Louise Denton
With nearly two decades in the lighting industry, Louise brings expertise in client consultations and building strong partnerships with professionals across lighting specification and sales. Since graduating from university in her youth, she has developed a passion for design-led solutions, enabling her to collaborate successfully with architects, interior designers, and lighting designers on diverse projects, with a particular focus on high-end residential work. Known for her attention to detail and ability to balance aesthetic vision with practical functionality, Louise is a trusted partner in helping to deliver bespoke lighting schemes that elevate luxury living spaces.
James Siddle
James Siddle leads the Managed Supply team at Ideaworks, delivering lighting equipment to projects in the superyacht, high-end residential, and luxury commercial sectors across Europe, the US, and the Middle East. With projects ranging from modest upgrades to multi-million-pound packages, James works with all those across the project spectrum – whether it be lighting designers, architects, contractors, or manufacturers – he and his team ensure that designers’ visions are brought to life, on time, and on budget.
Kuldeep Vali
Kuldeep Vali is the founder of “RISE with AI,” a no-code AI mentor and consultant, and a former lighting leader with 25 years experience (incl. Philips).
Over the past three years, he reinvented his career through Wharton’s Digital Transformation program and Mindvalley’s AI Mastery program, where his project won the Best AI Product Award (2023). From that journey, he created the R.I.S.E. framework (Reimagine, Integrate, Show Up, Elevate) to help busy professionals adopt AI in weeks, not years. He has trained 100+ professionals in the last few months. With his Reimagine and AI-First approach, he now helps lighting designers and manufacturers integrate no-code AI to upskill and kick-start long-term AI transformation.
James Sherman
James Sherman is an international award-winning design consultant, focused on the development and execution of natural and artificial lighting strategies.
In recent years, he has collaborated with a wide range of distinguished clients, including multi-national technology/media companies, national culture organisations, and private VIP’s, to deliver specialist lighting solutions for high-profile projects around the world.
His enduring passion to search for simple, powerful artistry using a strong basis of scientific capability has led him through an wide breadth and scale of projects - from the design of lighting strategies for global retail project roll-outs and the development of unique, cutting-edge lighting products to support them, to the invention of sophisticated workflows, tools, and devices to delve deeply into the dynamics that govern the relationship between natural phenomena and human perception, psychology, well-being, and delight.
Specific fields of interest include computer graphics, material science, artificial intelligence, and data visualisation.
Willie Duggan
Willie Duggan is a keynote speaker, lighting designer, and educator. His passion for light and health was ignited by a personal health crisis in 2013, which led him to explore epigenetics, quantum biology, and the profound role of light in human wellbeing. A Chartered Engineer with Masters in Light & Lighting from UCL, he now leads Willie Duggan Lighting, transforming the family business into a leading consultancy. An award-winning designer and recent keynote at IALD Enlighten Europe, he champions a new paradigm where design, science, and medicine meet.
Surbhi Jindal
Surbhi Jindal is the Founder of the multi-faceted lighting design practice - Da Light Hub and House of Bespoke, based out of Mumbai, India with presence in Principality of Liechtenstein, Europe.
She is a trained Architect and a Celebrity Designer working on the homes of who’s who of the Country with more than 16 years of qualitative experience in design application, project execution, environment sustainability, best design practices as well as training. Thought Leader for various hazards of Light pollution that are most overlooked and drastic form of climate change.
Da Light Hub, established in the year 2018 turned into a global Award-Winning consultancy (awarded by Times of India, KPMG & Lighting Magazine, London) in lighting design and bespoke lighting products, working on various National and International projects in areas like office spaces, hospitality, premiere residential and façade lighting spread across the globe.
In her previous stints, Surbhi Jindal has worked with Philips Lighting India as Lead – Lighting Design Applications Segment, International best practices like Studio Lumen and John Cullen on numerous National and International projects across India, Middle East, Sri Lanka, South Africa and the US, has designed many Celebrity Homes, hospitality projects, private office spaces and public buildings
- She is currently serving as Ambassador for Women in lighting in India (London based Project represented by 78 ambassadors in 78 Countries), with 71 members from India part of the project. She is an Associate Member at IALD – International Association of Lighting Designers
She was recently elected as the Secretary at the Lighting Designers Association of India
- Author of The International Best Seller - The Growth Hacking Book 2, Retail Lighting in the National Lighting Code by BIS, Government. of India 2019 and co-author of The Power of Stories by Women in lighting India
- Recipient of the Times of India She UnLTD Entrepreneur Award 2020 amongst 7000 participants
- Recipient of Darc Awards 2024, London for the best decorative lighting products of 2023
- Recognised as 40Under40 by the Lighting Magazine, London in Year 2020 – Most prestigious Award in the Lighting Industry globally
- Recognised as top 24 Women to Watch in 2021 by America’s best Business Magazine, Entrepreneur India alongside eminent
Naomi Saka
Naomi Saka is an Experience Designer at Bentley Motors. Since completing her Master’s at the RCA London, she has helped define the vision of an empathetic cabin experience in the Bentley EXP 100 GT and the newly released EXP 15. Since then, she aspires to bridge the broad field of immersive art and the automotive industry, and pioneer new software pipelines and design tools.