International Year of Light | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-06-05

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00:00:32 1 History
00:07:07 2 Vision goals and objectives
00:07:45 2.1 Motivation
00:08:46 2.2 Goals
00:10:52 3 Anniversaries during 2015
00:11:13 3.1 Great works on optics by Ibn Al-Haytham - over 1000 years
00:12:37 3.2 Fresnel and his theory of light as a wave - 1815
00:13:48 3.3 Maxwell describes his theory of light - 1865
00:15:13 3.4 Einstein and the General Theory of Relativity - 1915
00:17:24 3.5 Penzias and Wilson discover the Microwave Background - 1965
00:18:51 3.6 Charles Kao develops optical fibre communications - 1965
00:20:00 4 Organization
00:20:09 4.1 IYL 2015 Governance
00:20:46 4.2 IYL 2015 Global Secretariat
00:21:24 4.3 IYL 2015 National Nodes
00:22:42 4.4 Partners
00:23:47 5 IYL 2015 Activities Overview
00:24:26 5.1 Event Breakdown
00:25:43 5.2 Selected Activities
00:25:52 5.2.1 Opening Ceremony 19–20 January 2015,  Paris, France
00:27:16 5.2.2 Closing Ceremony 4–6 February 2016, Mérida, Mexico
00:28:57 5.2.3 Education Focus
00:31:36 5.2.4 Light Poverty
00:33:32 5.2.5 Gender, diversity, and inclusion
00:36:33 5.2.6 High-Level Support
00:40:26 5.2.7 Scientific Conferences
00:43:18 5.2.8 IYL 2015 Festivals and Events running over Multiple Days
00:46:15 5.2.9 IYL 2015 Anniversaries and History of Science
00:48:27 5.2.10 IYL 2015 and Astronomy
00:50:23 5.2.11 Lighting and Architecture
00:53:56 5.2.12 Art and Museums
00:56:46 5.2.13 Photography
00:57:13 5.2.14 Literature
00:57:54 5.2.15 Theatre and Film
01:00:09 5.2.16 Music
01:01:34 5.2.17 Publications
01:03:22 5.2.18 Other commemorations
01:05:34 6 See also



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The International Year of Light and Light-based Technologies 2015 or International Year of Light 2015 (IYL 2015) was a United Nations observance that aimed to raise awareness of the achievements of light science and its applications, and its importance to humankind. Under the leadership of UNESCO, the IYL 2015 brought together hundreds of national and international partners to organize more than 13,000 activities in 147 countries. The audience reached by the IYL 2015 is estimated to be over 100 million.