Registration and Abstract Submission for the UK Solar Instrumentation and Facilities Forum and UKSP Early Career Researcher (ECR) Workshop

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce that registration and abstract submission are open for:

  • UK Solar Instrumentation and Facilities Forum, Friday 21st April 2023 (registration only)
  • UKSP Early Career Researcher Workshop, Thursday 20th April 2023 (registration and abstract submission)

Both meetings will occur at Northumbria University in Newcastle, UK.

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UK Solar Instrumentation and Facilities Forum, Friday 21st April 2023

Please register your attendance using:
https://forms.gle/e7Ut34dW8Ypn5Xcm7

Please register before Friday 7th of April.

The meeting will be used to discuss current and future instrumentation projects and bring together different representatives from the solar community, STFC panels and UKSA. In particular, we will discuss:

· Projects in operation and in development
· Horizon scanning future projects
· Strategy/planning/updates from UKSA/STFC
· New opportunities with CubeSats and UK spaceports (and links with industry)

All presentations at the forum are by invitation only. However, as well as updates regarding current and future missions, the day will include discussion sessions covering the topics of e.g., proposing opportunities, training future PIs, mission planning and links with industry. If you wish to suggest a topic for the discussion sessions, then please use the box in the above registration form for this.

A draft schedule will be uploaded to the UKSP website soon.

Organising Committee
Richard Harrison (RAL)
Sarah Matthews (MSSL)
UKSP Council

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UKSP Early Career Researcher (ECR) Workshop, Thursday 20th April 2023

The UKSP ECR Workshop provides an opportunity for early career researchers (PhD or 5 years or less after PhD excluding career breaks) to promote their work to their peers and to the community as a whole. Although the presentations are limited to ECRs, we encourage all members of our community to attend in-person or online.

Please use the form below to register your attendance and/or submit an abstract (ECRs only):
https://forms.gle/EA1gq2FSpFLHhiRv9

Please submit an abstract by Monday 13th of March via the above registration form.

We can also offer financial support (up to £200) to ECRs attending the workshop. If you wish to be considered for financial support, please send a brief (half page) justification to natasha.jeffrey@northumbria.ac.uk. We hope that financial support will encourage ECRs to stay and attend the UK Solar Instrumentation and Facilities Forum on Friday 21st of April.

Please email your submission for financial support by Friday 31st of March.

Organising Committee:
UKSP Council