Building on the success of the sold-out 2024 ArchLIGHT Summit, Dallas Market Center will host the latest edition of the fast-growing commercial lighting expo and CEU platform September 16-17, 2025. ArchLIGHT Summit showcases the latest lighting technologies alongside a robust educational lineup for lighting designers, specifiers, architects, interior designers, other trade professionals, and students and educators.
Chip Israel and Steven Rosen are among the featured speakers at this year’s event, which kicks off with a popular welcome party on Monday, September 15, hosted by Women in Lighting + Design. The location for this reception, the D15trict Lounge at the top of the World Trade Center, offers spectacular sunset views of downtown Dallas.
Admission to the expo and hospitality events is complimentary, while a flat fee of $50 provides access to all CEUs on both days.
Registration is available at: www.ArchLIGHTSummit.com
The show officially kicks off with a complimentary breakfast hosted by the National Electrical Manufacturers Representatives Association (NEMRA). Featuring guest speaker Umesh Baheti from MaxLite.
Throughout the day, enjoy accredited educational sessions, interactive experiences, and live demonstrations—all conveniently located on the show floor.
Educational sessions include:
- “Luminaire Level Lighting Control (LLLC) as a Key Element of Lighting Design, and the Sustainable Benefits and Flexibilities That Can Be Achieved Within Budget” panel moderated by Peter Augusta and featuring Will Norris, Scott Rosenfeld and Stephen Zhou
- “Digital Practice Management With BIM Focus” led by Samuel Mikhail
- “Intelligence by Design: How AI Is Shaping Lighting, Architecture, and Everyday Workflows” panel featuring Jonathan Ayala, Carla Bukalski, Ludo Michaud, Joshua Miller and Lisa Reed; the same group will also lead a separate hands-on workshop titled “AI in Practice – Circuit Overload” on this topic
- “Life Under the Spotlight: Lighting for Green Walls” led by Oliver Heller
- “Architecture + Entertainment = Architainment: The Burgeoning Phenomena of Experiential Environments” led by Steven Rosen
- “Illuminating Evidence-Based Lighting Design for Healthcare” led by Tommy Nichols
- “The Language of Light” led by Jason Livingston, who will also commemorate the 10th anniversary of TM-30 with a “10 Years of Better Color” session
- “Inspirational Women at the Forefront of Texas Architecture” panel hosted by the Texas Society of Architects (TxA), moderated by Krystyn Haecker and featuring Audrey Maxwell, Nicki Marrone, Eva Read-Warden and Connie Rivera
- “Light Reach: A Cultural Shift for Philanthropy in the Lighting Community” led by Nathalie Rozot
- “What I Have Learned From the Lighting Masters” led by Chip Israel
- “Practical and Profitable Daylight Strategies for Lighting Designers Without Being a Programming Expert” led by Stephen Kaye and Daniel Glaser
Other highlights of the 2025 ArchLIGHT Summit include an interactive Color Visualization immersive experience sponsored by Material Bank and Pure Edge Lighting. Casambi also closes the first day of the show with a sponsored Happy Hour.
The next morning, top local agents Architectural Lighting Alliance, Preferred Lighting Group, SESCO Lighting and Texas Lighting Solutions will host “Texas Round Up” hospitality, as well as coffee service.
The Showroom Spectacular event on Wednesday afternoon will give attendees an opportunity to explore some of DMC’s 1 million square feet of permanent lighting exhibits, including American Lighting, CSL/Hudson Valley Group, DALS, Electric Mirror, Hanover Lantern, Modern Forms and Nora Lighting. The entire ArchLIGHT Summit will culminate with the “Last Call, Y’all” party in the Eurofase showroom, hosted by IALD Texas and celebrating both the 10th anniversary of the IES TM-30 standard and the AWARE light art installation from the 2023 ArchLIGHT Summit, which found a permanent home at the University of North Texas in Denton, TX.
UNT will also host a lighting-focused career fair during Showroom Spectacular, coinciding with an official Student Day of programming for the next generation of lighting professionals. Student-focused sessions on this day include “So You Want to Be a Lighting Designer” with Jill Cody and a Career Development discussion led by Chip Israel.
Top podcasts will be recording in the Inspiration Station area of the show floor: Lighting Matters! With Avraham Mor and Lisa Reed; and Whelmed with Rachel Fitzgerald and Katherine Stekr.
Sponsors and partners of the 2025 ArchLIGHT Summit include Casambi, Sourcery, ALA, Hossley Lighting and Power Solutions, SESCO Lighting, Preferred Lighting Group, Texas Lighting Solutions, Light Stanza, Rosco, Material Bank, Pure Edge Lighting, Pablo Designs and Meteor Lighting, AIA Dallas, American Lighting Association, AOLP, Arc, Bisnow, Commercial Construction & Renovation, D5 Design Magazine, Designing Lighting, Edison Report, Get a Grip on Lighting, IALD, IALD Texas, IES Dallas, IIDA TX OK, ILLI, Inside Lighting, LCA, Light Directory, Light Justice, The Lighting Exchange, NACLIQ, NAILD, NAWIC, NEMRA, National Lighting Bureau, SARA, TxA, US Lighting Trends and WILD.
To see all the events and information for ArchLIGHT Summit, please visit https://www.archlightsummit.com/events/.