LIGHTFAIR INTERNATIONAL 1999 ANNOUNCES SPEAKERS
FOR CONFERENCE PROGRAM IN MAY

(Atlanta, GA) -- Delivering the latest in architectural and commercial lighting products from around the world, LIGHTFAIR INTERNATIONAL 1999 marks the 10th anniversary of the largest architectural and commercial lighting Trade Show in North America and the world's largest architectural and commercial lighting Conference Program over the following dates:

Pre-Show Conference: Monday, May 10, 1999
Trade Show & Conference Program: Tuesday, May 11 - Thursday, May 13, 1999

LIGHTFAIR INTERNATIONAL 1999 will again offer the world's largest and most comprehensive architectural and commercial lighting Conference Program. With course levels ranging from Beginner to Intermediate and Masters, it is the most technically challenging lighting education source available. The Conference Advisory Committee has established a Pre-Show Conference featuring five day-long Workshops, and a Conference Program of 36 broad based, in-depth architectural lighting Seminars, attracting top industry and academic speakers from around the globe. And NEW for 1999-the entire Conference Program will have AIA (American Institute of Architects), ASID (American Society of Interior Designers), IIDA (International Interior Design Association), and IESNA (Illuminating Engineering Society of North America) accreditation, all providing NCQLP (National Council on Qualifications for the Lighting Professionals) Lighting Education Units.

The 1999 Conference Program will present the following Workshops and Seminars within five defined tracks:

Workshop #1: Daylighting
Speaker: Barbara Erwine, IESNA, Daylighting Specialist, Lighting Design Lab

Workshop #2: Business Management: The How To's For a Small To Medium Size Business
Speaker: Jerome A. Guerra

Workshop #3: Lite-Bytes: Lighting for the 21st Century - Lighting Software Review
Speaker: Emlyn G. Altman, Lighting Designer, Kling Lindquist

Workshop #4: Touchy-Feely 101
Speaker: Gina Vance, Principal, McCoy Vance Lighting Design

Seminar #1: New Product Showcase & Awards Presentation Presenters: Gary Dulanski, IESNA, Principal, Stan Deutsch Associates Patricia Glasow, IALD, Vice President, Auerbach + Glasow Nancy McCoy, IESNA, Principal, McCoy Vance Lighting Design Mark Seegel, IESNA, Vice President, Levine/Seegel Associates

Seminar #2: Sony Metreon: Lighting an Urban Entertainment Center Design Track
Speaker: Patrick Gallegos, IESNA, IALD, Principal, Gallegos Lighting Design

Seminar #3: Financial Planning for Small Businesses Professional Development Track
Speaker: Dawn Hollingsworth, LC, IESNA, USAA, AIA, Principal, Moody Ravitz Hollingsworth Lighting

Speaker: Dawn Hollingsworth, LC, IESNA, USAA, AIA, Principal, Moody Ravitz Hollingsworth Lighting
Business Practices Track
Speakers: Sonny Sonnenfeld, IESNA, USITT, Consultant, E.T.C. Mark Vassallo, Vice President Sales, E.T.C.

Seminar #5: Lighting for Special Needs Design Track
Speakers: Peter Boyce, Ph.D, FIESNA, CIBSE, Professor, Head of Human Factors, Lighting Research Center
Naomi Miller, IESNA, IALD, LC, Manager, Design + Applications, Lighting Research Center

Seminar #6: Protecting Your Design
Professional Development Track
Speaker: Bruce Thompson, IESNA, National Sales Manager, Shaper Lighting

Seminar #7: Specs, Value Engineering, Packages & Substitutions
Business Practices Track
Speaker: Jim Fowler, IESNA, President, Kelley Moran Agency

Seminar #8: Custom Fixture Design Design Track
Speakers: Jeffrey T. Berg, IESNA, AIA, Principal, Berg/Howland Associates Inc.
Jeffrey Sladen, DLF, AIA, Associate, Berg/Howland Associates Inc.

Seminar #9: Getting Noticed: Marketing for Small to Medium Businesses Professional Development Track
Speaker: Kathryn Sprankle, SMPS, Sr. Vice President, Zweig White & Associates

Seminar #10: Update on Spec Integrity Business Practices Track
Speaker: Randy Burkett, IALD, IESNA, CIE, President and Design Principal, Randy Burkett Lighting Design

Seminar #11: Photometrics 101
Energy & Technology Track
Speaker: Kevin W. Houser, IESNA, IIDA, Assistant Professor, University of Nebraska

Seminar #12: Restaurant Lighting
Design Track
Speaker: Paul Gregory, IESNA, IALD, USAA, President, Focus Lighting

Seminar #13: Professional Liability
Professional Development Track
Speaker: Wendy Kress, Attorney at Law

Seminar #14: Lighting Design Constraints Imposed by the 1999 National Electrical Code -- The Myth, The Mystery and the Misery…
Energy & Technology Track
Speaker: Michael Klein, IESNA, NFPA, Lighting Designer/Construction Administrator, Cosentini Associates DC

Seminar #15: Office Lighting
Design Track
Speaker: D.W. Schweppe, Jr., IALD, LC, IESNA, DLF, President, Schweppe Lighting Design, Inc.

Seminar #16: The Art of Writing the Contract
Professional Development Track
Speaker: Wendy Kress, Attorney at Law

Seminar #17: Collecting Light: Evaluating & Preserving the History of Illumination
Energy & Technology Track
Speaker: Harold D. Wallace, Jr., Museum Specialist, Historian, Smithsonian National Museum of American History

Seminar #18: Urban Planning
Design Track
Speakers: Mark Major, ELDA, Director, Speirs and Major Jonathan Speirs, IALD, ELDA, RIBA, Director, Jonathan Speirs & Associates/ Speirs and Major

Seminar #19: Why Should You Hire a Lighting Professional?
Business Practices Track
Speakers: Renee Cooley, IESNA, DLF, Principal, Renee Cooley Lighting Design, Inc. Emily Monato, IESNA, IALD, DLF, Principal, Renee Cooley Lighting Design, Inc.

Seminar #20: A New and Radical Prescription for Lighting the Automated Workplace
Energy & Technology Track
Speaker: Sam Berman, Ph. D., Senior Scientist EMERITUS, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Seminar #21: Remote Illumination Systems
Design Track
Speaker: Jeff McDonald, IESNA, Vice President, Unisom Fiber Optic Lighting Systems

Seminar #22: Getting Ink
Professional Development Track
Speaker: Kristen Richards, News Editor/Feature Writer, Interiors Magazine

Seminar #23: Budgeting for Installation Costs
Business Practices Track
Speakers: Barbara Bouyea, IALD, IESNA, President, Bouyea & Associates Panel of Electrical Contractors

Seminar #24: Museum and Gallery Lighting
Design Track
Speakers: Steven Hefferan, IESNA, IALD, President, Hefferan Partnership Inc. Elroy Quenroe, NAME, AAM, President, Quenroe Associates

Seminar #25: Macro Trends that You Need to Know Green Track
Speakers: James Benya, PE, CLEP, IALD, FIESNA, Principal, Benya Lighting Design Dennis Clough, Program Manager, US Department of Energy Carol Jones, IALD, Senior Research Scientist, Battelle/Pacific NW National Laboratory

Seminar #26: How to Photograph a Lighting Design Project
Business Practices Track
Speaker: Randy Borden, President, Shaper Lighting

Seminar #27: Lamp & Ballast Update
Energy & Technology Track
Speakers: Yunfen Ji, IESNA, Ballast Systems Engineer, GE Lighting Gary Wigglesworth, IESNA, Product Director, MagneTek, Inc.

Seminar #28: Residential Lighting Design
Design Track
Speaker: Sarah J. Gibson, IESNA, IALD, TAID, Lighting Designer, Archillume Lighting Design, Inc.

Seminar #29: Future Trends in Building Materials and Products
Green Track
Speaker: Theodore Ceraldi, AIA, Associate Professor, Coordinator of Technologies, Syracuse University

Seminar #30: International Standardization and Organizations
Business Practices Track
Speaker: Dr. Michael L. Seidl, LITG, DIN

Seminar #31: But Where Do We Put the Fixtures!? Lighting for Historical Churches
Design Track
Speakers: Robert Shook, IALD, IESNA, USAA, Schuler & Shook, Inc Lauri Tredinnick, IESNA, Schuler & Shook, Inc

Seminar #32: Energy Legislation Update
Green Track
Speakers: Carol Jones, IALD, Senior Research Scientist, Battelle/Pacific NW National Laboratory Jim Yorgey, IESNA, IEEE, CSI, Sales Manager, Lutron Electronics

Seminar #33: Internet Update
Energy & Technology Track
Speaker: Dennis Neeley, AIA, Vice President of Business Development, CADSPEC

Seminar #34: Fluorescent vs HID: 10 Rounds in the High Bay Arena
Energy & Technology Track
Speakers: Brooks Sheifer, Vice President, Alamo Lighting Stan Walerczyk, IESNA, Vice President, Alamo Lighting

Seminar #35: New Skylighting Guidelines
Green Track
Speaker: Lisa Heschong, IESNA, Partner, Heschong Mahone Group

Seminar #36: Color Rendering Index and Its Obsolescence
Energy & Technology Track
Speaker: Edward Effron, DLF, Lighting Application Consultant, Philips Lighting Company

The 1999 event will:
· attract over 14,000 architectural, engineering and design professionals;
· present over 350 leading edge manufacturers occupying over 900 booths;
· feature an International Lighting Pavilion and an Italian Lighting Pavilion;
· present the multi-media New Product Showcase & Awards Presentation;
· feature over 90,000 square feet of the newest products, latest technology, and most up-to-date information
· host exciting awards ceremonies and the BEST industry association events, ever!

LIGHTFAIR INTERNATIONAL is sponsored by the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IESNA), and the International Association of Lighting Designers (IALD). The event is produced and managed by AMC, Inc., the world's largest Trade Show and Trade Mart Organization. For exhibit information, contact Libby Morley, Show Director, at 404-220-2215 (libbym@lightfair.com), or Danielle Gibbs at 404-220-2205 (danielleg@lightfair.com). For Conference Program information, contact Renee Gable, Conference & Marketing Director at 404-220-2217 (reneeg@lightfair.com), or Angela Ausband at 404-220-2221 (angelaa@lightfair.com). Attendee information and Registration Forms will be mailed early February, 1999. Visit our website at www.lightfair.com for updated information, or call Fax on Demand at 1-888-611-0164. For Pre-Registration, call 1-888-311-5452 (US & Canada), or 708-786-4120 (International).