Dear Colleagues.
We would like to invite you to take part in the first consortium workshop to discuss the proposal for an operational space-weather mission to L5. This is a follow-on and associated workshop to those previously taken place in the USA (e.g. Boulder, CO, 02-04 December 2014 was the latest).
The workshop will take place 11-14 May 2015 at the Business Innovation Skills (BIS) Westminster Conference Centre, 1 Victoria Street, London, SW1H 0ET, UK (http://www.1victoriastreet.co.uk/1_victoria_street).
The objectives for the meeting include:
– Agreeing the continuing need for an operational mission to L5;
– Confirm good science can be achieved from an operational mission;
– Discuss the instrumentation to be included within the spacecraft; and
– Demonstrate to key stakeholders that there is a global interest and need for an Operational Mission to L5.
Registration for the meeting will be on a first-come basis due to a limited number of workshop places being available. The registration deadline is 12:00 UT on Thursday 30 April 2015, but we strongly encourage you to register well ahead of that deadline please. Similarly, abstract submission will also be by 12:00 UT on the same date, but again, please submit ASAP. To register, submit your abstract, and for any additional information and updates on the workshop details, please go to the official workshop website: http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/conference/L5-Consortium-workshop and scroll down for further information as well as for a preliminary agenda.
There will be no registration charges, lunches and tea/coffee breaks will be provided on the Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday for all registered participants, and we will also hold events on the Tuesday and Wednesday evenings for all workshop participants. Full details will be updated on the official website in due course.
Best wishes,
Mario.
On behalf of the Workshop Organising Committee (WOC)
Mark Gibbs (Met Office)
Catherine Burnett (Met Office)
Mario M. Bisi (STFC RAL Space)
Markos Trichas (Airbus Defence and Space UK)
Lucie M. Green (MSSL)
Jonathan P. Eastwood (Imperial College)
Nat. Gopalswamy (NASA)
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/conference/L5-Consortium-workshop