opening ceremony

09:00 Welcome Remarks (K. Georgieva)

09:05 UNBSS update (H. Haubold) 

09:20 Welcome by Bulgarian Government official/Academy of sciences

09:30 Welcome by the Mayor of Sozopol

09:35 IHY update (N. Gopalswamy) 

09:50 IHY overview (J. Davila) 

10:05 A note from LOC (K.Georgieva)

10:10 J.-P.Rozelot, New findings: Increasing solar trend that can change Earth climate

Climate

N.A. Kilifarska. Mechanisms of Solar Influences on the Polar Atmosphere 

L. Pustil`nik et al, Possible Space Weather Influence on the Earth Wheat Markets 

A. Kilcik et al. Possible Traces of Solar Activity Effect on the Land Surface Temperature of Turkey 

J.O.H. Ndeda et al. Solar signature in the drought occurrence in Kenya , East Africa

S.I. Molodykh et al. Physical model of solar activity influence on climate characteristics of troposphere

Heliobiology

E. Babayev, Direct and Indirect Indicators of Space Weather Influence on Human Physiological and Cardio-Vascular Health State in Middle Latitudes: Results of Azerbaijani/Collaborative Studies 

T.K.Breus et al, Heliogeomagnetic rhythms are indeed synchronizers of biological “clocks” 

N.G. Kleimenova et al. Seasonal variations of magnetic storm influence on myocardial infarctions 

Solar physics

V.N. Ishkov, Solar 23^rd Cycle in the Development 

V.N. Obridko et al., Long-term variations in the global magnetic fields, sunspot activity, and meridional circulation 

K.M. Hiremath, Physics of the solar cycle: new views 

A. Abdel Hady, Analytical study of solar energetic flares during cycle 23 

M.I. Ryabov et al., The solar flare activity predictions on the base of microwaves radio-emission of complexes activity and complexes of active regions 

A.V.Stepanov et al, Acceleration, dynamics and emission of energetic particles in solar flare loops 

A. Andic, High frequency oscillations and their connection to chromospheric heating

E.V. Ivanov et al, Relationship between the CME parameters and large-scale structure of solar magnetic fields 

E.V. Ivanov, V.G.Fainstein. Large-scale solar magnetic field and propagation of CMEs in the corona 

V.G. Fainshtein. Determination of characteristics of full halo coronal mass ejections 

V.N. Obridko et al., The Bz component in CMEs and in their source regions 

G.Maris, O.Maris, Characteristics of the High Speed Streams during Polarity Reversals of the Solar Magnetic Field 

P.K.Manoharan, Results of solar and solar wind studies from Ooty on IHY Coordinated Studies 

Heliosphere, cosmic rays, IMF

M. Gigolashvili, About the quasi 11-year’s variation of the solar constant, various parameters of the helio-geophysical phenomena, and solar wind 

L. Dorman. Cosmic rays and space weather effects: methods of forecasting 

A.Hovhanissyanet et al, Parameters of the Aragats Space-environmental Center monitors as measured at start of 24^thSolar Cycle 

L.Dorman, L.Pustil`nik, On the probability of solar cosmic ray fluency during SEP event in dependence of the level of solar activity 

C. Wang et al., 3D Global Simulation of the Interaction of Interplanetary Shocks with the Magnetosphere

Magnetosphere

W.D.Gonzalez. Interplanetary origin of geomagnetic storms 

A.S. Parnowski. Statistical technique of geomagnetic forecasting and identification of geoeffective parameters 

O.K.Cheremnykh, V.A. Yatsenko, Nonlinear dynamic-information models of the magnetosphere for space weather prediction 

L. Biktash, The solar wind energy input rate and recovery of the magnetospheric ring current during the two last solar cycles 

R.Koleva et al, Magnetotail lobe population as measured by INTERBALL-1 satellite 

Ionosphere, high and middle atmosphere

A.V. Mikhaylov, Quiet-time F2-layer disturbances: Morphology and some Formation Mechanisms 

Y. Tulunay et al., A hybrid approach in foF2 forecast mapping including Halloween storm 

N.A. Kilifarska et al., Cosmic Ray Showers and their relation to the Stratospheric Sudden Warmings 

I.V. Medvedeva et al., Behavior of the 557.7 emission in MLT region during stratospheric warning events 

A.V. Mikhalev, The 557.7 nm airglow variations and anomalies in the lower atmosphere and surface temperature 

T.-L. Hoang et al. Equatorial Spread F 

A. M. Tsymbal et al. The midlatitude D-region response to geomagnetic storms 

L.Biktash, T.Maruyama . Equatorial ionosphere dynamics during geomagnetic storms 

B. Veenadhari et al. Storm sudden commencements at Indian stations and associated changes in interplanetary magnetic field orientation 

L.G. Bankov et al. 3D empirical model of topside ionosphere at mid and low latitudes during Solar minimum conditions 

M. Hamelin and the PWA-HASI team. The electrical environment of Titan after HUYGENS: lower ionosphere and electromagnetic resonances 

Access to data of the Sun-Earth system

A. Hanslmeier, I.Kinereich. The Joint Information System - A Database for Solar and Heliospheric Research 

N. Gopalswamy et al., A Catalog of halo CMEs from SOHO 

D. Atanasov et al., Data base of geoeffective solar wind structures, geomagnetic indices, and atmospheric dynamics parameters

A. Yeghikyan. WEB based Data Visualization and processing tools for ASEC and SEVAN particle detector networks 

S.I.Klimov, V.F.Grushin. Organizational and methodical problems of the comparison of data of the ground-based and satellite measurements 

Instruments and networks

U. Inan et al., Space Science Capacity Building with AWESOME ELF/VLF Receivers

R. Singh et al., First ELF/VLF observational results from low latitude sites setup at Allahabad , Nainital and Varanasi in India under IHY/UNBSSI program 

A. Chilingarian. Surface Particle Detectors in Space Weather forecast 

A.Reymers et al, Hybrid particle-detector network located at Middle-Low latitudes for Solar Physics and Space Weather research 

I. Angelov et al., Muon Telescopes at Basic Environmental Observatory Moussala and South-West University - Blagoevgrad 

K. Yumoto, MAGDAS/CPMN Group. MAGDAS Project at SERC for Space Weather and Its Preliminary Result 

Y.-H.Kim et al., Optical Solar Observing Facilities in Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute (KASI) 

I.S. Falkovych et al., The investigations of the solar wind with the large decametric radio telescopes of Ukraine 

I. Lytvynenko et al., Мulti-purpose inexpensive network for geophysical and astronomical monitoring

R. Werner et al., Inter-annual ozone variations at European high latitudes, studied by ozone lidar and ozone sondes 

R. Terrazas. A Solar station in a National University : a joint project of ICA National University, Geophysical Institute of Peru and National Astronomical Observatory of Japan

K. Napo, Solar radiation measure of Togo 

Ts. Dachev, et al, Overview of the space radiation measurements results performed under the Bulgarian space program 

W. Han et al. Compact Wide-Field Survey IR Space Telescope Design 

V.T. Rozumenko et al. Thе MF radar technique: potential for studies in the mesospheric electro-dynamic
area 

Z.Kobylinski, A.Ajabshirizadeh, A.Wysokinski, Adoption of Elman recurrent neural networks for reconstruction of geomagnetic data set registered at Swider observatory in periods of inconsistent or missing data 

R. Shkevov, Continuous measurements during active space experiments

J. Semkova, Investigatioin of ionizing radiation distribution in a human phantom aboard the International Space Station 

J. Adassuriya et al. Observations of Halpha line profiles in Be stars using 45cm Cassegrian telescope at Arthur C. Clarke Institute in Sri Lanka 

Participation of nations in IHY and BSS

R. Hippler and the SWEETS Consortium, Space Weather and Europe - an Educational Tool with the Sun (SWEETS)

P. Stoeva, A. Stoev, Internatinal Heliophysical Year - Education and Public Outreach Activities in Bulgaria 

H. Al-Naimiy, Research and Education in Astronomy and Space Sciences for Arab Countries 

H. Al-Naimiy, IHY and BSS in West Asia J . 

K. Cho et al., KASI Activities for Space Weather 

J. Ishitsuka, 50 YEARS OF IGY AND NOW IHY: ACTIVITIES OF GEOPHYSICAL INSTITUTE OF PERU CONCERNING IHY

A. Mahrous, K.Yumoto, T.Garner. IHY activities in Egypt