GLPF and IES Launch First Joint Booth

During the fair, the inaugural joint booth of the Global Lighting Procurement Federation (GLPF) and the Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) made its debut at Booth GH-C20. This marks the first joint appearance of the two organisations at an Asian lighting exhibition.

GLPF is guided by its mission Grow Global Markets with GLPF. It consolidates global procurement and distribution resources within the lighting sector, connects Chinese manufacturers with overseas buyers, and facilitates cross-border trade and supply chain matching. Drawing on its profound expertise in lighting design and engineering standards, IES brings cutting-edge international design philosophies and engineering practices to the show floor. Complementing each other’s strengths, the two parties jointly build a collaboration channel for exhibitors to access overseas markets and engage directly with international buyers.

Inaugural Joint Forum: Highlights of IES Illumination Awards – Exemplars of Light

Jared Smith, President of the Illuminating Engineering Society (IES), chaired the forum and delivered a keynote address.

President of IES Jared Smith

A panel of IES Illumination Awards laureates together with representatives from design, academia and industry explored the evolving frontier of artistry and technology across varied lighting categories.

• Hiroyasu Shoji, Lighting Designer of Lightdesign Inc. (Japan), presented the lighting design for the Grand Ring at Expo 2025 Osaka.
• Kelly Jones, Principal Lighting Designer of Lighting Design Alliance, shared the “Light Sculpture” project in Los Angeles, USA.
• Brian Stacy from Arup covered the lighting implementation for the Joslyn Art Museum Expansion in Omaha, Nebraska, USA.
• Ali Berkman, Founder of ON|OFF Lighting Design Consultants, introduced the Nohoo project in Dubai, UAE.
• Professor Yan Yonghong, School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Chongqing University, presented the nightscape lighting design for the Macau Bridge in China.

Spanning expo landmarks, theme parks, museums, urban bridges and commercial icons, the five speakers offered multi-dimensional insights into artistic expression, engineering delivery and public urban lighting, staging a cross-disciplinary dialogue between art and technology.

IES Illumination Awards laureates and representatives from design, academia and industry shared the stage

Certificate Presentation Session

Helen Zeng, Executive President of GLPF and President of SLDA, delivered a presentation titled Pioneer Global Lighting Markets with GLPF. She outlined the positioning of GLPF as an international industrial collaboration platform and its upcoming service roadmap. Initiated by the Shenzhen Lighting and Display Engineering Industry Association together with 65 leading global lighting enterprises, GLPF was founded in Hong Kong, China on 7 April 2025. Against a backdrop of booming demand for smart lighting and healthy light environments and accelerated global transition of the lighting industry toward intelligence, sustainability and internationalisation, GLPF aims to remove geographical barriers, foster global supply chain synergy, and operate an integrated service ecosystem covering procurement matching, standards development, international certification and overseas market expansion.

Zeng Xiaolan highlighted the strategic partnership between GLPF and IES: the two entities formally signed a cooperation agreement in Guangzhou in June 2026 and jointly rolled out specialised training on TM-30. This Hong Kong fair marks their first joint booth showcase. Looking ahead, they will launch the exclusive officially certified China Intelligent Manufacturing Pavilion at L+B Building NA in Las Vegas, USA in March 2027, and establish a regular Sino-US lighting dialogue platform together with IES leadership, North American design firms and leading enterprises from both China and the United States.

Helen Zeng, Executive President of GLPF and President of SLDA

Certificate Presentation Session

Yan Chunhui, CEO of Navilum Technology, delivered a talk titled Integrated Indoor Healthy Lighting Solution Based on GaN Multi-wavelength EPLED Chips. Starting from the fundamental photobiological mechanism, he emphasised that human-centric healthy lighting is not a marketing buzzword but rooted in solid scientific evidence. The ipRGC photoreceptors in the human retina, with melanopsin as the core pigment, are most sensitive to 480 nm blue-green light. They act as “sensors” translating light signals into circadian cues, which are then relayed to the suprachiasmatic nucleus — the master body clock — to regulate the diurnal rhythm of melatonin, serotonin and cortisol. He further drew an innovative parallel between the traditional Chinese medicine theory of the ascent and descent of Yang Qi and waxing and waning of Yin-Yang, and modern biological rhythms, warning that excessive blue light and irregular lighting schedules from artificial light are hidden triggers for disruptions to sleep, metabolism and immunity.

To address the limitations of conventional blue-chip-plus-phosphor architectures, Navilum introduced its proprietary EPLED single-chip multi-wavelength chip. The device incorporates two separate multi-quantum-well light-emitting regions, generating photoluminescent green light via electrically excited blue light. Multiple wavelengths are integrated on a single die, delivering a continuous spectrum with stable output against current variation and flexible tunability of wavelength ratios. The technology enables all-GaN white light without phosphors and circumvents patent restrictions on traditional white-light solutions.

Built on its two core technologies, EPLED and Superchip, Navilum develops dynamic lighting solutions tuned for eye comfort and circadian regulation, with spectra customised for dawn, daytime, night and pre-sleep periods. Rather than simple dimming, the solution tailors the spectrum to match human physiological needs at different times of day. This technology is protected by a portfolio of patents and a range of customisable chips. It has won the China LED Pioneer Award for three consecutive editions and been commercialised in healthy indoor lighting products such as the Circadian Smart Desk Lamp.

Special thanks to MYNICE Optoelectronics for supporting this forum.

GLPF & IES Welcome You to Booth GH-C20

The joint booth GH-C20 will remain open throughout 27–30 October. In addition to the IES Illumination Awards highlight forum on opening day, GLPF and IES will host a series of matchmaking activities during the exhibition. Industry enterprises and professional visitors are warmly invited to visit the booth for exchange and business discussions.

For booth enquiries: Zeng Xinyan +86 18129837902