Ayrton Hosts Women in Lighting Entertainment Lighting SessionsAyrton will be hosting the first ever in-person Entertainment Lighting Sessions for Women in Lighting at the Ayrton head offices in Paris on October 20. The company says the full-day event promises to be one of inspiration, motivation, networking, personal and professional development and community for women. The event, open to all industry members, will take place 2 Rue de Vitruve, Villebon-sur-Yvette, France. It will also be available online. Ayrton is an active sponsor of the Women In Lighting (WIL) project, which aims to promote the work of women lighting designers, and all women who work in lighting, across the entertainment industry by showcasing the skills and capabilities of these talented women, celebrating their achievements and encouraging others to become involved. The program for the day looks like this: • 9:30am: A special warm welcome at Ayrton Lobby
• 10am: Introduction from Light Collective and Ayrton
• 10:30 am: Keynote speaker: Yanina Kovalevska
• 11:30pm: Keynote speaker: Briony Berning from Ambersphere Solutions
• 12.30pm: Catered lunch and networking
• 1:30 pm: Keynote speaker: Akari-Lisa Ishii from I.C.O.N
• 2.30pm: Keynote speaker: Cristina Martinez from ACTLD
• 3:30 pm: Coffee break
• 4:00pm: Moving lights demonstration Ukrainian Yanina Kovaleska founded rental company PR MUSIC in 2005, which has since developed to include several other companies and projects such as AVEcON -- a conference of AV&Entertainment companies, EdIsOn Camp -- an informal polytechnic education campus, and Stagemart -- a distributor and provider of technological solutions for show business. Further expansion came with the formation of a new company in Poland in 2021. She will share the skills that are key to the success of her business. UK-based Briony Berning spent her formative years in France before returning to the UK to study at the University of Glasgow. She was the first technical apprentice at the National Theatre of Scotland and has worked for Scottish Opera and the National Theatre. Now key account manager with Ayrton's exclusive UK distributor, Ambersphere Solutions, she will share her story of an entire professional work life spent in the performance lighting sector, with specific emphasis on theatre lighting. Winner of numerous design awards, with offices in Paris and Tokyo, Akari-Lisa Ishil imbues her work with innovative touches of Japanese culture, French spirit and international experiences. Her talk, "Narrative Lighting," will focus on the vocabulary and importance of storytelling within successful lighting design. Born and raised in Venezuela, Cristina Martinez is a lighting designer and architect based in Brussels since 2014. She is senior lighting designer and project manager at ACTLD, and also the ambassador for Women in Lighting for Belgium since 2018. Her talk will give an insight into design processes through different project typologies. More details on the keynote speakers can be found on Ayrton's social media pages: www.facebook.com/209728302396312/posts/5485829191452837/ WIL founders Sharon Stammers and Martin Lupton, of Light Collective, will both be at the sessions, along with the team from Ayrton. Light Collective is a UK-based lighting consultancy that has worked all over the world. Its creative portfolio of work houses more than architectural lighting design and has grown to encompass many innovative projects, which include light art installations, filmmaking, light activism, marketing projects, competitions, curated exhibitions, lighting awards, branding, trade stands and shows, epic parties, pop-up events, guerrilla lighting, community projects and light education. Registration for in person and online attendance is free of charge. Reply by clicking on the link below www.eventbrite.fr/e/wil-entertainment-lighting-sessions-tickets-374146772067 
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