EVENT ARCHIVES

In addition to the events listed here, IDA sponsors regular star parties and classroom demonstrations on light pollution as part of our Educational Outreach program.

2010

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2009

Sustainable Skies:
Achieving sustainability through the preservation of our nightscape

2008

• 2008 August 22-21 8th European Symposium for the Protection of the Night Sky
• 2008 July 25 United States Senate Briefing.  View the presentation. (PDF)
• 2008 June 20 United States House of Representatives Briefing.  View the presentation. (PDF)
• 2008 June 11-13 Basic Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design
• 2008 June 8-10 International Dark-Sky Association 20th Anniversary Annual General Meeting

2007

• 2007 October 20 Lights Out San Francisco and Lights Out Los Angeles
• 2007 March 4–6 19th Annual General Meeting of the International Dark-Sky Association (IDA): Energy Savings, Sustainability, and Urban Planning
• 2007 February 21 & 22 The Night: Why Dark Hours Are So Important International Dark-Sky Association

2006

• 2006 October 26–28 IDA Asia-Pacific Meeting (in conjunction with the Illuminating Engineering Society of Australia and New Zealand Meeting)
• 2006 October 26–28 Illuminating Engineering Society of Australia and New Zealand Meeting (in conjunction with the IDA Asia-Pacific Meeting)
• 2006 October 18–20 Meeting of the International Commission on Illumination of the United States (CIEUSA)
• 2006 October 8–11 25th Annual Street & Area Lighting Conference Hosted by the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IESNA)
• 2006 September 21–23 Urban Nightscape / Annual Meeting of Divisions 4 and 5 of the Commission Internationale d’Eclairage (CIE, International Commission on Illumination)Κ­ντρου Περιβαλλοντικ®ς ρευνας και Εκπα¯δευσης ΓΑΙΑ
  Μουσειο Γουλανδρ®ς Φυσικησ Ιστοριασ Δελφο¯, Ελληνικ® Δημοκρατ¯α
• 2006 September 16–18 Annual Meeting of the Astronomy Society of the Pacific (ASP)
• 2006 September 15–16 IDA European Meeting/6th European Symposium for Protection of the Night Sky www.sailorshomecl
• 2006 September 7 & 8 Commission Internationale de l’Eclairage (CIE, International Commission on Illumination) 
• 2006 August 24–27 Roadway Lighting Commission (RLC) Meeting
• 2006 August 14–25 International Astronomical Union (IAU) Meeting Praha, eská Republika
• 2006 June TBA Astronomical League (AL) Meeting
• 2006 June 4–8 American Astronomical Society (AAS) Meeting
• 2006 June 2–4 Canadian Astronomical Society (CAS) Meeting
• 2006 May 29–June 2 Lightfair International
• 2006 March 15–18 IDA 18th Annual General Meeting & Conference
• 2006 November 15–17 GreenBuild 2006 International Conference & Expo Hosted by the United States Green Building Council (USGBC)

2005

• 2005 October 28–29 IDA Regional Meeting / Starry Nights Festival
• 2005 September 16–17 IDA Fall Meeting
• 2005 April 29–30 IDA European Meeting / 5th European Symposium for Protection of the Night Sky Europlanetarium, Genk, Koninkrijk België
• 2005 April 6–8 IDA 17th Annual General Meeting and Conference / Meeting overview

2004

• 2004 October 17–18 IDA Regional Meeting / Starry Nights Festival'
• 2004 September 24–25 IDA Fall Meeting / 4th European Symposium for Protection of the Night Sky Institut d’Astrophysique de Paris, Paris, République française
•  2004 March 10–13 IDA 16th Annual General Meeting and Conference

2003

• 2003 September 22–24 Ecology of the Night Symposium
• 2003 March 20–23 IDA 15th Annual General Meeting and Conference

2002

• 2002 November 3–5 Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) Lighting Research Office (LRO) 5th International Lighting Research Symposium: Light & Human Health
• 2002 October 25–26 IDA/New England Light Pollution Advisory Group (NELPAG) Fall Meeting
• 2002 September 12–14 Life at 50-Plus: A Celebration of You
• 2002 September 7–8 2nd European Symposium for Protection of the Night Sky Luzern, Schweiz
• 2002 July 30 55th Annual Astronomical League National Convention (ALCon)
• 2002 May 24–26 Riverside Telescope Makers Conference (RTMC) Astronomy Expo: Light Pollution (IDA workshop moderated by Laverne Booth)
• 2002 May 3 IDA European Meeting Report (in English and in Italian) Venezia/Venexia, Repubblica Italiana 
• 2002 April 14–19 IDA 14th Annual General Meeting and Conference
• 2002 April 13 IDA Regional Meeting/Pacific Northwest Conference

2001

• 2001 December 2 IDA Regional Meeting
• 2001 March 8–11 IDA 13th Annual General Meeting and Conference

2000

• 2000 December 2 IDA Regional Meeting (Dark Skies Northwest)
• 2000 July 13–19 112th Annual Meeting of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP) / Universe 2000
• 2000 June 29 IDA Educational Meeting
• 2000 April 27–30 IDA 12th Annual General Meeting and Conference
• 2000 January 29 IDA Technical Workshop: Measuring Sky Brightness

1999

• 1999 April 23–25 IDA 11th Annual General Meeting and Conference

1998

• 1998 October 16–18 Starry Nights Festival
• 1998 September 23 Light Pollution Prevention Symposium
• 1998 May 15–17 IDA 10th Annual General Meeting and Conference

1997

• 1997 July 1–6 50th Annual Astronomical League National Convention (ALCon)
• 1997 March 29 IDA 9th Annual General Meeting and Conference

1996

• 1996 April 27 IDA 8th Annual General Meeting and Conference

1995

• 1995 October 5–6 Light Pollution: Measurements and Means of Intervention Asiago, Repubblica Italiana
• 1995 April 29 IDA 7th Annual General Meeting and Conference