Comprehensive business and educational program attracted thousands of specialists of the industry
Interlight Moscow powered by Light + Building once again proved its status of the largest trade fair in Russia and CIS demonstrating the latest products in lighting, electrical engineering and building automation.
786 companies from 28 countries demonstrated their current products and technologies to the Russian professional audience and visitors from Russia and neighboring countries.
The exposition showed considerable growth compared to 2012, which resulted in 13% increase of numbers of exhibitors and total exhibition space.
The total amount of visits during 4 days of the show is 37 338.
In 2013 Interlight Moscow powered by Light + Building introduced a new concept: the exposition was arranged by product groups for a better orientation of visitors.
The LED technologies are winning a wide recognition in Russia: this product group is rapidly growing, the LED market is ranked as one of the most prospective in the industry. For the first time the LED exposition was located in a separate hall – 8.3. The list of exhibitors demonstrating LED products included Seoul Semiconductor (South Korea), Sogexi (France), Leader Light (Russia), Ecolight (Russia), Grah Lighting (Slovenia), Verbatim (Germany), Ragni Group (France), Zamel (Poland) and other international companies.
The exposition of Building Automation Systems and Electrical Engineering occupied hall 8.2 and hosted companies such as WAGO (Germany), EnOcean Alliance (USA), KNX International (Belgium), Razumny Dom – Smart House (Russia), DiStantsia (Russia), Evika (Russia), ESYLUX (Russia), Honewell (USA), Vilma (Lithuania), Makel (Turkey) and others.
For the first time the European Pavilion united building automation leaders from Belgium, France, Italy and Germany. The Building Automation and Electrical Engineering Pavilion got an official support from the international associations KNX International, LonMark Russia, CABA, EnOcean Alliance and Moscow State University of Civil Engineering (MGSU).
The decorative lighting exposition was placed in hall 8.1 in addition to the traditional pavilion 7. Companies from Italy, Spain, Turkey, Austria, Poland, Germany, Latvia, Portugal, Finland, UAE and Russia demonstrated the latest trends of lighting interior design.
This year the extended fair fringe program was in the focus of attention of both exhibitors and visitors:
LED Forum, conference platform AGORA, Building Automation and Energy Efficiency Forum, round tables, open discussions and workshops were visited by hundreds of the industry professionals.
The highlight of the business program –
Annual LED Forum united over 200 experts, representatives of business and various application areas from Europe, Asia, USA and Russia.
The forum covered the most up-to-date LED trends and topical issues. In 2013 the Forum presented a new concept – it was opened by a plenary discussion and afterwards was split into 3 parallel sessions: Science, Business and Design.
The new format of the forum allowed the audience to attend the sessions responding their business profile and professional interest, which enhanced the efficiency of the event.
At the end the Forum presented an open discussion uniting representatives of regional authorities sharing their experience of using LED technologies in their regions.
The importance of the event for the Russian market was proved by an official support of the governmental institutions such as ROSNANO, Skolkovo, the Russian Lighting Research Institute named after S.I.Vavilov and the top players of the LED industry — Philips, Osram and Rainbow, being official partners of this year.
Exposition of building automation was strengthened by the International Building Automation Lamp; Energy Efficiency Forum. Co-organized by Association of European Businesses in Russia, the Forum took place within the trade fair for the second time after the successful launch in 2012. The 2nd International Forum «Energy Efficiency Lamp; Automation in Office Buildings 2013 — New Developments and Latest Trends» presented a complete overview of the building automation and energy saving industry and its development prospects in the contest of Office Real Estate sector.
Conference-platform AGORA organized in the context of Interlight Moscow powered by Light + Building for the first time introduced a series of seminars, workshops, round tables, presentations and educational events for specialists.
AGORA became one of the busiest areas of the exhibition – hundreds of specialists attended professional events at AGORA.
Due to a huge exposition and extensive fringe program the fair Interlight Moscow powered by Light + Building proves to be the leading professional event in Russia and the CIS.
Lighting Business Consulting – Partner of Messe Frankfurt GmbH acted as an Official Supporter to Interlight Moscow powered by Light + Building and took an active part in the major activities of the business program as speakers and panelists.
Presentation “Doing Lighting Business in Russia” at AGORA
Presentation “LEDs: end of old light” at LED FORUM 2013
