Event Outline

SPARC 2013 Program

Time

Activity

Location

Tuesday 4 June

15:00 – 19:00

Displays Open

Customs Hall OPT

19:30 – 22:00

Opening Ceremony

Cargo Hall OPT

 

Wednesday 5 June

10:00 - 11:00

Speaker Program
Motoko Ishii - Lighting Designer
Motoko Ishii Lighting Design
Lighting Design—its path and prospects

Cargo Hall OPT

11:00 – 11:40

Speaker Program Recess: Morning Tea

Cargo Hall OPT

11:50 - 12:30Speaker Program
Rick Morrison - Senior Lighting Designer/Manager
NDYLIGHT
Lighting Design for Circadian Rhythm in a Public Hospital
Cargo Hall OPT

12:00

Displays Open

Customs Hall OPT

12:30 - 13.30

Speaker Program Recess: Lunch

Customs Hall OPT Displays Area

13:45 - 14:25Speaker Program
Tim Greer - Director
Tonkin Zulaikha Greer Architects
After Dark
Cargo Hall OPT

14:25 - 14:45

Speaker Program Recess

14:45 - 15:45Speaker Program
Emmanuel Clair - Architect and Lighting Designer
Light Cibles
TBA
Cargo Hall OPT

15:45 - 16:30

Speaker Program Recess: Afternoon Tea

Customs Hall OPT Displays Area

16:45 - 17:15Speaker Program
Paul Beale - Owner
Electrolight
Social Media and Lighting Design
Cargo Hall OPT

18:00 - 20:00

Happy Two Hours

Customs Hall & Balcony 

21:00Displays Close

Thursday 6 June

09:30 - 10:30

Speaker Program
John Johnson - Owner
Lightwaves
Designing Light for Museums & Galleries

Cargo Hall OPT

10:00Displays OpenCustoms Hall OPT

10:30  - 11:10

Speaker Program Recess: Morning Tea

Customs Hall OPT Displays Area

11:15 - 11:55Speaker Program
Wendy Davis - Associate Professor
University of Sydney
Colour Quality: Looking Ahead
Cargo Hall OPT

12:00 - 13:00

Speaker Program Recess: Lunch

Customs Hall OPT Displays Area

13:10 - 14:10Speaker Program
Rogier van der Heide – Vice-president Philips Design & Chief Design Officer
Philips Lighting
This is not a lamp
Cargo Hall OPT
14:30 - 15:10Speaker Program
Dr M. Hank Haeusler - Senior Lecturer
School of Architecture
Faculty of Built Environment
University of NSW
Martin Tomitsch - Lecturer
Faculty of Architecture
Design and Planning
Design Lab
University of Sydney
New Media Facades - A Global Survey
16:00Displays Close

18:30 for 19:00 - 23:00

Gala Dinner

Sydney Town Hall

Note: For individual speaker session times click here
Program subject to change at Organiser’s discretion

TICKET SALES

Opening Ceremony  $120 plus GST = $132

Gala Dinner $200 plus GST = $220

International Speaker $120 plus GST = $132

Speaker $50 plus GST = $55

Displays $40 plus GST = $44

Student Discount = 60%

Please click here to purchase tickets.

FURTHER INFORMATION

From 15:00 to 19:00 on Tuesday 4 June, indoor lighting displays will open for guests to see, touch and experience the very latest in lighting technology. This will be followed by an Opening Ceremony at the Overseas Passenger Terminal, looking across the water at Circular Quay to the spectacular Sydney Opera House.

On Wednesday 5 June, the lighting displays will open for visitors from 12:00 to 21:00.

Internationally and nationally renowned experts in lighting design, education, research and architecture are speakers at the SPARC International Lighting Event 2013 and will present the latest hot topics in lighting design and lighting technology.

On Thursday 6 June, the lighting displays will open at 10:00 and run concurrently with the educational seminar program until 16:00.

SPARC International Lighting Event will conclude with a sensational Gala Dinner at Sydney Town Hall on Thursday 6 June.