An important update , just before closing this issue , which concerns the world of AIDI , the historical association and the editor of LUCE , is the appointment of Gian Paolo Roscio , manager of Network Services at IREN Energia SpA , as AIDI President for the three-year period from 2018 to 2020 . Elected at the shareholders ’ meeting which was held some days ago in Milan , he succeeds former AIDI President architect Margherita Suss . Gian Paolo Roscio , 57 years old , from Turin , married , with two children , is the manager of Gruppo Iren since 1982 , where he has held various positions in the management of the electric energy distribution network of Turin . Member of the Productivity and Quality Commission of Federelettrica . Since 2003 he has been managing services for the Town Council of Turin and other Public Administrations . He was the CEO of the Company Sasternet and member of the Board of Directors of AEM Net and AEM Torino Distribuzione . He is a member of the AIDI Governing Council since 2003 and of the AIDI Executive Board since 2009 . The new AIDI Council includes some very important representatives of the entrepreneurial sector , utilities , associations and professions . The confirmed Council members are : Dante Cariboni ( Cariboni Group ), Roberto Barbieri ( Osram ), Clotilde Binfa ( Performance In Lighting ), Aldo Bigatti ( Gewiss ), Raffaele Bonardi ( Citelum ) and Paolo Di Lecce ( Reverberi Enetec ). The newly appointed Council members are : Massimiliano Guzzini ( iGuzzini Illuminazione and President of ASSIL ), Luca Pellizzari ( A2A Illuminazione Pubblica ), Michele Bassi ( Neri ), Ubaldo Schiavi ( Cogei ) and Alessandro Visentin ( City Green Light ). The new Council members include distinguished professors Laura Bellia ( Università Federico II di Napoli ) and Anna Pellegrino ( Politecnico di Torino ). From the Business Associations , Andrea Solzi ( ASSIL ) is reconfirmed . Confirmed lighting designers are : Gianni Drisaldi , Lorella Primavera and Margherita Suss ( Studio GMS ). Alessandra Reggiani , President of the AIDI Lazio and Molise section , is a newly appointed Council member . In the professional area , Council members Alberto Scalchi and Alessia Usuelli have been reconfirmed . The new President , Gian Paolo Roscio , contacted by LUCE at the meeting , stated , “ This is an important task which I will carry out with great enthusiasm , accompanied by the vision of one who believes in an Association that increasingly draws strength from its cultural identity and that provides services , contents and opportunities for the entire lighting sector , an ideal place where a proficient exchange of views can take place among the different categories in the complex and heterogeneous lighting system : that ranges from the Companies , to the utilities , o ESCOs , and to professionals , from the universities to the professors .” From this announcement we can envisage future internal and external operations to promote the cultural activity of the Association , increasing relations among associate members , providing greater opportunities to new production and association categories , and greater interdisciplinary development to enhance the technical and scientific debate on innovative topics such as human centric lighting , Smart City and the IoT . A greater amount of information and experience exchanged with research centres , national and international organisms , and a more intense collaboration with universities and professors – AIDI is proud to have , among its members , professors that are renowned on a national and international scale . Attention and a renewed dialogue with the world of lighting designers , who have a relevant role in the sector and with Made in Italy products , training and the young generation . Actions and aims that we think will stem from constant comparing and sharing activities in this Association , which is proud of its history and is aware of its role and activities around the world in the Italian Lighting System , on an international but mainly on a European scale , and on a national economic , social and cultural level . The Editorial staff and the Director of LUCE wish the new AIDI President , Gian Paolo Roscio , every success in his work . We wish Margherita Suss , the Association ’ s President for the past three-year period , goodbye and we would like to thank her for the work carried out also as the editor of LUCE , the magazine founded by AIDI , only three years after AIDI was established in Milan in 1959 . The magazines Domus and Casabella ( 1928 ) were born three decades before , Interni in 1954 and Abitare in 1961 , followed by LUCE in 1962 , Lotus in 1965 and Ottagono the following year : all magazines that have all left a sign in the cultural life of Italy , and not only Italy .