Dear Colleagues, It is our pleasure to invite you for the *kickoff meeting (KOM) of the* *AGATA Program Planning Group* (www.scar.org/science/agata/home/) within the Scientific Committee on Antarctic research, SCAR. The KOM will be held on *12 July 2023 from 12:00 to 13:30 CEST* as a side event of the IUGG General Assembly (www.iugg2023berlin.org), offering online attendance. AGATA stands for Antarctic Geospace and ATmospheric reseArch, and is a coordinated, worldwide effort to monitor, investigate and better understand the physics of the polar atmosphere and the impact of the Sun-Earth interactions on the polar regions. During the kickoff meeting we will present in detail the scope of AGATA and report on coordinated efforts we have taken so far to develop the program. Thanks to the support provided by SCAR and SCOSTEP/PRESTO Early Career Scientists will also present their recent results and expectations related to AGATA. Finally, a slot will be dedicated to exchange ideas and contribute to the program development which will hopefully shape and further develop the geospace and atmospheric research in Antarctica in the years to come. We invite you to register, choosing between on-site or virtual participation, before the *2nd June 2023* here: link <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeFizXEfkvIpkl2pvKJcN8lfwrMEDKEP_BXUYrniiHL1Qhc_w/viewform?vc=0&c=0&w=1&flr=0> More information will be provided later on to the registered participants. Hope to see you in Berlin. All the best. AGATA team Lucilla Alfonsi, Nicolas Bergeot, Wojciech Miloch ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the SWWT list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/WA-JISC.exe?SUBED1=SWWT&A=1 This message was issued to members of www.jiscmail.ac.uk/SWWT, a mailing list hosted by www.jiscmail.ac.uk, terms & conditions are available at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/policyandsecurity/