2009 Space Weather Workshop Conference Schedule

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Tuesday, April 28

   
7:30 Registration    
8:30 Opening Remarks

LCDR Thomas Peltzer

NOAA/NWS/Space Weather Prediction Center
8:40 State of the Space Weather Prediction Center Tom Bogdan NWS/Space Weather Prediction Center
9:00 - 10:20 Aviation and Space Weather - Chair: Joe Kunches  
9:00 Space Weather Effects on Aviation Robert Maxson NWS, Aviation Weather Center
9:20 Space Weather in the Next Generation Air Transportation System Cecilia Miner NOAA/NWS/Aviation Services
9:40 Space Weather Requirements - Cross Polar Working Group Bryn Jones SolarMetrics
10:00 Polar Aviation Operations and Space Weather Mike Stills United Airlines
10:20 Break    
10:40 - 12:00 Aviation and Space Weather (continued)- Chair: Joe Kunches  
10:40 Evaluation of New Cosmic Radiation Monitors Designed for Aircrew Exposure Assessment Ian Getley Qantas Airlines
11:00 Dose Rate Measurements at Aviation Altitudes During the Past Solar Minimum Matthias Meier German Aerospace Center
11:20 NAIRAS Prediction of Aircraft Radiation Exposure During a High-energy Solar Energetic Particle Event in October 2003 Chris Mertens NASA/Langley
11:40 Special Presentation
11:40 Air Force Weather Fred Lewis Air Force Weather
12:00 Lunch    
1:00 - 3:00 Poster Session - Solar and Interplanetary Research and Applications  
2:45 Break    
3:00 - 5:00 Space Weather and Satellite Operations - Chair: Janet Green
3:00 Climatology that Supports Deep Charging Assessments Michael Bodeau Northrop Grumman Corporation
3:20 Space Weather Effects on Satellite Launch Operations George Castillo United Launch Alliance
3:40 Insurance Issues for Satellites Jeff Cassidy COO, Global Aerospace
4:00 Space Weather Importance for Satellite Operations Dave Chenette Lockheed Martin Corporation
4:20 AE/AP-9 Radiation Specification Model: An Update David Byers National Reconnaisance Office
4:40 Space Weather and International Civil Space Situational Awareness Suzanne Metlay Secure World Foundation
5:00 End of Day    

Wednesday, April 29

   
8:30 - 10:00 Commercial Space Weather Interests Group Devrie Intriligator Carmel Research Center
 

Speakers:
Commercial ACE Replacement Opportunities & Status - Charles M. Chafer, CEO, Space Services Inc.

Lessons Learned from Integrating New Capabilities in Operational Space Weather Systems - Alan E. Ronn, Director, Environmental Business Area, Northrop Grumman Corporation

Public/Private Partnerships and the Benefits of Space Weather Commerce - Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Jr, Vice President, Polar Programs, CSC

   
10:00 Break    
10:20 - 11:20 International Activities - Chair: Terry Onsager
10:20 Space Weather Perspectives from the European Space Agency Alain Hilgers European Space Agency
10:40 Space Situational Awareness Activities at German Aerospace Center (DLR) Frank Jansen German Aerospace Center / Institute of Space Systems
11:00 International Space Environment Service Activities David Boteler Natural Resources Canada
11:20 US Department of State Perspective on International Space Weather Cooperation Suzanne Parete-Koon Department of State
  Special Presentations    
11:30 The Economic and Societal Impacts of Space Weather Dan Baker University of Colorado, Boulder
11:50 Actionable Space Weather Data for Disaster Response Bill Bagby Northrop Grumman Corporation
12:10 Lunch    
1:00 - 3:00 Poster Session - Magnetospheric Research and Applications
2:45 Break    
3:00 - 5:00 Agency Activities Session - Chair: Tom Bogdan  
3:00 National Weather Service Vickie Nadolski National Weather Service
3:20 Space Situational Awareness Users Perspective Col Shawn Barnes USAF
3:40 NASA Heliophysics Division Richard Fisher NASA Heliophysics Division
4:00 Space and Missile Defense Future Warfare Center Larry Burger Space and Missile Defense Future Warfare Center
4:20 National Science Foundation Richard Behnke National Science Foundation
4:40 Office of Naval Research Robert McCoy Office of Naval Research
5:00 End of Sessions  
6:00 - 8:30 Reception and Dinner at UCAR: Special Guest Speaker: John Troeltzsch - The Kepler Mission
       

Thursday, April 30

   
8:30 - 10:10 Space Weather Prediction Modeling - Chair: Tim Fuller-Rowell
8:30 Use of a Global Weather Model to Study Coupling of Meteorological Disturbances up to the Mesosphere and Lower Thermosphere David Siskind Naval Research Laboratory
8:50 Effects of the Magnetosphere and Lower Atmosphere on the Ionosphere-Thermosphere System Robert Schunk Utah State University
9:10 Study of Thermospheric/Ionospheric Variability due to Lower Atmospheric Perturbations Han-Li Liu National Center for Atmospheric Research
9:30 Integrated Dynamics in the Earth’s Atmosphere (IDEA) Rashid Akmaev NWS/Space Weather Prediction Center
9:50 Regional Ionospheric Studies Using JPL’s Nested Grid GAIM Brian Wilson NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory
10:10 Break    
10:40 - 12:00 Space Weather Prediction Modeling (continued) - Chair: Howard Singer
10:40 The Challenge of Predicting the Ionosphere: Recent Results from CISM Jeff Hughes Boston University
11:00 Modeling the Near-Earth Space Environment with the Space Weather Modeling Framework Aaron Ridley University of Michigan
11:20 Modeling Magnetospheric Impact on the Ionosphere: Status and Challenges for the Upcoming Solar Cycle Joachim Raeder University of New Hampshire
11:40 DREAM at LEO: Low-altitude Mapping of Equatorial Ring Current and Radiation Belt Model Results Geoff Reeves Los Alamos National Laboratory
12:00 Lunch    
1:00 - 3:00 Poster Session - Ionospheric Research and Applications and Air Force Research Laboratory Posters
2:45 Break    
3:00 - 5:00 Space Weather Prediction Modeling (continued) - Chair: Nick Arge
3:00 Tools and Products of Real-time Modeling: Opportunities for Space Weather Forecasting Michael Hesse NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
3:20 Electric and Velocity Field Determination in the Solar Atmosphere George Fisher University of California at Berkeley
3:40 Space Weather Modeling of the Solar Terrestrial Connection Event in December 2006: From the Sun to Interplanetary Space Kazunari Shibata Kyoto University
4:00 Geomagnetic Activity Forecast Based on SW-M-I Coupling Tsutomu Nagatsuma National Institute of Information and Communications Technology
4:20 European Space Weather Modeling Activities: A Look at Current Capabilities and the Transition to Operational Services Alexi Glover European Space Agency
4:40 AFRL’s Space Weather Forecasting Laboratory: Bringing Technology to the Warfighter Joel Mozer Air Force Research Laboratory
5:00 End of Day    

Friday, May 1

     
8:30 - 10:10 Manned Space Flight Radiation Issues - Chair: Doug Biesecker
8:30 Space Weather Issues for Manned Spaceflight Neal Zapp NASA/Space Radiation Analysis Group
8:50 The Earth-Moon-Mars Radiation Environment Module (EMMREM) Nathan Schwadron Boston University
9:10 Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter: CRaTER Detector Larry Townsend University of Tennessee
9:30 All Clear Workshop Summary Dan Fry NASA/Space Radiation Analysis Group
9:50 Recent Activities in Space Radiation Environment Engineering in Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Hideki Koshiishi Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
10:10 Break    
10:30 - 12:30 Community Discussion on Space Weather Prediction Testbed (SWPT) Concepts - Chair: Vic Pizzo
10:30 Results from the NCAR Space Weather Prediction Testbed Study Mike Wiltberger National Center for Atmospheric Research
10:45 From Space Weather Modeling to Forecasting: Community Recommendations on Transitions to Civilian Operations Jack Quinn Boston University
11:00 Open Discussion on SWPT Louis Uccellini / Tom Bogdan NCEP, SWPC
12:30 End of Day

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