PROGRAMME

International Conferencein Defence of the Quality of the Night Sky

and the Right to Observe the Stars

Under the Honorary Presidency ofH.R.H. Felipe de Borbón

Prince of Asturias

PROGRAMME

Plenary SessionsVenue: Teatro Chico, Santa Cruz de La Palma

April 19th, 2007 - Thursday 9.30 h.

Opening SessionAdán Martín MenisPresident, Canary Islands Government

Cristina Narbona RuízSpanish Minister of the Environment

Mechtild RotheVice-president, European Parliament

Jose Luis Perestelo RodríguezPresident, La Palma Biosphere Reserve

Natarajan IshwaranDirector, Division of Ecological and Earth Sciences, UNESCO.

Francisco Sánchez MartínezDirector, IAC - Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias.

Opening Speech:

Jafar JafariPresident, Starlight Scientific Committee.University of Wisconsin.

10.45 h. Presentation of the Conference and ObjectivesOrganising Committee:

Antonio San Blas Álvarez. Director, La Palma Biosphere Reserve.Cipriano Marín Cabrera. Coordinator, Starlight Initiative.

11.15 h. Coffee break

April 19th, 2007 - Thursday

11.30 h. Session 1:

The cultural dimension of night sky.Stars’ cultural legacy / Tangible and intangible heritage related with astronomy/ Star obser-vation as a source of inspiration / Educational value of the night sky / The importance to re-introduce star gazing in our daily culture.

Chairman:

Luis Ramallo Massanet. President of the Spanish National Commission for UNESCO.

Keynote Speaker:

Gloria López Morales. President, Conservatorio Nacional del Patrimonio Cultural. Mexico.

Speakers:

• The educational value of the night sky.Margarita Metaxa. Philekpaideutiki Etaireia, Greece.

• Seeking starlight: dreams of transcendentalism, mystery and imagination.Juan Antonio Belmonte. President, European Society for Astronomy in Culture (SEAC).

• Astronomy and World Heritage Initiative.Anna Sidorenko-Dulom. Coordinator Thematic Initiative “Astronomy and World Herit-age” UNESCO - World Heritage Centre.

• The importance of observation in astronomy education and the need for clear and nonpolluted skies.Rosa M. Ros. Vice-President. IAU Commission 46 (Astronomy Education and Development). Spain.

• Fragile Light: A Confluence of Art and Science.David Madacsi. University of Connecticut. USA

Rapporteur:

Ana Viña Brito. La Palma Biosphere Reserve Scientific Committee. University of La Laguna.

12.50 h. Debate and proposals

13.15 h. Lunch

April 19th, 2007 - Thursday15.30 h. Session 2:

Star Routes. New tourism and knowledge dimensions of nightscapes.

Stars as a resource and scenery of a new responsible tourism / New tourist destinations and products based on night sky observation and knowledge / Real and virtual windows to the Universe.

Chairman:

Eduardo Fayos. Chief, Education and Knowledge Management UN-WTO - World Tourism Organization.

Opening remarks:

Jafar Jafari. Annals of Tourism Research. University of Wisconsin.Speakers:

• Bright Stars above the Biosphere. The secrets of the Polynesian Navigation.Michael Iwand. Executive Director, TUI AG, Group Corporate Environmental Manage-ment.

• La Palma and its skies: a creative product for a responsible destination.Jaime Sicilia Hernández. Counsellor of Tourism. Cabildo de La Palma. Spain.

• Desert and Starlight Tourism.Virginie Lefebvre Architect - Urban designer. France.

• The night sky. A basic resource for sustainable tourist destinations.Tomás Azcárate Bang. President. Institute of Responsible Tourism.

• Orbital, Lunar and Interplanetary Tourism: opportunities for different perspec-tives in star tourism.Dirk Spennemann. Charles Sturt University. Australia.

• Promoting a World Heritage Park in the Sky at Lake Tekapo in the Mt Cook region of New Zealand, and developing astro-tourism at Mt John University Observatory.Graeme Murray. Earth and Sky Ltd, Lake Tekapo,New Zealand.

Rapporteur:

Carlos Fernández Hernández. La Palma Biosphere Reserve Technical Committee.

16.50h. Debate and proposals17.10 h. Coffee break

April 19th, 2007 - Thursday

17.35 h Session 3:

Light pollution - intelligent lighting challenges.The lavish use of lighting at night/ Effects of light pollution/ Initiatives for intelligent light-ing/ Lighting, the state of the art/ The role of industry and the capacity to innovate/ Night architecture and urban planning/ Night sky defence initiatives and experiences/ Dark Sky Communities.

Chairman:

Nigel Pollard, Director: Division 5 (Exterior lighting). International Commission on Illumination (CIE).

Speaker:

• The Sky Protection Law of the Canary Islands: Application and Results.Francisco Javier Díaz Castro. Head of the Sky Protection Unit. OTPC-IAC.

• The Campaign for Dark Skies: Progress in the UK over 18 yearsGraham Bryant. Campaign for Dark Skies: United Kingdom.

• The success of Mont-Mégantic ASTROLab light pollution abatement project.Chloé Legris. Project manager. ASTROLab of Mont-Mégantic. Canada.

• The OPCC Experience in Protecting Northern Chilean Skies.Pedro Sahuenza. Coordinator OPCC, Chile.

• EuP project. Dark Sky eco-labelling in the lighting industry.Friedel Pas. International Dark-Sky Association Europe. Belgium

• Protection of Hawaii’s Observatories from Light Pollution.Richard J. Wainscoat. Institute for Astronomy. University of Hawaii.

Rapporteur:

Javier Méndez. Isaac Newton Group.19.20 h Debate and proposals

April 20th, 2007 - FridayVenue: Teatro Chico, Santa Cruz de La Palma

9.00 h. Session 4:

Starlight and nature conservation. Preserving life diversity at night.

Protect nature at night / Stars and protected areas / Biodiversity conservation and ecological effects of artificial light / Clear skies for wildlife survival/ Natural nightscapes/ How to integrate the night dimension into environment protection.

Chairman:

Peter Bridgewater. Secretary-general, Ramsar Convention.Keynote speaker:

• Light pollution and its impact on biodiversity, species and the habitat.Paola Deda. Secretariat of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS-UNEP).

Speakers:

• Lights Out! For Nature (videoconference)

Travis Longcore. Science Director, The Urban Wildlands Group/ UCLA Department of Geography, Institute of the Environment, and Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. USA.

• Recommendations instead of prohibitions - the Swiss approach against nega-tive light emissions.Antonio Righetti. Federal Office of the Environment. Switzerland.

• Island Biosphere Reserves and night environment protection.Arnoldo Santos. Scientific Committee, La Palma Biosphere Reserve. Spain.

• Canadian Dark Sky Initiatives.David Welch. Head, Environmental Quality, Parks Canada.

• The impact of artificial night lighting on activity patterns, growth, and develo-pment of amphibians.Sharon E. Wise, Utica College, USA.

Rapporteur:

Jose Juan Chans. Director-General, Doñana Nature Area.

10.40 h. Debate and proposals

11,00 h. Coffee break

April 20th, 2007 - Friday

11.15 h. Session 5:

Night sky protection and sustainable development.Energy sustainability, clear sky defence, emission reduction and climate change / Clear sky and quality of life / Starlit skies as a resource/ Benefits deriving from sky protection and astronomy development/ Promoting the Starlight Reserves.

Chairman:

Arthouros Zervos. President, European Renewable Energy Council (EREC).Keynote speaker:

• Climate change, intelligent use of energy and night sky protection.Pedro Ballesteros. Administrator of the Campaign “Sustainable Energy Europe” DG TREN - European Commission.

Speakers:

• Benefits that go beyond the frontiers of astrophisics.Casiana Muñoz-Tuñón. IAC - Instituto de Astrofísica deCanarias.

• The Impact of economic and cultural revival on dark skies.W. Scott Kardel. California Institute of Technology / Palomar Observatory. USA.

• Industry and energy options to face starlight-disturbing atmosphere deterio-ration.

Jose Luis Penacho Ródenas. Ministry of Industry and Energy. Spain. • The dialogue of architecture and human nightscapes.

César Portela. Architect.

• Biosphere Reserves as pioneer Starlight Reserves. Miguel Cluesener-Godt. Division of Ecological Sciences.

Man and the Biosphere Programme (MAB) UNESCO. Rapporteur:

Manuel Cendagorta Galarza. ITER. 12.40 h. Debate and proposals13.00 h. Lunch

April 20th, 2007 - Friday

15.00 h. Session 6:

The Right to the Starlight.Laws and regulations to base the right to the starlight / Role of international organisations, governments and local authorities.

Chairman - Keynote Speaker

• The European Landscape Convention, welfare and Starlight.Maguelonne Déjeant-Pons. Head of the Spatial Planning and Landscape Division. Council of Europe.

Speakers:

• The right to the starlight in legislation: international, national and local laws and regulations.Hiroji Isozaki. Meiji Gakuin University. Japan.

• The right to the starlight: one step forward towards pollution control and effi-cient use of natural resources.José María Garrido. Natura Consultoría y Gestion. Spain.

• Experience and Development of Regulations in Defence of the Night Sky.Martin Morgan-Taylor. School of Law, DeMontfort University, Leicester. UK.

• The Right to Starlight under International Law. Phil Cameron. Space Travel Law Association (STELA). USA

Rapporteur:

Lamine Kadi. Rector - University of Mostaganem. Algeria16.20 h. Debate and proposals16.40 h. Coffee break

April 20th, 2007 Friday

17.00 h. Session 7:

World Declaration on the Right to the Starlight.Debate and proposal of Declaration / Proposal of Action Plan / Proposal of an International StarLight Day.

Chairman:

Juan Antonio Menéndez Pidal. Unión Latina.Participants:

Malcolm Smith. President. IAU Division XII.

Jafar Jafari. President Starlight Scientific Committee. University of Wisconsin.

Maguelonne Déjeant-Pons. Head of the Spatial Planning and Landscape Division. Council of Europe.

Antonio San Blas. Manager. La Palma Biosphere Reserve.

Alexander Boksenberg. President of the U.K. National Commission for UNESCO. University of Cambridge. UK.

Sarat Babu Gidda. SCBD - Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity.

Cipriano Marín. Co-ordinator of the Starlight Initiative.General Rapporteur:

Luis Gortázar. Unesco Center of the Canary Islands.

17.30 h. Proposal and Debate.

18,15 h. Closing Session.Jose Luis Perestelo Rodríguez. President, La Palma Biosphere Reserve.

Juan Garay Zabala. Director-General, National Parks Authority. Spanish Ministry of Environment.

Miguel Ángel Pulido Rodríguez. Director-General of Planning and Landscape. Canary Islands Government.

Francisco Sánchez. Director of IAC - Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias.

Natarajan Ishwaran. Director, Division of Ecological and Earth Sciences UNESCO.

Representative of the Ministry of Education and Science. Spain.

20.30 h. Public presentation of the World Declaration on the Right to the Starlight.Public presentation of the Declaration in the main courtyard of the San Francisco Monastery.

Parallel Sessions

Venue: Sociedad La Investigadora, Santa Cruz de La Palma.April 19th, 2007 - Thursday

15.30 h. Session A1:

The right to astronomical observationChairman:

Antonio Fernández Rodríguez. Vice-rector for Research. University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. RB La Palma. Scientific Committee.

Speakers:

• Protecting the Canarian Skies: a practical experience.Federico de la Paz Gómez. IAC - Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias.

• Preservation and maintenance of the astronomical sites in Armenia.A.M.Mickaelian. Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory (BAO). Armenia.

• The Dancing Sky: 6 Years of Night Sky Observations at ESO-Paranal. Ferdinando Patat. European Southern Observatory. Germany.

• Deep sky and the “Gran Telescopio CANARIAS (GTC)”.Jose Miguel Rodríguez Espinosa. President of the Spanish Astronomical Society.

17.00 h. Debate and proposals.17.20 h. Coffee break

17.35 h. Session A2:

Re-discovering the starsChairman:

Javier Gallego. University of Valencia.Speakers:

• The Star Route.Miquel Serra-Ricart. Teide Observatory. Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias.

• TO NAVIGATE TIME – contemplations on sky and land – an Australian expe-rience. Marea Atkinson. South Australian School of Art. University of South Australia.

• Utilizing ancient observations of the sky -- Rediscovering the past and looking into the future: Recovery of fragments from non-extant historical works and the new Universal Calendar.Ari Belenkiy. Mathematics Department, Bar-Ilan University. Israel.

• Stars and rural tourism: a new tourist product in Biosphere Reserves. Carlos Fernández Hernández. President of the “Isla Bonita” Rural Tourism Associa-tion. La Palma.

19.10 h. Debate and proposals.

Parallel SessionsVenue: Real Club Náutico de La Palma.

April 19th, 2007 - Thursday15.30 h. Session B1:

La Palma and its Skies Chairman:

Miguel Angel Pulido. Director-General - Planning and Landscape.Canary Island Government.

Speakers:

• La Palma and its 14 Skies.“Isla de La Palma” Astronomical association (AAP).

• A right to see the starry sky.Astropalma Group.

• The right to inherit our Sky. The astronomical marker of Llano de Las Lajitas (Garafía).

“Iruene La Palma” Archaeoastronomy Group. • Notes about sky protection effects on land planning in La Palma.

Caro & Mañoso, Arquitectos A. S. L. Spain.

• The Sky within the context of tourist product innovation.Flora María Díaz Pérez. Tourism Research Group of La Laguna University. Spain.

• Roque de los Muchachos Observatory: a singular reference for the island of La Palma.Juan Carlos Pérez Arencibia. IAC. Administrator of the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory.

17.00 h. Debate and proposals.17.20 h. Coffee break

17.35 h. Session B2:

Biosphere Reserves: night sky preservation laboratories.Chairman:

Milagros Luis Brito. Vice-Minister of Environment. Canary Islands Government.Speakers:

• La Palma Biosphere Reserve and the promotion of the Starlight Network within the World Biosphere Reserve Network.

Blasco Martín Arrocha. La Palma Biosphere Reserve.

• Bialowieza Primeval Forest at Night and Day. Renata Krzysciak-Kosinska. Head of the Research Unit. Bialowieza National Park. Poland.

• Dark Sky Preserves in Hungary.István Gyarmathy. Hortobágy National Park Directorate. Hungary.

• Landscape protection instruments in the Minorca Biosphere Reserve. Eulalia Comas. Director of the Minorca Biosphere Reserve.

• Sustainable Development Strategy of the Urdaibai Biosphere Reserve. Francisco Álvarez Dávila. Curator Director of the Urdaibai Biosphere Reserve.

• Andalusia Biosphere Reserve Network: special features of the Sierra Nevada Biosphere Reserve. José María Quintana. Sierra Nevada Biosphere Reserve. CSIC - Astrophysical Institute of Andalusia.

19.10 h. Debate and proposals.

Parallel Sessions

Venue: Sociedad La Investigadora, Santa Cruz de La Palma.April 20th, 2007 - Friday

9.00 h. Session A3:

Public participation and campaigns for night sky quality conservation. Chairman:

Eulalia Pérez Sedeño. President, Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology (FECYT).

Speakers:

• Status and plans for “GLOBE at Night” 2006-2009.Malcolm Smith. AURA/NOAO/CTIO, Chile.

• Communicating Light Pollution in a highly industrialized land – Germany.Andreas Hänel. Museum am Schölerberg. Natur und Umwelt - Planetarium. Germany.

• Observing the disappearing firmament. Public participation light pollution estimates and continuous measurements of the total sky-brightness with a new low cost luxmeter. Günther Wuchterl. Thüringer Landessternwarte Tautenburg and Verein Kuffner-Sternwarte, Vienna / MPI für Astronomie Heidelberg.

• Contribution of astronomers to sky quality conservation.Juan José Manzano. GOAT (Group of Astronomical Observers of Tenerife), IAC (Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias).

10.40 h. Debate and proposals.11.00 h. Coffee break

Parallel Sessions

Venue: Real Club Náutico de La PalmaApril 20th, 2007 - Friday

11.15 h. Session A4:

Protecting the darknessChairman:

Angel Landabaso. European Commission.Speakers:

• Certification of Dark Sky Parks and Reserves by the International Dark-Sky Association (IDA).Chadwick Moore, Chloé Legris, Christian Luginbuhl, Angela Richman, Ralph Jones, Dan Duriscoe, and Kim Patten. US National Park Service, Night Sky Team / AstroLab du Mont-Mégantic / US Naval Observatory / IDA.

• Changing the World, One Light at a Time.Robert Crelin. Crelin Creative, The GlareBuster. USA.

• The importance of night protection. Pere Horts Font. Vice-president of CelFosc. Catalonia-Spain

• The Universe Awareness (UNAWE) project.Mohamed Hédi Ben Ismail, Director-General of the Science Park. Tunisia.

12.40 h. Debate and proposals.13.00 h. Lunch

Parallel Sessions

Venue: Sociedad La Investigadora, Santa Cruz de La Palma.April 20th, 2007 - Friday

9.00 h. Session B3:

Intelligent lighting and energy saving in rural and urban areas.Chairman:

Juan Carlos Moreno Moreno. Director-General of Natural Environment.Canary Islands Government.

Speakers:• The noise in light.

Ramón San Martín. Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña. Spain. • A proposal of indicators for public external lighting sustainable management.

Alberto Bañuelos Irusta. AAC Centro de Acústica Aplicada S.L. Spain.

• Light pollution control and energy saving. Leopoldo Rodríguez Rübke. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Chile.

• Lighting pollution and obstrussive light evaluation in residential and rural areas.Alberto José Cabello. Departamento de Luminotecnia, Luz y Visión – Universidad Nacional de Tucumán, Argentina.

10.40 h. Debate and proposals.11.00 h. Coffee break

11.15 h. Session B4:

Light pollution follow-up and monitoring.Chairman:

Francisco Javier Díaz Castro. Head of the Sky Protection Unit. OTPC-IAC.Speakers:

• Light Pollution Modelling and detection in a heterogeneous environment.Martin Aubé. Université de Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada.

• Differential photometric study of the European light emission to the space.Alejandro Sánchez de Miguel. ASAAF-UCM. Dep de Astrofísica y CC. de la Atmósfera, UCM. GPC. Spain.

• A model to show the differences in Skyglow from types of luminaire designs, with a view to recovering rural dark skies. Chris Baddiley, Scientific Advisor to the British astronomical Association Campaign for Dark Skies.

• Measuring light pollution above La Palma. Chris Benn. Astronomer. Isaac Newton Group.

• The impact of light pollution on astronomical observations at the ORM. Marco Pedani. Astronomer. Fundacion Galilei INAF-Telescopio Nazionale Galileo.

12.40 h. Debate and proposals.13.00 h. Lunch

Posters

Venue: Sala Municipal de CulturaApril 19-20, 2007

• Quantification of Light Pollution with Wide-Field CCD Camera System.Dan Duriscoe, Christian Luginbuhl and Chadwick Moore. US National Park Service, Night Sky Team. US Naval Observatory.

• Martian’s Fan-shaped scattering of light Observed on Earth.Zaki A. Al-Mostafa, Ayman S. Kordi, and Yaser A. Hafez. King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology, Astronomy and Geophysics Research Institute / King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology, Space Research Institute / King Saud University, Faculty of Science, Physics and Astronomy Department. Saudi Arabia.

• Certification of Dark Sky Parks and Reserves by the International Dark-Sky Association (IDA). Chadwick Moore, Chloé Legris, Christian Luginbuhl, Angela Richman, Ralph Jones, Dan Duriscoe, and Kim Patten. US National Park Service, Night Sky Team / AstroLab du Mont-Mégantic / US Naval Observatory / IDA.

• Protegiendo los cielos del norte de Chile: Patrimonio ambiental y cultural. O.P.C.C. (Oficina de Protección de los Cielos del Norte de Chile).

• Joint Public Outreach at the Astronomical Observatories of the Canary Islands.Anselmo Sosa, representing the Public Outreach Group of the facilities installed at the Astronomical Observatories of the Canary Islands. (OPTICON European Project).

• The evaluation of the environmental impact of road lighting. Pierantonio Cinzano. Istituto di Scienza e Tecnologia dell’Inquinamento Luminoso, Thiene, Italy.

• Dark Sky Preserves in Hungary.István Gyarmathy, Zoltán Kolláth and András Pintér. Hortobágy National Park Directorate / Konkoly Observatory / Duna-Dráva National Park Directorate. Hungary.

• Ley del Cielo de Canarias. Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias

Conference Honorary BoardPresident

H.R.H. Felipe de Borbón, Prince of Asturias.

Adán Martín MenisPresident of the Canary Islands

Government

Koïchiro MatsuuraDirector-General of UNESCO

Jose Luis Perestelo RodríguezPresident of La Palma Biosphere Reserve

Cristina Narbona RuízSpanish Minister of Environment

Mercedes Cabrera Calvo-SoteloSpanish Minister of Education and

Science

Francisco Sánchez MartínezDirector - IAC

PUBLIC ACTIVITIES – STARLIGHT 2007 Santa Cruz de La Palma

Cabido Insular

• Replica of the Primary Mirror of the GRANTECAN over the main façade of the “Cabildo Insular de La Palma” (scale 1:1; diameter 11 meters).

Casa SalazarConferences

20.00 h. April 16th, Monday • La Palma and its fourteen skies.

Agrupación Astronómica Isla de La Palma.

20.00 h. April 17th, Tuesday • The right to inherit our skies. Abora and the Awara.

Grupo Arqueoastrónomico Iruene La Palma.

20.00 h. April 18th, Wednesday • The right to show and to know about the sky.

Agrupación Astronómica Isla de La Palma, Astropalma, CapAstro.

20.00 h. April 19th, Thursday • The GTC project.

Pedro Álvarez Martín, Grantecan S.A. Director.

Exhibitions

9:00 to 20:00 h. 16th-21st AprilROOM 1

• Canary Islands, a balcony to the univers.Organisation: Grupo de Observadores Astronómicos de Tenerife - Colegio de Ingenieros Industriales de Santa Cruz de Tenerife.Contents: Astro-photographs Exhibition with the following sections: Milky Way, Constel-lations, The Moon and the Sun.

9:00 to 20:00 h. 16th-21st AprilROOM 2

• Look... Sky and Art, imaginary universes.Artists: Urza, Olivia de Ávila, Clemente Serrano, Susana Aparicio, Alicia Aparicio, Marcela Giménez, Said Messari.Contents: Sculpture, photographs, collage and paintings.

9:00 to 20:00 h. 16th-21st AprilROOM 3

• COSMOCOLOR.Organisation: Instituto de Astrofísica de CanariasContents: Photographs of the sky obtained by amateur astronomers, participants of “FOTOCOSMICA” contest.

Casa CabreraExhibitions

9:00 to 13:30 h. 16th-21st April16:00 to 20:00 h.ROOM 1

• La Palma and its 14 skies.Organisation: Agrupación Astronómica Isla de La Palma.Contents: Photographs of the sky of all the municipalities of La Palma.

9:00 to 13:30 h. 16th-21st April16:00 to 20:00 h.ROOM 2

• Astro-photographs.Organisation: Agrupación Astronómica Isla de La Palma.Contents: Astronomic Images by amateurs of La Agrupación Astronómica Isla de La Palma.

9:00 to 13:30 h. 16th-21st April16:00 to 20:00 h.Central Patio

• Faucoult´s Pendulum, Solar System to scale and meteorite collection.Organisation: Agrupación Astronómica Isla de La Palma.

9:00 to 13:30 h. 16th-21st April16:00 to 20:00 h.Central Patio

• Astronomy practical workshops for school children.

Plaza de España

Activities

9:00 to 13:30 h. 16th-19st April - school children. 20th-21st April - all publics.

• Sun observations. Water rocket launching. Exterior gnome. The sun`s shadow follow-up.Organisation: Agrupación Astronómica Isla de La Palma.

Museo InsularExhibition and Activities

9:00 to 19:00 h. 16th-21st April • Astronomy for all publics.

Organisation: Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias.

• GTC Stand • Outreach Projects of IAC

09:00 to 13:00 h. 16th-21st April16:00 to 19:00 h.

• Planetarium and “La Cosmoneta”

9:00 to 19:00 h. 17th-21st April • Poems of the Night Sky.

Author: Marea Atkinson. South Australian School of Art. University of South Australia.

20:30 to 22:30 h. 16th-19st April21:00 to 23:00 h. April 20th, Friday.

• Night Observations.Organisation: Agrupación Astronómica Isla de La Palma

Villa de Garafía

Santo Domingo de Garafía – Salón Parroquial

9:30 to 13:30 h. April 17th, Tuesday • ”La Cosmoneta” workshops.

Organisation: Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias.

Los Llanos de Aridane

Polideportivo Camilo León

9:30 to13:30 h. April 18th, Wednesday16:00 to 19:00 h.

• Planetarium and “La Cosmoneta” workshops.Organisation: Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias.

Breña Baja

Biosphere Apartahotel Las OlasExhibitions

24 hours a day 14th-21st April • La Palma, an Atlantic diversity treasure.

Organisation: La Palma World Biosphere Reserve.Contents: Explanatory panels about La Palma Biosphere Reserve, the protected natural spaces and its biodiversity.

Organiser CommitteeCipriano MARÍN

Coordinator - Starlight Initiative

Antonio SAN BLÁSCo-director of the Initiative

Manager - La Palma Biosphere Reserve

Juan GARAY ZABALADirector General

Organismo Autónomo de Parques Nacionales

Luis MARTÍNEZCo-director of the Initiative

Head of Cabinet - IAC

Miguel Ángel PULIDO RODRÍGUEZDirector General - Planning and Landscape

Canary Island Government

Miguel CLUSENER-GODTDivision of Ecological Sciences

MAB - UNESCO

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEECOMITÉ CIENTÍFICO

President

Jafar JAFARIUniversity of Wisconsin

USA

Members

Tomás AZCÁRATE BANGPresident

Responsible Tourism Institute

Pedro BALLESTEROS TORRESAdministrator of the Campaign “Sustainable Energy Europe”

DG TREN - European Commission

Marco BARBIERISecretariat of the

Convention on the Conservationof Migratory Species of Wild Animals

Alexander BOKSENBERGPresident of the U.K. National

Commission for UNESCOProfessor of Experimental Astronomy

at the University of Cambridge

Peter BRIDGEWATERSecretary-general

The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands

Manuel CENDAGORTADirector

ITER (Institute of Technology and Renewable Energy)

David L.CrawfordExecutive Director

International Dark-Sky Association (IDA)

Rafael DARANAS HERNÁNDEZScientific Committee

La Palma Biosphere Reserve

Maguelonne DÉJEANT-PONSHead of the Spatial Planning and

Landscape DivisionCouncil of Europe

Eduardo FAYOS SOLADirector

Education and KnowledgeManagement UNWTO - World

Tourism Organization

Antonio FERNÁNDEZ RODRÍGUEZVice-rector for Research

University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

Manuel Nicolás FERNÁNDEZ RODRÍGUEZ

Scientific CommitteeLa Palma Biosphere Reserve

Javier GALLEGOFormer Director-general of

UNWTO-Themis FoundationUniversity of Valencia

Fernando HIRALDOCSIC

Director of the Doñana Biological Station

Natarajan ISHWARANDirector

Division of Ecological and Earth Sciences UNESCO

Hiroji IsozakiMeiji Gakuin University

Japan

Wolf Michael IWANDTUI AG, Executive Director

Group Corporate Environmental Management

Lamine KADIRector - University of Mostaganem

Algeria

Ángel LANDABASOEuropean Commission

Pierre LASSERRE Pierre & Marie Curie University

Gloria LÓPEZ MORALESCoordinator of Cultural Patrimony,

Development and TourismConsejo Nacional para la Cultura y

las Artes - Mexico

Juan Antonio MENÉNDEZ-PIDALDirector for Spain

Unión Latina

Nigel PollardDirector

Director: Division 5 (Exterior lighting)International Commission on

Illumination (CIE)

César PORTELAArchitect

Luis RAMALLOPresident of the Spanish National

Commission for UNESCO

Malcolm G. SMITHDirector

AURA Observatory in Chile President of IAU Division XII

Francisco SÁNCHEZDirector

Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias

Antonio SERRANO RODRÍGUEZSecretario General para el Territorio

y la BiodiversidadMinisterio de Medio Ambiente

Arthouros ZERVOSPresident

European Renewable Energy Council National Technical University

of Athens

Coordination:

Cipriano MARÍNStarlight Initiative