Dear colleagues,
As previously announced the next meeting of the Space Weather Working Team will take place in Brussels on 10 May 2007. The meeting will start at 10:00 and finish around 16:30, with a break at 13:00 for a sandwich lunch kindly provided by our hosts. If you plan to attend, please could you let me know as soon as possible. Please see the bottom of this email for details of practical arrangements: travel, hotels, etc.
The meeting will be hosted by the SIDC (Solar Influences Data analysis Center, http://sidc.be) of the Royal Observatory of Belgium (ROB, http://www.astro.oma.be). The ROB is located in the South of Brussels (Avenue Circulaire -3- Ringlaan, 1180 Ukkel). The meeting will take place in the "Meridian Room" (see plan of ROB available at http://listserv.cclrc.ac.uk/files/SWWT/ROBplan.pdf).
I propose the following draft agenda. I suggest that the main focus of the meeting be a discussion on space weather activities in FP7 (item 3) and especially to explore ideas for on an infrastructure proposal (I3) on terrestrial space weather (item 3.c). The other urgent issue is to discuss the proposal for a European space weather journal (item 4). So I propose that we include other items (5 to 7) as time allows on the day. Please let me know if there are any other issues that you would like to highlight at this meeting.
1. Introduction and welcome, agree agenda
2. Review actions from last SWWT meeting
3. Space weather and FP7
a. activities in current calls
b. planetary space weather/EuroPlanet
c. building an I3 for terrestrial space weather
4. A European Space Weather journal?
5. Highlights of other SW activities: ESA, national activities, COST 296 & 724, DIAS
6. Plans for ESSW4
7. News and key issues from the SWWT topical groups
8. Summarise actions
9. AOB
Concerning the infrastructure proposal (I3) on terrestrial space weather, I have received a number of proposals in response to my call for ideas (email of 13 April). Many thanks to all who have contributed ideas. I will produce and circulate a consolidated list over the coming weekend.
Concerning the space weather journal, there are various options to do this in conjunction with EGU, e.g. do we want to focus on science of space weather or have a broader journal that can include high-quality papers on applications and programmatics. We need to establish a community response, via SWWT and COST 724, ahead of EGU's autumn Council meeting.
Best regards,
Mike
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Mike Hapgood Tel: +44 1235 44 6520
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Mob: +44 789 9908 780
Chilton Fax: +44 1235 44 5848
DIDCOT
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United Kingdom
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Practical arrangements
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*** Transport ***
From Brussels-National Airport (http://www.brusselsairpot.be) take the train (destination North Railway Staion and get off at Central
Railway Station http://www.b-rail.be/main/E/index.php, than take Bus number 60 (see explanation just below) or take a taxi (approximatively ~60 Euro).
From Bruxelles-Central Railway Station, when going of the main entrance, take directly the upgoing street at your right. The bus stop of bus number 60
(destination Vivier d'Oie-Diesdelle) is just before the trafic lights. Get off at "Observatoire-Sterrenwacht" stop.
http://www.stib.irisnet.be/timetables/site/061226/fr/b/060/0601/3264f.htm
From Bruxelles-Midi Railway Station (Thalys, Eurostar, ICE), take tram number 23(destination Heysel) and get off at "Edith Cavell" stop.
http://www.stib.irisnet.be/TimeTables/Site/070416/Fr/T/023/0231/0702F.htm
Cross the road and near restaurant "L'Estanquet" take bus 60 (destination "Vivier d'Oie-Diesdelle" and get off at the 4th stop "Observatoire-Sterrenwacht". Approximation total journey time : 30 minutes to ROB.
More information can be found on http://www.astro.oma.be/EN/info/praktisch.php
*** Accommodation ***
There are two hotels near ROB :
Hotel les Tourelles*** - Avenue Winston Churchill, 135 - 1180 Brussels // http://www.lestourelles.be
Hotel Best Western County House Brussels*** - Square des Héros, 2-4 - 1180 Brussels // http://www.bestwestern.be/countyhouse/
You can either book directly with these hotels or contact [log in to unmask] to book it for you. Only in the latter case you can benefit from a group reduction.
*** Lunch ***
ROB/SIDC will provide a free sandwhich lunch at the meeting.
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