Dear Colleagues,

UKRI STFC Astronomy Community Meeting
29 April 2024
10am-12pm

STFC is going to be holding an online Astronomy Community meeting on 29 April 2024, 10-12pm. The specific purpose of the meeting is to provide an update from STFC, in particular on the changes to Science Board (PPAN – Particle Physics, Astronomy, Nuclear Physics), the development of the PPAN Roadmap by Science Board (PPAN) this year and changes to the submission process for Statements of Interest for large projects. A full presentation will be given at the meeting, however attached are a few slides outlining some of the content which will be discussed at the meeting.

The slides are here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JAND5tI1SQH5Ygt3Q6wdgTUkY3cB–aI/view?usp=drive_link

The meeting is open to all, however you will need to register if you would like to attend. The registration link is here:

https://ukri.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_iS0NAnlKSQmuSS_GCLSZng

Questions can be asked on the day or submitted in advance of the meeting to Kylie Collett, kylie.collett@stfc.ukri.org.

 

Kind regards,
Jenny Hiscock
jenny.hiscock@stfc.ukri.org
Associate Director, Astronomy
Programmes Directorate
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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

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Dear Colleagues,

the deadline for submitting session proposals to the European Space Weather Week 2024 (https://esww2024.org) is approaching rapidly!

Submission for Parallel and Plenary sessions closes on April 5th 2024 (https://esww2024.org/call-for-sessions/parallel-and-plenary-sessions/).

Submission for Topical Discussion Meetings closes on April 19th 2024 (https://esww2024.org/call-for-sessions/topical-discussion-meetings/).

The selection of sessions takes place during mid-April, and participants will be able to submit abstracts to the sessions selected from April 23rd onwards (deadline for talks: June 6th 2024).

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.

We strongly encourage you to contribute ESWW programme by proposing sessions on your topics of choice. Space weather and space climate science, data exploitation, observations, service development, operational models, engineering and industrial needs will all be given equal importance.

Those interested in convening a session at ESWW2024 may submit a proposal in one of the following formats:

– Parallel Space Weather Research (SWR) session; these are science sessions (orals and posters) that falls within the 6 general topics pre-selected by the Programme Committee (see the description on the link above).

– Parallel 100% Community-Driven (100CD) sessions are similar to SWR but with a more focused topic chosen by the conveners.

– Parallel Application Pipeline (APL) sessions are meant to focus on research, development and implementation of different application pipelines, data products, forecasting and modelling tools, monitoring facilities, and alerts for end-users.

– Topical Discussion Meetings (TDM), a format meant to facilitate engaging debates within the heliospheric, and space weather and space climate communities

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

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.

Looking forward to seeing you in Coimbra, Portugal!
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Register Now: ISSS-15 and IPELS-16 Joint Conference in Germany, August 1-9, 2024

We are excited to announce that registration is now open for the 15th International School/Symposium for Space Simulations (ISSS-15) plus 16th International Workshop on the Interrelationship between Plasma Experiments in the Laboratory and in Space (IPELS-16).

The School segment of ISSS-15 is scheduled for August 1-3, 2024, followed by the combined ISSS-15 and IPELS-16 Symposium, taking place from August 5-9, 2024. The entire meeting will be hosted by the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics in Garching near Munich, which is in the beautiful Bavarian region of Germany.

Key scientific themes include:
– Space Plasmas
– Astrophysical Plasmas
– Fusion Plasmas
– Basic Plasma Experiments
– New Simulation Methods

We are also pleased to offer student travel support for those attending ISSS-15 and IPELS-16.

For comprehensive details regarding the scientific and social program, registration, abstract submission, key deadlines, and student travel support applications, please visit our event website at: https://plan.events.mpg.de/event/152 [plan.events.mpg.de]

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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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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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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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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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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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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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