Öffentliche + eingeladene Vorträge/Konferenzen
2023
LITG Light – Salzburg
2022
Bahrain Keynote speaker at online international conference Interior Design and Architecture Programs, Gulf University Bahrain Lecture title: “Engineering and Technology for Sustainable Architectural and Interior Design Environments”.
2021
„Light art in public space”. OFF TRACK design semester, Technical University Berlin
2021
„Seeing More with Less. Light pollution and Sustainable City Planning for the Future”. International Lighting Technology and Design Conference LICHT 2021, LITG (Light Technology Society Germany)
2020
„Interdisciplinary Teaching Online“, IDE Symposium „Interdisciplinary Thinking on Instructional Design for Distance Learning in Interior Design and Architecture Programs,Gulf University Bahrain
2020
„Light and Public Space“. Keynote lecture for international student workshop/exhibition, „BIFT– Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology“, Beijing, China
2020
„Lighting Design for City Resilience“. International Conference „The Path to Resilience“, MSA University Cairo, Egypt
2020
„The art of Good Lighting Design“. The Architecture Summit, The Greek Campus, Cairo, Egypt
2020
„Architecture. From Dawn to Dusk“. The Architecture Summit, The Greek Campus, Cairo, Egypt
2019
„The future of light in Public Space“. Trends in Lighting International conference, Opera House Bregenz, Austria
2019
„Dynamic Light and Urban Spatial Art Works”. Trends in Lighting International conference, Opera House Bregenz, Austria
2019
„Inside the Pyramids – Light where there should be Darkness”. Trends in Lighting International Conference, Opera House Bregenz, Austria
2018
„From Immateriality to Materiality“. Open studio – Bauhaus Foundation, Dessau, Germany
2017
“Help, I think I need a Lighting Designer. The everyday work of a lighting designer”. Conference and exhibition “HanseLicht”, Stuttgart, Germany
2017
„Light for the house and garden: daylight and artificial light planning for single-family houses“ / „The future is now – Smart Wohnen 4.0”. Building fair HAUS 2017 – Dresden, Germany
2017
„Who is afraid of Red, Yellow and Blue? Fear and the lighting of public spaces”. Lichtcampus Lighting Design Symposium – HAWK, Hildesheim University, Germany
2016
„Concepts for Future Mobilty in Cities“. Presentation of a mobility center in Dresden, VW „Gläserne Manufaktur“ Dresden, Germany
2016
Key Note Speaker: „Light guides – daylight, artificial light, transcultural orientation systems“. School building Conference Saxony, Chamber of Architects Dresden, Germany
2016
„Lighting Heritage: historical buildings (churches) and public spaces (market squares)”. “Denkmal” – Europe’s leading trade fair for heritage and monument preservation, restoration, and renovation of old buildings, Leipzig, Germany
2016
“Light guides us”. Keynote speech, MUTEC – International Trade Fair for Museum and Exhibition Technology, Leipzig, Germany
2016
Laudatory speech at the opening event of “Lichtwoche” Munich and the student competition award ceremony, Munich, Germany
2016
“Smart Lighting for Smart Cities”. “belektro 2016”, Berlin, Germany
2016
“Design meets technology” Lps 2016 LED Professional- Symposium – AP- IL-Forum, Opera House, Bregenz, Austria
2016
“High Quality Lighting Design with SSL – The New Role of Lighting Designers”. LpS 2016 – LED Professional Symposium APIL-Forum, Opera House, Bregenz, Austria
2016
“Good lighting design begins with daylight – basics of lighting design with LED”. ledKON 02 – LED lighting and technology. Conference on daylight and optimized daylight technology. Technology and Education Center for Energy Efficiency and Accessibility (TBZ), Cologne, Germany
2016
„See light, understand light!” Light and Building 2016 + Luminale. Organizer: FILD (Federation of International Lighting Designers), Frankfurt am Main, Germany
2016
“LED – the new role of the lighting designer”. 15th ETP – Congress on Street Lighting 2016, Dresden Exhibition Center, Germany
2016
“The architecture of Slaughterhouse Five – A personal viewing of the light and literature sculpture „Slaughterhouse 5“. Trade Fair, Dresden, Germany
2016
„Lighting and fire protection in hospitals“. 2nd FKT Conference, Großräschen, Germany
2016
“Dresden – City of the Future 2030”, Participation event (WorldCafé) and keynote speech as part of the Future City project on the subject of resilience, Literaturhaus Villa Augustin, Dresden, Germany
2015
“People need Light – Perception of light – Cultural meaning of Light”. Specialist day for educators and social workers in daycare centers and after-school care centers in Dresden, LJBW e.V., Dresden, Germany
2015
„Light of Africa – Light found in African Stories”. International poetry festival BARDINALE, Dresden, Germany
2015
„Light and Darkness“.Light and Darkness Symposium for the Unesco Year of Light and Architecture Summer, Tapetenwerk Leipzig, Germany
2015
“Art as a motor for urban development”. House of Literature Dresden, Germany
2015
”Dark Sky Lecture”. International Lighting Design Conference and Workshop “Re-Thinking the Night” on the Island of Kea, Greece 20
2015
„Light in literature“. Workshop Unesco Year of Light, House of Literature Dresden, Germany
2014
“The making of the Light and Literature Sculpture Slaughterhouse 5”, Conference HanseLicht 2014, Lübeck, Germany
2014
“Storytelling and designing with Light in Cities”. Bau-Technik- Forum, Chemnitz, Germany
2014
“Innovation in Urban Lighting Technology”. Trade Fair “HAUS”, Dresden, Germany
2013
“Thinking about Building”. Management seminar, VDW Sachsen in Lichtenwalde, Germany
2013
“Light, People and Space – the correct use of light and color in the design of buildings”. Expo Real 2013, Munich, Germany
2013
“Sustainable lighting – unique light masts and holistic lighting of the Obermarkt Freiberg. A contribution to urban lighting culture”. – LiTG conference, Weimar, Germany
2012
“BACK TO THE FUTURE – the museum of the future as a local, global and universal place”. MUTEC 2012, Leipzig, Germany
2012
“Protecting Heritage with innovative lighting concepts”. DENKMAL 2012 Heritage Building Conference, Leipzig, Germany
2012
“Light – A Winter’s Tale”. Invited lecture to celebrate the opening of the Thorn Lighting Showroom, Spennymore, England
2012
“Living in the City – Housing”. HAUS trade fair, Chamber of Architects Saxony, Dresden, Germany
2010
„House Evolucio – low-energy house, multi- generation house, flexible living concept”. HAUS trade fair, Chamber of Architects Saxony, Dresden, Germany
2010
“Old needs New – preservation of historical monuments and corporate architecture in the City of Freiberg”. “Denkmal” – Europe‘s leading trade fair for heritage and monument preservation, restoration and renovation of old buildings, Leipzig, Germany
2010
“Town planning issues and good practices already identified: A new design for the market square in Freiberg”.URBACT (European program promoting sustainable urban development), Dresden, Germany
2010
“Meetingpoint Music Messiaen: an urbanistic-architectural concept for a European Center of Education and Culture in Zgorzelec Poland”. EU Ministry offices of Saxony and Poland, Brussels, Belgium
2008
“Today’s architecture and heritage buildings”. European trade fair for the preservation of monuments, restoration and renovation of old buildings, Leipzig, Germany
2007
“Not wasting wasteland, today’s architecture and heritage buildings”. University of Galway, Ireland
2006
“Licht, Raum und Kunst”. Architecture Department, Technical University Dresden, Germany
2006
“The virtual museum”, City Hall Salzburg, Austria
2005
“The City as aMuseum – the micromuseum concept”. Ikejiri Institute of Design, Tokyo, Japan
2004
“Form follows Content – communication architecture”. Interdisciplinary specialist colloquium “Museum of the 21st Century”, CBAT / University Cardiff, Wales
2004
“Revitalization of wasteland through art intervention”. University of Bonn, Germany
2004
New Museum concepts, department of architectural history, architectural theory and building theory, Erich Kästner Museum Festival Dresden, Germany
2004
“The micromuseum Erich Kästner – a new type of museum and an innovative pedagogical and didactic concept”. University of Applied Sciences, Dresden, Germany
2004
“Light in Stanley Kubricks film “2001– A space odyssey”. Light and Building trade fair, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
2003
„Quality through accreditation – the education of lighting designers”. Professional Lighting Designers Association (PLDA) International Conference at the Milan Furniture Fair, Milan, Italy
2003
“Betonzeitschiene – open air museum for the concrete panel factory wasteland (brown field site) in Dresden”. Institute for Spatial Development, TU Dresden, International Symposium „Development of Urban Green Spaces to improve the Quality of Life in Cities and Urban Regions“, Dresden, Germany
2003
“Local identity, wasteland and a micromuseum for concrete”. Architects Chamber Limerick, Ireland
2003
“The architecture of memory”. Architects Forum, Kiel University of Applied Sciences, Germany
