DMC September 2022 ArchLIGHT Summit Overview

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The second annual September 2022 ArchLIGHT Summit will draw the architectural, specification and design communities to Dallas Market Center. The event will have a trade show with more than 80 exhibitors and over 20 CEU opportunities. Our team has been BUSY leasing the show across, delivering the buyers, promoting the market, and planning events. Keep reading to see everything we’ve been doing to help promote your business.

The ArchLIGHT show will feature 47 new exhibitors and 20% more exhibitors than in 2021, including major brands:

Signify	Kurt Versen	Aluz	Targatti
Artemide	USAI	Tivoli

Several permanent Lightovation exhibitors will also be taking booth space:

Acrosentec	Legrand	Sonneman
AFX	Modern Forms	Tech Lighting
CSL	Satco	Verozza Lighting

DMC's Retail Development team helps bring attendees to Dallas by calling, visiting, and meeting personally with designers and specifiers.

In addition to new exhibitors, the number of new attendees continues to grow. This September we will be welcoming these among many other important firms:

Architects: HOK, Leo A. Daly, OBMI, Page, Perkins & Wil, Polk Stanley Wilcox, Reed Architects, Rottet Studiio, and Ware Malcomb

Engineers: B&H Engineers, Brandt, EMA Engineering & Consulting, Meza Engineering, Romine Romine & Burgess, Southland Holdings, Thayer Energy Solutions, and Wesco

Lighting Designers: Essential Light Design Studio, Fisher Marantz Stone, Focus Design, ID Lighting Design, Licht Design Studio, and The Cosine

Coinciding with ArchLIGHT Summit is the National Association of Innovative Lighting Distributors (NAILD) annual Convention at Dallas Market Center. NAILD will bring dozens of distributors to Dallas from the U.S. and Canada including: Adventure Lighting, A-M Electric, Bighorn Distribution, BLC International, Bulbs Depot, CBC Lighting, Conserve-a-Watt, Derick Associates, Eco-Worx, Energyficient Systems, Facility Solutions Group, Lighting Unlimited, Northwest Lighting, One Source Lighting, Pacific Lamp and Supply, Pacific Lamp Wholesale, Premier Lighting, and Wattsaver.

Additionally, we have partnered with design schools on a special Student Day on Friday, September 16, to host in-person groups from institutions like Texas Christian University and the University of Texas at Arlington. Parsons – The New School, the New York School for Interior Design and other schools will also be participating in ArchLIGHT Summit remotely, live streaming sessions as a group.

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The ArchLIGHT Summit team has been busy across media and social channels promoting the show and delivering the news.

To promote ArchLIGHT Summit to the architectural, specification and design communities, new partnerships with media and associations in these industries have been established; such as, the Dallas chapter of AIA.

We herald all things Dallas Market Center | Lightovation | ArchLIGHT to the media at large via frequent Press Releases that are often picked up and covered in major trade publications. See the latest news here.

You know we love to stay in touch! Attendees receive monthly Emails and Newsletters promoting markets, identifying trends, and encouraging them to attend market. Click here to view the latest email to Lightovation attendees.

We love to talk, see, and share what is happening across the market center. We engage over 191,000 followers across multiple Social Media channels. Click the below icons to follow the excitement and tag us @archlightsummit | #archlight | @lightovation | #lightovation | @dallasmarket | #dallasmarket .

Once attendees arrive, they are welcomed with the ArchLight Summit Directory. Grab your copy at market!

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ArchLIGHT Summit has an exciting lineup of events that are sure to inspire, educate, and entertain all attendees. The list of high profile speakers and more than 20 CEU opportunities will be a draw for architects, from architectural, specification and design communities. Influential speakers include the likes of landscape lighting designer Jan Moyer, Nick Albert and Lauren Dandridge of Chromatic, and Shoshanna Segal of Hartranft Lighting Design. Be sure to check out these headlining events that are sure to delight:

WILD Welcome Party! | Wednesday at 6pm | WTC 15, D15TRICT LOUNGE - Women in Lighting + Design (WILD) welcome everyone to ArchLight Summit with this special pre-show reception open to all participants (attendees, exhibitors, agents, sponsors and more). Catch a spectacular view of downtown Big D from the top floor of the World Trade Center while enjoying food, drink and networking with your peers. Pre-register to reserve your drink tickets for this not-to-be-missed kickoff!

Color Wheels | Thursday - Friday | TM 1 - A light art installation designed by international lighting designers Alessandra Stratimirovic and Athanasssios Danilof. The Darc Award-winning project generates numerous unexpected chromatic effects that offer insights into the sensory and perceptive aspects of both light and color. Inspired by a long history of artists, scientists and scholars to organize color and understand its essence, the mesmerizing work includes three luminous wheels created using Targetti’s DURATAPE RGBW strip product by DURALAMP.

Relaxation Station Sponsored by Soneman - A Way of Light | Thursday - Friday | TM 4804 - This lounge will be conveniently located in Sonneman’s 8,000-square-foot permanent Dallas showroom in Trade Mart 4804, near all three rooms that will be running AIA-accredited seminars, panel discussions and interactive demonstrations. All attendees are welcome to relax and enjoy refreshments between sessions throughout both days of the show.

Opening Night Reception Sponsored by AAILA | Thursday at 5pm | TM 1 - Join the American Association of Independent Lighting Agents (AAILA) for entertainment, food, drink, prizes and even a few surprises at this marquee event.

These headliners and tons of other market fun will make the September 2022 ArchLIGHT Summit an experience to remember. See all the events, hospitalities, and CEUs by clicking here.