Sponsored by Abu Dhabi City Municipality, the fourth edition of the Middle East Smart Lighting and Energy Summit kick started with the participation of more than 400 lighting specialists. The two-day summit, which is organized by Expo Trade, specialized in organizing high-profile conferences, is held in Jumeirah Etihad Towers Hotel ­“
Abu Dhabi.

The forum was attended by dignitaries, and ambassadors of Canada, Chilly, Kuwait, Netherland and Angola, to name a few. The comprehensive summit aimed at promoting education among technicians, designers, architects, consultants, engineers, developers and local government policy makers, who participate in developing smart lighting projects in the region.

Musabbah Mubarak Al Murar, Acting General Manager of Abu Dhabi City Municipality, said: "This summit comes within the framework of the municipal system's vision regarding the Abu Dhabi emirate's agenda and its commitment to nurture sustainable infrastructure environment in line with the vision and drive of Abu Dhabi Government, aimed at implementing sustainability standards, rationalizing energy consumption and utilizing renewable energy. The summit is also tailored to cater to the growth and development drive witnessed by Abu
Dhabi emirate, at par with the highest international sustainability standards in a way that enhances the quality of life of all residents.

Al Murar added: "The summit will provide a platform for representatives of government agencies including planning, development and public services divisions, as well as regulatory bodies, standards committees, lighting designers, architects, engineers and technology marketers to exchange views as regards strategies and proposed solutions to use energy-efficient lighting throughout the Middle East."

"Abu Dhabi is proud to sponsor and host this unique lighting summit, which we hope will serve as a real platform for creating new ideas that will enhance sustainable smart lighting. This can only be achieved by sharing ideas, using and implementing new technologies by introducing appropriate design standards that showcases the importance of this forum which brings together all spectrums of this industry under one roof," continued Al Murar.

"The general lighting strategy of Abu Dhabi emirate was implemented gradually to promote the economic measures and environmental responsibility, and contribute to realizing the desired goal of rendering Abu Dhabi city one of the best cities in the world. The strategy includes all road networks in Abu Dhabi, and recommends cutting energy consumption by introducing new LED lighting technology to replace the traditional incandescent bulbs, and adopting smart operating practices. The new lighting program also contributes to economizing on the outlays on maintenance of different lighting systems, improves the quality of lighting and diminishes carbon footprint.

The Lighting and Smart Energy Summit was opened by sponsors welcome address delivered by Havel Sylvania and Yaming, followed by a key session on sustainable lighting strategy of Abu Dhabi City Municipality delivered by Engineer Hussein Mohsen Al Saidi, Head of Standards and Specifications Team, Municipal Infrastructure and Assets Sector, Abu Dhabi City Municipality.

Mr. Martin Valentin, the lighting expert from Abu Dhabi City Municipality, explained the future of lighting standards of Abu Dhabi emirate. He highlighted not only focus on the technical and design amendments to the current lighting specifications undertaken by the DMA, but also illustrated the DMA's lighting specifications for the first time.

Mr. Bastiaan de Groot, Director - Lighting Controls Business, Havells Sylvania, presented a session on Launching Applications for the Digital Lighting Area. Talking about the summit, he said, “We are really excited about this conference, in-line with our open-innovation strategy we have partnered with some of the most exciting technology companies in the industry (including Organic Response, GOOEE and CREE) to show our customers in the middle-east the latest innovative smart-lighting products and solutions in our portfolio ranging from solutions to optimise and analyse retail environments to luminaries containing distributed intelligence that commission themselves.”

Mr. Brad Hariharan, Regional Director, Expotrade Middle East, commented, “We are truly ecstatic by the response we have received from all our speakers, sponsors and delegates. The sessions presented by over 20 speakers have offered delegates a fresh perspective on the trends and developments in the lighting industry. We thank Abu Dhabi City Municipality for their support in making this event a stupendous success.”

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