Eighth European
Space Weather Week
Space Weather Week
November 28 - December 02, 2011 - Namur, Belgium
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Program
| Monday Nov 28 | Tuesday Nov 29 | Wednesday Nov 30 | Thursday Dec 01 | Friday Dec 02 | |
| 09:00-09:30 | Tutorial/Splinters | Plenary 2 | Plenary 3A-3B | Plenary 4A-4B | Plenary 5 |
| 09:30-10:00 | |||||
| 10:00-10:15 | |||||
| 10:15-10:30 | Splinter wrap up | Splinter wrap up | Splinter wrap up | Splinter wrap up | |
| 10:30-11:00 | Coffee | Posters - Coffee | Posters - Coffee | Posters - Coffee | Posters - Coffee |
| 11:00-11:15 | Tutorial/Splinters | ||||
| 11:15-12:00 | Plenary 2 | Plenary 3A-3B | Plenary 4A-4B | Plenary 5 | |
| 12:00-12:30 | |||||
| 12:30-13:00 | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch | news next esww |
| 13:00-13:30 | Lunch | ||||
| 13:30-14:00 | Welcome | ||||
| 14:00-14:30 | Splinters/Plenary 2 work meeting | SWWT | Splinters | Splinters | |
| 14:30-15:00 | Plenary 1 | ||||
| 15:00-15:30 | |||||
| 15:30-15:45 | Splinter wrap up | ||||
| 15:45-16:00 | Posters - Coffee | ||||
| 16:00-16:30 | Coffee | Coffee | Coffee | ||
| 16:30-17:00 | Plenary 1 | Splinters/Plenary 2 work meeting | Fair | Splinters | |
| 17:00-17:30 | |||||
| 17:30-18:00 | |||||
| 18:00-18:30 | Keynote | ||||
| 18:30-19:00 | Debate | Beertasting | |||
| 19:00-19:30 | Welcome Reception | ||||
| 19:30- ... | Conference Dinner |
Plenary Sessions
Session 1  | Innovations and Key Challenges in Space Weather Science and Observation | Cid Consuelo (UAH/COST ES0803) Jean Lilensten (UJF Grenoble/COST ES0803) |
| Session 2 | Building the European SSA Space Weather Framework | Paola Chiarini (REA) Alain Hilgers (ESA) Mats Ljungqvist (EC) |
| Session 3A | Advances in GIC research and effects mitigation | Ellen Clarke (BGS) Ari Viljanen (FMI) |
| Session 3B | Space Climate | Ilaria Ermolli (OA Roma) Kalevi Mursula (Univ Oulu) |
| Session 4A | Solar Image Processing for Space Weather | Veronique Delouille (ROB) Jack Ireland (NASA/GSFC) |
| Session 4B | Space Weather Effects on the Earth's Thermosphere, Ionosphere and Plasmasphere | Michael Danielides (DLR) Ioanna Tsagouri (NOA/COST ES0803) |
| Session 5 | Innovations in Space Weather Services and Applications | Matthew Angling (QinetiQ) Eva Robbrecht (ROB) |
Splinter Sessions
| Session | Date | Time | Plenary Room | Room A | Room B | Room C | |
| 1a | Monday, Nov 28 | 09:00-10:30 | Tutorial-Space Weather Bites P. Vanlommel (STCE/COST ES0803) | Forecaster Forum L. Trichtchenko | |||
| 1b | Monday, Nov 28 | 11:00-12:30 | EURISGIC A. Viljanen | Tutorial-Space Weather Bites P. Vanlommel (STCE/COST ES0803) | Forecaster Forum L. Trichtchenko | ||
| 2a | Tuesday, Nov 29 | 14:00-16:00 | Session 2 Working Meeting P. Chiarini (REA), A. Hilgers (ESA), M. Ljungqvist (EC) |
Observations and measurements of the first solar and geomagnetic events of Solar Cycle 24 P. Nieminen (ESA), D. Pitchford (SES Astra), H. Evans (ESA) |
Interoperability in e-infrastructures to support space weather e-science A. Belehaki(NOA/COST ES0803), M. Hapgood (RAL/STFC-COST ES0803) |
Climatology and Long Term Changes of the Ionosphere N. Bergeot (STCE) | |
| 2b | Tuesday, Nov 29 | 16:30-18:30 | Session 2 Working Meeting P. Chiarini (REA), A. Hilgers (ESA), M. Ljungqvist (EC) |
Space Weather Effects on Humans in Space and on Earth N. Crosby (BIRA-IASB), T. Breus (Space Research Institute RAS) |
First Results of the SX5 Project G. Ameres (UniBwM) |
Advances in the Validation of Space Weather Models and Follow on Actions I. Tsagouri (NOA), P. Wintoft (IRF/COST ES0803), D. Heynderickx (DH Consultancy/COST ES0803) | |
| 3a | Wednesday, Nov 30 | 14:00-16:00 | SWWT N. Crosby (BIRA-IASB) | ||||
| 3a | Wednesday, Nov 30 | 16:30-18:30 | Fair P. Vanlommel (STCE/COST ES0803) | ||||
| 4a | Thursday, Dec 01 | 14:00-16:00 | COST ES0803 MCM A. Belehaki (NOA/COST ES0803) |
Atmospheric Effects Topical Group S. Bruinsma (CNES) |
Stakeholder Discussion on Protecting Satellite by Modelling High Energy Charged Particles R. Horne (British Antarctic Survey, UK), N. Crosby (BIRA-IASB), S. Benck (UCL), J. Cabrera (CSR) |
Ionospheric Effects Topical Group J.P. Luntama (ESA) | |
| 4b | Thursday, Dec 01 | 16:30-18:30 | COST ES0803 MCM A. Belehaki (NOA/COST ES0803) |
Spacecraft Aircraft and Launcher Topical Group S. McKenna (NUI) |
SOTERIA, First Results and Future G. Lapenta (KULeuven) |
EOEM Topical Group N. Crosby (BIRA-IASB) | |
| 5 | Friday, Dec 02 | 14:00-16:00 | Integration of Solar System e-Infrastructures and Science M. Messerotti (INAF/COST ES0803), R.D. Bentley (Univ. College London) |