Welcome to the Fourth European Space Weather Week

Jointly organised by the Royal Observatory of Belgium (ROB), ESA, the SWWT and the COST 724 communities. The local organisation is done by the SIDC of the ROB. Jointly organised by the Royal Observatory of Belgium (ROB), ESA, the SWWT and the COST 724 communities. The local organisation is done by the SIDC of the ROB.

The Organising Committee J. Lilensten (Co-Chair) A. Glover (Co-Chair) A Belehaki (NOA, COST 724) A. Hilgers (ESA/D-TEC, D-EUI) M. Hapgood (CCLRC, SWWT Chairman) J.-P. Luntama (FMI) P. Gille (LPCE-CNRS) R. Van der Linden (ROB/SIDC) J.-J. Valette (CLS) C. Briand (Obs. Meudon) A. Thomson (BGS, COST 724) Local Organisation: The SIDC Team The OC would like to acknowledge the support of ESA, ROB, COST, BELSPO, ISES, Royal Lirary of Belgium and EOARD

This meeting was created in It now sits durably in the frame of space weather in the world. It has grown into the most important annual milestone of the European (and beyond) community in the discipline

The fourth ESWW takes place as: The COST 724 project comes to an end. COST 724 was at the origin of the ESWW meetings along with ESA. COST strongly contributed toThe COST 724 project comes to an end. COST 724 was at the origin of the ESWW meetings along with ESA. COST strongly contributed to structure the European space weather scientific community. A new COST action is currently submitted (A. Belehaki)

The fourth ESWW takes place as: Several successes in FP7 !!! The SOlar – TERestrial Investigation and Archives (SOTERIA) project (Giovanni Lapenta)The SOlar – TERestrial Investigation and Archives (SOTERIA) project (Giovanni Lapenta) The real-time database of neutron monitor observationsproject (R. Vainio) The real-time database of neutron monitor observations project (R. Vainio) Space Weather and Europe - an Education Tool with the Sun (SWEETS) funded by FP6 since last year and currently active (F. Jansen) Space Weather and Europe - an Education Tool with the Sun (SWEETS) funded by FP6 since last year and currently active (F. Jansen)

The fourth ESWW takes place as: ESA investigates what actions to take following a successful conclusion of the Space Weather Applications Pilot ProjectESA investigates what actions to take following a successful conclusion of the Space Weather Applications Pilot Project National space weather initiatives are gaining momentum across EuropeNational space weather initiatives are gaining momentum across Europe Planetary Space Weather is recognize in the new FP7 Europlanet project (M. Blanc) Planetary Space Weather is recognize in the new FP7 Europlanet project (M. Blanc)

Participation About 130 registered participants from more than 25 countries working in diverse areas of space weather (more than 200 participants expected)

Proceedings: Each ESWW has successfully published a proceedings: ESWW1: Annales Geophysicae special issue (30 papers) ESWW2: Space Weather, research toward applications in Europe, Astrophysics and space science library, Springer, ISBN , 2007

Status of the ESWW3 Annales Geoph. special issue: Received: 33 Accepted: 13 In review: 4 Major revision: 2 Rejected: 13 Withdrawn: 1 No date foreseen for publication yet.

Proceedings:ESWW4: Advances in Geosciences ESWW4 special issue (EGU publication) Advances in Geosciences ESWW4 special issue (EGU publication) Submission deadline: 12 January 2008 More detail by …

Meeting Organisation 5 Plenary Sessions: The Role of Institutions and Industry in European Space Weather Actions (Chair: Alexi Glover and Mike Hapgood) Scientific challenges and recent advances (Chair: Laurent Desorgher and Rami Vainio) Space weather modeling(Chair: Daniel Heynderickx) Meteorology and climate(Chair: Mike Keil) Planetary space weather(Chair: Oliver Angerer and Hermann Opgenoorth)

Business Meetings 10 Splinter and business meetings: PICARD and Space Weather SWENET Developers Forum ESWEP Portal Developments SWWT Ionospheric Effects Topical Group SWWT Spacecraft, Aircraft and Launcher Environments Topical Group Space Weather Strategy for Europe – ESA Next Steps SWWT Business Meeting SWWT Ground Effects Topical Group Space Weather Science to Modelling Splinter Session Space Weather Services and Galileo

Poster Sessions 93 Posters Posters will be available all week Session 1&2: Tuesday 14:00-15:00 Session 3: Wednesday 11:30 – 12:30 Session 4&5: Thursday 11:00 – 12:00

Round Table Discussions Two sessions: Thursday 14:00 – 15:30 Friday 11:30 – 13:00 Report of splinter session outcomes to the whole meeting Opportunity to discuss topics arising during the wee To make suggestions, please contact Mike Hapgood, Jean Lilensten, Alexi Glover during the week

Welcome Session 09:00 – 10:00 P. Mettens, BELSPO Chairman S. Joffre, COST E. Daly, European Space Agency E. Koenemann, EUMETSAT Director of Programme Development

WIFI connexion There is a WIFI connexion In the conference room, it is aimed at being used during the coffee breaks. I urge you NOT to read / write your mails during the talks. I will do the police regularly, asking to shut up the lattops if necessary. Outside the room, many places have been organized so that you can use it at your convenience anytime.

Attendants funded by COST 724 will have to sign the attendance list every day. The list will be handled by SYHEM PERRIOT and must be signed every day.