Category: Conferences

Conferences, workshops, meetings, summer schools

IBUKS2016: Waves and oscillations in the solar atmosphere, 13/06/2016 – 17/06/2016 — Leuven, Belgium

After previous BUKS workshops, there is now the IBUKS workshop. It will be held between 13/6 and 17/6 in Leuven, Belgium. Mark your diary!

The workshop website is at https://wis.kuleuven.be/events/IBUKS2016

The aim of the workshop is to get an overview of recent developments within the field of “Waves and oscillations in the solar atmosphere”. The workshop is aimed to be small, and is structured with plenty of time for informal discussions.

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SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT – ST20: “Sun and Heliosphere General Session Including Solar Diagnostic Techniques and Variabilty, and Helioseismology” Session at AOGS 2016…

Dear Colleagues.

We would like to invite you to submit a contributed abstract for our exciting upcoming AOGS 2016 session in Beijing, China, 31 July 2016 to 05 August 2016 – ST20: “Sun and Heliosphere General Session Including Solar Diagnostic Techniques and Variabilty, and Helioseismology”.

The full session description is given below and the Conference WebPages can be found here: http://www.asiaoceania.org/aogs2016/ .

The full abstract-submission details are given here: http://www.asiaoceania.org/aogs2016/public.asp?page=abstract.htm ; but please note that the AOGS Conference Fee only covers two abstracts – any more would require additional fees. The abstract-submission deadline is 19 February 2016.

Please submit early so as not to have any last-minute submission problems…

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Many thanks and best wishes,

Mario M. Bisi (STFC RAL Space) – AOGS ST-H Secretary, and
Alessandra Giunta (STFC RAL Space);
Convenors for ST20.

ST20: “Sun and Heliosphere General Session Including Solar Diagnostic Techniques and Variabilty, and Helioseismology”

This is the general session of talks within the ST Section covering topics on the Sun and/or Heliosphere that are not suited to any of the other sessions available. In addition, talks based on or around solar diagnostic techniques, the related atomic physics and spectroscopy, space climate, solar variability, or Helioseismology are also welcomed into this session including abstracts related to all aspects of solar irradiance as well as studies on climate change (local and/or global) that can be attributed to, at least in part, solar variability. The Sun varies in brightness over differing time scales. There is evidence that some climate change on Earth can be attributed to solar variability. Variations in solar radiation output beyond that of the solar cycle are typically not well known.

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SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT – ST19: “Radio Heliophysics and Space Weather” Session at AOGS 2016…

Dear Colleagues.

We would like to invite you to submit a contributed abstract for our exciting upcoming AOGS 2016 session in Beijing, China, 31 July 2016 to 05 August 2016 – ST19: “Radio Heliophysics and Space Weather”.

The full session description is given below and the Conference WebPages can be found here: http://www.asiaoceania.org/aogs2016/ .

The full abstract-submission details are given here: http://www.asiaoceania.org/aogs2016/public.asp?page=abstract.htm ; but please note that the AOGS Conference Fee only covers two abstracts – any more would require additional fees. The abstract-submission deadline is 19 February 2016.

Please submit early so as not to have any last-minute submission problems…

Apologies if you receive multiple instances of this advertisement.

Many thanks and best wishes,

Mario M. Bisi (STFC RAL Space) – AOGS ST-H Secretary, and
T. Oyuki Chang M. (UNAM Morelia);
Convenors for ST19.

ST19: “Radio Heliophysics and Space Weather”

Various industries and aspects of human society have become highly reliant on modern technologies and regular, uninterrupted energy supplies, many of which are at risk from extreme space weather. Such industries and our technologies can also be impacted to a lesser degree by the ‘everyday’ space weather that often occurs at the Earth during moderate-to-intense geomagnetic storms. Such industries include the power grids, airlines, telecommunications, GNSS, etc…

Radio heliophysics in all aspects of space weather is being enhanced in no small part by the use of new-generation radio-telescope arrays such as the Long-Wavelength Array (LWA) in the USA, the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) in western Australia, and the Low-Frequency Array (LOFAR) in northern and western Europe. In addition, various new techniques and model developments are, and have, enabled the use of radio systems to greater effect for space-weather purposes. For example: solar radio bursts can now be studied in far-greater detail; interplanetary scintillation (IPS) observations (via tomographic reconstructions) are being used to drive 3-D MHD models; tests of heliospheric Faraday rotation are being undertaken in the hope of being able to measure and predict Bz through the inner heliosphere; and new methods and advances are being made in ionospheric riometry and scintillation studies such as being able to obtain estimates of the height of the scattering screen in the ionosphere.

This session solicits contributions based around the ongoing development of space-weather forecasting services using radio techniques, new scientific methodologies that could be employed for space-weather purposes, novel results which could not be obtained before the advent of such radio systems, and plans for new observations (such as on the Square Kilometre Array – SKA) and new designs or concepts for future radio instruments.… continue to the full article

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15th RHESSI workshop

The next RHESSI Workshop (number XV in the series) will be held in Graz, Austria, from July 26-30, 2016. This workshop will consist of a blend of plenary sessions (at the beginning and end), with topical sessions in between. Topics include integration of RHESSI and IRIS observations, analysis of RHESSI/Fermi data, the SXR and EUV response of the solar atmosphere to flare heating, joint radio/HXR studies, next steps in RHESSI imaging, and theory and modeling of flare processes.

This workshop is now open for registration/abstract submission at

http://rhessi15.uni-graz.at/en/

In addition to local and logistical information (travel, accommodation), the website also contains brief summaries of the scientific scope of the various topical sessions. You are invited to submit a contribution to one of these sessions. The details of the final program will be constructed from the input we receive from the community, so please submit your contributions and help guide the scientific goals of the workshop!
I look forward to seeing you in Austria this summer.
Gordon Emslie
RHESSI Workshop Convenor

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IAU Symposium 327: Fine Structure and Dynamics of the Solar Atmosphere

​We are pleased to announce the International Astronomical Union Symposium 327 (IAUS327) on “Fine Scale and Dynamics of the Solar Atmosphere” that will take place in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, from October 9th to 13th 2016.

The scientific goal of this symposium is to discuss recent results on the processes shaping the structure of the solar atmosphere and driving plasma eruptions and explosive events.

The understanding of the fine structure and dynamics of the solar atmosphere requires a considerable coordinated effort of observers, theorists and experts in realistic numerical simulations. The proposed symposium is very timely and important. It will make an important step in the big international effort for our understanding of the solar atmosphere with large telescopes and detailed modelling. The Symposium will provide a forum for discussion of the recent advances, and a platform for developing new coordinated observing and theoretical programs.

Topics discussed will include:

– The solar atmosphere as a system connected by magnetic fields.
– Role of small-scale magnetic structures in the dynamics of the solar atmosphere
– Energy and mass transport between the convection zone and the outer solar atmosphere.
– Interaction between radiation, convection and magnetic fields in the solar atmosphere.
– Magnetic network, hidden magnetism and local dynamo.
– Magnetic flux emergence in the solar atmosphere.
– Fine structuring in sunspots.
– Energy release and explosive events at the finest spatial and temporal scales.
– New observational diagnostics: high-resolution imaging spectroscopy and spectropolarimetry.
– Theoretical models and numerical simulations.
– New capabilities of large solar telescopes.

More detailed information and updates will be regularly posted on the conference web site http://iaus327.unal.edu.co

For questions, contact: Santiago Vargas Domínguez svargasd@unal.edu.co

We are looking forward to seeing you in Cartagena de Indias !

Chair of Scientific Organising Committee

Santiago Vargas Domínguez, OAN, Universidad Nacional de Colombia , Alexander Kosovichev, NJIT, U.S.A, Juan Carlos Martínez Oliveros, SSL, UC Berkeley, U.S.A., Patrick Antolin, NAOJ, Japan & University of St Andrews U.K., Louise Harra, MSSL, U.K., Cristina Mandrini, CONICET, Argentina

International Scientific Organising Committee

Laura Balmaceda (Argentina), Luis Ramon Bellot Rubio (Spain) , Michele Bianda (Switzerland), Juan Camilo Buitrago-Casas (USA), Mark Cheung (USA) Ineke De Moortel (UK), Sirajul Hasan (India), Ryohko Ishikawa (Japan), Lucia Kleint (Switzerland), Valentin Martínez Pillet (USA) Rob Rutten (Netherlands), Natalia Schukina (Ukraine), Brigitte Schmieder (France), Oskar Steiner (Germany), Mike Wheatland (Australia), Jingxiu Wang (China).

Local Organising Committee
Benjamín Calvo Mozo, Jose Gregorio Portilla Barbosa (OAN, Universidad Nacional de Colombia), Juan Manuel Tejeiro Sarmiento (OAN, Universidad Nacional de Colombia), Cristian Goez Therán (Universidad Libre, Universidad Antonio Nariño), Javier Montoya (Universidad de Cartagena), Jaime Bernal (Universidad Tecnológica de Bolivar), Andrés Torres (Instituto Tecnológico de Medellín) José Iván Campos Rozo (OAN, Universidad Nacional de Colombia).

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First announcement: EWASS 2016 Symposium S17: Magnetic Helicity in Sun and Stars: From Dynamo Action to Eruptive Phenomena

This year’s European Week of Astronomy and Space Science (EWASS) will take place in Athens, Greece, during 4 – 8 July, 2016. For more information on the meeting as a whole, please visit http://eas.unige.ch/EWASS2016/.

We are pleased to announce Symposium S17 of the meeting, entitled “Magnetic Helicity in Sun and Stars: From Dynamo Action to Eruptive Phenomena”.

The Symposium’s description can be found at http://eas.unige.ch/EWASS2016/session.jsp?id=S17

This Symposium will recap studies that have shaped and continue to shape the intricate topic of magnetic helicity, affording the well-acquainted or simply interested audience a succinct, top-level view of our understanding of the topic. Future prospects enabled by contemporary understanding will also be discussed. The Symposium will promote a balance between observational effects of helical manifestations and theory, emphasizing studies that embolden this connection. To remain attractive to both solar / space physicists and astrophysicists, it will also investigate the solar-stellar connection of helical manifestations in the universe.

Please consider submitting an abstract to the Symposium. We solicit both oral and poster presentations. Please notice, however, that due to the lack of poster space the European Astronomical Society and the meeting’s Scientific Organizing Committee have decided that posters will be all-electronic and will be distributed to all participants. In addition, each presenting author will be allotted a few (up to 5) minutes to present his/her poster during the Symposium.

The abstract submission deadline is March 15, 2016. For important meeting-related deadlines, please visit http://eas.unige.ch/EWASS2016/dates.jsp

Invited speakers will be announced in the web page of the Symposium as they are confirmed.

The Symposium’s SOC: Manolis K. Georgoulis, Alexander Nindos, Dibyendu Nandicontinue to the full article

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4th SOLARNET Summer School and Workshop

The 4th SOLARNET School on Solar MHD and Magnetic Reconnection Theory will be hosted by University College London/Mullard Space Science Laboratory in the UK from 13-19 April 2016. Topics will include MHD waves and instabilities, kinetic processes in MHD, 3-D reconnection, particle acceleration and transport. The school will be followed by a workshop from 20 – 22 April 2016 on Solar Eruptive Events: Observations and Modelling. Both events are open to PhD students and early career researchers. In line with previous SOLARNET schools, financial support is available.

Registration deadline for the SOLARNET Summer School is 11 March 2016 and the financial support deadline is 26 February 2016.

Details of the scientific program and registration process can be found here: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/mssl/solar/SOLARNET-4

For any queries, please email: deborahbakeruclacuk

Regards,
Deb Baker and the LOC
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EWASS 2016: Special Session SS2: Solar-Terrestrial Coupling and Space Weather: State-of-the-Art and Future Prospects

This is the first announcement of special session SS2 of the European Week of Astronomy and Space Science (EWASS) meeting to take place on 4-8 July 2016 in Athens, Greece.

The session combines observations, data analysis, theory, and numerical simulations, to address the following questions:

(1) How does the coupling between solar magnetic fields and plasma
flows power solar eruptions? (Emergence and evolution of solar
magnetic fields, triggering and evolution of solar eruptions,
coronal structure, and solar wind formation).

(2) How does the solar wind interact with the ejecta and how do the
terrestrial and planetary magnetospheres react to the perturbed solar wind? (propagation of CMEs and Solar Energetic
Particles in turbulent solar wind plasmas, development of
geospace magnetic storms, acceleration of electrons to
relativistic energies in the Van Allen radiation belts).

(3) Multi-scale observations of the Magnetosphere-Ionosphere-
Thermosphere System (new results from the VAP and MMS
missions).

We solicit both oral and poster contributions. Abstract submission
deadline is 15 March 2016. More info about the special session and the meeting can be found in http://eas.unige.ch/EWASS2016/ and
http://eas.unige.ch/EWASS2016/session.jsp?id=SS2
respectively.

The special session’s organizers:

V. Archontis
I. A. Daglis
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“Influence of Short and Long Term Solar Variability on Climate” (second announcement)

IAGA-IV Symposium “Influence of Short and Long Term Solar Variability on Climate”

 

from Luc Damé

*************** Second Announcement ***************

Dear Colleagues and Friends!

We have the great pleasure to invite you to submit abstracts before February 1st to the IAGA-IV Symposium “Influence of short and long term solar variability on climate”, 20 – 24 March, 2016, in the Golden 5* Emerald Resort at Hurghada, Egypt Red Sea.

IAGA-IV Symposium includes sessions on:
– Solar and Space missions for Space Weather and solar variability observations
– Solar activity effects on climate at different wavelengths
– Solar variability influence on the lower, middle and upper atmosphere
– Modeling of solar activity influence on climate, and suggested mechanisms
– Modeling and predicting large flares, CMEs and extreme events
– Solar energetic particles role on the Earth atmosphere and climate.

Important deadlines:
01 Feb 2016 Symposium abstract submission
15 Feb 2016 Notification to authors
01 Mar 2016 Early Bird Registration

For more information, see the symposium website iaga.cu.edu.eg

For questions, contact: Ahmed Hady

Welcome to IAGA-IV Symposium in Hurghada!

Sincerely Yours,

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