Meetings related to VarSITI in 2017

41th annual Seminar on Physics of the auroral phenomena
March 12÷16, 2018, Apatity, Murmansk region, Russia

Host: Polar Geophisical Institute, Apatity
The working languages of the Seminar are Russian and English.

web-address http://pgia.ru/seminar/

Basic problems of space plasma and atmosphere physics related to the above mentioned phenomena are discussed. Significant attention is also paid to the results of geophysical observations and instrumentation.

Besides standard contributions (oral and poster), several invited speakers present lectures intended to educate young scientists.

Important Dates
Registration and abstract February 1, 2018

If you need visa, please, send the required information before 12 January 2018.

The program of the seminar includes discussions of the rather wide range of phenomena, such as geomagnetic disturbances, auroras, wave processes, solar-terrestrial relations, etc.

1. Geomagnetic storms and substorms	2. Fields, Current, Particles in the magnetosphere
3. Waves, wave-particle interaction	4. The Sun, Solar wind, Cosmic rays
5. Ionosphere and upper atmosphere	6. Low atmosphere, Ozon
7. Heliobiosphere

The Organizing Committee received a grant from the VarSITI program for this meeting; using it we intend to support some participants partly covering their accommodation and transportation expenses.

Contacts of the Organizing Committee:
Andris Lubchich (lubchich[at]pgia.ru),   Nadezhda Semenova (nadezhda.semenova[at]gmail.com)
Irina Despirak (despirak[at]gmail.com)

Note, that if you need an invitation letter to obtain a Russian visa, you should contact the Organizing Committee as soon as possible, since we will need time to prepare necessary documents.