Announcement:

 SHAPE-THE-LIGHT, art for light - light for art

Capacity Building Academy:

International Online Masterclass 1

“Sustainability of artistic lighting products"

KU Leuven and Cluster Groen Licht Vlaanderen are pleased to invite you to the first international masterclass organized within the SHAPE-THE-LIGHT project. This session focuses on integrating sustainability principles into the design of (artistic) lighting products. Participants will explore how to apply Ecodesign regulations to support circular business models in alignment with the European Green Deal and the New European Bauhaus initiatives.

Coordination:  KU Leuven (project partner Flanders region, Belgium) + Cluster Groen Licht Vlaanderen

Date: Tuesday 16/09/2025 1.30 - 5.30 PM (CET)

Programme

• Masterclass on 'Sustainability of artistic lighting products' by Teresa Selvaggio (LightingEurope)
  • Current and future Ecodesign and Labelling rules for lighting – a focus on circularity
  • Sustainability-related legislative files impacting the lighting industry
• 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 (Ghent, Belgium)

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  LightingEurope 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 avaible very soon on 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)

Gekoppelde documenten

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