Space Environment Center Space Weather Week 2000

Was Held May 1-5, 2000

About Space Weather Week

Schedule of Events

Additional Meetings

Call for Posters and Videos
Prediction Challenges
Geomagnetic Index Predition Challenge
Auroral Electrojet Prediction Challenge

About Space Weather Week

Building on a successful conference last year in which a joint conference of users, researchers, and vendors was held, Space Weather Week 2000 will combine a User Conference, co-sponsored by SEC, Aerospace Corp, and SUNBURST, and a Research-to-Operations Workshop, co-organized by SEC, Air Force Research Laboratory, and NSF Division of Atmospheric Science. Co-sponsorships this year will bring a strong contingent of users to Boulder to join the generally strong research component. The proximity of the two meetings, one emphasizing the operational concerns of users and one emphasizing research findings and new models, will foster communication among the researchers, the providers, and the users of space weather services.

The meeting will provide an opportunity for modelers to describe tools that will soon be available for space weather services, and an opportunity for the space weather operations centers and users of space weather services to describe their current capabilities and their priorities for improving services. You will also be able to visit the new Forecast Center.

A registration form is enclosed in this User Notes, but you may also contact Barbara Poppe , Terry Onsager, or to Tom Detman.

Meeting Location

As usual, the meeting will be in Boulder, a 50 minute drive from the Denver airport. This year the meeting will be held in the Regal Harvest House hotel (303-443-3850). You may make your hotel reservations there, or at one of several hotels and motels in the area. Please check our Space Weather Week Website for more information on accommodations in the area.

Conference Agenda

The conference will be filled to the brim with exciting research developments, interesting general talks, presentations specific to industry operations, and a good glimpse of the future and SEC's plans for products and services. Everyone should be able to get a lot out of the week and end up having influenced the development of space weather services.

The schedule below will be refined as the conference gets closer, so check our website for updates. Please note that there will be both plenary and parallel sessions.

Additional Meetings

International Space Environment Service (ISES)

ISES will hold meetings throughout the week. Members of this international body, who provide real-time space weather services around the globe, will be in attendance at the conference meetings as well.

SUNBURST

SUNBURST, a research group for the power industry, will hold their business meeting in conjunction with Space Weather Week. This will allow their members to attend the many other sessions during the week.

Vendor Meeting

Vendors will have a chance to meet together and with SEC staff at an evening meeting. The meeting will build on the very productive fall 1999 meeting and will review the policy changes and plans that began there.

Media

With so many scientists and users in town, the media will be very interested in this conference. A few key people will be invited to talk with the media about any of the interesting and exciting aspects discussed here.

Call for Posters and Videos

A special poster and video session will occupy a full half day, allowing everyone to spend time reading and discussing the subjects of interest. Presentations and demonstrations by researchers as well as vendors, government agencies, and industry organizations are all welcome.

Posters of research models as well as new or improved data streams that support space weather activities are encouraged. To foster the goals of the Research-to-Operations workshop, it is suggested that presenters of posters on research models consider the following points: posters on research models should provide an overview of the model; model input; model output; issues related to making it available for space weather operations; and how the model may support customer needs currently, in the near term, and in the far term. For data posters, the posters should include a description of the data set that will be available, how and where the measurements are made, and suggestions for how the data might be used to support space weather activities. In addition to posters, we invite videos of models and new data streams or techniques to view data and model output that are relevant to space weather activities.

Poster and video abstracts may be submitted either when you register (by following the links on the registration page), or after registering by selecting the poster and video submission link above, and then selecting 'Details' next to your name on the list of registered participants.

If you need more information on the posters and demonstrations, please contact Terry Onsager or Tom Detman.