McDonald's Worldwide Convention

North America | 2008

The meetings needed to accommodate an ‘arena’ sized audience, while establishing a profoundly intimate setting.

What It Was

Every two years, the McDonalds Corporation stages a truly massive event – all 18,000 global owners and operators are invited to convene for three days of business meetings, exhibits, training and entertainment. Lightswitch has been proud to light the tremendous general session gatherings since 1998.

What We Did

The meetings needed to accommodate an ‘arena’ sized audience, while establishing a profoundly intimate setting. The meeting balances high-energy entertainment with introspective personal tributes. In order to support this richly innovative experience, Lightswitch designed flexible systems of automated fixtures, seamlessly integrated with immersive media design.

Why It Worked

The unique blend of experience that is a hallmark of Lightswitch was a perfect fit for this production. By combining relentless planning and extensive use of pre-visualization technology, Lightswitch nimbly responded throughout the design and on site process, ensuring the show was a success both visually and fiscaly.