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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 2016 – Online Presentations

Health​​
Green, Amit, Sleep Institute Assuta Medical Center, Tel-Aviv, Israel and Haifa University, Haifa, Israel
Title: The effects of screen illumination on: sleep efficiency and architecture, physiology, emotion and behavior-possible effect on human health

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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.
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
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,
Title: Intrusion of artificial light at night into leaf-litter habitats: Implications for activity in a nocturnal salamander
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Measurements & Modeling
Carr, James, 

Carr Astronautics Corp., Greenbelt, MD, USA 
Title: Observing Nightlights from Space with TEMPO

Gyuk, Geza,  Adler Planetarium, Chicago IL, USA 
Title: NITESat: A High Resolution, Full-Color, Light Pollution Imaging Satellite Mission

Hänel, Andreas,

Museum am Schölerberg, Osnabrück, Germany
Title: SQMDroid – A universal SQM measurement device

Kyba, Christopher, GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany
​Title: Are relationships between artificial light emission and land use dependent on community size? 

Pendoley, Kellie, Pendoley Environmental Pty Ltd, Perth, Australia 
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
Title: How clouds are amplifying (or not) the effects of ALAN

Shariff, Nur, Academy of Contemporary Islamic Studies, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam,Malaysia
Title: Light Pollution and its Impact towards Islamic New Moon (hilal) Observation​
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Society

Radicchi, Antonella andMeier, Josiane, Technische Universität Berlin, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Chair of Urban and Regional Economics, Berlin, Germany
Title: Urban Planning Challenges: Toward integrated approaches to sustainable lightscape and soundscape planningStockmar, Axel, Light Consult International, Celle, GermanyTitle: Lighting of railway premises –Minimizing obtrusive lighting according to current regulations

Giacomelli, Andrea, Attivarti.org, Torniella, Italy
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
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
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
Title: The Loss of the Night Network (LoNNe) Conference wrap up and announcement of ALAN 2018