IES | DALI Alliance | Smart Lighting | May 13, 2025

DALI Alliance and IES Announce Strategic Collaboration to Advance Lighting Industry Standardization and Education

The DALI Alliance and the Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) are pleased to announce a strategic collaboration aimed at advancing the development, adoption, and harmonization of educational initiatives around global lighting standards. This partnership brings together two of the industry’s most respected organizations, uniting their efforts to promote innovation and best practices across the lighting ecosystem.

Through this collaboration, the DALI Alliance and IES will coordinate on activities such as education and training programs, and outreach to designers, engineers, and specifiers. The goal is to create greater alignment across lighting technologies and accelerate the deployment of intelligent and sustainable lighting solutions worldwide.

“This partnership reinforces our shared commitment to open standards, cross-industry collaboration, and delivering real value to the global lighting community,” said Paul Drosihn, General Manager of the DALI Alliance. “By working closely with IES, we’re better positioned to support the evolution of lighting systems that are smart, interoperable, and standardized.”

As part of this collaboration, the organizations will explore opportunities for joint initiatives including marketing committees, publications, and knowledge-sharing efforts that benefit manufacturers, lighting professionals, and end users alike.

The announcement comes during the 2025 LightFair event in Las Vegas, where representatives from both organizations will be on hand to speak about the partnership and its impact. Visitors to the DALI Alliance’s VIP Hospitality Lounge at LightFair are invited to meet with DALI and IES leadership during the show.

“We’re excited to work more closely with the DALI Alliance to further IES’s mission of improving the lighted environment through science and education,” said Colleen Harper, IES CEO and Executive Director. “Together, we can better serve the needs of lighting professionals and support a more integrated, forward-thinking approach to lighting design and technology.”

About the DALI Alliance
The DALI Alliance (Digital Addressable Lighting Interface Alliance) is the global industry organization for DALI lighting control. With a focus on interoperability, certification, and standardization, the DALI Alliance brings together lighting companies and stakeholders to drive the future of intelligent lighting.

About the Illuminating Engineering Society (IES)
Established in 1906, the Illuminating Engineering Society is the recognized technical and educational authority on illumination. Our mission is to improve the lighted environment by bringing together those with lighting knowledge and by translating that knowledge into actions that benefit the public. We provide a variety of professional development, publications, networking and educational opportunities to our membership of engineers, architects, designers, educators, students, contractors, distributors, utility personnel, manufacturers and scientists in nearly 60 countries. Through our American National Standards Institute (ANSI) accredited process, we publish and maintain the Lighting Library^®, with over 100 standards written by subject matter experts in our technical committees. In all our efforts, we strive to improve life through quality of light. To learn more about us, visit www.ies.org.