LightingEurope

At the General Assembly of LightingEurope 2024, in addition to the prestigious President’s award, the Secretariat decided to dedicate a special thank you to a few members who have contributed significantly to the work of LightingEurope🎆🤝. Our team decided to honour Ali Kay, Bozena Erdmann and Lennart Yseboodt. 🏆🫡 Dera Ali, Bozena and Lennart, your incredible energy and expertise have truly made our lives in the Secretariat so much easier! 🙏😀🏄♂️ Thank you! 💖

🌐 How is the lighting sector adapting to digital legislation? 🛡️ LightingEurope's Group Digital is a forward-thinking initiative created to help our members engage with EU Digital Policies. This includes key legislation like the Cyber Resilience Act and the Radio Equipment Directive. 🔎 The shift towards technologies such as cloud computing, the Internet of Things (IoT), and Artificial Intelligence (AI), create new opportunities as well as potential risks. Join us to stay at the forefront of regulations and lead the way in digital compliance. 👉 https://lnkd.in/eheqC8TM

Did you know that LightingEurope has a dedicated Group on Standardisation? 📏 Standards are at the heart of the European market, and harmonised standards allow manufacturers to demonstrate compliance with relevant EU legislation, enabling interoperability, improving the safety of EU citizens and protecting the environment 🌍. We support our members in standards development organisations, both at EU and international level, to achieve their objectives in an increasingly competitive global context 🌐. Join us! 👉 https://lnkd.in/en2gSKQw

Welcome Gewiss and their lighting brand Performance iN Lighting | Powered by Gewiss. 👉Press release now available here: https://lnkd.in/dNRjYANR

Gewiss, the company manufacturing solutions for home & building automation, energy protection and distribution systems, smart lighting and e-mobility, has officially joined LightingEurope! 🍾 Elena Scaroni, Secretary General of LightingEurope, warmly welcomed Gewiss to the organisation, highlighting the company's significant contributions to the lighting market, standards bodies and European trade associations. 🤝 Do you want to become a member of LightingEurope? Click here: https://lnkd.in/eRkBvmvH

Today we attended the constitutive meetings of the European Parliament ENVI, IMCO and ITRE Committees! Congratulations to Antonio Decaro (S&D), Anna Cavazzini (Greens) and Borys Budka (EPP)!   Looking forward to this new mandate and the upcoming proposals outlined by the re-elected President of the Commission Ursula von der Leyen. LightingEurope strongly supports an European Union that:   ✔ Focuses on the enforcement of rules online and offline to ensure consumers and businesses benefit from a level playing field ✔ Limits administrative burdens on manufacturers ✔ Bolsters European competitiveness through research and technology innovation ✔ Invests in Green Public Procurement

🎉 We are delighted to announce that we have a new colleague in the LightingEurope team: Marta Garcia Hoyos. Marta is our Maternity cover Director of Corporate Affairs working on #ValueofLighting and #BetterEnforcement. She replaces Marion Ebel during her maternity leave. Marion will be on leave from 1st of September 2024 for few months and will be back in April 2025. Welcome Marta! Congratulations Marion! Click here to get to know our Team: https://lnkd.in/ebDjX9sr

After the 'Beach reading' webinar yesterday, our team really enjoyed a super sunny day at the sea side. ⛵️🚅 Greetings from Ostende from the LightingEurope team!🤽♂️🏖👋

What a pleasure to have our very own Antoine Hattemer, Marion Ebel, Teresa Selvaggio, and the rest of the LightingEurope team sharing their expertise and insights on all the legislative and non-legislative files that matter most to our lighting industry! 🙌 They also gave us an in-depth update on the EU Institutional reshuffle and what's coming up for our industry from the new European Commission, all timed perfectly with the expected re-election of President von der Leyen. 🗳️ This webinar, open to all members of our associations, is a key part of our strategy to make LightingEurope more inclusive and ensure that even our smaller, indirect members get timely updates. 🔍 Huge thanks to our team and to all the participants who joined us for this super informative session! 🙏 Want to know more about our upcoming webinars for our members? Click here👉 https://lnkd.in/ePmmaZyt Alfredo Menghini Antoine Hattemer Elena Scaroni ilana Bacha Marion Ebel Marta Garcia Hoyos Simon Wessels Teresa Selvaggio

LightingEurope's team is in Strasbourg this week for the first plenary session of the new European Parliament. Such an important week with: ✅re-election of Roberta Metsola as President of the European Parliament ✅election of the 14 Vice Presidents of the European Parliament ✅decisions on the composition of parliamentary committees ✅discussions on Chairs of parliamentary committees and Coordinators of Political Groups 🔜 Tomorrow at 9:00 Ursula von Der Leyen will present her programme for the next 5 years (political guidelines) and at 13:00 members of the Parliament will vote on her re-election as President of the European Commission. You can follow live here: https://lnkd.in/eXQ3_v4 With innovation, competitiveness, sustainability, and energy efficiency at the forefront, we will continue to advocate for policies that support the growth and advancement of our industry. Do you want to know more about us? Have a look here: https://lnkd.in/eswniEP #EuropeanParliament #LightingIndustry #Advocacy #GreenFuture #Competitiveness 🌍💡