New York City Members to Speak at IES26
Our New York City Section will be well represented at the upcoming IES Annual Conference in Denver, Colorado, August 13–15. Several of our members and Thesis Award recipients will take the stage to share their expertise, insights, and experiences with fellow lighting professionals from across the industry.
We’re proud to see so many members of the New York City Section participating in this important industry gathering and bringing the energy, innovation, and perspective of New York’s lighting community to Denver. Be sure to check out their presentations and support our members as they share their knowledge with the IES community.
There is still time to register and attend!
Thursday August 13
Workshop: 3D Printing for Lighting | 9:00 AM-12:00 PM
Indika Perera
2016 IESNYC Thesis Award Recipient
Research Scientist, Lecturer
Lighting Research Center - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Friday August 14
Augmented Futures: Ethics, AI and Lighting Practice | 11:30 AM-12:30 PM
Glenn Shrum, CLD, IALD
Associate Professor / Founding Principal
Parsons School of Design / Flux Studio
Parametric Analysis of A 3D Printed Baffle Optics Geometry for Glare Reduction and Tailoring Output Beam Intensity Distribution | 11:30 AM-12:00 PM
Harithra Navaratnam
2026 IESNYC Thesis Award Recipient
B.Arch (Honors), GREENSL ® AP: Graduate Student & Research Assistant
Lighting Research Center, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Bridging the Luminance Gap_ A Reliability Assessment of Smartphone-Based HDR Luminance Analysis for Professional Lighting Practice | 12:00 PM-12:30 PM
Craig A Bernecker
Director, MFA Lighting Design
The New School
Hemkar Sharma
2026 IESNYC Thesis Award Recipient
Student, The New School
How Much View Is Enough? Linking View Satisfaction to Energy Impacts in Buildings
2:00 PM-2:30 PM
Won Hee Ko, LEED AP BD+C
Assistant Professor
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Light Justice in Practice: Panel Discussion | 2:00 PM-3:00 PM
Kate Sweater Hickcox
Energy & Environment Research Scientist, PNNL
Maya Hladišová
Lighting Designer, Buro Happold
Designing Supportive Environments for the Visually Impaired and Aging: Updates to and Best Practices for Applying RP-28 | 3:05 PM-4:05 PM
Kassandra Gonzales, LC
2015 IESNYC Thesis Award Recipient
Senior Lighting Designer, RAB Lighting
From Illuminance to Experience: Validating Mobile Luminance Capture as a Bridge Between Quantitative Metrics and Human-Centric Lighting Design | 4:20 PM-4:50 PM
Francesca Bastianini, LC, IES
Faculty, Parsons School of Design
Craig A Bernecker
Director, MFA Lighting Design, The New School
Saturday August 15
How Light is Delivered Shapes How Light is Felt | 11:05 AM-11:35 AMFrancesca Bastianini, LC, IES
Faculty, Parsons School of Design
Designing with the Brain in Mind: Neurodiversity-Informed Lighting and Building Systems for Behavioral Health Environments | 2:35 PM-3:35 PM
Lauren Schwade, LC, IALD, IES, CLD, EDAC
Associate Principal / Healthcare Lighting Lead
Mazzetti
Investigating Mean Room Surface Exitance (MRSE) as a Complementary Metric to Horizontal Illuminance | 3:05 PM-3:35 PMCraig A Bernecker
Director, MFA Lighting Design
The New School
