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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 2020 - Online Presentations
To be add later
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
  • Kyba, Christopher, GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany
    kyba@gfz-potsdam.de
    ​Title: Are relationships between artificial light emission and land use dependent on community size? 
  • Pendoley, Kellie, Pendoley Environmental Pty Ltd, Perth, Australia
         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
  • Goulet, Pierre and  Giguère,Sébastien. (Society) ASTROLab, Mont-Mégantic, Québec, Canada, giguere.sebastien@sepaq.com
    Title: Fighting short wavelenghts at night: deployment of low-blue led lighting in the Mont-Mégantic International Dark Sky Reserve
  • Hänel, Andreas.  (Measure & Modelling) Planetarium, Museum am Schölerberg, Osnabrück
    Title:
    Quantifying sky quality Measurement methods for sky brightness
  • Longcore, Travis. (Biology & Ecology) Spatial Sciences Institute, University of Southern California, USA, longcore@dornsife.usc.edu
    Title: Light Pollution as Global Change
  • Miller, Naomi. (Technology & Design) Designer/Senior Scientist, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, USA
    Title: Pedestrian-Friendly Nighttime Lighting
  • 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
  • Motta, Mario. MDTufts Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
    Title:
    Glare and Human Eye Physiology
  • Seitinger, Suzanne. Philips Lighting, Burlington, MA, USA
    Title: Exploring metrics for ambient polychromatic light in interior settings for circadian support
Biology & Ecology
  • Azam, Clémentine. Natural History Museum of Paris, France
    Title: The use of a French citizen database to analyze the effect of Artificial Light At Night on bats communities at different landscape scales
  • Da Silva, Arnaud. Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, Department Behavioural Ecology & Evolutionary Genetics, Seewiesen 82319, Germany
    Title: Singing from North to South: Latitudinal Variation of the Effects of ALAN on Timing of Dawn Song
  • Dick, Robert. The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, and The Canadian Scotobiology Group, Canada
    Title: Aiming High to Raise Awareness of ALAN in Protected Areas
  • Kardel, Scott. International Dark-Sky Association, Tucson, Arizona, USA
    Title: Findings, Challenges, and Solutions: Restoring the Night Sky
    Gulf Coast Sea Turtle Restoration Project
  • Mažeika, Sullivan. The Ohio State University, School of Environment and Natural Resources, Columbus, USA
    Note: Some preliminary datas are included in this presentation. So please contact the authors before sharing/using this presentation. sullivan.191@osu.edu
    Title: Community and ecosystem responses to artificial night lighting across aquatic­terrestrial boundaries
  • Newman, Rhian C. Organisms and Environment, School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, CF, UK
    Title: Artificial Light at Night in Freshwater Ecosystems
  • Pendoley, Kellie. Pendoley Environmental Pty Ltd, Perth Western Australia
    Title: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly; Instrumental Light Measurement Techniques for Biological Studies
  • Shotbolt, Tim. Lighting Consultant, Australia
    Title: Koalas, Kookaburras, Marine Turtles, Iron Ore, Bauxite, Electricity, Trade, Travel, Prosperity, Growth, Legislation, International Agreements and Stars at Night in Australia.
Measurements & Modeling
  • Chadwick, A Moore. Night Skies Program Manager, US National Park Service, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
    Title:
    Towards a More Comprehensive Bortle Classification System
  • Duriscoe, Dan M. Light Skies Program, US National Park Service, Bishop, California, USA
    Title: A database of night sky brightness photometry for U. S. National Parks
  • Kyba, Christopher CM. Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum GFZ, Postdam and Leibniz-Institut für Gewässerökologie und Binnenfischerei, Berlin, Germany
    Title: Evaluating the systematic uncertainty of the Loss of the Night app
  • Walker, Constance E. National Optical Astronomy Observatory, Tucson, California, AZ, USA
            Title:  Intercomparing Methods of Night Sky Brightness Measurements
Society
  • Adams, Mary. The Headlands International Dark Sky Park, Mackinaw City, Emmet County, Michigan, USA
    Title: Once upon a time~Thinking Beyond the Telescope and Technology to Understand the Role of Natural Darkness in Developing Community
  • Baddiley, Christopher. British Astronomical Association Campaign for Dark Skies
    Title: Light pollution modelling for the UK Highways Agency new environmental impact policy, and for a sea based  wind farm project
    .
  • Barentine, John. International Dark-Sky Association, Tucson, Arizona, USA
    Title: The Rewards and Challenges of protecting International Dark Sky Places
  • Chapman, Mike. Sydney Outdoor Lighting Improvement Society (SOLIS), Australia
    Title: The future of lighting is better if it’s dim. How the new technologies of lighting can be used for required and sufficient levels of illumination.
  • Meier, Josiane and Henckel, Dietrich. Technische Universität Berlin, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Germany
    Title: Lighting Conflicts: High Noon Ahead?
  • Mohar, Andrej. Dark-Sky Slovenia, Slovenia
    Title: Achievements and consequences of light pollution legislation in Slovenia
  • Morgan-Taylor, Martin. Principal Lecturer in Law, de Montfort University, Leicester, UK
    Title: Global Approaches to the Regulation of Light Pollution
  • Pecingina, Mihai R. and Jean-François Longchamps. International Dark Sky Association, Québec, Canada
    Title: The control of the effects of the artificial light at night - doing its part
  • Ribas, Salvator J. Parc Astronòmic Montsec, Consell Comarcal de la Noguera, Balaguer, Spain
    Title: First estimation of social and economic impacts of dark skies in Montsec
    Ribas-Video:
    Light polution on earth seen from space 
  • Sánchez de Miguel,  Alejandro.  Dep. Astrofísica y CC. De la Atmósfera, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
    Title: Cities at night: a citizen science program to make a color map of the world.
  • Welch, David. Chair, Dark Skies Advisory Group, (IUCN), Ottawa, Canada
    Title:
    Protected places and the night sky, a match made in heaven
Technology & Design
  • Clanton, Nancy. Clanton & Associates, Inc. Boulder, Colorado, USA
    Title: Assessing than Mitigating (Skyglow Measurements to Lighting Ordinances)
  • 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
  • Morin-Paulhus, Antoine, Roby, Johanne. Light Pollution Group, Cégep de Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada
    Title: Spectral Indices based on biological processes sensitivity to handle lighting applications
  • 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
  • _Schulte-Römer, Nona. WZB – Berlin Social Science Center, Germany
    Title: LED lighting in Berlin and Lyon: How publics shape innovation
  • Tousignant, Nathalie. Philips, Canada
    Title: Philips products...
Poster
Walker, Constance E. National Optical Astronomy Observatory, Tucson, California, AZ, USA
            Title:  

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