Here is a list of all presentations (in pdf format) for which the organizing committee obtained the agreement of the author to publish their content online. If you use information contained in the presentations, please make sure to cite the author(s) and indicate that it was presented at ALAN. If you want to use any graphics, be sure to obtain the rights by contacting the corresponding author.
ALAN 2018 - Online Presentations

  • ​Kyba, C. GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany
         Title: A proposed method for estimating regional and global changes in energy consumption for outdoor lighting
  • Liu, J.A., Haasbeek, D.L., Kirsten, A.J., Wise, S., Buchanan, B. Department of Biology, Utica, NY, 13502, USA
         Title: Growth and development of African Clawed Frog (Xenopuslaevis) larvae reared under different intensities of LED light at 
         night
  • Kinzey, B., Miller, N.J. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Portland, OR, USA
         Title: Decoupling Outdoor Lighting from Sky Glow
  • Ribas, S.J., Torra, J., Figueras, F., Domingo, R.C. Parc Astronomic Montsec, Consell Comarcal de la Noguera E-25691, Àger, Lleida, Catalonia.
         Title: Interaction of clouds and fog with the measure of Night Sky Brightness
  • Ribas, S.J., Vilajoliu, J. Parc Astronomic Montsec, Consell Comarcal de la Noguera E-25691, Àger, Lleida, Catalonia.
         Title: The Sky of Montsec: How a Dark Sky is Impacting the Economy of a Rural Area in Catalonia
  • Schroer, S. Holker, F., Corcho, O. and the STARS4ALL consortium, Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Berlin, Germany
         Title: STARS4ALL – Citizen science to save European nightscapes
  • Simoneau, A. Aubé, M. Bishop's University, Cegep de Sherbrooke, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Canada
         Title: Hyperspectral study of the impact of private lighting on skyglow at the Asiago Observatory, Italy
  • Williams, S. Baker, T., Wise, S. and Buchanan, B. Department of Biology, Utica, NY, 13502, USA
         Title: The effect of artificial light at night (ALAN) on activity patterns of a nocturnal salamander

ALAN 2016 - Online Presentations
Health​​
  • Green, Amit, Sleep Institute Assuta Medical Center, Tel-Aviv, Israel and Haifa University, Haifa, Israel
​          amitg@assuta.co.il
         Title: The effects of screen illumination on: sleep efficiency and architecture, physiology, emotion and behavior-                          
           possible effect on human health
​​​Biology & Ecology
  • Manfrin, Alessandro, Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB), Berlin, Germany
    and Institute of Biology, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany and School of Geography, Queen Mary University of London, London, U.K.
    manfrin@igb-berlin.de
         Title: Artificial light at night affects biotic linkages between aquatic and riparian ecosystems
  • Raap, Thomas, University of Antwerp, Behavioural Ecology and Ecophysiology Group, Wilrijk, Belgium
         thomas.raap@uantwerpen.be
         Title: Light pollution affects body mass and oxidative status in free-living nestling songbirds: an experimental study
  • Wise, Sharon, Utica College, Utica, NY 13502, U.S.A.
​         swise@utica.edu
         Title: Intrusion of artificial light at night into leaf-litter habitats: Implications for activity in a nocturnal salamander
​Measurements & Modeling
  • Carr, James, Carr Astronautics Corp., Greenbelt, MD, USA
         jcarr@carrastro.com
         Title: Observing Nightlights from Space with TEMPO
  • Gyuk, Geza,  Adler Planetarium, Chicago IL, USA
         ggyuk@adlerplanetarium.org
         Title: NITESat: A High Resolution, Full-Color, Light Pollution Imaging Satellite Mission
  • Hänel, Andreas, Museum am Schölerberg, Osnabrück, Germany
    ahaenel@uos.de
         Title: SQMDroid - A universal SQM measurement device          kellie.pendoley@penv.com.au
         Title: Transcontinental Australia, Dark Sky Quality Survey; Perth to Brisbane, one road, 5500km, 9 days
  • Ribas, Salvador, Parc Astronòmic Montsec – Consell Comarcal de la Noguera, Àger, Spain and Institut de Ciències del Cosmos (ICCUB-IEEC), Barcelona, Spain
    sjribas@montsec.cat
         Title: How clouds are amplifying (or not) the effects of ALAN
  • Shariff, Nur, Academy of Contemporary Islamic Studies, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam,
          Malaysia
          nur.nafhatun.ms@gmail.com
         Title: Light Pollution and its Impact towards Islamic New Moon (hilal) Observation​
​​Society
  • Radicchi, Antonella and Meier, Josiane, Technische Universität Berlin, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Chair of Urban and Regional Economics, Berlin, Germany
    j.meier@isr.tu-berlin.de
         Title: Urban Planning Challenges: Toward integrated approaches to sustainable lightscape and soundscape planning
  • Stockmar, Axel, Light Consult International, Celle, Germany
          a.stockmar.lci@t-online.de         
         Title: Lighting of railway premises –Minimizing obtrusive lighting according to current regulations
  • Giacomelli, Andrea, Attivarti.org, Torniella, Italy          info@pibinko.org
         Title: Participatory Dark Sky Quality Monitoring from Italy: interactions between awareness raising and research
​Technology & Design
  • Khademagha, Parisa, Building Physics and Services Unit, Department of the Built Environment / Intelligent Lighting Institute, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
    p.khademagha@tue.nl
         Title: Directionality: an important light parameter for human health to consider in lighting design
  • ​Dimitris, Nikolaou, National Technical University of Athens, Lighting Laboratory, 9 Heroon Politechniou, 
​         Athens, Greece
         dimitris.nikolaou@ils.com.gr
         Title: Technical and economical assessment of the containment of light pollution through the use of luminous intensity restrictive            measures
LoNNE
  • Schroer, Sibylle, Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Berlin, Germany
    schroer@igb-berlin.de
         Title: The Loss of the Night Network (LoNNe) Conference wrap up and announcement of ALAN 2018

ALAN 2015 - Online Presentations
Here is a list of all presentations (in pdf format) for which the organizing committee obtained the agreement of the author to publish their content online. If you use information contained in the presentations, please make sure to cite the author(s) and indicate that it was presented at ALAN. If you want to use any graphics, be sure to obtain the rights by contacting the corresponding author.

Invited Speakers
  • Aronson, Kristan. (Health) Public Health Sciences; Cancer Care and Epidemiology, Cancer Research Institute, Queen's University, Kingston ON, Canada, aronson@queensu.ca
    Title: Human health effects of exposure to light at night, with emphasis on biomarkers and breast cancer
  • Clifford, Paul. (Society) Moose Management Coordinator for the Unama'ki Institute of Natural Resources, NS, Canada. Mi'kmaq traditional knowledge including night sky stories(Canada), Clifford@uinr.ca
    Title: Connectivity of Spirit
  • Feierabend, Scott. (Society) Executive Director, International Dark-Sky Association, leader in night sky preservation (USA), scottf@darksky.org
    Title: Together … We Can Change The World
  • Straw, Will. (Society), Director, McGill Institute for the Study of Canada, McGill University, Québec, Canada
    Title: Film noir after black-and-white
Health
  • Dechesne. Roland.G. Royal Astronomical Society of Canada - Calgary Centre , Canada
    Title: ALAN and Schistosomiasis; A Potential Link
Biology & Ecology
  • Newman, Rhian C. Organisms and Environment, School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, CF, UK
    Title: Artificial Light at Night in Freshwater Ecosystems
Measurements & Modeling
  • Walker, Constance E. National Optical Astronomy Observatory, Tucson, California, AZ, USA
            Title:  Intercomparing Methods of Night Sky Brightness Measurements
Society
Technology & Design
  • Dannemann, Etta. Philips Color Kinetics, Berlin, Germany
    Title: From concept to product – who decides on fixtures?
  • Freyssinier, Jean-Paul. Lighting Research Center, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, USA
    Title:     Using Uniformity to Optimize Parking Lot Lighting
  • Dechesne, Roland G. Royal Astronomical Society of Canada - Calgary Centre, Canada
    Title: Light Pollution from Greenhouses – a Global Problem with Some Possible Mitigation Strategies
  • Lavallée, Jean-Pierre. LEKLA, Canada
    Title: New Optical Filter
  • Rodriguez, Christophe. Engineering Faculty, Université de Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada
    Title: Improvement of LED performance by Increasing Light Extraction Efficiency: An example of how to stimulate college students to research in engineering through advanced micro-nano-fabrication improvements
  • Tousignant, Nathalie. Philips, Canada
    Title: Philips products...
Poster
Walker, Constance E. National Optical Astronomy Observatory, Tucson, California, AZ, USA
            Title:  
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