WEBINAR - 190 Euro regular / 150 Euro reduced
The webinar was held on 3rd March 2021. We thank all attendees, lecturers and speakers for their participation and the interesting discussions!
The webinar:
Bats are sensitive to artificial light. Since both habitats and roosts of bats can potentially be affected by artificial light through outdoor lighting, the conservation of bats must be considered in approval procedures for lighting projects. In a one-day online workshop of the Leibniz-IZW Academy, participants will learn how bats respond directly to different lighting sources, light colours and brightness, how they are indirectly influenced through their prey (mainly insects) and how the mostly negative impact of artificial light on bats can be avoided or mitigated. Practical examples will be used to illustrate how sustainable lighting concepts can be established from the perspective of bat conservation. The workshop is designed for representatives of authorities, consultants and experts.
Date:
Wednesday, 3rd March 2021
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Lecturers:
PD Dr. Christian Voigt is head of the Department of Evolutionary Ecology at the Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research and has been researching the impact of light pollution on bats for more than a decade. Under his guidance, the first guidelines for consideration of bat conservation in outdoor lighting projects were written (EUROBATS Publication Series #8 "Guidelines for consideration of bats in lighting projects").
PD Dr. Franz Hölker is leader of the Research Group of Light Pollution and Ecophysiology at the Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries and since 2009 has been studying the effects of artificial light at night on a wide range of biological processes, from gene expression to land-water interactions and ecosystem functions. Franz Hölker was head of the research platform “Loss of the Night” and chair of the European COST Action “LoNNe” (Loss of the Night Network).
Guest speaker:
Dr. Emma Stone co-leads the Bat Conservation Research Lab at the University of the West of England and has established an international bat research centre in Malawi African Bat Conservation (www.africanbatconservation.org) funded by ICLEI and Bat Conservation International. Emma Stone identified a gap in the field of the ecological impacts of artificial lighting and developed a novel field-based approach which demonstrated the first evidence of negative impacts of street lights on bats.
Event format & technical details:
Webinar (live).
The webinar will be held via the video conferencing tool "Webex Meetings".
Technical requirement for participation is a stable internet connection.
For the best possible experience, we highly recommend using the Webex Meetings Desktop App. You can download the app here in advance: https://www.webex.com/downloads.html. Participation via a current browser (Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge or Safari) is also possible, but sometimes you may encounter problems viewing media content.
We recommend using a laptop/PC instead of a smart device to best follow along. During the webinar, you will have the opportunity to ask questions and participate in the live discussion. For good audio transmission, we recommend the use of a headset to avoid background noise. If you do not have a microphone/headset and webcam, you may as well ask questions via the chat option.
You will receive the access link to the Webex meeting room a few days before the event.
In addition, the live webinar will be recorded and will be available for registered participants for three days afterwards.
The event will be conducted in English.
Participation fee:
190 Euro regular
150 Euro reduced*
*The reduced rate applies to participants resident in and affiliated with organisations of non-high-income countries (see World Bank classification) and for students of any country. For verification, please send us an appropriate proof by email to akademie@izw-berlin.de.
Number of participants:
10 - 100
Registration:
Registration is no longer possible.
Cancellation policy:
If you have to cancel your registration, please send an email to akademie@izw-berlin.de. Please note that your cancellation is only valid after you received a confirmation of acceptance.
In case of cancellations until 28th February 2021, 80% of the registration fees will be refunded. After 28th February, no refund is possible.
Programme:
09:00 - 09:10 Welcome – Christian Voigt, Franz Hölker
09:10 - 09:40 Introduction of participants - all
09:40 - 10:40 Types of lighting – Franz Hölker
10:40 - 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 - 12:30 Impacts of artificial light on insects – Franz Hölker
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch break
13:30 - 14:30 Response of bats to artificial light – Christian Voigt
14:30 - 15:00 Experimental studies reveal species specific responses of bats to artificial lighting
Emma Stone
15:00 - 15:20 Coffee break
15:20 - 16:20 Avoidance, mitigation and compensation – Christian Voigt
16:20 - 17:00 Discussion – all