Organizing committee
The current members of the International Steering Committee are:
Dr. Annette Krop-Benesch (co-chair), Initiative Nachhaltig Beleuchten, Berlin, Germany
Dr. Salvador J. Ribas (co-chair), Parc Astronòmic Montsec – Consell Comarcal de la Noguera & Universitat de Barcelona
Dr. Geza Gyuk (co-chair), Senior Director of Astronomy, Adler Planetarium, Chicago, IL, USA
Dr. Constantinos A. Bouroussis, Research Scientist Swiss Federal Institute of Metrology METAS, Bern, Switzerland
Dr. Nick Dunn, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK
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. Sara Pritchard, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 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
Dr. Robert Shaw, Newcastle University, Newcastle, UK
Ms. Diane Turnshek, Carnegie Mellon University and University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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 2027 conference in Valparaíso, Chile
ALAN 2027 Organising Committee
Ivàn Kopaitic, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso
Sebastián Fingerhuth, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso
Daniela González, Cielos de Chile
Website support: Christoph Pütz, Dark Sky Community Eiweiler
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)
Mr. Roberto Corradini, Lighting Design Workshop, Italy
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