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* IHY Europe Activities

* IHY Nepal Activities

* IHY South Africa Update

* IHY Switzerland Activities

* IHY Yemen Activities

* IHY Africa Activities

* IHY Activities at Universidad de Sonora, Mexico

* IHY Japan MAGDAS Network

* UN/ESA/NASA Workshop on Basic Space Science and IHY, 18-22 June 2007, Tokyo, Japan

* LWS Workshop "From the Sun towards the Earth" 10-13 September 2007, Boulder, Colorado

* International Symposium - Solar Extreme Events of 2007, Athens, Greece

* Vienna Conferences and Space Weather Exhibition, June 6-15, 2007

* Science Highlight: A first for detection of solar storms

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* IHY Europe Activities
Compiled and transmitted by C. Briand

- Town Hall meeting of EGU
A specific session on IHY - IPY took place during the last EGU. About 15 persons attend the session. Several excellent presentations were made, of particular note was the project by COST 296 and initiatives from Norway.

- An IHY Open Doors day is scheduled for all over Europe on June 10, 2007. So far, 54 institutes/museums/planetarium have accepted to participate to this celebration. Additional organizations are expected to announce their participation very soon.
For details, visit: http://www.lesia.obspm.fr/IHY/pages/out_act_open-doors_participants.html

- We are in contact with an international network of planetarium (www.ips-planetarium.org) which is now spreading the word about IHY (and also IPY);

- European IHY General Assembly : 18-22 June 2007, Torino (Italy).
http://ihy2ega.oato.inaf.it/

# IHY Belgium Activities - Transmitted by S. Poedts

- The SWEETS IHY bus will visit Belgium (Ukkel) in the weekend of 6-7 October)

- A TV documentary will be made about the Sun and Space Weather and the Belgian activities in this domain. The producer is Jos Van Hemelrijck from VRT Television, Belgium, laureate of the Descartes price for Research and Science Communication "for producing "Overleven" an innovative science TV series which follows the work and personalities of scientists as they solve key scientific enigma". The documentary will be broad cast in September/October.

- The Belgian IHY workshop will be integrated in the annual meeting of the Belgian Physical Society and will take place at the end of May 2007.

- Ms. Rosalyn Pertzborn, Dr. Sanjay and Dr. S. Limaye, University of Wisconsin-Madison delivered talks on "Comparing Earth and Venus" at the Planetarium of the Royal Observatory of Belgium on April 25, 2007.

- A two-part exhibition is planned at the Planetarium of the Royal Observatory of Belgium. The first part will focus on the Sun and the global climate change (May- September 2007) while the second part will focus on Space Weather and Heliophysical research (September 2007 - March 2008).

- An IHY desk is being planned at the Researcher's night on September 28, 2007 in Brussels.

- An "Open Door Weekend" is being organized at the Space Pole in Ukkel (Brussels) during of 6-7 October 2007 with a large IHY tent containing, among other things, an inflatable planetarium.

# IHY Bulgaria Activities - Transmitted by Penka Stoeva

- Sun-Earth day will be celebrated on March 21, 2007: At the day of the Equinox, Alexey Stoev (Director, Yuri Gagarin Public Astronomical Observatory and Planetarium, stoev52{ at }abv.bg) began a series of six lectures in the Art Gallery in Stara Zagora, devoted to the IHY. Penka Stoeva inaugurated the Cycle and discussed the the Sun-Earth day and IHY. Belgian scientists have distributed printed materials with the key understandings of the Sun-Earth day "Living in the atmosphere of the Sun - IHY" and annotations for the lectures.

- Observatories and planetaria from Bulgaria celebrated the Sun-Earth day. It was also celebrated at the STIL BAS, Stara Zagora Department, the European Centre for Education and Qualification "Europe Schools".

- A competition - "We and the Sun" of paintings and photographs, has been designed for students in three age groups: 7-10, 11-15, and 16-20 years old. Bulgarian scientists have participated in the Solar Week - Celebrating the Sun-Earth Connection in classrooms, organizing a Space Weather Action Centre around one of the computers at the Bulgarian Observatory.

- Using materials of STEREO observatories, we have made a 3D image of a rock sanctuary, which is very famous in our region. Students from the group of archaeoastronomy of the Yuri Gagarin Public Astronomical Observatory and Planetarium, Stara Zagora were impressed by this demonstration. See pictures at http://www.lesia.obspm.fr/IHY/pages/contacts-bulgaria.html with appropriate glasses, for an illustration.

# IHY Spain Activities - Transmitted by C. Briand

- "A viaje por el sol y por su reino". Organized by the "Italian College of Madrid" with the support of the Consolato Generale Italiano de Madrid (Italian General Consult of Madrid) and TV5, a half day was dedicated to theatre.
Following an improvisation theater representation about the discoveries of Galielo Galilei, four scientists (Guido Ceppatelli, Jorge Sanchez Almeida, Javier Rodriguez Pacheco, Carine Briand) gave talks to 250 students of the school. It was a pleasant experience that everybody hoped to repeat in the following years !!

# IHY Norway Activities - Transmitted by N. Ostgaard
Paal Brekke join the Norvegian team of IHY as co-coordinator together with N. Ostgaard

Visit the wonderful explanations of Northern lights for kids :at http://kids.northern-lights.no/english/

As a part of its 2007 activities, IHY Nepal is organizing a regular talk programme at its Balmikee campus about astronomy during last Friday of every month. It provides the public an opportunity to observe/view the Sun, the moon and viewable planets Venus, Saturn and Mars every Friday evening at Acharya Institute of Mathematics
(http://www.aimnepal.com.np/content/view/25/41/). Upcoming talks include "Why Pluto was removed?" and "Sun Earth Relation"

At this time, IHY Nepal operates on purely individual funds. If you would like to further help IHY Nepal Activities or sponsor their activities, contact:

Jayanta Acharya
National coordinator of Nepal IHY 2007
jayantaacharya{ at }gmail.com

An IHY Open and Outreach Day was held at the North-West University in Potchefstroom, South Africa on May 1st, 2007. The Science Centre on campus entertained more than 300 high school learners on that day. A South African Science Week will also be held on the same campus from 14-18 May with an IHY outreach theme.

Prof. M.S. Potgieter
IHY SA Coordinator

* IHY Switzerland Activities

As a part of the IHY Switzerland, the following activities are scheduled for June 10 2007:

- Public exhibition at Zurich Main Station by ETH solar physicists
- 'Open doors' day at IRSOL and Specola Solare Ticinese in Locarno.

June 22, 2007: An evening public lecture by astronaut Claude Nicollier, in Davos

June 23, 2007: A day of open house at PMOD/WRC

Arnold Benz
Institute of Astronomy
CH-8092 Zurich, Switzerland

April 2007 - Celebrating IHY by highlighting the first human in space

Thanks to "IHY fellowships" IHY-Yemen got chance this year to participate to the world wide "Yuri's Night World Space Party". As Kuwait is the only other country celebrating the event in the region young, amateurs of astronomy in the two countries are profiting of this occasion to promote cooperation and to plan for future activities.

Maryam Aljoaan the supervisor of Space Science center in Kuwait Science Club http://astronomy.ksclub.org/ is playing an important role in this regard. (Maryam is now in St. Petersburg studying and preparing herself to be the first Middle East girl in space)

After exactly 46 years of the first human in space and after about 22 years of the first Middle East man in space; Professor Sultan explains the recent situation of Basic Space Sciences in the Arab countries. An interview made by the wide spread Yemeni newspaper "Athawra" on April 13, 2007 http://www.althawranews.net/CMS/pdffile/2007/04/13//07.PDF (in Arabic)

May 2007:
Celebrating IHY by demonstrating that Physics is present in each moment of our lives

French Cultural Center in Sana'a www.ccclsanaa.com,
Faculty of science/Sana'a University and IHY-Yemen National Committee organize:
MINIATURE PHYSICS MOSAIC
29 April - 9 May
10:00 -15:00
Faculty of Science/Sana'a University

An exhibit prepared by CCSTI with the support of the French Foreign Affaires and the participation of the French Society of Physics. The visitor/student is invited to participate in 18 interactive experiments which are supported by 15 posters designed in the form of scientific enigma!

The experiments/posters are supervised and demonstrated by the fourth year undergraduate students who are members in the IHY-Yemen. Subjects of the posters include various areas of physics, astronomy, and technology.

IHY Yemen Home Page: http://ihy2007.org/yemen_ihy.shtml

A. H. Sultan
Astrophysics Professor,
Head of Physics Department,
Faculty of Science, Sana'a Universit
Sana'a, YEMEN

Please note the following upcoming activities and related web-sites.

- IHY-Africa SCINDA Workshop in Addis Ababa Ethiopia, November 11-16, 2007. The Workshop Website is at http://sirius-c.ncat.edu/SCINDA2007/
- In conjunction with the above workshop, there will be a IHY-Africa Space Weather Science and Education Workshop for details, see: http://sirius-c.ncat.edu/IHY-Africa/
- A Program of "Science on Wheels" is being proposed/planned by IHY Africa see: http://sirius-c.ncat.edu/SCINDA2007/outreach.html

The organizers need considerable help in this regard. If your institution can donate small telescopes, posters, books or other materials, please contact gutaye{ at }ncat.edu.

Abebe Kebede, Director of Space Science Programs
IHY Africa

The Solar Observatory "Carl Sagan", OCS, operated by the Astronomy Area DIF-US of the Universidad de Sonora at Hermosillo, Mexico, is developing several activities concerned with the International Heliophysical Year.

* OCS began daily operations this year with two 16 cm apochromatic telescopes fitted with H-alpha and Calcium filters. The observation are usually conducted from from 15 to 23 UT. Data are available at the webpages http://cosmos.astro.uson.mx/eosdata.htm

* The image from OCS telescopes are webcast continuously by "@STRO TV" at http://cosmos.astro.uson.mx/webtv/index.htm These images may be used for scientific or educational purposes.

* On February 14, we launched the program PROSOL (Program for Virtual Solar Observers). PROSOL includes observational programs for students ranging from high school to university degree, amateur astronomers, and anybody interested in solar astronomy. Should you be interested, please consult the web pages at http://cosmos.astro.uson.mx/observa/prosolweb.ht

* From March 6, the observatory sends a daily Space Weather Report to media and those interested in the Sun-Earth connection (http://cosmos.astro.uson.mx/notas/070305.htm).

* As a part of our education outreach, we are producing a 12-part series TV program on Solar Astronomy inspired by the IHY. Each program lasts 25 minutes, is distributed to the State TV station and is available at our Internet TV system "@STRO TV" at http://cosmos.astro.uson.mx/webtv/bbuson.htm. The public is encouraged to use these programs in their education. You can also consult our education web pages at http://cosmos.astro.uson.mx/notas/070101.htm Four of the twelve programs are currently on-line.

* To celebrate its 30 anniversary, the Department for Research in Physics of the Universidad de Sonora, will hold the III International Physics Congress from October 10 to 12, 2007. The Symposium IV of the Congress will be on "The Play of Virtual Solar Observatories in the Solar Cycle 24" http://www.ipc.uson.mx/symposium-iv.htm

* We are dedicating the week of October 1 - 6, 2007 for special activities concerned with the 50th Anniversary of the beginning of space exploration.

Antonio Sanchez-Ibarra
Head of the Astronomy Area.
Observatorio "Carl Sagan ", OCS
HERMOSILLO SONORA, 83190 MIXICO

* IHY Japan MAGDAS Network

On 19 April 2007, installation of Unit SN49 of MAGDAS (Japan's IHY real-time magnetometer network) was successfully completed by the Australian Antarctic Division (AAD) on behalf of SERC (Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan). Unit SN49 is located at Davis Station (68 34'30"S, 77 58'E) on the Antarctic Continent. This becomes the Southern-most magnetometer of the MAGDAS chain (farther South than the MAGDAS unit on MacQuarie Island, which was installed one year ago by SERC). MAGDAS data arrives from Davis every 15 minutes via the Internet. SERC thanks AAD for its outstanding support of MAGDAS observatories south of mainland Australia (i.e., Davis and MacQuarie Stations). URL: http://www.serc.kyushu-u.ac.jp Click on "About MAGDAS in English)" and then click on "Station Photos" for lots of MAGDAS photos in the Asia-Pacific region.

George Maeda
SERC, Member of the Technical Staff
(and Assistant Secretary of ULTIMA)
Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

United Nations Office at Vienna

UN/ESA/NASA Workshop on Basic Space Science and the International Heliophysical Year 2007
hosted by the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, on behalf of the Government of Japan
(18-22 June 2007, Tokyo, Japan)

1. Background of the Workshops

The United Nations, in cooperation with national and international space-related agencies and organizations, is organizing annually workshops on basic space science and the International Heliophysical Year 2007, particularly for the benefit of scientists and engineers from developing nations.

With workshops on basic space science and the International Heliophysical Year 2007, the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs, the European Space Agency, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the IHY Secretariat will assist scientists and engineers from all over the world in undertaking research and education in basic space science and participating in the International Heliophysical Year 2007. Information on the International Heliophysical Year 2007 is available at http://ihy2007.org

This UN/ESA/NASA Workshop has been endorsed by the United Nations General Assembly as part of the 2007 activities of the programme of the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs.

2. Information and Indication of Interest Form Available on the World-Wide-Web

Updated information about the workshop and information material on IHY can be obtained via the World-Wide-Web at http://solarwww.mtk.nao.ac.jp/UNBSS_Tokyo07/

Individuals who wish to receive further information on the International Heliophysical Year and/or wish to indicate their interest to participate in the workshop may use the electronic means available on the above WWW site.

3. Key Dates for the Workshop

Deadline for Applications 01 May 2007
Notification to Authors 01 June 2007
Workshop 18-22 June 2007

4. Local Organizer of the Workshop

National Astronomical Observatory Japan

Contact Person:

Prof. Kazuhiro Sekiguchi
National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
2-21-1 Ohsawa, Mitaka, Tokyo 181-8588, Japan
Phone: +81-422-34-3955
Fax: +81-422-34-3690
Email: kaz{ at }subaru.naoj.org
Web: http://solarwww.mtk.nao.ac.jp/UNBSS_Tokyo07/

5. Venue of the Workshop

The workshop will be held at the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (http://www.nao.ac.jp/E/index.html ), Tokyo, Japan

6. Programme of the Workshop

The workshop will be structured around the following topics:

1.Participation of nations in project development for international heliospheric space missions and supporting low-cost ground-based instrument array initiatives for world-wide studies in space science.
2.Studies on the participation of developing nations in IHY.
3.Access to data of the Sun-Earth system from ground-based and space-borne facilities through data archives and virtual observatories.
4.Operation of astronomical telescope facilities in developing nations: BSS TRIPOD.
5.Data analysis and image processing techniques for space science.
6.Nonextensive statistical mechanics and astrophysics

During the workshop, additional working group sessions will be held to assess past and develop future activities related to the above topics. The Workshop on Basic Space Science and the International Heliophysical Year 2007 will continue the work initiated during the first workshop in the United Arab Emirates in 2005 (http://www.ihy.uaeu.ac.ae/) and the second workshop in India in 2006 (http://www.iiap.res.in/ihy/) in taking space science instrumentation, observation, and education to the developing nations of the world.

An important feature of the Workshop is introducing data bases and relevant software tools that can promote space science activities. There have been enormous number of space missions that have been
accumulating large data bases of scientific data. Similarly, long-term data bases are available from ground based observations. These data can be utilized in ways different from originally intended for understanding the heliophysical processes. One of the goals of the Workshop is to identify such data bases and make them available to the world community with necessary software tools so that scientists from developing countries can benefit from them.

Authors should state clearly for which programme topic the paper is intended. Contributions that highlight interdisciplinary issues are particularly encouraged. Poster sessions will be organized for the duration of the workshop. Authors are also requested to include with their submission a short, not longer than half-a-page, biography. These will serve as the presenter's introduction prior to the session in the
workshop. Abstracts of no more than 600 words must be headed by the (i) Title, (ii) Author(s) Name(s), (iii) Institutional Affiliation (s), and (iv) Email Address(s). Abstracts must be submitted in electronic
format to Ms. Ayoni Oyeneyin, United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs Email Ayoni.Oyeneyin{at}unvienna.org

7. Selection of Participants

Participants will be selected by the co-sponsors of the Workshop, through the Local Organizing Committee and the International Scientific Organizing Committee, on a competitive basis from those who meet the qualifications provided in the Application Form.

8. Financial Arrangements

Within thelimited funds available to the co-sponsors, a number of selected participants from developing countries and countries with economies in transition will be offered financial support to attend the
Workshop. Funded participants will be provided with a round-trip air ticket between their international airport of departure to Tokyo, Japan, and daily subsistence allowance. Any cost associated with
en-route expenses or any changes made to the air ticket must be borne by the participants.

Foreign participants who need assistance for their hotel accommodation in Tokyo may contact the organizing secretary.

9. Language of the Workshop

English will be the working language for the workshop.

10. Visa Requirement and Related Topics

Potential workshop participants are advised to check with the embassy/consulate of Japan for obtaining the visa, if required. Note that adequate health insurance is the responsibility of the participants.

11. Registration Fee

There is no registration fee to participate at and contribute to this workshop.

12. International Scientific Organizing Committee (ISOC)

Al-Naimiy, H., United Arab Emirates University, UAE
Davila, J., IHY/NASA, Washington, DC, USA
Gimenez, A., European Space Agency
Gopalswamy, N., IHY/NASA, Washington, DC, USA
Hasan, S. S., IIA, Bangalore, India
Haubold, H.J., United Nations
Kitamura, M., National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
Rabiu, B., Federal University of Technology, Nigeria
Sakurai, T., National Astronomical Observatory of Japan

13. National Advisory Committee (NAC)

Kaifu, N., Former Director General of NAOJ
Kogure, T., Former Director of Bisei Observatory
Kozai, Y., Director of Gunma Observatory
Miyama, S., Director general of NAOJ
Yumoto, K., Kyushu University

14. Local Organizing Committee (LOC)
Agata, H., National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
Hori, K., National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
Itoh, M., Suginami Science Museum
Sakurai, T., National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (Chair)
Sekiguchi, K., National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
Suematsu, Y., National Astronomical Observatory of Japan

15. Organizing Secretary
Sekiguchi, K., National Astronomical Observatory of Japan

2nd Announcement.

The NASA Living With a Star program will host a major scientific workshop on 10-13 September 2007 in Boulder, Colorado, at the NCAR High Altitude Observatory.

With Hinode returning spectacular data, the STEREO spacecraft moving in their orbits away from the Earth, and the launch of the Solar Dynamics Observatory only a year away, the focus of this workshop will naturally be on new and expected results from solar and inner-heliospheric instrumentation. These developments will be discussed within the LWS context of the complete Sun-to-Earth connection, ranging from solar dynamo to Earth climate, including all realms in between.

The meeting's themes include: "Sources of space weather"; "Interfaces: from solar interior to atmosphere"; "Interfaces: from solar orgins to geospace storms"; "(X)(E)UV spectral irradiance: sources and consequences"; "The solar-heliospheric magnetic field: gradual and impulsive"; "Fields and waves in Sun and heliosphere"; "Energetic particles: energy gain, transport, and loss in corona and heliosphere". The sessions are a mix of invited tutorials that provide broad perspectives and a general introduction; invited reviews that summarize recent developments, new mission results, or key focus areas within a particular area; contributed talks; and posters. There will also be plenary discussion sessions on the (I)LWS program, its architecture, and the expectations for its future progress.

We invite you to this meeting, to contribute oral and poster presentations, and to suggest topics for the plenary discussion sessions.

The meeting's website (http://www.lmsal.com/lws2007/) contains information on the (evolving) scientific program and (confirmed) invited speakers, abstract submission (by July 2, 2007), registration (by August 1, 2007), student support (by June 1, 2007), etc.

On the day following the workshop, 14 September 2007, conference rooms at HAO will be available to mission teams, focused science groups, and ad-hoc groups wishing to exploit the opportunity for splinter meetings.

Early September is the best season in Colorado; we look forward to seeing you there.

C.J. Schrijver
Solar and Astrophysics Laboratory
Lockheed Martin Advanced Techn. Ctr.
3251 Hanover Street, Bldg. 252
Palo Alto, CA 94304-1191, USA

An International Symposium - Solar Extreme Events of 2007 Fundamental Science and Applied Aspects
will be held at Athens, Greece, 24 - 2 7 September 2007.

Location: Titania Hotel
Panepistimiou 52, Athens
106 72, Greece
Tel.: +30 210 332 6000
Fax.: +30 210 330 0700
Website: http://www.titania.gr/default.asp

Symposium Website: http://cosray.phys.uoa.gr/SEE2007/
Phone: +30 210 727 6890 / +30 210 727 6901
Fax : + 30 210 727 6987
E-mail: SEE2007{ at }phys.uoa.gr ; LOCSEE2007{ at }phys.uoa.gr

Sponsoring Organizations and Individual Sponsors

We are now in the process of negotiations with sponsors, among them are the following: National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Committee on Space Research (COSPAR), European Space Agency (ESA), European Office of Aerospace R & D (EOARD), Hellenic Ministry of Education, Hellenic Physicists Association, National Observatory of Athens

Deadlines:
Deadline for abstracts: May 31, 2007
Deadline for pre-registration: June 30, 2007
Abstract submission: electronic submission at the website mentioned above
Notification of abstracts acceptance: June 30, 2007

Registration Fee
Participants should register until June 30, 2007. The registration fee for the conference participants is 250 Euro. It includes proceedings, welcome cocktail, coffee breaks, lunches (Monday-Thursday) and Gala dinner. For students the registration fee is 150 Euro. A recommendation letter by a member of the teaching staff of their home institution is mandatory. Companion fee for the social program is fixed to 50 euros/day, and it includes welcome cocktail and lunches (Monday-Thursday). The Registration desk will be available in the conference location on September 24, 2007.

Participants
An upper limit of 120 participants is expected to attend this international symposium

Scientific Rationale
The descending phase of the 23rd cycle of solar activity was highlighted by numerous extremely strong energy releases as powerful solar flares and magnificent coronal mass ejections during the events on January 2005, July 2005, August-September 2005 and most recently December 2006, highlighted by powerful solar flares and magnificent coronal mass ejections.

As a result, of this unexpected intense solar activity, various dynamic processes in the Earth vicinity were triggered, causing geomagnetic storms, heating of the upper atmosphere, changes of the electrodynamic properties of the ionosphere, and creation of the geomagnetically induced currents on the Earth surface. All these conditions of Space Weather (SW) change dramatically with Solar Extreme Events (SEE) development, influenced the reliability of space-born and ground-based technology systems, and endanger human health and life as well. It is of major importance to elaborate reliable methods for monitoring and forecasting of dangerous SW phenomena and to define the mechanisms of the various SW effects.

The extreme solar-terrestrial events on 2005 and 2006 were recorded by many space- borne and ground based instruments and provided us with rich information to study and better understand the physical reasons and consequence of the powerful solar events.

The aim of this International Symposium is to provide a world forum for the discussion of recent interesting events in the coupled solar-terrestrial system, which attracted the attention of scientists, engineers and the public, as they are important for our better understanding of the World we are living in and the knowledge of the impacts on technological and biological systems. Special attention will be paid to recent extreme phenomena in the 23-rd solar cycle as well as archives. SEE 2007 Symposium aims to create opportunities for new scientific contacts and collaborations. For the first time, in the series of Solar Extreme Events (SEE) Symposiums, with the occasion of the completion of 50 years of Space exploration, an additional topic regarding the International Heliospheric Year (IHY) will be included to Athens SEE Symposium.

The topics that would be covered are:
- Extreme Events of December 2006
- Energetic processes on the Sun during the extreme events, solar events at solar minimum.
- The chain of physical processes in the solar-terrestrial system (Sun- Heliosphere-Magnetosphere Ionosphere-Upper Atmosphere-Ground).
- World-wide particle detector networks for space weather research.
- Integrated Systems of forecasting and alerting on the dangerous consequences of violent solar storms.
- International Heliophysical Year 2007

All solar, cosmic ray and geo-scientists are invited to participate in the assembly, submitting contributions to the topical sessions and share their research with colleagues and friends.

Two meetings will take place in Vienna:
- "Radiation Exposure to Aircraft Crew due to Space Weather Effects"
- Space Weather Exhibition at the Vienna International Center (VIC), United Nations, June 6-15, 2007.

The European Commission in support of projects SWEETS and CONRAD will organize a space weather conference and a scientific exhibition at the Vienna International Center (VIC), June 6-15, 2007. Collaborators of this conference are the United Nations for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) and the Austrian Research Centers, Seibersdorf (ARC). All activities are freely accessible for the public.

The space weather exhibition will take place between June 6-15, 2007, at the Vienna International Center in parallel to the Fiftieth session of the "Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space" (COPOUS). The exhibition contains interactive information material about space weather, such as the world-wide first space weather CD-Rom, access to space weather observing satellites, a telescope for solar observations by the visitors, shows of world-wide best movies and images on space weather and International Heliophysical Year activities, posters and other public outreach and educational material. The exhibition will be guided by high level space weather scientists. The exhibition is freely accessible for the public; an internet registration is needed.

Starting June 12th, 2007 a conference on "Radiation Exposure to Aircraft Crew due to Space Weather Effects" will be held at the Vienna International Center. International space weather experts, representatives of governmental bodies and airlines will talk about the scientific background of the radiation exposure effects, the legal status of radiation protection and practical consequences to aircraft crew. The scientific conference is freely accessible for the public; an internet registration is needed.

Contact:

Dr. Peter Beck
Head Radiation Safety Research, Austrian Research Center, A-2444 Seibersdorf, Austria
peter.beck{ at }arcs.ac.at, phone +43 50550 2480, fax + 43 50550 2502

Brigitte Kopinits
Conference Office, Austrian Research Center, A-2444 Seibersdorf, Austria
brigitte.kopinits{ at }arcs.ac.at, phone +43 50550 2545, fax + 43 50550 2502.

Further Information and Registration:
Space Weather Mobile Truck Tour Exhibition, June 6th - 15th, 2007,
Radiation Exposure to Aircraft Crew due to Space Weather Effects, June 12th, 2007
http://www.sweets2007.eu/

Links:

SWEETS 2007- Space Weather and Europe - an Education Tool with the Sun: http://www.sweets2007.eu
CONRAD - Coordinated Network for Radiation Dosimetry: www.eurados.org/conrad/conrad_overview.htm
UNOOSA - United Nations for Outer Space Affairs: www.unoosa.org/oosa
COPOUS - Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space: www.unoosa.org/oosa/COPUOS/copuos.html
International Heliophysical Year: ihy2007.org
ARC, Seibersdorf, Space Radiation Research: www.radiation-seibersdorf.at/default.asp?id=1284&lid=2
Vienna International Center (VIC): www.unvienna.org/unov/de/vic.html
European Commission: ec.europa.eu/index_en.htm

Ismail Sabbah, Physics Department, University of Kuwait proudly reports of their first solar storm ever detected in the Middle East from their Muon observatory on the 14th December, 2006. Please see: http://neutronm.bartol.udel.edu/spaceweather/

To those of you working in this area of storm research, you are encouraged to contact him at sabbah {at} kuc01.kuniv.edu.kw

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