Category: Conferences

Conferences, workshops, meetings, summer schools

Save the Date for SDO 2025 Science Workshop: A Gathering of the Helio-hive!

The Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) invites you to the SDO 2025 Science Workshop: A Gathering of the Helio-hive, to be held February 24-28, 2025, at the Center Green in Boulder, CO. All members of the science community are welcome and encouraged to attend.

The fifteen years since the launch of SDO has seen papers describing wide ranges of science results from this mission. Join us during the maximum of Solar Cycle 25 to discuss what we have learned about the Sun and compare the new cycle and those in the past. To accommodate the interest in multiple research topics, SDO 2025 will include parallel sessions on developments in helioseismology and coronal modeling.

Any research result using SDO data can be submitted as a contribution to the workshop. Invited speakers will introduce 7 themed sessions spanning SDO‘s wide range of research topics:

  • Solar Internal Dynamics and Structure
  • From Creation to Emergence: Magnetic Fields of the Sun
  • Coronal Dynamics: Unveiling the Origins of the Solar Wind
  • Energetic Outbursts: Deciphering Solar Flares, CMEs, and SEPs
  • Impacts of Solar Variability on Earth, Other Planets, and Space Weather
  • Next Horizon: the Future Solar and Heliophysics Missions
  • Stellar insights from the SDO Observations

There will also be one day of parallel mini-workshops and an EUV calibration workshop.

Registration, abstract submission, and other information about SDO 2025 will be available at http://sdo2025.sdo-workshops.org/.

Please send a message to SDO2025sw@gmail.com to receive further information about this workshop.

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RAS Specialist Discussion Meeting – “Advances in Techniques in Space Plasma Physics”, 10th May 2024

Dear colleagues,

We are pleased to announce a RAS Specialist Discussion meeting on “Advances in Techniques in Space Plasma Physics”.

This meeting will be held on Friday 10th May 2024, 10:30 – 15:35 at Burlington House, London and online.

https://www.ras.ac.uk/events-and-meetings/ras-meetings/advances-techniques-space-plasma-physics

Space plasma is highly variable and susceptible to energy redistribution, acceleration, and transport due to space weather and physical phenomena. Understanding the response and conditions of space plasma is vital in understanding the dynamics of plasma regions, which stretch from the Sun far past the Earth. This meeting aims to understand how advances in techniques shape a global picture of the behaviour of solar-planetary interaction by bringing together a range of different emerging observational, numerical, and computational methods applied to different solar-planetary environments to gain a large-scale insight on the development of space plasma understanding using modern techniques.

We invite abstracts pertaining to all topical areas of space plasma physics, with an emphasis on emerging techniques including, but not limited to, machine learning, numerical modelling, data assimilation and forecasting techniques.

Confirmed invited speakers on techniques in space plasma physics include Connor O’Brien (University of Boston), Jonas Suni (University of Helsinki) and Sanita Vetra-Carvalho (Spire Global Ltd).

The programme will feature talks and time for open discussion and a poster session. If you are working on space plasma physics (modelling or observational) then please consider submitting an abstract and attending the one-day meeting in London. To reduce the barriers in attendance this meeting has a hybrid option. There is funding available to attend for UK students who wish to present relevant work. Please get in touch ASAP if you are a student and need financial support to attend.

The deadline for abstracts is the 12th April 2024:
https://forms.gle/wPrB7DcXZM1oobpF9

Please note registration only opens a month prior to the meeting, and further details will be sent in due course.

Thanks,
Shannon Killey

On behalf of convenors Shannon Killey (Northumbria University), Sarah Bentley (Northumbria University), Alexandra Fogg (Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), Matthew Lang (British Antarctic Survey), Rachel Black (British Antarctic Survey, University of Exeter)… continue to the full article

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European Space Weather Week (ESWW): Session and TDM call for ESWW2024 plus announcement of host city for ESWW2027

The European Space Weather Week (ESWW) conference is an excellent opportunity for people from all over the world to gather and discuss the most recent insights in space weather and in space climate, and to address the emerging challenges and impacts.

Science, data exploitation, observations, service development, operational models, engineering and industrial needs are all important aspects of space weather that are addressed. In line with this, the overarching theme for ESWW2024 in Coimbra (4th – 8th November 2024) is “20 years of expanding horizons, from fundamental science to protecting society”.

The ESWW2024 website can be found here:
https://esww2024.org
As in previous editions, the conference will be held in hybrid format.

One of the strengths of ESWW is that participants can contribute significantly to its content through parallel sessions, plenary sessions and Topical Discussion Meetings (TDM).

Parallel and plenary session submissions are open until Wed 27th March 2024 (inclusive).
Those interested in convening a session at ESWW2024 may submit a proposal in one of the following three formats:

  •  Parallel Space Weather Research (SWR)
  •  Parallel 100% Community-Driven (100CD)
  •  Parallel Application Pipeline (APL)

Proponents of 100CD or APL sessions will have the opportunity to request the Programme Committee (PC) consider the promotion of their session to a plenary of 90 minutes fixed duration.

More detailed information and submission instructions can be found on the website:
https://esww2024.org/call-for-sessions/parallel-and-plenary-sessions/

A TDM aims at active and engaging participation and interaction between the participants. The participants work and discuss on a predefined theme or problem, ideally heading towards an outcome or target. TDMs at ESWW2024 will be 1 hour in duration and the call for convening TDMs is now open with a submission deadline of 10th April 2024 (inclusive): https://esww2024.org/call-for-sessions/topical-discussion-meetings/

The PC strongly encourages those who have not previously proposed a session, to do so. In line with our commitment to diversity and inclusion, we welcome and encourage applications from conveners of all backgrounds, including but not limited to, different career stages, geographical locations, ability, genders, and ethnicities. The website will be updated with additional guidelines for sessions and TDMs in the coming days.

Additional events/meetings may be planned for the period preceding ESWW, more information is available here:
https://esww2024.org/call-for-sessions/additional-events-around-esww2024/

Recently the European Space Weather Week (ESWW) Programme Committee (PC) announced that the 2025 and 2026 editions of the conference will be held in Umeå, Sweden and Firenze, Italy respectively. The ESWW PC is now pleased to announce the selected host city for ESWW in 2027 is Dublin, Ireland. As with Sweden and Italy, Ireland has an active and prominent space weather community, and this will be the first occasion that it will be host the event.… continue to the full article

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WISA Workshop 2025 — Call for Host Proposals & Committee Updates

The Waves and Instabilities in the Solar Atmosphere (WISA) Committee announces a call for proposals to host the upcoming WISA workshop during the summer of 2025. Focused on the latest advancements in the observations and modelling of waves and instabilities in the solar atmosphere, WISA workshops (formerly known as BUKS) provide engaging forums with substantial opportunities for in-depth discussions.

Previous workshops have successfully gathered around 80-100 participants, bringing together experts, researchers, and students in a collaborative and vibrant environment. We aim to continue this tradition of insightful exchange and learning in the 2025 workshop.

If you are interested in hosting the workshop, please submit a single PDF (maximum 2 pages) describing:

  • The Location (the proposed venue)
  • Available Facilities
  •  Estimated Registration Fee (keeping in mind the goal of making the workshop accessible to a diverse range of participants)
  • Accommodation Options
  •  Any Additional Information (anything else you deem relevant to support your proposal)

Please email your proposal to shahin.jafarzadeh@mps.mpg.de.

The deadline for submission is June 30th, 2024.

WISA Committee Updates

We are pleased to announce composition of the new WISA Committee (in alphabetic order):
Iñigo Arregui, Dipankar Banerjee, Anne-Marie Broomhall, Shahin Jafarzadeh (new member), Petra Kohutova (new member), Bo Li, Richard Morton.

We extend our sincere gratitude to Tom Van Doorsselaere and Mihalis Mathioudakis for their dedicated service to the committee over the past years. Their contributions have been instrumental in shaping WISA workshops.… continue to the full article

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Save the date: Solar MHD II 2024

We are pleased to announce the second Solar MHD conference. This second meeting will focus on connecting MHD simulations to observations.

Venue : Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias, Tenerife, Spain
Date : First week of September 2024

The conference will be scheduled over 3.5 days, including a blend of hands-on sessions and talks.
https://pdg.sites.sheffield.ac.uk/seminars-and-conferences/solar-mhd-2024

We will be announcing more information on the workshops and invited speakers soon!

In the meantime, please do not hesitate to contact us:

Malcolm Druett (malcolm.druett@kuleuven.be)
Rahul Sharma (rahul4.sharma@northumbria.ac.uk)
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Call for suggestions for RAS Specialist Discussion Meetings 2024-25, deadline 5th April 2024

We have extended the deadline for submissions for the specialist discussion meetings for the academic year starting October 2024. The new deadline is 5th April.

The RAS invites suggestions from Fellows of the RAS who wish to propose (and therefore organise) Specialist Discussion meetings for the academic year beginning October 2024. Meetings are held monthly from October to May, normally (but not exclusively) on the second Friday of the month.

The use of Burlington House is provided for the meeting at no cost, but the RAS is open to potential organisers hosting their meeting outside London, please let us know together with some information on where this would be done. Please note that there is no guarantee, at this time, that any particular meeting will be held outside of London.

Meetings will continue to be hybrid.

To help with assessment, proposals should include the following information:

– Title of meeting and organiser(s), at least one of whom should be an RAS Fellow
– The topics to be covered in the meeting
– Rationale for the meeting, including timeliness
– Suggestions for invited speakers
– Preferred date for meeting, if any

Proposals should not exceed one A4 page in length

For information, detailed guidance for meeting organisers may be found at:
https://ras.ac.uk/specialist-discussion-meetings/proposing-ras-specialist-discussion-meeting

Proposals for Astronomy SD meetings (including Exoplanets) should be sent to Sheona Urguhart (sheona.urquhart@open.ac.uk) and proposals for Geophysics SD meetings (including Solar, Solar Terrestrial and Planetary Physics) should be sent to James Hammond (james.hammond@bbk.ac.uk).

Dr Robert Massey
Deputy Executive Director
Royal Astronomical Society
Tel: +44 (0)20 7292 3979
Mob: +44 (0)7802 877699
rmassey@ras.ac.uk
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Extension of application deadline for the United Nations/Germany Workshop on the International Space Weather Initiative (ISWI): Preparing for the Solar Maximum, 10 – 14 June 2024 – New deadline: March 15, 2024

From: Nat Gopalswamy (natchimuthuk.gopalswamy-1@nasa.gov), Daniela Banyś (Daniela.Banys@dlr.de), Sharafat Gadimova (sharafat.gadimova@un.org) [Conveners], and Shing Fung (shing.f.fung@nasa.gov) [SOC Chair]

The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs is pleased to announce that the online application for the United Nations/Germany Workshop on the International Space Weather Initiative (ISWI):

Preparing for the Solar Maximum, 10 – 14 June 2024, Neustrelitz, Germany is now open on the website of the Office at:

https://www.unoosa.org/oosa/en/ourwork/psa/schedule/2024/2024-iswi-workshop.html

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Call for abstracts – Interconnection between the Sun, space weather and the atmosphere

Dear colleagues,

Please consider submitting an abstract to the session UP2.8: “The interconnection between the Sun, space weather and the atmosphere” at the annual European Meteorological Society (EMS) meeting, this year at the University of Barcelona, 2-6 Sept 2024.

Information for this hybrid meeting:

Thank you for your consideration – we look forward to seeing you in Spain!

With best wishes,

Mauro Messerotti, Consuelo Cid, Suzy Bingham

Session information:

The interconnection between the Sun, space weather and the atmosphere

The Sun is the main energy source for the Earth’s atmosphere. The main manifestations of external forcing from space to the atmosphere are in variations in solar parameters such as the solar irradiance (including solar UV) and solar particle fluxes. These parameters can induce changes in the atmosphere both at local and global scales, and can influence over a large range of altitudes up to the thermosphere. Some of these changes have the potential to affect the troposphere through atmospheric coupling processes, particularly through the stratosphere-troposphere connection, and thus have the potential to influence weather and climate.
The field of space weather, that is the change in the environment between the Sun and the Earth, has seen a rapid increase in research activity in recent years and in associated large scientific advances. The weather and climate community can benefit from this via better representation of space weather effects and their associated impacts on the atmosphere.

The overarching goal of this session is to connect communities within the Sun-to-Earth system and in so doing promote Sun-to-Earth system science, products and services. The aim is to review the state-of-the-art and to identify possible interrelationships between Earth and the Sun and space weather by assessing the level of coupling in the relevant physical systems and processes.

Contributions from the following topics (but not exclusively) are welcome:

  •  Upper atmospheric dynamical variability and coupling between atmospheric layers e.g. thermosphere-ionosphere coupling
  • Solar irradiance and energetic particle impacts on the atmosphere
  •  Solar variations and stratosphere-troposphere coupling
  • Solar influence on climate variability
  •  Solar irradiance (spectral and total irradiance) variations
  • Sun-Earth and Sun-planet interrelationships (of relevance to e.g. spacecraft for planetary exploration which require planet meteorology forecasts)
  • Space weather observation, forecasting products and services.

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Selected Venues for European Space Weather Week 2025 and 2026

The European Space Weather Week (ESWW) Programme Committee (PC) is pleased to announce the selected host cities for ESWW in the years 2025 and 2026. The 2025 edition will take place in Umeå, Sweden. The 2026 edition will take place in Firenze (Florence), Italy. These will be the first occasions when these two countries with prominent space weather communities host the event and each will add their own unique flavour to the conference. The ESWW PC is hoping to make an announcement for the host city for 2027 soon.

ESWW 2024 will take place in Coimbra, Portugal from 4th – 8th November 2024. The community is encouraged to routinely check the website for updates:
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2024 DASH/IHDEA meeting: 14-18 October (call for session topics)

Calling all software developers and scientists who are interested in algorithms, software and data systems related to heliophysics (solar physics, space physics, geospace and related sciences)! Come see what your colleagues are working on!

Mark your calendars! 14-18 October 2024, at the European Space Astronomy Centre (ESAC) of ESA, near Madrid, Spain and hybrid: DASH (Data Analysis and Software in Heliophysics) and IHDEA (International Heliophysics Data environment Alliance) annual meetings

More information at https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/ihdea/ihdea-dash-2024 where we invite you to submit session topics for DASH by March 18 at ihdea_dash_2024@cosmos.esa.int!

The European Space Agency (ESA) is pleased to host the venue of the upcoming DASH (Data Analysis and Software in Heliophysics) and IHDEA (International Heliophysics Data Environment Alliance) annual meetings in its premises at ESAC.

Oct. 14-16: DASH serves as a forum for software developers and scientists to present and discuss algorithms, software, and data systems used in the acquisition, reduction, analysis, and dissemination of data for Heliophysics, including space and ground-based measurements as well as models. After the successful inaugural meeting at John Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory mid-October 2023, this meeting will further connect practitioners across institutions, agencies and countries to identify common challenges and opportunities in open source software structure and design, including modern data infrastructure, methods and pipelines. International participation is the key to our community’s success, and all ranges of experience are welcome.

Oct. 17-18: The IHDEA meeting will complement this conversation by focusing on the challenges and opportunities in aligning data and data products with community standards, the FAIR principles and general Open Science practices, and the software necessary for accomplishing those goals. The goal of the International Heliophysics Data Environment Alliance (IHDEA) is to encourage the use of common standards and services by major data providers, including simulation services and science platforms, in order to enable sharing of data and to enhance science. IHDEA also aims at bridging the gap between different communities such as GNSS and Earth observations communities in the context of a global Heliophysics information architecture.

Looking forward to seeing you!!
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