ISWI Newsletter - Vol.8 No.16
15 September 2016

Dear ISWI Participant:

Please send in your space-weather-related news and announcements. Free of charge, it will be distributed to the entire ISWI community.

George Maeda
Editor of ISWI Newsletter

CONTENTS OF THIS ISSUE

[1] 2016 World Space Week in Kitakyushu, Japan (read it)

[2] 2016 AGS (African Geophysical Society) Annual Conference, 7-11 November 2016, Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (read it)

[3] ISWI Activity Report from Korea (read it)

[4] SCOSTEP/ISWI School in India in November (read it)

[5] Space weather research report from Sudan (from ISRA and SUST) (read it)

[1] 2016 World Space Week in Kitakyushu, Japan

Preparations are gearing up for World Space Week in Kitakyushu next month.

See flyer: link to document (attached)

Reminder:
WSW has events in 72 nations
(mainly because WSW is promoted by the UN).
Total audience since 2007: Over 2,000,000 attendees.
Nearly 500,000,000 media impressions.
For more info http://www.worldspaceweek.org/about/


(Sent in by T. Taiwo of Nigeria )

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[2] 2016 AGS (African Geophysical Society) Annual Conference, 7-11 November 2016, Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire

African Geophysical Society (www.afgps.org) will soon hold its Annual Conference: 7-11 November 2016 Application deadline : October 1st, 2016 (2 more weeks!)
(www.afgps.org/2016-conference-registration)

See attached flyer: link to document

(Sent in by Christine Amory of France )

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[3] ISWI Activity Report from Korea

Please see attached file: link to document (attached)

(Sent in by R. Marshall of Australia)

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[4] SCOSTEP/ISWI School in India in November

The SCOSTEP/ISWI International School on Space Science, which is sponsored by the Scientific Committee on Solar-Terrestrial Physics (SCOSTEP) and the International Space Weather Initiative (ISWI) will take place during November 7 to 17, 2016.

The school will be an excellent learning and enrichment opportunity for graduate students. The school is aimed at students who are pursuing PhD in solar terrestrial physics and space science. Some masters students who have already some exposures in solar/space physics may also apply. The school will be held at the Smt. Kasturbai Walchand College of Science & Arts, Rajnemi Campus, Timber Area, Sangli-416416, India. (http://www.kwcsangli.in/Default.aspx)

For more info on this space science school, go to http://www.iiap.res.in/meet/school_meet/

(Sent in by R. Marshall of Australia)

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[5] "Current endeavors to upgrade space weather research in Sudan"
by Mohammed Yahya Alkenani (ISRA) and Magdi E. Yousif Suliman (SUST)

Note by the editor: Recently I had the pleasure of being in Khartoum, Sudan, and I had the opportunity to meet these two gentlemen. Magdi is a Phd graduate of Kyushu University; he is with Sudan University of Science and Technology. Mohammed is with Institute of Space Research and Aerospace. I asked them to write an article about space weather research in Sudan. They plan to write more in the future for this newsletter. Any news from your country is also most welcome.

Please see attached file: link to document (attached)

(Sent in by the authors)

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Attachments:

(1) 2016 World Space Week in Kitakyushu, Japan, 91 KB pdf, one page (click link to document)

(2) 2016 AGS Annual Conference, 7-11 November 2016, Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire 445 KB pdf, 3 pages (click link to document)

(3) Young-deuk Park Recent Space Weather Activities in Korea, July 2016 90 KB pdf, 3 pages (click link to document)

(4) Mohammed Yahya Alkenani, Magdi E. Yousif Suliman Current endeavors to upgrade space weather research in Sudan, 226 KB pdf, 7 pages (click link to document)