GILE 2026 | Curatorial Revolution, Next Year We Will Not Sell Lights Here, Only 'Plant' Scenes

　　

On November 2, 2025, the General Office of the State Council issued the "Implementation Opinions of the General Office of the State Council on Accelerating the Cultivation and Opening up of Scenarios and Promoting the Large scale Application of New Scenarios" (Guobanfa [2025] No. 37), proposing that scenarios are specific situations used for systematically verifying new technologies, new products, new business models, industrial applications, supporting infrastructure, business models, and institutional policies. They are a bridge connecting technology and industry, connecting research and development with the market, and an important carrier for promoting the integrated development of scientific and technological innovation and industrial innovation. They play an important role in promoting the large-scale commercial application of new technologies and new products.
 

This is also the first time that China has introduced an important policy of cultivating and opening up scenarios. Scenarios themselves are also a new type of production factor and an important innovation resource. We believe that the bio optics and smart agriculture zone, with the core curatorial concept of "product scenarization and industrial ecologicalization", is a profound innovation.
 

 

　　Reshaping the value logic of exhibitions from "product display" to "scenario based display" to "industrial ecosystem construction"
 

In traditional exhibitions, core products such as plant lights are often displayed in isolation, and their technical parameters are disconnected from actual application scenarios, making it difficult for the audience to perceive their true value. GILE2026 completely subverts this logic and establishes a new concept of "scene carrying products, ecological activation industry" - the core value of plant lights is never limited to spectral data or power parameters, but lies in precise adaptation to crop growth, collaborative linkage with environmental systems, and deep coupling with the industrial chain. We are well aware that as the core technology of facility agriculture, the value of plant lights does not exist in isolation in product parameters, but is reflected in their application effects in different planting scenarios. Scene based display should reflect the visible application effects of bio optics, which reflects the differences in spectral technology from practical applications. Therefore, this special zone will abandon the exhibition mode of using plant lights as a single exhibit, and integrate products into real application scenarios to build a complete ecosystem - allowing exhibitors and audiences to intuitively experience the key role of plant lights in promoting efficient, high-quality, and sustainable agricultural planting, and deeply understand their ecological value as the core element of the application system. At the same time, the special zone will play the role of an industrial ecological coordination hub, integrating upstream and downstream resources of the plant lamp industry chain, promoting the coordinated development of technology research and development, production and manufacturing, and application landing, and helping to build a closed-loop industrial ecosystem.
 

　　Scene based exhibition area,
 

　　It is a future trend.
 

Scene based exhibition areas are becoming the core trend of future development in exhibitions, and their unique value is even more evident in the fields of bio optics and smart agriculture technology. This display format breaks the limitations of traditional parameter listing, by setting up segmented scenes such as tomato planting, leafy vegetable cultivation, seedling base, flower cultivation, and home gardening, allowing the audience to intuitively experience the core advantages of plant lights in spectrum customization, light efficiency improvement, energy consumption optimization, etc. It clearly compares the differences between LED plant lights and traditional lighting, easily understands how technology can be transformed into planting benefits, and greatly reduces the decision-making threshold. It can accurately match different user needs, display according to different tracks or crop types such as facility agriculture, home gardening, scientific research and breeding, and present customized products such as full cycle spectral schemes and intelligent control systems, effectively improving the conversion efficiency of professional growers, gardening enthusiasts and other groups. At the same time, the immersive experience combined with IoT linkage display helps brands break away from the positioning of simple lighting manufacturers, strengthen the differentiated image of "smart plant lighting solution providers", and enhance market competitiveness. As a window for technical exchange and demand mining, the scenario based exhibition area can collect the actual pain points of growers and researchers, providing direction for product iteration and customized services. It is positioned as an ecological hub, integrating upstream and downstream resources, linking the entire industry chain, and promoting the formation of a closed-loop ecosystem of "technology product scene market".
 

 

　　Let the value of technology lie inRooting in 'Life+Production'
 

Based on the principle of "meeting practical needs and restoring the essence of applications", the special zone has created six characteristic scene sections, covering multiple dimensions such as home, office, large-scale planting, and scientific research transformation, fully demonstrating the charm of the integration of bio optics and smart agriculture:
 

▐01. Micro ecological Scene of Home Horticulture
 

Natural Magic in Small Spaces
 

▐02. Ecological Scene of Office Green Plants
 

Creating a 'breathing' workspace
 

▐03. Efficient Planting Scenarios in Facility Horticulture
 

High yield passwords in a controllable environment
 

▐04. Intelligent Seedling Technology Theme Area
 

Focusing on "growth empowerment" in segmented fields
 

▐05. Industrial Ecological Cooperation Zone
 

A 'collaborative hub' that links the entire chain
 

▐06. Research Achievement Transformation Zone
 

Build a "direct bridge" for "industry university research application"
 

 

　　Through curatorial change
 

　　Leading the new direction of industrial development
 

The innovation of GILE2026 Bio Optics and Smart Agriculture Zone is not only a breakthrough in the exhibition mode, but also a precise grasp of the development trend of the agricultural lighting industry. For exhibitors, the special zone provides a dual value of "scenario based display+ecological links", helping companies break out of product parameter competition, highlight their core advantages in the entire industry chain, and explore more business cooperation opportunities; For the audience, immersive scenes make abstract technology perceptible and referenceable, providing intuitive references for production layout, technology selection, and collaborative decision-making.
 

Our proposed approach of "product scenarization and industrial ecologicalization" aims to promote the entire agricultural lighting industry to shift from "product orientation" to "ecological orientation", accelerate the deep integration of bio optical technology and intelligent agriculture, and inject green momentum into agricultural modernization.
 

At present, the preparation work for the special zone has been fully launched. We sincerely invite exhibitors, visitors, research institutions, and investment partners from the lighting industry and smart agriculture fields at home and abroad to actively participate, witness the innovation and breakthrough of the curatorial mode, and work together to explore the infinite possibilities of bio optics empowering smart agriculture, and jointly draw a new blueprint for the modernization of agriculture!