Please note the approaching deadline for CESRA2019 workshop – May 1, 2019 https://meetings.aip.de/cesra2019/cms/registration/

The workshop is of relevance to the SKA and similar to the previous CESRA meeting we can organize a splinter session on solar SKA for face-to-face discussions.

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We are pleased to announce registration/abstract submission for the next CESRA Workshop, “CESRA2019: The Sun and the inner heliosphere” which will be held on July 8th – 12th, 2019, at Telegrafenberg, Potsdam, Germany.
https://meetings.aip.de/cesra2019/cms/

CESRA, the Community of European Solar Radio Astronomers, organizes triennial workshops on investigations of the solar atmosphere using radio and other observations. Although special emphasis is given to radio diagnostics, the workshop topics are of interest to a large community of solar physicists. The format of the workshop will combine plenary sessions and working group sessions, with invited review talks, oral contributions, and posters.

To register and to submit the abstract please follow the link: https://meetings.aip.de/cesra2019/registration/

The CESRA 2019 workshop will place an emphasis on linking the Sun with the heliosphere, motivated by the launch of Parker Solar Probe in 2018 and the upcoming launch of Solar Orbiter in 2020. It will provide the community with a forum for discussing the first relevant science results and future science opportunities, as well as on opportunity for evaluating how to maximize science return by combining space-borne observations with the wealth of data provided by new and future ground-based radio instruments, such as ALMA, E-OVSA, EVLA, LOFAR, MUSER, MWA, and SKA, and by the large number of well-established radio
observatories.

On behalf of the CESRA Board and the local SOC representatives, Eduard Kontar, Gottfried Mann, Alexander Warmuth

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Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to provide the following updates and reminders.

Programme: The schedule for NAM 2019 has now been updated to include the timing of parallel science sessions. This can be found on the web site listed above. Confirmation emails with poster/oral talk allocations and timings are being sent to individual presenters this week.

Key Registration dates: Please remember that there will be no on-site registration at NAM 2019. When registering online, you also have the opportunity to select on-campus accommodation and a range of social events. The registration deadline for presenters (those giving talks or posters) is 20th May, whereas the final registration date for those not presenting is 14th June. After final registration closes, we will circulate a full list of attendees to registered delegates.

Poster session: As previously advertised, posters for all sessions will be displayed from Monday – Wednesday morning (1st-3rd July) only, and a dedicated poster session will be held (with afternoon tea!) on the afternoon of Tuesday 2nd July. Please plan your attendance accordingly. We expect to make posters available online throughout the meeting.

Crèche: we are offering a free on-site crèche during the meeting. The deadline for requesting places is 20th May, and we hope many of you will take advantage of this service. Please visit the NAM2019 web site for details.

We look forward to welcoming you to Lancaster!

The NAM2019 LOC

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Fifth UK-Ukraine-Spain Meeting on Solar Physics and Space Science (UKUS), Kyiv, Ukraine
Monday 26th August – Friday 30th August 2019

http://pdg.group.shef.ac.uk/Conferences/UKUS_2019/index.html

Important deadlines
Registration deadline – 1 July 2019
Abstract submission deadline – 15 July 2019

The meeting will cover a broad range of aspects of solar physics, space science and solar-terrestrial relations. We aim to include every side of solar and space research, including observations, theory, and numerical modelling. The main idea behind the meeting is to treat the entire solar-terrestrial domain as one system, rather than each region independently.

The participants of the UKUS usually come from different backgrounds, therefore the meeting divided into a number of different topics highlighting a number of areas of expertise.

Our aim is to develop new collaborative projects leading to publications and grant applications. Enough discussion time has been scheduled, to ensure sufficient interaction between the scientists, and allow for the generation of ideas for collaboration.

Tentative Programme:

– Coupling between lower solar atmosphere and solar corona (magnetic field restoration, energetic particles and waves)
– General solar activity in the Sun and heliosphere
– MHD waves – coupling between lower solar atmosphere and solar corona (observations, theory, numerics)
– Multi-scale plasma dynamic processes in the Sun-Earth system
– Dynamic processes in the Earth ionosphere and magnetosphere

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UK Space Conference 24-26 September 2019 – Call for abstracts
Opportunities are now open to submit an oral presentation or poster in a number of sessions at the UK Space Conference 2019.

This year, it is an open call for abstracts within the theme of Science: Inspiration, Innovation and Impact.

Please submit your abstracts (no more than 300 words) to speakers@ukspace2019.co.uk
by Friday 10 May. Presentations must be provided by Tuesday 10 September.

Details can be found at https://www.ukspace2019.co.uk/ehome/200183909/what%27s-on/get-involved/

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The Hinode 13/IPELS 2019 conference “Fundamental Plasma Processes in the Sun, Interplanetary Space, and in the Laboratory” will be held at the University of Tokyo, Japan on 2 – 6 September 2019. This year’s Hinode science meeting (Hinode 13) is jointly held with the 15th symposium of IPELS (Interrelationship between Plasma Experiments in the Laboratory and in Space).

The abstract submission and registration site opened on 1 April. The deadline of the abstract and early bird registration is 31 May;. Please visit the conference site for checking details of the conference and planning your participation: hinode.nao.ac.jp/meeting/hinode-13/

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Following the tradition of the Solar Polarization Workshop (SPW) series started in 1995 in St. Petersburg, the 9th edition of this workshop will be dedicated to all aspects of measuring, understanding, and interpreting the polarization of sunlight. It is our pleasure to invite you to gather for the SPW9 at the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research in Göttingen, Germany, in August 2019.

Abstract and registration deadlines: May 1, 2019.

More information: www.mps.mpg.de/spw9

Invited speakers: Maria Loukitcheva (U. St. Petersburg), Jaime de la Cruz Rodriguez (U. Stockholm), Javier Trujillo Bueno (IAC), Ivan Milic (NSO), Francisco Iglesias (CONICET), Andres Asensio Ramos (IAC), Luca Belluzzi (IRSOL), Arturo Lopez Ariste (FNCSR), Ryoko Ishikawa (NAOJ), Stacey Sueoka (NSO), Tino Riethmueller (MPS), Edgar Carlin (IAC), Gabriel Dima (NSO).

SOC: Achim Gandorfer (MPS, Chair), Sami K. Solanki (MPS), Valentín Martínez Pillet (NSO), Jan O. Stenflo (ETH), Marianne Faurobert (OCA), K.N. Nagendra (IIAP), Juan Manuel Borrero (KIS), Manolo Collados (IAC), Yukio Katsukawa (NAOJ), Marco Romoli (INAF), Pascal Petit (OMP).… continue to the full article

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L5 Consortium Meeting
1–3 October 2019
Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, USA

What can be learned about the Sun and heliosphere from observations collected far from Earth?

The L5 Consortium is an informal group of scientists that since 2010 has been promoting space missions to the Sun–Earth Lagrange points and other viewpoints off the Sun–Earth line. The scientific benefits of such vantage points are many, as are the opportunities for improving space–weather forecasting capability.

A series of L5 Consortium Meetings have been organized to address open questions in heliophysics utilizing such missions. The most recent meeting was held in Göttingen, Germany in October 2017 (see programs at cdaw.gsfc.nasa.gov/meetings/2017_L5C). The next meeting will take place at the beautiful Stanford University, California in a perfect early-autumn weather, October 1 – 3, 2019.

We welcome contributed papers/oral presentations on missions, instruments, and science pertinent to the following Session Topics:

Science and Space Weather from non-Earth Vantage Points, Mission concepts: L5, Polar, L4, L1, and Elsewhere, Current/Implemented Missions: Parker Solar Probe/Solar Orbiter/IMAP/STEREO, Small Deep Space Satellites, Imaging and In-situ Instrumentation, Astrophysics Opportunities: Other Instrumentation on Deep-Space Missions, NASA, NOAA, ESA, and Other National/Agency Perspectives, Panel Discussions

Important Deadlines:

• July 30, 2019: Abstracts, Registration (regular rates), and Lower-cost Accommodations

August 30, 2019: Late Abstracts, Late Registration (higher rates), Hotel Search on Your Own.

Since the development to fruition of such space missions may take decades, we encourage early-career scientists to participate. We will be able to provide travel support for a limited number of young scientists with the AAS/SPD Metcalf Travel Award. Please contact the organizers if you are interested (email: L5_SOC@sun.stanford.edu).

An exciting meeting program (with prominent keynote/invited speakers) is currently being formulated. Details and logistics are updated at cdaw.gsfc.nasa.gov/meetings/2019_L5C We look forward to seeing you at Stanford this Fall.

SOC: Nat Gopalswamy (co-chair, NASA/GSFC), Todd Hoeksema (co-chair, Stanford), Neal Hurlburt (co-chair, LMSAL), C. Nick Arge (NASA/GSFC), Benoît Lavraud (IRAP), Paulett Liewer (JPL), Wei Liu (LMSAL), S.P. Rajaguru (Indian Institute of Astrophysics), Phil Scherrer (Stanford), Jesper Schou (MPS), Seiji Yashiro (CUA)… continue to the full article

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UK Solar Orbiter Workshop – Final announcement
Date : 3rd-4th June 2019
Venue : UCLU Room Math 500, UCL Gordon Square 25, London

Solar Orbiter is an ESA/NASA mission designed to answer some of the key questions in heliophysics, from the origin and variability of the solar wind to the link between solar eruptions, magnetic fields and energetic particles. Solar Orbiter will have a unique combination of in-situ and remote-sensing instruments, probing the atmosphere close to the Sun in and out of the ecliptic plane. The modeling of the magnetic environment that will be experienced by the satellite and its connection to the Sun will be key to the success of both the in-flight operations as well as to the mission’s scientific goals.
With the launch of Solar orbiter scheduled for February 2020, the UK solar Orbiter Workshop aims to bring together the expertise of the UK solar community in magnetic modeling and model validation, to increase the UK impact on the international efforts in preparation for Solar Orbiter operations, and to coordinate the UK efforts for the exploitation of the satellite observations.
All members of the UK solar physics community interested in the Solar Orbiter mission goals are encouraged to attend.

Registration is now open and will close on May 15th. Please register at https://sites.google.com/view/ukso-19/registration

Due to venue limitations the number of participant is capped, and early registration is encouraged.

For information please email uk-solo@mssl.ucl.ac.uk

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As part of the Europlanet NA1 scheme, Aberystwyth University will be hosting a lunchtime session on “Exoplanetary Magnetism” on Thursday 4th July as part of the National Astronomy Meeting at Lancaster.

The aim of this panel and networking session is to bring together expertise in solar magnetospheres and the exoplanet community to explore potential future collaborations. With the advent of new instrumentation (both space based and ground based) the routine detection of exoplanets using radio waves emitted when a stellar wind interacts with an intrinsic planetary magnetic field is becoming an increasing possibility.

https://nam2019.org/science/special-lunches

To assist those whom plan to attend this session we are able to offer bursaries of a flat rate of 100 euros. If you wish to apply for a bursary please fill out the application form and email to Dr Maire N. Gorman (mng2@aber.ac.uk) by Sunday 5th May. Outcomes will be communicated by Monday 13th May. Priority will be given to early career researchers and those from under-represented research communities and stakeholders, including new EU Member States. The bursary will be reimbursed by Aberystwyth University to recipients after the event whom will be required to fill out a short feedback form.

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