3 DAYS
40 SPEAKERS
4 ROUND TABLES
150 PARTICIPANTS

18-20 October 2023, Cuenca, Spain

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ABOUT

ABOUT EVENT

The Annual Starlight Meeting of Astrotourism, is an event with the participation of Starlight certified territories and accommodations, people trained by the Starlight Foundation as Monitors and Guides, and professionals related to Starlight movement, who meet to exchange experiences, discuss issues associated with astrotourism, and establish guidelines for the future.

The “tourism of the stars”, or Astrotourism, promoted by the Starlight Foundation (www.fundacionstarlight.org) is an emerging, high-quality and innovative modality of sustainable and responsible tourism, which in turn is a driver of the local economy. It combines the observation of the sky with activities related to this natural resource; stars, galaxies and the dissemination of astronomy.

To encourage this scientific tourism it is necessary to protect the night sky, thereby enabling energy savings and mitigating the effects of climate change while combining the starscape with the natural, cultural, scientific, biodiversity and environmental assets in those places that care for the night sky.

WHERE

Museo Paleontológico de Castilla-La Mancha (MUPA)
Cuenca.
Spain.

WHEN

Wednesday to Friday
18th to 20th October 2023

CONFERENCES

CONFERENCES

The Values of Astrotourism

  • Science and society
  • The science as culture
  • Tourism as cultural dialogue
  • Importance of tourism in the popularization of science
  • Cultural value of scientific tourism
  • Features of the scientific tourism
  • Scientific tourism, an opportunity
  • Singularity of Astronomy as science
  • The dark sky: Humankind’s cultural heritage
  • Values of the night sky
  • “The Starlight Declaration in the Defense of the Night Sky and the Right to the Light of the Stars” (La Palma, 2007)

MEET

OUR SPEAKERS

Astrotourism: An instrument for sustainability and for climate change mitigation

  • Strategic value: economic and energy saving
  • Dialogue of the cities and historical places with the stars
  • Protection of the night sky
  • Night sky: environment and biodiversity
  • Night sky and Health: a factor of quality of life
  • Tourism as an instrument to mitigate climate change and for sustainability

Astrotourism and Local Economic Development

  • Dimensions of astrotourism
  • Importance of sustainable tourism for the development of rural territories
  • Nature tourism: addition of the starred landscape
  • Astrotourism against the depopulation in rural areas
  • Opportunity of the creation of new products of Astrotourism
  • In times of tourism-phobia how the Astrotourism is integrated in the territories.
  • Management of territories declared Starlight Reserves and Starlight Tourist Destinations
  • The challenge of the quality
  • Starlight modalities as possible prototypes

Where

to stay

Cuenca


Spain

Education, Training and Outreach

  • Starlight training: guides, monitors, auditors, lighting technicians, teachers
  • Synergies with Astrophysics Research Centers, Astronomical Observatories and Universities
  • International cooperation with Amateur Astronomers Associations and with AWB
  • Communication and marketing of Astrotourism places and activities
  • Light pollution in the press
  • Use of new technologies in Astrotourism
  • The value of the night sky: a pending subject in the schools
  • Astrotourism: a potential University Master Degree
  • Alliances with the UNWTO, IAU and UNESCO

SPEAKERS

SPEAKERS

ALEJANDRO CESINI

Aleix Roig

Antonia M. Varela

Apolónia Rodrígues

Federico de Paz

Fernando Honrado

(Junta de Castilla-La Mancha)

J. Álvaro

José Jiménez

Juan Vicente Ledesma

MIGUEL CLARO

Maribel Aguilar

Marina Barcenilla

OMAR HERNÁNDEZ

PEDRO SANHUEZA

ROBERTO RODRÍGUEZ

Rafael Bachiller

Rafael Rebolo

Ramon I. Canyelles

SARA RODRÍGUEZ

Salvador Bará

Salvador J. Ribas

Susana Malón

ÁNGEL ROLDÁN

Conference Schedule

Conference Schedule

18:30 - 19:00

Registration

19:30 -

Welcome cocktail

09:00 - 09:30

Opening Ceremony- Welcoming Starlight meeting

09:30 - 12:05

SESSION 1: Values of astrotourism and Starlight certification: 16 years of commitment to the Declaration of La Palma. (I)

09:30 - 10:15 Starlight Network: innovating and leading astrotourism. present and future
10:15 - 10:50 Starlight Network in Castilla-La Mancha: Going for Astrotourism
10:50 - 11:20 Coffee Break
11:20 - 11:40 Dark Sky@ Alqueva First Starlight Destination in the World and Starlight Network in Portugal
11:40 - 11:50 ________
11:50 - 12:05 Montsec, twenty years protecting dark sky and promoting astrotourism

Salvador J. Ribas

Salvador J. Ribas

Apolónia Rodrígues

Apolónia Rodrígues

Antonia M. Varela

Antonia M. Varela

12:00 - 12:30

Discussion

12:30 - 13:30

Round table

National and International Press: Astrotourism in mass media

13:30 - 15:00

Lunch

15:30 - 18:00

SESSION 2: Astrotourism and Local Sustainable Development

15:00 - 15:20 Mizar Xperience, starting and empowering from Prades
15:20 - 15:40 Stellarium Ávilla: developing provincial astrotourism
15:40 - 16:00 Costa da Morte: stars from the end of the world
16:00 - 16:15 Akadian and Mil Maq Lands (Nova Scotia) Starlight Tourist Destination
16:15 - 16:45 Coffee Break
16:45 - 17:00 Toward Starlight Reserve within the Madonie Regional Park in Sicily
17:00 - 17:15 GAL Hassin Astronomical Center in Annunciation Church
17:15 - 17:30 Pica, First Starlight Village in Latin America

Aleix Roig

Aleix Roig

ROBERTO RODRÍGUEZ

ROBERTO RODRÍGUEZ

17:30 - 18:00

Discussion

19:00 -

Night and historic visit to Cuenca

09:00 - 10:30

SESSION 2: Astrotourism and Local Sustainable Development (II)

09:00 - 09:15 From 0 to infinite
09:15 - 09:30 Infraestructures for astrotourism
09:30 - 09:45 Opportunities for astrotourism in Perú
09:45 - 10:00 Dark Sky@ Communicating my park and company values
10:00 - 10:15 First congress of night photography and astrophotography in Catalonia
10:15 - 10:30 Starlight Photography Guide
10:30 - 11:00 Discussion

11:00 - 11:30

Coffee Break

11:30 - 12:30

Round Table

UNWTO Working Group Scientific Tourism and Astrotourism - Guide to creating astrotourism products and experiences, cases of good practices and future projects

12:30 - 13:30

SESSION 3: Protection of the Night Sky: sustainability and climate change mitigation

12:30 - 12:50 Renovation of public lighting in the historic center of Zaragoza
12:50 - 13:10 Why light pollution is increasing
13:10 - 13:30 New regulations for preserving sky in Chile

13:30 - 15:00

Lunch

15:00 - 15:20

The Canary Islands, a world reference in Astronomy

Rafael Rebolo

Rafael Rebolo

15:20 - 15:40

Discussion

15:40 - 16:30

Session 4: Astrotourism experiences and good practices

15:40 - 15.55 A sea journey through the stars
15:55 - 16:10 AI vs EI in Astrotourism
16:10 - 16:30 Discussion

16:30 - 17:00

Coffee Break

17:00 - 18:00

Public Presentation at MUPA

19:00 - 20:30

Visit to Science Museum

21:00 - 00:00

Lights out and Star Party in the city of Cuenca

09:00 - 12:30

IV Starlight Guides and Monitors Meeting

09:00 - 10:30

Presentation

10:30 - 11:00

Coffee Break

11:00 - 12:00

Presentation

12:00 - 12:30

Discussion

12:30 - 13:30

Round table

Challenges and opportunities for astrotourism

13:30 - 16:00

Lunch

17:30 - 18:00

Round Table

Sky Quality and the access of the Starlight: SDG 18

20:30 -

Closing dinner and 4th Starlight Awards

Agenda

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Where to stay

Where to stay

ORGANIZERS

ORGANIZERS

COLLABORATE

COLLABORATE

With the participation and collaboration of UNWTO

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