Meike Goessling started her lighting career in 2004, enrolling in the architectural lighting design Master’s degree at Hochschule Wismar and the Barlett, UCL, London. She developed a strong interest in daylighting, joining Lichtvision in 2006 and working on projects for world-class heritage museums such as the Pergamon Museum Berlin and the Albertinum in Dresden. In 2012, she set up Lichtvision’s office in Hong Kong and became an associate director in 2014. She has been a speaker at the Shanghai International Light Fair, Middle East Smart Lighting and Energy Summit ,and Lux Pacifica, Bangkok, and has lectured on lighting design at the University of Hong Kong.
Brazil-born Helena Gentili has her own practice in Milan as an architect and lighting designer creating masterplans, urban schemes and interior lighting designs. Her PhD from the Politecnico di Milano focused on urban lighting and followed Master’s degrees in lighting design and architecture and urban planning gained in Brazil and Italy. The subjects of her theses included bioclimatic architecture. She has been an adjunct lecturer and tutor at the Politecnico di Milano, written articles and delivered conference speeches on subjects such as the role of the lighting designer in a multidisciplinary design process and researched the use of photometry.