Keynote Speakers
Yvonne de Kort
Professor, DePT. of Industrial Engineering and Innovation Sciences. Eindhoven university of technology
Yvonne de Kort is full professor and chair of Environmental Psychology of Human-Technology Interaction at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e). She leads a research group studying how lighting conditions affect human functioning including alertness, sleep, and mental health as well as the restorative effects of light and natural environments. Her work emphasizes real-world settings and integrates expertise across lighting, environmental psychology, chronobiology, neuroscience, and technology. By bridging these domains, her research translates insights into evidence-based principles for designing healthier living, working, and healthcare environments.
Ellen Kathrine Hansen is the Founder of the MSc Lighting Design program and the associated Research Lab at Aalborg University in Copenhagen. Through 30 years she has led numerous student and research projects aimed at creating value through innovative daylight and lighting solutions. Her projects are structured according to the model developed in her PhD, Architectural Experiments, which integrates knowledge and methods from the natural sciences, humanities, and social sciences within a transdisciplinary, research-based design process.
Ellen Kathrine Hansen
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, LIGHTING DESIGN LAB, DEPT. OF ARCHITECTURE DESIGN AND MEDIA TECHNOLOGY. AALBORG UNIVERSITY
Tapio Rosenius
CEO – Skandal Technologies
Tapio Rosenius is a Finnish designer and entrepreneur based in Madrid, Spain. Since 1998, he has worked with light as a medium for product innovation, and spatial experience, pioneering biomimetic and responsive lighting in the built environment. He is CEO of Poet Creator Software, co-founder of Skandal Technologies, and founder of Lighting Design Collective, an international design practice with studios in Madrid, Helsinki, and London. His work has received international recognition, including the AV Awards Control and Management Technology of the Year 2023, the Media Architecture Biennale Award, and an IALD Award of Excellence.
Nick Dunn is Professor of Architecture and Urbanism at Manchester School of Architecture, UK. Nick is founding Director of the Dark Design Lab, examining the impacts of nocturnal urban activity on people, places and planet. He is also a Director for DarkSky UK, working to protect dark skies for the benefit of future generations.
Nick Dunn
Professor at Manchester School of Architecture
Workshop Speakers
Anders Thorseth
Project Manager,
Department of Electrical and Photonics Engineering
Christina Augustesen
light artist, CHRISTINAAUGUSTESENARTSTUDIO
Federico Favero
Head of Division of KTH Lighting Design.
Kungliga Tekniska Hogskolan
Hillevi Hemphälä
Senior lecturer,
Ergonomics and Aerosol Technology.
Lund University
Iben Winther Orton
Lighting Designer, LightScapes
Jesper Ravn
Architect and Lighting Designer, Design Member IALD at Arkitema
Katharina Wulff
Associate professor.
Department of Molecular Biology. Umeå University
Louise Harpman
Professor of Architecture, Urban Design at New york university
Lone Malmborg
Head of Department, ARCHITECTURE DESIGN AND MEDIA TECHNOLOGY. AALBORG UNIVERSITY
Mikkel Toksværd
lighting designer and yogi
Myriam Aries
Professor Lighting Science. Jönköping University
Natalia Giraldo Vasquez
Assistant Professor,
Department of Environmental and Resource Engineering. Danmarks Tekniske Universitet
Navaz Davoudian
Senior Research Fellow at University College London
Niko Gentile
Senior lecturer, Division of Energy and Building Design.
Lund University sweden
Sofie Klarlund Linnebjerg
Lighting Design Specialist at Artelia Denmark
Tina Christensen
Lead Architect, D/A daylight & architecture. Architect MAA at VELUX A/s
Ulrika Wänström Lindh
Senior lecturer at Högskolan Borås
Zakaria Djebbara
Associate Professor, DEPT OF Brain, Body, Architecture Research. Aalborg University
Organizers
Georgios Triantafyllidis
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, LIGHTING DESIGN LAB, DEPT. OF ARCHITECTURE DESIGN AND MEDIA TECHNOLOGY. AALBORG UNIVERSITY
Ellen Kathrine Hansen
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, LIGHTING DESIGN LAB, DEPT. OF ARCHITECTURE DESIGN AND MEDIA TECHNOLOGY. AALBORG UNIVERSITY
Mette Hvass
Assistent PROFESSOR, LIGHTING DESIGN LAB, DEPT. OF ARCHITECTURE DESIGN AND MEDIA TECHNOLOGY. AALBORG
UNIVERSIT
Tom Igoe
Professor of physical computing at the Interactive Telecommunications Program in the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University
Nanet Mathiasen
Senior Advisor, Dept. of Built Environment. AALBORG UNIVERSITY
Stine Louring
Part-time Lecturer, LIGHTING DESIGN LAB, DEPT. OF ARCHITECTURE DESIGN AND MEDIA TECHNOLOGY. AALBORG UNIVERSITY
Henrik Clausen
Director of Fagerhult Lighting Academy, Part-time Lecturer in Lighting Design, Aalborg University
Luciana Martinez
Associate Designer at Light Follows Behaviour, Part-time Lecturer in Lighting Design. Aalborg University
Mihkel Pajuste
Consultant, Dept. OF ARCHITECTURE DESIGN AND MEDIA TECHNOLOGY. AALBORG UNIVERSITY
Light Symposium Steering Committee
Georgios Triantafyllidis
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, LIGHTING DESIGN LAB, DEPT. OF ARCHITECTURE DESIGN AND MEDIA TECHNOLOGY. AALBORG UNIVERSITY
Ellen Kathrine Hansen
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, LIGHTING DESIGN LAB, DEPT. OF ARCHITECTURE DESIGN AND MEDIA TECHNOLOGY. AALBORG UNIVERSITY
Michael F. Rohde
Prof. Dipl.-Ing Professor, Faculty of Design, Architectural lighting design, Wismar University
Jan Blieske
Prof. Dipl.-Ing Professor, Faculty of Design, Architectural lighting design, Wismar University
Ute Besenecker
Associate Professor in Lighting Design at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA and Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
Rodrigo Eduardo Muro Avendano
Associate Professor, School of Architecture, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
Federico Favero
Associate Professor, School of Architecture, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
Foteini Kyriakidou
LECTURER, School of Architecture, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
