LightFair is now accepting applications for its 33^rd annual LightFair Innovation Awards and invites exhibitors to submit innovative new products. Winners in 14 categories, plus three overall excellence awards for Most Innovative Product of the Year, Technical Innovation and Design Excellence, will be announced at LightFair 2022, June 19 – 23, at the Las Vegas Convention Center.

“The LightFair Innovation Awards have recognized the best-of-the-best in lighting for more than three decades,” said Dan Darby, show director. Exhibitors interested in applying to win a LightFair Innovation Award must submit new products launched between LightFair 2021 (October 30) and LightFair 2022. The 17 awards are:

• Most Innovative Product of the Year – the program’s highest award, recognizing the most innovative new product
• Technical Innovation – recognizing the most forward-thinking advancement in lighting technology
• Design Excellence – recognizing outstanding achievement in design
• Non-Luminous: Research, Publications, Lighting Software & Specialty Hardware
• Lamps: Conventional, Retrofit & Replacement
• LED/OLED, Chips & Modules
• Ballasts, Transformers, Drivers, Systems & Kits
• Track, Display, Undercabinet & Shelf
• Recessed Downlights, Wall Washers & Multiples
• Indoor Decorative
• Parking, Roadway, & Area Luminaires
• Sports, Step, Landscape, Pool & Fountain Luminaires
• Control Components & Hardware  
• Commercial Indoor: Troffers, Suspended & Surface Mounted
• Industrial, Disinfection, Vandal, Emergency & Exit
• Dynamic Color, Theatrical, Cove, Strips & Tape
• Control Enabling Technology, Connectivity & Software

Submitting to the LightFair Innovation Awards is free, and available only to confirmed 2022 LightFair exhibitors. The number of entries allowed per company is based on booth size and every entry is given equal consideration. Award submissions must be received on or before March 11, 2022 at www.lightfair.com/lightfair-innovation-awards-submissions.

David Shiller

David Shiller is the Publisher of LightNOW, and President of Lighting Solution Development, a North American consulting firm providing business development services to advanced lighting manufacturers. The ALA awarded David the Pillar of the Industry Award. David has co-chaired ALA’s Engineering Committee since 2010. David established MaxLite’s OEM component sales into a multi-million dollar division. He invented GU24 lamps while leading ENERGY STAR lighting programs for the US EPA. David has been published in leading lighting publications, including LD+A, enLIGHTenment Magazine, LEDs Magazine, and more.

See Full Bio