Here is an early look at 2024 lighting industry events, call-for-speakers, and award programs in 2024:

• Lightovation: Dallas International Lighting Show – January 10 – 14, 2024, Dallas, TX.
• Bright Star Awards – Product awards. Now accepting submissions. Final submission deadline is 1/26/24. Website is here.
• EC&M Product of the Year Awards 2024 – Product awards. Now accepting submissions. Final submission deadline is 1/26/24. Website is here.
• IES Illumination Awards – Lighting design awards. 2024 submissions open up on January 4, 2024, and the final deadline is 2/23/24. Submission website.
• Light + Building – March 3 – 8, 2024, Frankfurt, am Main. Register here. 
• LEDucation – March 19 & 20, 2024, in New York City, NY. Registration is now open here. The show website is here.
• LightSPEC West – April 17 & 18, 2024, Anaheim, CA.  Registration is open now.
• ILP Annual Professional Lighting Summit (UK) – June 18 & 19, 2024, in London, England. The save the date webpage is here.
• Lightovation: Dallas International Lighting Show – June 19 – 22, 2024, Dallas, TX.
• IES24: The Lighting Conference – August 15 – 17, 2024, in New York City, NY. The call-for-speakers is currently open here, with a submission deadline of January 10, 2024. The show website is here.
• ArchLIGHT Summit – September 17 & 18, 2024, in Dallas, TX. The call-for-speakers is currently open here, with a submission deadline of 2/9/24. The show website is here.
• IES Street & Area Lighting Conference (SALC) – September 22-25, 2024, in Atlanta, GA. The call-for-speakers is currently open here, with a submission deadline of  2/8/24. The show website is here.
• LiGHT24 (UK) – November 19 & 20, 2024, in London, England. More information here.

Do you know of other scheduled trade shows, conferences, call-for-speakers, and award programs, in 2024, that aren’t listed above? Put a link to the event or award website in the comment section below. I’ll consider adding it to the list above.

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.

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