Dear colleagues, dear friends,
We are delighted to announce the 15th edition of the International Solar Wind Conference to be held from June 18 – 22, 2018 in Brussels, Belgium. The Conference will take place at the Hotel Métropole, the renowned venue of the famous 1911 Solvay Conference, which kicked off modern physics. The hotel is located in the heart of Brussels, within walking distance of cultural and recreational activities.
The three-annual Solar Wind Conference will cover all aspects of solar wind physics, with invited and contributed presentations that examine the current research and outline the future directions in all the relevant fields. It will be organized by the KU Leuven in collaboration with the Royal Observatory of Belgium.
We invite you all to *submit your abstract*for the Fifteenth International Solar Wind Conference, via our online
submission tool. An overview of the topics that will be covered during the conference can be found below:
·Origin and acceleration of the solar wind close to the sun
·Solar wind evolution during its propagation in the heliosphere
·Connection of CMEs and ICMEs
·Suprathermal and energetic particles in the solar wind
·Solar wind interaction with solar system objects and dust
·Interaction of the solar wind with the interstellar medium
·Current and future solar and heliospheric missions
Please keep in mind that the abstract submission deadline is March 31, 2018 !
Furthermore, we are happy to inform you that the registration for the Conference has now been opened. Keep an eye on our website for further updates, a preliminary program will follow soon.//
On behalf of all the organizing team of Solar Wind 15, we are looking forward to welcoming you in Brussels in June 2018 for a successful scientific meeting and we are looking forward to receiving your abstract for an oral or poster presentation!
The local organizing committee:
- Giovanni Lapenta, KU Leuven
- Stefaan Poedts, KU Leuven
- Andrei Zhukov, Royal Observatory of Belgium (ROB)
- Luciano Rodriguez, Royal Observatory of Belgium (ROB)
- Viviane Pierrard, UCLouvain
- David Berghmans, Royal Observatory of Belgium (ROB)