Monday 27th of June
15:00 – 16:00 Registration
16:00 – Official Opening
* Sr. Ramon Farré, Vicepresident of Consorci del Montsec and
High-representative of Government of Catalonia in Lleida region.
* Sr. Albert Alins, High-representative of
Government of Catalonia in Pyrenees region.
* Sra. M. Assumpta Farran, Head of Environment Quality Area of
Government of Catalonia.
* Sr. Josep Castells, Mayor of Castell de Mur municipality
* Sr. Salvador J. Ribas, Science Manager of Consorci del Montsec
16:30 – Invited Talk:
“Preserving the Starlight: A new challenge for environment
protection”
by Cipriano Marin (Coordinator Starlight Initiative / UNESCO Urban
Futures Programme)
17:15 – Coffee Break
17:45 – Contributions:
– “The Starlight Initiative in the Reserve of Biosphere of La
Rioja”
Jesús Ruiz Tutor & Susana Gómez Urizarna (Government of Rioja)
and Alberto Bañuelos & Susana Malón (AAC Acustica+Luminica)
– “Dark Sky Protection in Catalonia”
Sergi Paricio (Servei per a la Prevenció de la Contaminació Acústica i
Lluminosa, Government of Catalonia)
– “International Dark Sky Reserve Project in French Pyrenees:
starry nights and sustainable development”
Association PIRENE (Observatoire Pic du Midi)
– “Light Problems in a protected area: Montsec”
Salvador J. Ribas (Parc Astronòmic Montsec)
20:00 Welcome Cocktail sponsored by Consorci del Montsec
23:00 Visit to “Centre d’Observació de l’Univers”
Tuesday 28th of June
Morning:
Visit to Observatori Astronòmic del Montsec
16:00 – Invited Talk:
“The Andalusian Sky: Legislation, Protection, Appreciation
and Awareness”
by Ángela Ranea (Government of Andalucia)
16:45 – Contributions (coffee break around 17:15 sponsored by
AAC Acústica+Lumínica):
– “Slovenian Light Pollution Legislation”
Gregor Vertacnik (Dark-Sky Slovenia)
– “The Mena Valley Project: Starting the actions”
Javier Mardones (Ayuntamiento Valle de Mena) and Alberto Bañuelos
& Susana Malón (AAC Acustica+Luminica)
– “Oasis Starlight/Urban Star Park project in the city of Pau:
starry nights, astronomy and urban policy”
Bruno Charlier and Nicolas Bourgeois (Université de Pau)
– “Light Pollution in the Environment of the Turia Natural
Park”
Enric Marco and Angel Morales (Universitat de València)
– “Dark Sky Protection at Calar Alto Observatory (Spain)”
David Galadí-Enríquez (Calar Alto Observatory)
– “The Road Runner System: A Light Pollution measuring
System”
Daniel Rosa Infantes (Sociedad Malagueña de Astronomía)
20:00 – Preparation of night measurements
22:00 – Measurements of Light Pollution / Observations
Wednesday 29th of June
Morning:
Visit to Castell de Mur (“Castle of Mur”) offered by municipality of Castell de Mur
16:00 – Invited Talk:
“Biodiversity at night”
by Juan José Negro (Biological Station of Doñana / CSIC)
16:45 – Contributions (coffee break around 17:15):
– “A Biosphere Reserve under the stars”
Tony Gallardo (Reserva de Biosfera de Fuerteventura / MaB)
– “Night species (title to be confirmed)” (Spanish lecture)
Alfons G. Dolsa (Museu de les Papallones)
– “Cel Fosc organization (title to be confirmed)”
Josep M. Bosch (CelFosc – Spanish Dark Sky Association)
– “Dark sky parks and places in Canada and the World”
(remote talk)
David Welch (DSAG, IUCN)
– “The New Canadian Jasper Dark Sky Preserve” (remote talk)
Robert Dick (Royal Astronomical Society of Canada)
– “Dark-sky Parks and Light Pollution in TV shows and
mass-media”
Valentin Grigore (Romanian Society for Meteors and Astronomy)
22:00 Observations
Thursday 30th of June
Morning
Excursion trip to Mont-Rebei canyon sponsored by Catalunya Caixa
Foundation
16:00 – Invited Talk:
“Identification and verification of potential dark sky parks in
Germany”
by Andreas Haenel (Dark Sky Germany and Museum Osnabrueck)
16:45 – Contributions (coffee break at 17:15):
– “Ignite for Starry Night” – Getting Started to Achieve and
Protect a Natural Night Sky above Eifel National Park.”
Harald Bardenhagen (Astronomie-Werkstatt “Sterne ohne
Grenzen”)
– “The observatories of the Agrupación Astronómica de
Sabadell (AAS) in Montsec”
Carles Schnabel (Agrupación Astronómica de Sabadell)
– “ASTMON: A robotic all sky transmission monitor”
Jesús Aceituno (AstroItec) and David Galadí (Calar Alto Observatory)
– “The best way for ranking of dark sky parks”
Kambiz Khaleghi (Iran Amateur Astronomy Society)
– “Starlight & Lighting Master Plan in Amurrio (Spain)”
Alberto Bañuelos and Susana Malón (AAC Acústica+Lumínica)
– “Poetry against Light Pollution”
Andrei Dorian Gheorghe (Romanian Society for Meteors and
Astronomy)
22:00 Observations
Friday 1st of July
10:30 – Contributions:
– “Survey of Illumination Intensities–A Comparison Between
Cities & States”
Andrej Mohar (Dark-Sky Slovenia)
– “The control of light pollution in Italy” (remote talk)
Fabio Falchi (Cielo Buio, Italy)
11:30 – Measurements test review
12:00 – Invited talk:
“Professional Lighting in front Light Pollution: Problematics,
Evolution, Opportunities?” by Ramon Sanmartin, Manuel Garcia
and Hector Solano (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya)
13:00 – Conclusions
Free Afternoon
It’s possible to do free of charge a diurnal visit to Centre d’Observació de l’Univers
Dark sky advisory group
Beauties of Nature
Beasts in Nature