ESA Science & Technology - UN/ESA/NASA Workshop on Basic Space Science and the IHY 2007

Start date: 19 Jun 2007
Address: National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan

With workshops on basic space science and the International Heliophysical Year (IHY) 2007, the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs, ESA, NASA 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 (IHY) 2007.

Core topics of this workshop are:

• 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
• Studies on the participation of developing nations in IHY
• Access to data of the Sun-Earth system from ground-based and space-borne facilities through data archives and virtual observatories
• Operation of astronomical telescope facilities in developing nations: BSS TRIPOD
• Data analysis and image processing techniques for space science
• Non-extensive statistical mechanics and astrophysics