[SPA] SPA SECTION NEWSLETTER, Volume XXX, Issue 38

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AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION
SPA SECTION NEWSLETTER
Volume XXX, Issue 38
Jul.16,2023

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Table of Contents

1. NSF Geospace Section and Related Announcements

2. Join the Solar Wind Machine Working Group

3. MEETING: UK Space Weather & Space Environment Meeting I: Transitioning from the SWIMMR Space-Weather Programme -- Programme Release and Extended Early-Bird Registration Reminder

4. MEETING: IAU Symposium 388 "Solar and Stellar Coronal Mass Ejections"

5. Online Cold Plasma Seminar

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Announcement Submission Website: http://goo.gl/forms/qjcm4dDr4g


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NSF Geospace Section and Related Announcements

From: Chia-Lin Huang (chihuang at nsf.gov)

1.  The Geospace section of the NSF Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences will host a virtual office hour on Wednesday, August 2nd, 2023, 1:00-2:30pm EDT. Geospace program officers will be available to answer questions on NSF Geospace programs, including the recently-released Faculty Development in geoSpace Science (FDSS) solicitation https://new.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/faculty-development-geospace-science-fdss with a target date of September 18 for this year. 

Registration is required to attend this virtual office hour. Please register by Monday, July 31st: https://nsf.zoomgov.com/meeting/register/vJItd-CuqDsoE7eowGW9FAugIemikKxQnpQ
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

2.  The NSF Directorate of Geosciences (GEO) will host the next GEO-EMpowering BRoader Academic Capacity and Education (GEO-EMBRACE) drop-in Virtual Office Hour (VOH) on 24 July 2023 (Monday) between 4-5 PM Eastern Time.  We invite faculty members at emerging (non-R1) academic institutions (e.g., Community Colleges, Tribal Colleges and Universities, MSIs, HBCUs, Undergraduate, Masters, and R2 Institutions) to engage with GEO Program Directors to address concerns and ask questions about opportunities found in the GEO-EMBRACE web portal. To attend the VOH, please register using this link (https://nsf.zoomgov.com/meeting/register/vJItfuigqD0uErASZOC8b6daqsz0-kOXCv8).

3.  The NSF Directorate for Geosciences (GEO) has released a new Dear Colleague Letter on Extreme, Compound, and Cascading Hazards (EC2H).  

The DCL encourages submission of proposals that advance our fundamental understanding of natural disasters, extreme events, and other natural hazards including extreme space weather. The focus is on proposals that explore: 1) system of systems approaches, 2) cascading or compound hazards, 3) interactions between longer-term trends and extreme events, and 4) processes occurring at multiple scales ranging from local to regional to planetary.


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Join the Solar Wind Machine Working Group

From: Seth Dorfman (sethd at SpaceScience.org)

The MagNetUS Executive Committee (http://magnetus.net/) is forming a working group to take charge of the planning process for a Next Generation Solar Wind Machine to isolate, control, and diagnose plasma phenomena responsible for the complex solar wind behavior.  This idea has come up in various workshops, community planning processes, and white papers over the last few years*, and was the topic of a successful discussion session at the MagNetUS meeting in June.

This ad-hoc working group will be charged with determining the best way to move the Solar Wind Machine from the idea to the proposal stage. This will involve both soliciting additional community input and coordinating with the various interested funding agencies.

If you are potentially interested in joining the working group, please fill out this Google form by August 18th, 2023: https://forms.gle/8qjvHBZhB65idept9  All career stages are welcome. Current graduate students and postdocs potentially interested in a career studying solar wind physics in the laboratory are encouraged to fill out the form.

Regards,
Derek Schaeffer, MagNetUS Chair
Seth Dorfman, Ad-hoc Working Group Chair

*For a summary of recent efforts, see Section 4 of this white paper submitted to the Heliophysics Decadal Survey last year: http://surveygizmoresponseuploads.s3.amazonaws.com/fileuploads%2F623127%2F6920789%2F69-3c997cea13ab7eae422c0cf8fb082115_DorfmanSeth.pdf


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MEETING: UK Space Weather & Space Environment Meeting I: Transitioning from the SWIMMR Space-Weather Programme -- Programme Release and Extended Early-Bird Registration Reminder

From: Mario M. Bisi (Mario.Bisi at stfc.ac.uk)

Dear Colleagues.

The programme for the upcoming “UK Space Weather & Space Environment Meeting I: Transitioning from the SWIMMR Space-Weather Programme” (12-15 September 2023) is now available online: https://iop.eventsair.com/ukswse2023/programme - please allow a couple of seconds it to load in the background before appearing on the page.  We have an exciting set of posters, plus four days plenary and parallel sessions covering: policy and strategy; SWIMMR; users; instrumentation; research, forecasting, and modelling; SSA/SST; and Space Safety.

In addition, please note that the extended early-bird deadline of 17 July 2023 is fast approaching: https://iop.eventsair.com/ukswse2023/registration; register before the prices increase in stages until the registration close on 04 September 2023.

The meeting is open to the world, and indeed we encourage international involvements and collaborations.

Please see: https://iop.eventsair.com/ukswse2023/ for all meeting details including updates on travel and venue information.

We look forward to welcoming you at the Leonardo Hotel in Cardiff, Wales, in September.

Best wishes,

Mario.

On behalf of the Founding Organising Committee:
- Mario M. Bisi (UKRI STFC RAL Space)
- Claire Garland (IOP)
- Mark Gibbs (Met Office)
- Ian W. McCrea (UKRI STFC RAL Space)
- Simon Machin (Met Office)


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MEETING: IAU Symposium 388 "Solar and Stellar Coronal Mass Ejections"

From: Nat Gopalswamy (nat.gopalswamy at nasa.gov)

FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT

IAU Symposium 388: SOLAR AND STELLAR CORONAL MASS EJECTIONS

Dates: 5-10 May 2024
Venue: Astronomical Observatory of the Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
Website: https://iausymposium.zyrosite.com/ 

Scientific Rationale: 
IAU Symposium 388 will focus on the origin and consequences of transient mass ejections from the Sun and stars. Observations from space and ground, modeling, and theoretical aspects of these transient events will be considered starting from the magnetic variability of the parent stars to the planetary impact. The goal of the symposium is to update the community on the latest advances in understanding solar/stellar mass ejections. A sample list of topics is:

Solar Source and Initiation of CMEs; CME-Flare Relationship; CME propagation; Solar Energetic Particles; Space Weather; Detecting and Modeling Stellar CMEs; Star-planet interactions; Solar and Stellar Extreme events.

Registration Abstract Submission and Accommodation
Registration and abstract submission will be made through the symposium website https://iausymposium.zyrosite.com/ starting in September 2023. All participants wishing to attend the symposium should register online. Please check back frequently for updates. The registration fee will be 300 euros. Registration fee will cover symposium material, admission to all scientific sessions, welcome reception, coffee breaks, lunches, and conference dinner. Limited financial support will be available for students and young scientists. 

Kraków has great hotels in all budget classes. In the city center, there are many hotels within walking distance from the symposium venue. A list of recommended hotels will be made available on the symposium web site.

Symposium Timeline:
15 July 2023             First Announcement
1 October 2023         Second Announcement
1 October 2023         Registration and Abstract Submission Opens 
1 February 2024       Abstract Submission Deadline (for oral presentation)
1 February 2024       Travel Grants Application Deadline
1 March 2024            Selection Announcements: oral/poster presentations and travel grants 
1 March 2024            Late Poster Abstract Submission Deadline (limited space)
15 March 2024          Early Registration Deadline
15 March 2024          Accommodation Booking Deadline
31 March 2024          Final Registration Deadline 
5-10 May 2024          IAU Symposium
30 June 2024             Submission Deadline for proceedings papers

Contact: Grzegorz Michalek (LOC), Nat Gopalswamy (SOC)


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Online Cold Plasma Seminar

From: Pedro Resendiz (resendiz at lanl.gov)

Dear colleagues,

Please join us for our Cold-Plasma Seminar series taking place on July 19th, 2023. The seminar will be held online only. The Webex link will be made available prior each seminar on our website at:
https://www.lanl.gov/org/ddste/aldsc/theoretical/applied-mathematics-plasma-physics/cold-plasma-seminars.php

You can also join the distribution mailing list by contacting Gian Luca Delzanno (delzanno at lanl.gov).

The speaker is Louis Richard from Swedish Institute of Space Physics:

Speaker: Louis Richard, IRF Uppsala.
Title: Fast Ion Isotropization by Current Sheet Scattering in Magnetic Reconnection Jets.
Date: July 19th, 2023
Time: 12 PM - 1 PM Eastern Time, 4-5 PM Universal Time Coordinated, 6-7 PM Central European Time.
Recorded Seminar: TBD.


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