Solar activity during the onset of Solar Cycle 24

7-12 December 2008

Outline:

The main goals are to assess our current knowledge of solar activity to prepare for observations of the new major activity expected from the beginning of Carrington Cycle 24, and to encourage effective observations of this activity. There will be special emphasis on coordinating ACE, Hinode, STEREO, TRACE/SDO, SOHO, RHESSI and Wind observations, among others including ground-based. The conference will have a mixture of invited and contributed talks in plenary sessions, plus focused working groups.

Dates:

December 7 (reception only) - December 12, 2008. This is the week prior to the AGU Fall meeting.

Place:

Napa, California (wine country north of San Francisco).

Milestones:

  • Abstracts earlybird deadline: August 29 (Friday)
  • Registration earlybird deadline: October 27 (Monday)
  • Registration final deadline: November 10 (Monday)
  • Closing date for hotel booking: October TBD; early reservations recommended.
  • Site/Hotel:

    The Embassy Suites Hotel, Napa

    How to register?

    You must choose a working group through the Abstracts page, and then register through the Registration page. If you would like to know if you have already registered, please follow the "by following this link" link on the Registration page for a list.

    Scientific Organizing Committee:

    Doschek, Emslie (chair), Fleck, Gallagher, Lin, Luhmann, Mason, Shimizu, Vourlidas, Watanabe

    Local Organizing Committee:

    Bale, Dennis, Hannah, Hudson (chair), Hurford, Krucker, McTiernan, Mendez, Schwartz, St.-Hilaire

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