The web site of the Second VarSITI General Symposium to be held in Irkutsk, Russia, is now open:
Important Deadlines:
Financial support application: 28 Feb 2017 expired
Abstract submission: 28 Feb, 14 March 17 March 2017
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Variability of the Sun and Its Terrestrial Impact (VarSITI) is the current scientific program of SCOSTEP (Scientific Committee on Solar-Terrestrial Physics) for the period 2014-2018 (http://www.varsiti.org/). VarSITI focuses on the recent and expected future solar activity and its consequences for the Earth, over various time scales from thousands of years to milliseconds, and at various locations from the solar interior to the Earth’s atmosphere. In particular, VarSITI focuses on the interconnections in the Sun-Earth system. Four scientific projects are being carried out under VarSITI: (1) Solar Evolution and Extrema (SEE), (2) International Study of Earth-Affecting Solar Transients (ISEST/MiniMax24), (3) Specification and Prediction of the Coupled Inner-Magnetospheric Environment (SPeCIMEN), and (4) Role Of the Sun and the Middle atmosphere/thermosphere/ionosphere In Climate (ROSMIC). Data from relevant space- and ground-based missions will be utilized in combination with theory and modeling efforts to facilitate the implementation of these projects.
The second VarSITI General Symposium in 2017 (VarSITI-2017) will overview
the progress of various activities in the four projects at the fourth year of this
program, especially to promote the interconnection among these projects. We
will have topical sessions of 1) Solar and heliospheric drivers of earth-affecting
events, 2) Long-term variation of the sun, geomagnetic activity, and climate,
3) Coupling between the Earth's atmosphere and space and its relation to
quiet and active Sun,
4) Understanding the earth's space environment and its
connection to space weather, 5) Sun to Earth campaign event study, 6)
Atmospheric response to solar variability and modulation of its impact on
timescales from minutes to decades, and 7) Data archiving and analysis tools.
Ample opportunity will be given for discussions on new results. In addition, a
student tutorial session on Space Weather will be held on Sunday, 9 July
2017, in collaboration between CCMC and VarSITI. read more
Important Deadlines:
Abstract submission and financial support application: 28 February 2017
Final registration: May 1, 2017
Jacob Bortnik, Dept. of Atm. & Oceanic Sci., UCLA, USA Katya Georgieva, Space Res. & Tech. Institute (SRTI), Bulgaria (co-chair) Nat Gopalswamy, NASA/GSFC, USA Shrikanth Kanekal, NASA/GSFC, USA Petra Knizova, Institute of Atm. Physics, Czech Republic Alexei Krivolutsky, Central Aerological Observatory, Russia Vladimir Kuznetsov, IZMIRAN, Russia Franz-Josef Lübken, Leibniz-Institute of Atm. Physics, Kuhlungsborn, Germany Petrus Martens, Georgia State Univ., USA Andrey Medvedev, Institute of Solar-Terr. Physics, Russia Yoshizumi Miyoshi, ISEE, Nagoya Univ., Japan Igor Mokhov, A.M.Obukhov Institute of Atm. Physics, Russia | Valery Nakariakov, Warwick Univ., UK Dibyendu Nandi, IISER, Kolkata, India Vladimir Obridko, IZMIRAN, Russia Anatoly Petrukovich, Space Research Institute, Russia Craig Rodger, Univ. of Otago, New Zealand Annika Seppala, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Finland Kazuo Shiokawa, ISEE, Nagoya Univ., Japan (co-chair) Manuela Temmer, Univ. of Graz, Austria William Ward, Univ. of New Brunswick, Canada Takashi Watanabe,WDS-International Progr. Office, NICT, Japan Jie Zhang, George Mason Univ., USA Geliy Zherebtsov, Institute of Solar-Terr. Physics, Russia |
Local Organizing Committee from the Institute of Solar-Terrestrial Physics (ISTP), Russia
Vladimir Kurkin (Chair), Robert Sych (Co-Chair), Dmitry Klimushkin, Konstantin Ratovsky, Larisa Kashapova, Irina Medvedeva, Alexander Kulikov, Ekaterina Korzhova, and Marina Chernigovskaya
Special Issue:
A special issue based on VarSITI-2017 presentations will be published in an international peer-reviewed journal (TBD)
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The registration fee covers participation in the meeting, conference package, coffee breaks, lunches during the meeting, and free participation in the Welcome Party. Accompanying person fee covers free participation in the Welcome Party and coffee breaks.
Registration Fee | RUB | EUR |
Early-bird, online (till May 01, 2017) | 25000 | 400 |
Regular, online (till June 10, 2017) | 27000 | 420 |
On-site (cash only) | 29000 | 440 |
Registration fee PhD students | 12500 | 200 |
Accompanying person | 6400 | 100 |
Registered participants may pay their registration fee either by bank transfer or by use of their credit/debit card. The fee should be paid on-line (wired transfer or credit/debit card) no later than on May 1, 2017 in the case of Early Bird Fee or on June 10, 2017 in the case of Regular Fee (see Table above).
The last one (however not preferred) possibility is to pay an increased Meeting registration fee (see Table above) on site at the meeting registration desk in Irkutsk.
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