The 2nd Asia-Oceania Space Weather Alliance Workshop held in Kunming, China
The 2nd Asia-Oceania Space Weather Alliance (AOSWA) workshop was successfully held on Nov. 4th – 7th, 2013 in Kunming, China. The workshop was hosted and sponsored by the National Space Science Center (NSSC) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and was co-organized by the National Astronomical Observatories (NAO) and by the Yunnan Astronomical Observatory (YNAO) of Chinese Academy of Sciences.
The workshop began with the opening address from Dr. WU Ji, followed by the greeting from Dr. Toshio Iguchi, the Director General of NICT Applied Electromagnetic Research Institute. 59 oral and 30 poster presentations were arranged on 5 different sessions: Space Weather Research and Exploration, Space Weather Forecasting and Modeling, Space Weather Research to Operations, Space Weather Research on Solar Activities, and Space Weather Research on Ionosphere and Thermosphere.
Director General of NSSC, Dr. WU Ji acted as the General Chair of the workshop. A total of 99 experts and scholars from 11 countries attended the workshop. They were coming from 29 institutions and agencies, such as Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), National Institute of Information and Communications Technology of Japan (NICT), Korean Space Weather Center (KSWC), NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center of USA (NOAA SWPC), Ionospheric Prediction Service of Australia (IPS) , Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute of Russia, Belgium Royal Observatory, National Physical Lab of India, Institutes of Geophysics of Vietnam, King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology of Thailand, National Institute of Aeronautics and Space of Indonesia (LAPAN), etc.
The purpose of this workshop is to promote the regional linkage and information sharing of operation and research on space environment by bringing together members of the Asian-Oceania scientific community as well as other international organizations concerning with space weather. It will also provide an opportunity in which various communities can come and discuss recent achievements of observational, theoretical, modeling, forecasting, and application addressing the research areas of space weather and environment.
For Online Workshop Videos, please click: http://www.meeting.edu.cn/meeting/media/mediaAction!mediaList.action?id=35572.
