The significance of deLIGHTed talks Asia @ GILE 2026 lies not in any individual speaker or organization, but in the complete ecosystem represented across the event.
The lineup spans the full spectrum of the healthy lighting ecosystem: from the global Good Light movement championed by GLG; the international lighting design expertise represented by International Association of Lighting Designers (IALD); the healthy building and Living Lab perspectives brought by International WELL Building Institute (IWBI) and Delos ; the international design community and life-centered lighting discussions represented by Virtual Lighting Design Community ; the control protocol and data interoperability expertise represented by Digital Illumination Interface Alliance and standards organizations; to the implementation capabilities of LED, luminaire, controls, measurement, and lighting software companies—alongside the active participation of China’s scientific, medical, design, association, and industry communities.
To date, the confirmed and planned keynote speakers and key contributors for both the Main Forum and the Focus Groups and Action Day Sessions include:
International and GLG / GLGA Key Speakers and Contributors
Jan Denneman | Good Light Group
Chairman of the Board of Good Light Group (GLG), Honorary Ambassador and past President of the Global Lighting Association, and former Vice President Industry Associations at Philips Lighting. Jan will participate remotely in the June 8 Good Light Wake-up Call / LED WG closed-door meeting and deliver an opening keynote video address, providing a global perspective and the core spirit of the Good Light movement for Asia’s actions. Jan will not participate in the June 9–11 Focus Group and Action Day Sessions.
Lawrence Lin | Lighting Recipe Studio/GLG/GLGA
CEO of Lighting Recipe Studio, Board Member of the Good Light Group, and Founder and Chairman of the Good
Light Group Asia (GLGA).
He will participate in the forum opening, share global trends, and co-chair FG-05: HCL-ready IES Profile and FG-06: Good Light Wake-up Call – Full Industry Chain Action Consensus.
Daniel Cheng | GLGA
Secretary General of Good Light Group Asia (GLGA), responsible for on-site coordination of the Focus Group and Action Day Sessions, agenda consolidation, and follow-up action implementation.
Experts in science, circadian rhythm, photometric measurement, and medicine
Rob Lucas
Professor of Neuroscience at the University of Manchester, with long-term research on alpha-opic metrics, EDI / DER, photometric measurement, and health circadian rhythms, and an important international representative of the scientific foundation of healthy lighting. His keynote at the main forum will focus on quantitative targets beyond lux / CCT.
Marijke Gordijn
Founder and Director of Chrono@Work, Board Member of Good Light Group, with long-term research on biological clocks, sleep, light, human behavior, health, and performance. She will share insights on Good Light, circadian rhythm, and circadian health, and participate in related on-site discussions.
Dr. Oliver Stefani
Senior Researcher at HSLU and Founder of Chronolight, focusing on photobiology and how integrated lighting and 24-hour work environments translate from science into practice.
Dr. Anne Berends
SunLED Life Science Co-founder and CEO/CTO will share emerging evidence, application opportunities, and the scientific boundaries of near-infrared light in relation to health and wellbeing.
Zhao Hongyi
Director, Sleep Medicine Department, 984 Hospital. He will participate in the main forum and related focus group discussions from the perspective of light in clinical practice, sleep medicine, and healthcare environment design.
Dr. Jay Lin
Associate Researcher, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University. He will share how light affects the brain, from visual pathways and brain clearance mechanisms to verifiable application value.
Zheng Hongcheng
Secretary-General of the Scientific Committee, National Sleep Science Center. He will discuss the validation of healthy lighting from the perspective of EEG and human response evidence.
Professor Lin Yandan
Professor and PhD supervisor at Fudan University, and Head of the Human-Centric Lighting and Color Science Laboratory. She will participate in the main forum and related focus group discussions from the perspective of healthy housing, human-centric lighting, and color science.
Professor Dai Qi
Professor at Fudan University, former research professor at Tongji University, with prior LED engineering and product development experience at Osram Sylvania and Bridgelux. His presentation will focus on educational lighting, learning focus, and circadian support.
International design, International Association of Lighting Designers, Virtual Lighting Design Community, and China’s healthy lighting design community.
Jeff Miller
FIALD, CLD, President of Jeff Miller Lighting Design, and former President of the International Association of Lighting Designers (IALD). His presentation will discuss how designers can move beyond aesthetics and translate science into human experience.
Kevan Shaw
Independent lighting consultant, International Association of Lighting Designers Fellow, CLD, C.Eng., and former founder and principal designer of Kevan Shaw Lighting Design. His presentation will focus on practical aspects of integrated lighting implementation and he will also participate in related on-site discussions.
Martin Klaasen | VLDC / VLD Community
International lighting designer and representative of the Virtual Lighting Design Community / VLD Community. Martin will present at the main forum on trends, opportunities, and recommendations from the VLDC Future Forum on life-centered lighting, and is scheduled to participate in FG-05: HCL-ready IES Profile and FG-06: Good Light Wake-up Call – Full Industry Chain Action Consensus, contributing from the perspectives of the international design community, client value, and pilot project implementation.
Amardeep Dugar | VLDC / IES Global Development Committee
Co-founder of Virtual Lighting Design Community and Chair of the IES Global Development Committee. He will participate in the main forum discussions from the perspectives of public architecture, public health, public policy, and well-being in lighting design.
Shi Hengzhao
Designer and one of the Chief Editors of the Indoor Space Healthy Lighting Design Standard of the Architectural Electrical Branch of the China Building Decoration Association. Shi will bring key perspectives to the focus group co-creation sessions on China’s healthy lighting design standards, interior design practice, design education, and local project implementation.
Healthy lighting should not remain only within scientific or product-level discourse; it must be translated into design methods that designers can understand, owners can accept, projects can deliver, and on-site conditions can verify.
Professor Xiao Hongqing
Senior figure in lighting education and industry in Taiwan, with long-term contributions to the dissemination of lighting knowledge, design education, and professional talent development. His participation in the Good Light Wake-up Call will bring an important perspective on lighting education in Taiwan, industry legacy, and practical approaches to healthy lighting design.
International WELL Building Institute, Delos, and healthy building sector stakeholders
Richard Wei-Shun Chang｜IWBI China
Vice President and Head of Market Development, International WELL Building Institute China. He will participate in the main forum and focus group discussions from the perspectives of WELL, healthy buildings, client value, and measurable outcomes.
Yi / Zoe Xia | IWBI China
Director, International WELL Building Institute China. She will speak at the main forum on how building owners evaluate healthy lighting, and on topics ranging from health narratives to asset value, while contributing to discussions aligned with the healthy buildings and owner-value stakeholder group.
Tori Hui Ren, PhD | Delos China / Well Living Lab
Director of Delos China and Researcher at the WELL Living Lab. She will participate in the main forum and focus group discussions from the perspectives of Living Lab research, communicating health value, healthy buildings, and verifiable outcomes.
LED light sources, spectral innovation, and foundational capabilities
Kei Haraguchi | Nichia Corporation
General Manager, LED Business Planning Division, Nichia Corporation. He will share perspectives on LED spectral innovation and health-related lighting applications such as Dynasolis™. As a key pioneer in the LED industry, Nichia’s participation reflects how foundational light-source companies continue to contribute to the next generation of data language and spectral value development in healthy lighting.
Meng Shuang | Luminus Devices
Head of FAE, Luminus Devices. Luminus Devices, as an international high-performance LED light source company, will contribute to the foundational development of healthy lighting from the perspectives of high-performance LEDs, spectral applications, engineering support, and application-level customer translation.
Kumpei Kobayashi | Seoul Semiconductor
Jason Xu | Seoul Semiconductor
Seoul Semiconductor has long invested in natural-like light and SunLike spectral technology, making it a key contributor to the evolution of healthy lighting and human-centric LED spectral design.
Jason Xu, EVP of Seoul Semiconductor, will participate in discussions from the perspectives of the LED industry, market applications, natural-light LED promotion, and the practical implementation of healthy lighting technologies.
Kumpei Kobayashi, a scientist at Seoul Semiconductor and one of the key contributors to SunLike technology, will join the June 8 Good Light Wake-up Call / LED WG closed-door session online, providing critical input on light source science, natural-like spectra, spectral design, and the evolution of healthy lighting technology.
Zhao Sen | Nationstar Optoelectronics Vice President
Nationstar Optoelectronics is a key player in China’s LED packaging and light source supply chain. Its participation reflects how Chinese LED and light source companies are entering the co-development of next-generation data language, spectral value, and industrial applications in healthy lighting.
Xia Zhenghao | General Manager of Greatshine
Greatshine will contribute to discussions from the perspectives of light source technology, product applications, and collaboration in the healthy lighting industry.
Luminaire, system, control, and industry partners
Lin Yan , Zhu Liyi , Zhou Ning | Pak Corporation
Lin Yan (General Manager), Zhu Liyi (CTO), and Zhou Ning (Product Director) will participate in the main forum and focus group activities. Zhou Ning will present at the main forum on “From Office Lighting to Healthy Lighting Scenarios: Pak’s Product Practice and Value Transformation.” Pak Corporation is also a sponsor of this forum.
Gong Hao , Shi Min , Kang Xiaofeng | NVC Lighting
Gong Hao (Marketing General Manager), Shi Min (CTO), and Kang Xiaofeng (Senior Director of Smart Applications) will participate in the relevant focus group and industry discussions, connecting healthy lighting from product development and market transformation to large-scale application scenarios. NVC Lighting is also a sponsor of this forum.
Hu Yonghong , Zhou Yang , Lan Gang | CDN Lighting (Seeton Lighting).
Hu Yonghong (CEO), Zhou Yang (CTO), and Lan Gang (Product Manager) will participate in the relevant discussions, connecting high-end commercial lighting, professional lighting, technology application, product definition, and project implementation.
Jiang Jinbiao, Zou Weihong | Goneo Muguang (Bull Lighting Division)
Jiang Jinbiao (General Manager) and Zou Weihong (Product Director) will participate in the relevant discussions, connecting healthy lighting implementation from the perspectives of home environments, smart lighting, distribution channels, and end-user scenarios.
Jack Chong | Traxon e:cue CEO
Traxon should be positioned as a lighting systems company with capabilities in luminaires, control systems, dynamic lighting, and integrated scene-based solutions. Jack Chong’s participation will connect architectural lighting, dynamic control, media façades, scene systems, and large-scale project delivery capabilities, advancing healthy lighting beyond individual luminaires and parameters toward controllable, programmable, operable, and verifiable spatial systems.
Yu Yan | Signify APAC Senior Manager, Standardization
Yu Yan will participate in the discussions from the perspectives of a leading international lighting company, standardization, regulations, product boundaries, and healthy lighting applications.
Paul Drosihn FIoL｜DALI Alliance
General Manager of Digital Illumination Interface Alliance.
He will participate in the Good Light Wake-up Call related discussions, connecting healthy lighting data, control protocols, DALI, BMS / LMS, and system-level operational frameworks.
The participation of all above speakers and organizations positions deLIGHTed talks Asia not as a conventional forum, but as a systemic alignment across science, design, standards, healthy buildings, light sources, luminaires, controls, validation, and owner value.
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