7th European Symposium for the Protection of the Night Sky Bled, 5-6 October 2007 last update: 5 October 16:50 4th October Registration Triglav National Park, Ljubljanska cesta 27, Bled From 16:00 until 22:00 5th October Registration Triglav National Park, Ljubljanska cesta 27, Bled From 7:00 until 8:20 !!!! PLEASE DO NOT BE LATE !!!! 5th October Morning Session Leader Robert L. Gent MEDIA PRESENTATION Opening ceremony 9:00 (media will join here and tape here) Robert L. Gent 16 min General introduction about light pollution Dr. Matjaž Ravnik 12 min Light Pollution and Global Warming Dr. Andreas Haenel 12 min Light Pollution in past 50 and next 50 years Dr. Tomaž Zwitter 12 min Glare, Safety and Eldery People Dr. Jan Hollan 10 min Light, Safety and Security Dr. Tomi Trilar 12 min Light Pollution and Biodiversity Break 15 min (1st part 70 min) Klemen Španinger 12 min Importance of night darkness and diseases (sleep, fat, diabetes, cancer) Tom Webster 10 min Solutions: Bad and Good luminaires, excesive lighting Dr. Jan Hollan 7 min Light goes up to 200 km, dark reservates are wrong solution Robert L. Gent 7 min Zero emission upwards does NOT mean more luminaires Andrej Mohar 10 min It's so simple, but… (light pollution laws and EU Directive) 2nd part (2nd part 46 min) Program continues without break Novigrad got 1st award a few words by Mayor of Novigrad Italy adpoted two new laws a few words by Bonata, Falci, Di Guisto Slovenia adopted Light Pollution Law mag. Radovan Tavzes, direktor, Direktorate for Environment, Ministry for Environment and Spatial Planning Initiative for EU Directive on Light Pollution Lojze Peterle, MEP How EU is going to solve LP problem? dr. Miroslav Ouzky, MEP, President of ENVI Continues without break with questions by press/media 15 min Morning session will end at 12:30 The End for Press/Media 5th October Afternoon Session Leader Dr. Andreas Hänel Time (min) 14:00 High Quality Architectural Lighting with 1 cd/m2 limits 25 Prof. Pietro Palladino, Lighting management and consulting, Milano, Italy CO2 Relighting Laura Cinquarla, iGuzzini illuminazione S.p.A., 62019 Recanati (MC) Italy 20 A Rationale for the Mandatory Limitation of Outdoor Lighting 15 Barry A. J. Clark, PhD, Director, Outdoor Lighting Improvement Section Astronomical Society of Victoria Inc., Australia Presented by Dr. Jan Hollan Light Pollution Monitoring in Slovenia 15 Herman Mikuž, University of Ljubljana, Faculty for Mathematics and Physics, Èrni Vrh Observatory, Dark Sky Slovenia , Slovenia Elaboration of Guidelines to Reduce Light Emissions Stefano Klett, Dark-Sky Switzerland 15 15:30 Coffee break 25 15:55 Global Light Pollution Laws- A Review 20 Martin Morgan-Taylor , Principal Lecturer, School of Law, DeMontfort University, Leicester, United Kingdom. The 5 Goals of Lombardy Law and Eight Subsequent Laws 20 Dr. Diego Bonata, Cielo Buio Italy Minos System – Energy Savings in Public Lighting 20 Piero Cecchini, President of UMPI electronica s.r.l., Cattolica, Italy RGB Radiometry and Photometry by Using DSLR Camera 10 Dr. Jan Hollan, Czech Republic Measuring Light Pollution with a Calibrated High Dynamic Range 10 All-Sky Image Acquisition System Georg Zotti, Institute of Computer Graphics and Algorithms Vienna University of Technology 17:35 End of session 18:30 Bus trip from Triglav National Park to have astronomical observations at one of the darkest place in Europe (bus excursion in case of bad weather). Meeting point in front of Triglav National Park building. Please don’t be late! 7th European Symposium for the Protection of the Night Sky 6th October Morning Session Leader Dr. Tomaž Zwitter 9:00 Dark Sky as World Heritage – Natural, Cultural and Spiritual Aspects 20 Marjeta Keršiè – Svetel, Mountain Wilderness Slovenia, Slovenia Observing the Disappearing Firmament. 15 Public Participation Light Pollution Estimates and Continuous Measurements of the Total Sky-Brightness with a New Low Cost Luxmeter Dr. Günther Wuchterl, Thüringer Landessternwarte Tautenburg, Kuffner-Sternwarte, IDA Austria, André Müller, Max Planck Institut für Astronomie, Heidelberg, Germany Light Pollution Laws of Friuli Venezia Giulia and Slovenia 10 Alessandro Di Giusto, Cielo Buio, Italy Measurements and Modeling of Light Pollution at the Zselic Dark Sky Preserve Dr. Zoltán Kolláth, Konkoly Observatory, Budapest, Hungary 10 Architectural Light with Low Environmental Impact 10 Dr. Diego Bonata, Cielo Buio Italy Lighting Design From Dusk Till Dawn 15 Veronica Monheim, ERCO Leuchten GmbH, Germany Modelling Differences in Skyglow in Rural Areas from Common Luminaire Designs Dr Chris Baddiley, Scientific Advisor to the British Astronomical 15 Association’s Campaign for Dark Skies, UK 10:35 Coffee break 25 11:00 The Dancing Sky: 6 Years of Night Sky Observations at ESO-Paranal 20 Ferdinando Patat, European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere, Garching Germany Siteco Credo: Light quality for pollution control 20 Peter Schmidt, Director Sales Outdoor Lighting, SITECO Beleuchtungstechnik GmbH, Germany Toxic Light at Night; How to Make Lighting Harmless to Human Health 10 Dr. Jan Hollan, Czech Republic Light Planning and Energy Management 15 Dr. Diego Bonata, Cielo Buio Italy EuP for Light, Good or Bad for Reducing Light Pollution in Europe 10 Friedel Pas, International Dark-Sky Association, Belgium Lighting and Security – Statistics and their Interpretation 5 Dr. Andreas Hänel, Museum am Schölerberg, Osnabrück, Germany Results of Light Pollution Monitoring of Istria Peninsula, Croatia 10 Dr. Željko Andreiæ1, Petra Korleviæ, Mirna Kramar, Doroteja Andreiæ, Ana Bonaca and Korado Korleviæ, Višnjan Education Center, Istarska 6, 51463 Višnjan, Croatia, 1permanent adress: Faculty of Mining, Geology and Petroleum Engineering, Institute of Mathematics, Informatics and Descriptive Geometry, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia 12:30 Break for lunch 6th October Afternoon Session Leader Dr. Jan Hollan 14:00 Light Pollution in European Protected Areas 10 Dr. Andreas Hänel, Museum am Schölerberg, Osnabrück, Germany Sky Brightness Measuring Methods 10 Daniela Klotz and Franz Kerschbaum, Institut fur Astronomie der Universitat Wien, Austria The Impact of Light Pollution on Insects 15 Dr. Tomi Trilar, Natural History Museum of Slovenia, Ljubljana, Slovenia Bats and Light Pollution 15 Alenka Petrinjak1,2 & dr. Maja Zagmajster2 1Triglav National Park, Bled, Slovenia 2SDPVN - Slovenian Association for Bat Research and Conservation, Ljubljana, Slovenia STS-Easy Light Software and High Performance in Street Lighting 10 Dr. Fabio Falchi, Dr. Diego Bonata, Cielo Buio Italy Recent Progress on the 2nd World Atlas of Night Sky Brightness 10 Dr. Fabio Falchi, Cielo Buio Italy Italian Situation and CieloBuio Projects for the Future 10 Dr. Diego Bonata, Cielo Buio Italy 15:20 Coffee break 25 15:45 A Territory Control in Frosinone to Respect Regional Law 23/2000 10 Dr. Mario Di Sora, President IDA Italian Section, VP Unione Astrofili Italiani Campo Catino Astronomical Observatory , Italy A Protocol Between Amateur Astronomers and Luminaire Manuf. in Italy 5 Dr. Mario Di Sora, Head of Light-Pollution Committee Unione Astrofili Italiani, President IDA Italy Energy Saving and Light Pollution Results in Italy 10 Dr. Diego Bonata, Cielo Buio Italy An International Travelling Exhibition on Light Pollution for the IYA 2009 5 Dr. Andreas Hänel, Norbert Niedernostheide, Museum am Schölerberg, Osnabrück, Germany Brussels Meeting 5 Light pollution regulation in Spain: present situation and prospects 10 Carlos Herranz, Cel Fosc - Asociación contra la Contaminación Lumínica, Spain Preserving the Night Skies -- an IDA Update 10 Robert L. Gent, President, Board of Directors, International Dark-Sky Association, USA IDA Awards 5 8th European Symposium for the Protection of the Night Sky 5 16:45 The end of the conference 17:15 Optional GUIDED trip by boat to Bled Island - meeting point in front of Casino Bled, near lake (10 euros per person for boat plus 3 euros entrance fee for church) 19:00 Banquet, farewell dinner at Astoria hotel (please check if you are already booked) 7th October Sunday optional private excursion and astronomical observation in mountains Please check possibilities at Saturday’s banquet, because it depends on weather conditions