfurt is the world’s largest trade fair, congress and event organiser with its own exhibition grounds. The Messe Frankfurt Group employs around 2,500* people in a total of 30 subsidiaries. The company generated annual sales of approximately €250* million in 2020 after having recorded sales of €738 million the previous year. Even in difficult times caused by the coronavirus pandemic, we are globally networked with our industry sectors. We have close ties with our industry sectors and serve our customers’ business interests efficiently within the framework of our Fairs & Events, Locations and Services business fields. One of the Group’s key USPs is its closely knit global sales network, which extends throughout the world. Our comprehensive range of services – both onsite and online – ensures that customers worldwide enjoy consistently high quality and flexibility when planning, organising and running their events. We are expanding our digital expertise with new business models. The wide range of services includes renting exhibition grounds, trade fair construction and marketing, personnel and food services. Headquartered in Frankfurt am Main, the company is owned by the City of Frankfurt (60 percent) and the State of Hesse (40 percent).
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* preliminary figures 2020