the waterfront from hotel to exhibit hall

San Diego will give 2016 attendees and exhibitors the unmatched advantages that extend naturally from an environment blending spectacular facilities, a superb waterfront setting, and a desirable year-round temperate climate, all captured in the beauty and charm of a fascinating city steps away from LFI’s front door,” notes Marsha Turner, executive vice president of led high bay light partner International Association of Lighting Designers (IALD). “We are thrilled at all that San Diego holds for LFI,” Turner adds.International 2013 is set to produce the single-largest trade show and conference in its 24-year history April 21—25 in Philadelphia’s Pennsylvania Convention Center, which will house important new category additions accommodated by expansion to an additional exhibit hall. The 2013 event is expected to continue its record-setting performance posted over the past 10 years.

As we approach LFI 2013 in Philadelphia, we also look to the tremendous prospects of a 2016 event enriched and enlivened with the experience which only San Diego can deliver,” notes William Hanley, executive vice president of LFI partner Illuminating Engineering Society (IES). “Imagine walking the waterfront from hotel to exhibit hall, with the celebrated Gaslight District close by, and the energy and excitement of the world’s largest annual lighting event at the center of it all,” Hanley adds.San Diego and the San Diego Convention Center afford LFI 2016 exhibitors and attendees a destination and venue well-suited to the unique requirements of its Conference and Trade Show, which in the 2012 Las Vegas event recorded more than 24,000 registered attendees, observes Portman.

“For LFI and its global business base, San Diego opens yet another new door to the future with its spectacular combination of Pacific-coast location, superb facilities, unrivaled accessibility and a beautiful, soaring city poised and proud to welcome us,” notes Portman. “The San Diego Convention Center in particular creates a unique environment perfectly suited to the LFI design aesthetic with its distinctive architecture, downtown proximity and bayshore siting,” adds Portman. “With these and the led flood light many other defining advantages San Diego holds, we expect great things for LFI’s continuing growth in 2016,” Portman adds.