The Lighting Industry Association (LIA) has announced Ricky Nuttall as the keynote speaker for the inaugural TECH-X: Technical Excellence Conference, taking place on Wednesday, 10 September 2025 at Convene, 133 Houndsditch in the City of London.
A former firefighter, mental health advocate, award-nominated screenwriter, and published poet, Ricky Nuttall is best known for his service during the Grenfell Tower fire and his advocacy work around trauma, PTSD, and recovery.
His keynote is expected offer a human-centred perspective to open a day that is intended to provide deep technical insight and sector-wide collaboration.
The event
TECH-X 2025 is a brand-new conference built entirely around feedback from the lighting industry.
The event will bring together lighting professionals, designers, engineers, manufacturers, regulators, and policy leaders for a packed day of dialogue and discovery across three dedicated stages:
• Main Stage – Tech Talks Arena:
Standards, compliance, regulation, and sustainability including major updates to IEC 60598 and 61347, plus insights on CE/UKCA, BREEAM V7, and more.
• Lighting Design Stage:
Exploring innovation, inclusive design, AI, neurodiversity, Part L, and the future of lighting for people and place.
• Connected Lighting Stage:
A deep-dive into smart systems, cyber resilience, hybrid integration, residential tech trends, and data-driven value creation.
In addition to Ricky’s keynote, TECH-X will feature a line-up of expert speakers from LightingEurope, CIBSE, OPSS, BSI, and beyond. Key topics will include:
• Single Lighting Regulation and market surveillance
• Batteries in luminaires and sustainability
• Circularity, remanufacturing, and transparent supply chains
• Lighting controls, data integration, and digital innovation
“This conference isn’t just about technical updates,” claims Ayça Donaghy, CEO of The LIA.
“It’s about understanding what’s changing, asking better questions of how we design and deliver, and remembering the people affected by the choices we make.
“Ricky Nuttall brings a perspective that helps us hold on to that, the human side of progress.”
TECH-X 2025 is open to all, with limited places available.
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