:AERO UK
:Aero is a lighting brand specialising in five-star hospitality lighting, and large-scale projects. With a strong international reputation, :Aero work closely with lighting designers, architects and interior designers, using our lighting engineering experience and manufacturing capability to make their ideas a reality. Innovation led and solution focused, our products challenge the norm, with digital tracking lights, micro landscape luminaires, and a whole range of ground-breaking technical solutions for your projects.
Our London based UK team is based at the BDC enables us to support UK based designers on their domestic and international projects and with offices in the Middle East and across Asia, :Aero is able to offer unparalleled products, support and solutions around the world.
ARKALUMEN
Arkalumen, based in Ottawa, Canada, designs and manufactures intelligent controllers and LED modules for light fixture manufacturers in order to enable energy-efficient and feature-rich lighting solutions. For over 15 years, Arkalumen has focused on simple, flexible, cost-effective solutions that allow highly differentiated fixtures to be launched in commercial, industrial, and residential markets. With 30+ patents, we have a history of driving innovation within the lighting industry and are proud to push the limits of what lighting can be.
MILLORA
Millora is a design-led brand redefining the relationship between light, material and human experience.
Rooted in Spanish craftsmanship, Millora combines thoughtful design, precision engineering and refined materials to create lighting and architectural solutions that go beyond function to shape how spaces look, feel and are experienced.
Its portfolio spans integrated joinery lighting, architectural downlights, specialist jewellery lighting, linear lighting systems and backlit natural stone, each developed with meticulous attention to detail, performance and aesthetics.
Created for residential, hospitality and luxury retail environments, Millora believes true luxury lies not in excess, but in the intelligence of design, the quality of craftsmanship and the details that make a lasting difference.
Guided by a philosophy of continuous refinement, Millora is driven by one simple ambition: to make every detail better.
Millora. Ever better.
EMTRONS TECHNOLOGIES LTD
Emtrons Technologies Ltd is a leading innovator in life-safety electronics,
bridging world class global manufacturing scale with rapid, localized UK Sales
and Service, R&D office in the technology hub of Shenzhen. We have significantly
scaled up our international capabilities moving in 2026 to a state-of-the-art
manufacturing facility in Hunan.
Engineered for flawless compliance, our newly upscaled production lines are
triple certified to the highest global standards:
- ISO 9001 (Quality Management)
- ISO 14001 (Environmental Management)
- ISO 26000 (Social Responsibility)
This tier-1 manufacturing baseline ensures our partners meet strict ethical and
environmental procurement mandates with absolute confidence.
At LiGHT 26, Emtrons is showcasing a unique, zero-friction business model
designed to eliminate supply chain bottlenecks for UK luminaire manufacturers,
contractors, and specifiers:
- London Stock Holding: Core emergency hardware is held locally in our UK
warehouse for immediate dispatch and rapid next-day delivery. - Local UK Conversions: We collaborate with specialized local partners to
execute bespoke emergency modifications and fast-turnaround OEM/ODM
services. - Smart Ecosystem Integration: Our next-gen, fully addressable DALI-2
components feature seamless integration with open wireless mesh networks,
including Casambi and Silvair.
Whether you are looking to safeguard your components pipeline, expand an
existing product portfolio, or deploy intelligent building safety frameworks,
Emtrons provides the high-quality hardware engines that drive modern
infrastructure.
DAVIDE GROPPI
Founded by Davide Groppi in Piacenza, Italy, in the late 1980s, Davide Groppi is an Italian lighting brand whose creative independence and passionate, unconventional management have led, over time, to the development of original and unique products, now distributed all over the world.
Simplicity, lightness, emotion, creative invention and amazement are the fundamental elements of each lamp or lighting project by Davide Groppi.
The company's creations come about through the need to give life to something that is necessary or significant. Light is a wonderful way to seduce and excite.
Davide Groppi received prestigious international awards, including three Compasso d’Oro Awards for the lamps NULLA, SAMPEI and ANIMA and two Mentions of Honour for the lamps TeTaTeT and FM.
Satu Streatfield
Satu Streatfield is a lighting designer and Specialist Associate at Publica, specialising in the design of public streets, spaces and night-time environments. She leads Publica’s lighting and after-dark strategy work and previously led the GLA’s Night Time Strategy Guidance programme, supporting local authorities across London. As a former Mayor’s Design Advocate, she champions the role of lighting in creating safe, vibrant and inclusive cities after dark.
Frankie Boyle
Frankie Boyle is an experiential artist and speaker whose work sits at the intersection of neuroscience, environmental design and human behaviour. She grew up with Developmental Language Disorder. Before she had words, she had light, learning to read a room before she could read the written word, and that sensitivity became the foundation of everything she creates.
Over the past decade, she has designed immersive environments and sculptural installations for Samsung, Tiffany & Co., Burberry, Magnum and MK Illuminations, and has spoken across the UK and internationally, from Google and the Royal College of Art to Light + Intelligent Building Middle East in Dubai. She has been a featured author in The Light Within Us, a featured artist in Women Light Artists by Light Collective, and has exhibited at the Saatchi Gallery in London.
Her talks are visually led and grounded in neuroscience, circadian biology and human behaviour. She translates complex research into clear, embodied insight, leaving audiences with a different relationship to the spaces they design, occupy and commission. Her core belief is simple: the spaces we design ultimately design us.
Andrea Padré
Andrea Padré is Cluster Manager at CICAT, the Lighting Cluster of Catalonia. With a background in materials engineering, industrial design and innovation management, she works at the intersection of lighting, innovation, digitalisation and sustainability.
Her role focuses on fostering collaboration across the lighting sector and connecting companies, knowledge centres and strategic partners.
Amy Rennie
Joining Buro Happold’s Edinburgh office in 2014, Amy is a lighting designer with over 10 years of experience in the architecture, urban and engineering industry.
In her role, Amy specialises in delivering healthy and sustainable solutions on our projects. She recognises the transformative effects of lighting and its importance within the built environment and as a result, this is a key focus in her work. Amy is passionate about the protection of biodiversity and ecology in our natural environments and promoting the importance of dark skies for all.
She also leads our lighting and environment initiative which seeks to educate our collaborators and clients on lighting in the outdoor environment with respect to preservation of the night sky and our ecosystem.
Amy has experience and detailed knowledge in a diverse range of sectors and markets with specific expertise in delivering projects such as landscape and public realm, cultural venues, sports stadia, education, museums, and heritage assets. She has worked on projects within UK, Europe and Middle East, which has allowed her to gain a deep understanding of the requirements and expectations in a range of cultures and climates.
Amy has a Master’s in Architectural Lighting Design and is a member of CIBSE Society of Light and Lighting, the International Association of Lighting Designers (IALD) and The International Dark Sky Association (IDA). She is actively involved in the UK Dark Skies group where discussions involve establishing policies for the outdoor environment and is also Scotland’s Women in Lighting Ambassador.
Alys Bryan
Alys is a knowledgeable Editotial Director who is focused on instigating conversations, both online and in-person, with industry experts, which challenge, educate and advance the commercial interior sector. Alys’s training and 20 years of professional experience as a furniture designer for the commercial sector make her uniquely placed to lead Design Insider as Editorial Director. Leading the editorial content of the publication, she curates unique industry events, which bring together commercial designers and suppliers. Alys is a speaker and presenter for the commercial design sector, hosting important discussions at leading industry events.