Join the International Dark-Sky Association for Under One Sky 2022 – a 24-hour virtual event that will leave you feeling inspired and empowered to combat light pollution in your community. You'll hear from experts and storytellers in the dark sky movement, connect with passionate individuals from IDA's global network, and learn about hands-on activities and tools that you can use to protect the night through engagement workshops.
Who should attend: Anyone who cares about how light pollution impacts climate change, ecology, human wellbeing, and vibrant communities.
Pricing: Free, but advance registration is required. There is a suggested donation in the amounts of $35, $50, $100, or $250 to help support the cost of the conference.
Event Details
Sessions will happen across 24 hours in three different global time zones beginning with a global opening on Friday, November 11 at 2:00 PM PST. Then, the conference will move to three regional breakout sessions on Saturday, November 12, each 90 minutes long. Each regional session will be followed by engagement workshops. Then, conference attendees will come back together for a global closing session at 2:00 pm PST. There will also be networking opportunities and an awards ceremony during the conference. Please see the tentative schedule below. The full schedule will also be available on the conference website here.
Schedule
Global Open
Friday, November 11th
5:00 PM EST
Global Networking Session
Friday, November 11
6:20 PM EST
Engagement Workshops Session 1
Saturday, November 12th
8:45 PM PST (November 11th)
11:45 PM PST (November 11th)
Engagement Workshops Session 2
Saturday, November 12th
6:45 AM EST
North, Central, and South America
Saturday, November 12th
12:00 PM EST
Engagement Workshops Session 3
Saturday, November 12th
1:45 PM EST
Awards Ceremony/Cocktail Hour
Saturday November 12th
3:45 PM EST
Global Close
Saturday, November 12th
5:00 PM EST
To find the session times in your local time, we recommend using a converter like this one. The full schedule can be found on conference.darksky.org, including which session each speaker will present in.
Speakers
Lisa Heschong, FIES, U.S., Keynote - Global Open
Day and Night, Life and Light
Lisa Heschong is a Fellow of the Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) and a proud member of the International Dark-Sky Association (IDA) local chapter in Santa Cruz, California. Trained both as an architect and ecologist, she has spent her career making connections between human experience and our built environment. After years of leading research on the energy performance of buildings, especially concerning lighting and daylighting design, she more recently turned her attention to how buildings impact our health and well-being. This talk will focus on how day and night are very different design conditions, yet they are two sides of the same coin intimately tied to our fundamental evolutionary physiology. Lisa will explore how healthier daytime environments influence healthier nights and vice versa.
Nicole Stott, U.S., Featured Speaker - Global Close
In Conversation: Astronaut Nicole Stott and Tim Russ
Nicole is a veteran NASA Astronaut with two spaceflights and 104 days living and working in space as a crewmember on both the International Space Station and the Space Shuttle. Personal highlights of her time in space include performing a spacewalk (10th woman to do so), flying the robotic arm to capture the first Japanese cargo ship, working with her international crew in support of the multi-disciplinary science onboard the orbiting laboratory, painting a watercolor in space (now on display at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum), and of course the life-changing view of our home planet. Nicole will join us for a discussion with Mike Simmons (IDA Board of Directors) and entertainment industry veteran and visual astronomy enthusiast Tim Russ about what her transformative view of our home planet from space taught her about Earth and our mission to protect it.
Tim Russ, U.S., Featured Speaker - Global Close
In Conversation: Astronaut Nicole Stott and Tim Russ
Tim Russ has been working within the entertainment industry for over thirty-five years. His talents encompass a broad spectrum of the performing arts, including composing, music (guitar & vocals), acting, writing, directing, voice-over, and producing. Mr. Russ received his B.S. in Theater at St. Edward’s University in Austin, TX, and completed one year of post-graduate work in theater at Illinois State University. As an actor, Mr. Russ has worked in a cross-section of feature film and television, including “Karma,” “5th Passenger,” “Live Free or Die Hard,” “Spaceballs,” series regular roles on “The Highwayman,” “The People Next Door,” “Star Trek Voyager,” “Samantha Who,” and “iCarly.” He also has a passion for visual astronomy. Tim will join our Global Close conversation with Nicole Stott and Mike Simmons (IDA Board of Directors), offering the unique perspective of someone who has represented humanity’s exploration of space in science fiction and through telescopes and deals with the reality of light pollution.
For a full list of confirmed speakers, please visit conference.darksky.org.
