Programm

Thursday, 23th October 2025

8:30 - 9:00 a.m.
Registration, coffee and networking

9:00 - 9:30 a.m.
Welcome and Introduction Light Symposium 2025

9:30 - 10:15 a.m.
» Keynote: Kerem Asfuroglu

10:15 - 10:30 a.m.
Q & A


10:30 - 10:45 a.m.
Coffee Break


10:45 - 11:30 a.m.
Light & Environment
» Christiane Sander: Bridges at night:
Shining examples of the importance of environmentally
responsible and sustainable artificial lighting
» Carolin Liedtke: How can we collaboratively develop
a more environmentally just approach to outdoor lighting
with municipalities? Insights after two years of
the Interreg project „Darker sky”.

11:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Panel Discussion

12:15 - 12:45  p.m.
Poster Presentations


12:45 - 1:30 p.m.
Lunch Break


1:30 - 3:00 p.m.
Lighting & Planetary Boundaries
» Thomas Schielke: How do we measure the progress of lighting?
» Julian Klabes: What Makes White Light Appealing? Cultural and
Contextual Influences on Preferred Color Rendering
» Sebastian Fingerhuth: Measuring the night. Research activities on light pollution in Chile

3:00 - 3:30 p.m.
Panel Discussion


3:30 - 3:45 p.m.
Coffee Break


3:45 - 4:15 p.m.
Presentation of the results of the joint student workshop
on lighting in a heritage context

4:15 - 5:45  p.m.
Walk through the world heritage town center of Wismar,
guided by the world heritage expert Prof. Dr. Arnd Hennemeyer

6:00 - 7:00 p.m.
Night walk to workshop results in the historic town of Wismar

Friday, 24th October 2025

8:30 - 9:00 a.m.
Coffee and networking

9:00 - 9:15 a.m.
Welcome and Introduction

9:15 - 10:00 a.m.
» Keynote: Kevin Houser: Human-Centric Lighting:
Myth, Magic, or Metaphor? Exploring the Potential and
Hype of Lighting for Health

10:00 - 10:15 a.m.
Q & A


10:15 - 10:30 a.m.
Coffee Break


10:30 - 11:45 a.m.
Light & Health
» Georgios Triantafyllidis: EEG-Based Emotional Responses to
Daylight vs. Mixed Lighting: A Comparison of Arousal and Valence
» Tom Igoe: Developing a Mental Model for Integrative Lighting
» Ilze Leduskrasta-Busa: From Science to Practice: Implementing
Evidence-Based Holistic Lighting in Architectural Lighting Design

11:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Panel Discussion

12:15 - 12:45
Poster Presentations
 

12:45 - 1:30 p.m.
Lunch Break
 

1:30 - 3:15 p.m.
Light & Heritage
» Julieta Cignacco: Designing with darkness in cultural heritage sites:
Towards a luminance-based methodological approach
» Brandon Fobugwe: Preferred Lighting for Paintings: Combining
Color Science and Art Historical Context
» Henrika Pihlajaniemi: Art of Darkness - Enhancing the dark-time
experience of urban cultural heritage through European pilot trials
» Hamidreza Eizadi: Perceptual Shifts through Time: Exploring
the Potential of Daylight and Electric Lighting in Heritage Buildings


3:15 - 3:45 p.m.
Coffee Break


3:45 - 4:15 p.m.
Panel Discussion

4:15 - 4:30 p.m.
Closing of Light Symposium 2025

Das Symposium ist englischsprachig. The symposium will be held in English. Stand: 30.9.2025