Sustainability of artistic lighting products | SHAPE-THE-LIGHT International Online Masterclass
SHAPE-THE-LIGHT, art for light - light for art
Capacity Building Academy
International Online Masterclass 1
“Sustainability of artistic lighting products"
Keywords: EU Ecodesign, Circularity, Right to repair, Product passport & EPREL: aspects of regulation
Coordination: KU Leuven (project partner) + Cluster Groen Licht Vlaanderen
Date: Tuesday 16/09/2025 1.30 - 5.30 PM (CET)
Description:
- Masterclass 1 'Sustainability of artistic lighting products' by Teresa Selvaggio (Lighting Europe)
- Interactive showcasing by Greet Verhoeven (Etap Lighting International)
- Q+A
Location: Hybrid (online + in presence)
- Online: Teams Room System (link will be send after registration)
- KU Leuven, Ghent Campus
Language: English
Price: This international online masterclass is free of charge. Registration is required via website cluster Groen Licht Vlaanderen.
Target audience: This international masterclass is open to all professionals and stakeholders active in the lighting sector, including but not limited to:
- Architectural & Lighting designers
- Lighting contractors, installers, calculators & engineers
- Interior designers
- Lighting artists
- Lighting Manufacturers, distributors, wholesalers
- Young engineers, designers, young artists & students
- Technology providers
- Members from Groen Licht Vlaanderen, Luce in Veneto, Cluster Lumière, Clúster d’il luminación de Catalunya, Polski Związek Przemysłu Oświetleniowego (ELCA Cluster organisations)
- Members Lighting Europe, Women in Lighting, IALD, ...
- Cultural associations and public entities
In line with the project's Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) strategy, female professionals are especially encouraged to participate. We also warmly welcome international participants, particularly from Ukraine and other EU and non-EU countries.
This masterclass is possible thanks to content contributions from Lighting Europe and Etap Lighting International
More information about the project SHAPE-THE-LIGHT: https://www.groenlichtvlaanderen.be/activiteiten/projecten/shape-the-light-%2808/07/2024-07/07/026%29
Project partners:
Complete agenda International Online Masterclasses SHAPE-THE-LIGHT: will be available very soon on the website ELCA
- Masterclass 2: Art, Light and Planet: Performative Lighting for Environmental Awareness (coordinated by Clúster d’il luminación de Catalunya - 23 October 2025)
- Masterclass 3: Digitalization of Artistic Lighting Performances (coordinated by Cluster Lumière - December 2025 during Lyon Light Festival)
- Masterclass 4: Digitalization of Artistic Lighting Products (coordinated by Luce in Veneto - 12 February 2026)
Programma van Sustainability of artistic lighting products | SHAPE-THE-LIGHT International Online Masterclass
| Op dinsdag 16 september: | |
| 13:30 - 13:45 | Introduction Door Catherine Lootens |
| 13:45 - 14:45 | PART 1: Current and future Ecodesign and Labelling rules for lighting – a focus on circularity (Teresa Selvaggio - Lighting Europe) Door Teresa Selvaggio |
| 14:45 - 15:00 | Q + A (part 1) |
| 15:00 - 15:45 | Interactive Showcase (Greet Verhoeven - Etap Lighting International) Door Greet Verhoeven |
| 15:45 - 16:00 | Break 15' |
| 16:00 - 17:00 | PART 2: Sustainability-related legislative files impacting the lighting industry (Teresa Selvaggio - Lighting Europe) Door Teresa Selvaggio |
| 17:15 - 17:30 | Q+ A (part 2) |