EILD, the Ibero-American Encounter of Lighting Design was born as a non-profit initiative conceived by a group of independent professionals passionate about light.

The purpose of this initiative is to build spaces for reflection and exchange to learn, experiment and share ideas among professionals and light lovers in Iberoamerica expecting to spread the initiative throughout the world. The spirit of the meeting proposes new ways of transmitting the values of lighting design, emphasizing communication and collaboration among all disciplines related to the profession. "Here we are all protagonists".

EILD 2019 will orbit around the theme of "COMMUNICATION" generating spaces of co-creation and participation that convey the value of lighting design, developing theoretically and practically staging that will be settled in the city of Colonia.

The structure of the program is based on the combination of talks and workshops that deal with essential topics about lighting design (with light), with activities and interventions where lighting will be used as a mean to communicate (with light). The Meeting will take place between March 20 and 23rd, 2019. Renowned international speakers have already confirmed their presence for the Meeting: Mark Major (Speirs and Major, UK), Nathalie Rozot (PhoScope, USA).

In the same way, the activities "WITH LIGHT" and "ABOUT LIGHT" will be guided by renowned lighting designers that will draft fundamental topics such as natural light, light perception, the creative process, urban lighting, memory among others.