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Lighting the Developing World

Friday, June 10, 2011 from 9:00 AM to 8:00 PM (ET)

New York, NY

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1.6 billion people in the world, more than 25%, live in energy poverty, and thus in “lighting poverty.”  With no access to electricity, they light their homes with kerosene lanterns or wood fires, filling their homes with dangerous smoke that is unhealthy and unsafe. The use of kerosene in particular is also inefficient, expensive, and harmful to the environment. 

The Lighting The Developing World Symposium is intended to raise awareness of the need for, and create a dialog about lighting in the developing world.  In addition to presenting an overview of conditions in the developing world, a number of presenters will offer different perspectives about bringing lighting to various locations.  We will also exhibit some of the lighting technologies that are currently being deployed or are intended for the developing world, along with a display of student work from a Parsons MFA Lighting Design seminar class held the past two years focusing on this topic.   The symposium will culminate in a session where participants can lend their voices to this initiative.  The day will conclude with a reception to recognize the supporters of Lighting The Developing World, including attendees, speakers, and exhibitors.

The symposium is tied in with a “social mission” trip to Peru in July for New School students to deliver and install solar-powered lighting systems for a village high in the Andes mountains.  The trip is being planned in cooperation with and organized by the Light Up The World organization (http://lutw.org).

Registration for the symposium is free.  If you wish to contribute to the Lighting The Developing World initiative in general or the Peru trip specifically, contributions may be sent to the LIGHTING THE DEVELOPING WORLD fund through the Office of Development, The New School, 79 Fifth Avenue, 17th Floor, New York, NY 10003.  Questions or comments may be sent to:berneckc@newschool.edu.

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Tishman Auditorium
66 W 12th St
New York, NY 10011

Friday, June 10, 2011 from 9:00 AM to 8:00 PM (ET)


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Lighting the Developing World Symposium

Program Outline 

What is the Developing World?  Setting the Stage.  Michael Cohen, Director and Professor of International Affairs, Milano The New School for Management and Urban Policy

Light Up The World. Christoph Schultz, Program Director, Light Up The World

Lighting Systems for the Middle of Nowhere. Toby Cumberbatch, Professor of Electrical Engineering, The Cooper Union and the SociaLite Project

Tabletop and Student Work Exhibits

Personal Reflections on Lighting in the Himalayas and Haiti.  Chad Groshart, Associate, Atelier Ten, Environmental Design Consultants + Lighting Designers

Is There a Developing World within the Developed World?  Francesca Bastianni, Lighting Designer, LumenArch

A Protocol for Photometric Measurement of Off-Grid Lighting Systems.  Lighting Technology in the Developing World Class, Parsons The New School for Design

Design Considerations, Implementation and Assessment of Lighting in the Developing World. Lighting Technology in the Developing World Class, Parsons The New School for Design

Panel/Audience Discussion:  What is the Future for Lighting in the Developing World?  Moderator: Elizabeth Donoff, Editor, Architectural Lighting Magazine

Light Up Peru Reception and Recognition of Contributors