ESA Science & Technology - Solar Wind 11 / SOHO 16 - Connecting Sun and Heliosphere

Start date: 13 Jun 2005, 18:00
Address: Westin Resort & Spa, Whistler, British Columbia,, Canada
Organiser: ESA
Agenda:

The conference will have six sessions:

1. Particle acceleration in the Sun and heliosphere
   Tutorial Lecture: Joe Giacalone
   Invited Speakers: Hillary Cane, Allan Tylka, May-Britt Kallenrode
2. Acceleration and heating of solar plasma
   Tutorial Lecture: Tom Holzer
   Invited Speakers: Boris Gudiksen, Aad van Ballegooijen, Eckart Marsch
3. Connecting CMEs and ICMEs
   Tutorial Lecture: Peter Cargill
   Invited Speakers: Nancy Crooker
4. Magnetic field transport from the Sun to the heliosphere
   Tutorial Lecture: Karel Schrijver
   Invited Speakers: Len Fisk, Neil Sheeley, Yuhong Fang
5. Interaction of the Sun with the galaxy
   Tutorial Lecture: Ed Stone
   Invited Speakers: Tom Krimigis, Vladimir Florinski
6. Future Missions
   Invited Speakers: Dave McComas, Thomas Moore, Richard Marsden, Bob Lin, Bill Liu

The purpose of this conference is to establish our state of knowledge in the relevant fields of solar and heliospheric physics and to determine the prime scientific challenges that will face us during the next few years.