City Life Magazine 23 | Page 16

The Professional Lighting Design Convention, PLDC 2017 will be held in Paris, France from 01. – 04. November, 2017 PLDC 2017 will take place in Paris, one of the world’s greatest cities, and will be held at the Palais des Congrès – a modern convention centre that claims to be the largest in Europe. Paris was one of the first cities to start using street lights during the Great Exhibition of 1889, and was promptly referred to as the City of Light. The city fathers now have the chance to regain the title in the modern sense as the “City of Light 4.0”. By the year 2020, Paris is planning to change its public lighting system radically. In future, more emphasis will be placed on the needs of pedestrians and cyclists. For more information see here. In preparation for the convention in Paris, and to give the Professional Lighting Design community the opportunity to meet on a regular basis in the run-up to PLDC, a series of warm-events are being held in different parts of the world. Warm-up events can take many different forms: evening events, breakfast meetings, film screenings, museum visits, Pecha Kucha presentations, etc. – in a great networking scenario, and always with an element of fun, of course! WARM-UP EVENTS IN PREPARATION: Wismar/D, October 2016: At the close of the Light Symposium the Events Team and partners will be inviting the seminar attendees to an evening event and cult party. Dubai/UAE, October 2016: On the occasion of Light Middle East, the VIA Events team and partners will be organising a PLD-interactive seminar. Registration is now open.