Wang Xiaodong

Lighting Design & Research Institute of UAD / Principal

Xiaodong Wang has over two decades of experience in lighting design. Her passion and expertise in creating atmosphere and experience of space through light led to the extensive outcomes of the projects. Her work is wide-ranging in type and scale encompassing lighting for architecture and urban design.

Several of the projects She has worked on have been award-winning, including the IALD Award of Excellence honor, A+Award, London Design Awards, etc.

Claudia Paz Claudia Paz Lighting Studio Founder and Design Director Peru

Andrea Siniscalco Politecnico di Milano Assistant Professor Italy

Sooner Routhier The Playground CEO United States

Orlando Marques OMstudio Lighting Founder and Director Brazil

Sophya Acosta Sophya Acosta Lighting Design Studio Founder & Lighting Designer Spain

LeRoy Bennett

LeRoy Bennett Seven Design Works and Dakana Design Owner & Partner United States

Roland Greil Roland Greil & The Black Project Lighting Designer & Director Germany

Peter Morse Peter Morse: Lighting Production Design and Direction United States

Bahare Yaghar MOMA International Design Manager United Arab Emirates

Cosmo Wilson Cosmo Enterprises, Inc. President and Lighting Director United States

Thiago Gaya Publisher of L+D Magazine Founder of of the LEDforum Brazil

Craig A. Bernecker Founder, The Lighting Education Institute Professor, The New School, New York United States

Annie Block Interior Design Magazine Executive Editor United States

John (Randy) Reid designing lighting (dl) Editor United States

Esther Torelló Lightecture Publisher and editor Spain

Amit Gupta STIR Founder & Editor-in-Chief India

Waleed Fakousa CD+M Lighting Design Group & The Lighting Institute Director United Arab Emirates

Sally Storey Creative Director at John Cullen Lighting Founding Director at Lighting Design International United Kingdom

Wout Van Bommel Van Bommel Consultant Lighting Consultant Netherlands

Mary Rushton-Beales Lighting Design House Principal and founder United Kingdom

Luciana Alanis Lichtgold Founder & Principal, Lighting Designer Switzerland

Annamaria Lambri American University in Dubai Associate Professor of Interior Design & Outreach Coordinator United Arab Emirates

John Bullock The Light Review Publisher and editor United Kingdom

Katia Kolovea Archifos Founder & Art Director United Kingdom

Yah Li TOH Light Collab Principal Singapore

Jason Wang Asia Pacific Design Center (APDC) Secretary-General China

Laura Bernadet Supervex SAS President France

Nima Bavardi Nima Bavardi Lighting Design Lighting Designer Turkey

Kevan Shaw Kevan Shaw Lighting Design Design Director United Kingdom

Gayathri Unnikrishnan International WELL Building Institute Vice President - Standard Development and Concept Lead for Light United States

Luis Juan Lopez Barreiro Iluminet Founder Mexico

Leah Xandora L’Observatoire International Senior Lighting Designer United States

Aidin Ardjomandi Lighting Designer Iran

Martin Klaasen Klaasen Lighting Design and Lighting Design of Things Founder and Principal Singapore

Sabine De Schutter Studio De Schutter Lighting Designer

Monica Luz Lobo LD Studio Creative Director Brazil

Helena Horn ArtLight Magazine Publisher and Editor in Chief Germany

Bradley King Bradley King Lighting Design Lighting Designer United States

Natalia Bystriantseva The Creative Association of Lighting Designers Russia Head of RULD Russia

Nelson Jenkins Lumen Architecture Principal United States

Adele Locke Mint Lighting Owner & Architectural Lighting Designer Australia

Isac Roizenblatt ABILUX Technical Director Brazil

Ellen Kathrine Hansen Aalborg University Copenhagen M.Arch., MAA, Ph.d., Associated Professor, Head of Lighting Design, Dept. of Architecture Denmark

Edwin Sargeant XERO Lighting Group Managing Director Australia

Past Jury

Wang Xiaodong Lighting Design & Research Institute of UAD

Simon Doble SolarBuddy

Alfred R. Borden The Lighting Practice

Sara Schonour CannonDesign

Gerald Strickland Middle East Lighting Association (MELA)

United Arab Emirates

Trent Kim University of the West of Scotland

Tyler Micoleau Broadway

Mary Louise Geiger NYU Tisch

Roger Narboni CONCEPTO