Organizing committee
The current members of the International Steering Committee are:
Dr. Annette Krop-Benesch (co-chair), Initiative Nachhaltig Beleuchten, Berlin, Germany
Ms. Diane Turnshek (co-chair), Special Faculty member of the Department of Physics at Carnegie Mellon University (lecturer)
and Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Dr. Salvador J. Ribas (co-chair), Parc Astronòmic Montsec – Consell Comarcal de la Noguera & Universitat de Barcelona
Dr. Constantinos A. Bouroussis, Research Scientist, Swiss Federal Institute of Metrology METAS, Bern, Switzerland
Mr. Roberto Corradini, Lighting Design Workshop, Italy
Dr. Geza Gyuk, Senior Director of Astronomy, Adler Planetarium, Chicago, IL, USA
Dr. Franz Hölker,Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Dr Lin Meng, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
Dr. Johanne Roby, Groupe sur la pollution lumineuse, Cégep de Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada
Dr. Eva Schernhammer, Department of Epidemiology, Medical University Vienna, Center for Public Health, Vienna.
The steering committee identifies and invites plenary speakers, reviews the submitted abstracts, and publicises the conference. It is also tasked with the responsibility of identifying sites for future conferences.
For questions concerning the content, submissions, and scientific program of the conference, please write to the co-chairs at contact@artificiallightatnight.org.
Local organizers of the 2025 conference in Westport, Connacht, Ireland
ALAN 2025 Organising Committee
Dr. Brian Espey, Chair of Dark Sky Ireland
Dr. Georgia MacMillan, Dark Sky Park Officer
Information: www.darksky.ie
email: info@darksky.ie
This group works together with the local organizing committee to identify and invite plenary speakers, to review the submitted abstracts, and to publicize the conference.
Former members:
Dr. Dorin Beu, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania (ALAN 2016)
Dr. Maurice Donners,Philips Lighting, The Netherlands (ALAN 2014-2016)
Ms. Bettymaya Foott, International Dark-Sky Association, Tucson, Arizona (IDA representative 2018-2022)
Dr. Dietrich Henckel, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany (2013-2023)
Dr. Annette Krop-Benesch, Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Berlin, Germany (ALAN 2013)
Dr. Christopher Kyba, Helmholtz-Zentrum Potsdam, Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum GFZ, Potsdam, Berlin, Germany (ALAN 2013-2023)
Dr. Martin Morgan-Taylor,Leicester De Montfort Law School, De Montfort University, Leicester, UK (2014-2024)
Dr. Richard Stevens, Community Medicine and Health Care, University of Connecticut Health, USA (ALAN 2014-2020)
Dr. Sibylle Schroer,Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Berlin, Germany (ALAN 2013-ALAN 2023)
Ms. Ashley Wilson, M.Sc., International Dark-Sky Association, Tucson, Arizona, USA (ALAN 2023)
ALAN 2023- Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Mr Bob King, RASC Calgary Centre, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Mr Roland Dechesne, RASC Calgary Centre, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Mr Robyn Foret, RASC Calgary Centre, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Dr. Phil Langill, Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
eALAN 2020 and 2021 – Lleida, Catalonia, Spain. The local organizing committee was composed of:
Dr. Salvador J. Ribas (chair) and MrHector Linares, Parc Astronòmic Montsec – Consell Comarcal de la Noguera & Universitat de Barcelona
Mr. Ramon Canal-Domingo, Ms.Marta Cañellas, Ms.Mireia Carrera, Ms.Anna Paüls and Mr. Carlos Sancho, Parc Astronòmic Montsec – Consell Comarcal de la Noguera
Ms. Nieves Gordón and Mr.Fernando Jáuregui, Planetario de Pamplona – NICDO
Dr. Eduard Masana, Universitat de Barcelona
ALAN 2018- Salt Lake City (Snowbird), Utah, USA. The local organizing committee was composed of:
Ms Bettymaya Foott, The Consortium for Dark Sky Studies, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
Dr Stephen Goldsmith, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
Dr Dave Kieda, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
Ms Janet Muir, The Consortium for Dark Sky Studies, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
Ms Kathrine Skollingsberg, The Consortium for Dark Sky Studies, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
ALAN 2016- Cluj, Napoca, Romania. The local organizing committee was composed of:
Dr Dorin Beu, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Dr Catalin Daniel Galatanu, “Gheorge Asachi” Technical University of Iaşi
ALAN 2015 – Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada. The local organizing committee was composed of:
Dr Johanne Roby, Cégep de Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada
Dr Martin Aubé, Cégep de Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada
M. Olivier Domingue, Cégep de Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada
ALAN 2014: Leicester, United Kingdom. The local organizing committee was composed of:
Dr Martin Morgan-Taylor, Leicester De Montfort Law School, De Montfort University, Leicester, UK
Ms Katie Scott, Leicester De Montfort Law School, De Montfort University, Leicester, UK
ALAN 2013: Berlin, Germany. The local organizing committee was composed of:
Dr Annette Krop-Benesch, Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Berlin, Germany
Dr Franz Hölker, Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Berlin, Germany
Dr Christopher Kyba, Helmholtz-Zentrum Potsdam, Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum GFZ, Germany