“ La nostra azienda ha sempre sostenuto“ Showlight” in tutte le edizioni passate perché lo riteniamo un evento fondamentale per lo sviluppo della cultura della luce nel mondo dello spettacolo. È proprio grazie a eventi seri come“ Showlight” che nel mondo anglosassone fare il Lighting Designer è diventata una professione qualificata, riconosciuta e ben retribuita.“ Showlight” è anzitutto un’ opportunità di crescita professionale per chi lavora nel settore ma è anche un appuntamento che promuove e qualifica la professione. Inoltre, dal punto di vista di Claypaky, ADB, Osram e aziende come le nostre, una professionalità più diffusa nel nostro settore significa l’ opportunità di fare apprezzare il valore aggiunto della qualità e delle performance superiori dei nostri prodotti”.
Showlight 2017, the World show lighting conference, will take place from 20 to 23 May 2017 in Florence. An unmissable event for show business professionals. The event has existed for about thirty years, and it takes place every four years, each time in a different country. The organizers have chosen Italy for the 2017 edition, and Claypaky has been selected as main sponsor at the event. The heart of Showlight are the talks by authoritative speakers, which focus on subjects regarding show lighting in the theatre, at major events, on television and in the cinema, and even architectural and theme park installations. The speakers are lighting designers, lighting directors, and architects. In any case, they are lighting experts who have put together major international shows or projects over the past four years. They recount their experience and the technical solutions they devised, or the new technologies available. There are also fringe events in parallel with the conference, such as an exhibition
Victoria Coeln, Showlight 2013
Showlight 2017 will take place in Florence
An appointment that show lighting professionals cannot miss. Claypaky is main sponsor
area with about forty lighting industry companies, a series of social activities, and a programme of guided tours to interesting places in the city of Florence. The talks begin on Sunday 21 May and end on Tuesday 23 May. The conference venue is the auditorium of Palazzo dei Congressi in Florence, a prestigious building next to the Santa Maria Novella railway station. The provisional conference schedule has already been posted on the event website www. showlight. org, with the names of the speakers and the topics of their talks. The fringe event programme has also been published on the Showlight website. To take part in Showlight you have to pay a registration fee. Despite this, Showlight has always been a must, especially for lighting designers in the English-speaking world and Northern Europe. Its success lies in the event’ s format. In particular, it is a conference with important topical themes for those working in show lighting, carefully chosen by the organizing committee. The speakers are all top-ranking experts,
and their talks are presented in a professional and- above all- concise manner: everyone has just twenty minutes. This gives the conference a lively rhythm and leaves room for a wide variety of topics. Showlight is also a unique opportunity for socializing: the talks are interspersed with breaks, during which everyone can meet, interact, and exchange experiences. The coffee breaks and buffet lunches are held in the exhibition area, next to the conference room, and served from refreshment points scattered among the booths. The booths are small and all strictly the same size. The idea behind this is that the exhibiting companies are not there to promote their products, but to provide technical information to people who use their products. Moreover, the organizing committee has also put together a programme of optional social activities, which enrich the conference with interesting recreational events for the participants. As far as this goes, Florence really offers the unthinkable, from every point of view, especially for international attendees. All the talks are in English. It is a paid event, but there are prices to fit all needs: a full fee to attend all the talks, a special fee to attend only one day, a students’ fee, a social programme fee, and so on. Taking part in Showlight is of paramount importance for every lighting professional. Not only is it possible to attend high level professional training, but you can also get to know great professionals who have put on extraordinarily important events and shows, in an informal setting. Claypaky is the main sponsor at the event, since we are the most important entertainment lighting company in the conference host country. Pio Nahum, Claypaky CEO, said:“ our company has always supported all previous editions of Showlight, since we consider it a fundamental event for developing the‘ culture of light’ in the entertainment world. It is thanks to serious events like Showlight that being a lighting designer has become a recognized, well paid, qualified profession in the English-speaking world. An event like Showlight is above all an opportunity for professional growth for those who work in the field, but it also promotes and raises the level of the profession. Moreover, from the point of view of Claypaky, ADB, Osram and companies like ours, more widespread professionalism in our industry means a better chance that the added value of the quality and performance of our products is appreciated.”
Illuminazione Claypaky al Teatro Manzoni di Milano per il Musical West Side Story / The lighting by Claypaky for the West Side Story musical at Teatro Manzoni, Milan
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