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

ALAN 2015 – Online Presentations

• 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
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