Space weather slowly emerges as a policy item. While it has long been only a scientific question, its economic relevance is steadily growing due to its effects on commercial space activities in particular in the field of telecommunications. In addition, space weather is expected to become an element of new Space Situational Awareness projects so that international coordination should be foreseen. This session reflects on such questions of impact and coordination.

The Call for papers can be found at http://www.iafastro.com/docs/2010/IAC2010_CallForPapers.pdf. Abstracts dealing with issues such as international coordination of space weather-related activities will be very welcome. The deadline for abstract submission is 5 March 2010. Please do not hesitate to contact me (werner.balogh[at]unoosa.org) should you have any question related to this particular session.

For your information please note that in addition there will also be a more technical session D5.3. "Space Weather Prediction and Effects on Space Missions" as part of the "Symposium on Safety, Quality and Knowledge Management in Space Activities".

Uploading IAC Abstracts. You can upload abstracts for papers for the International Astronautical Congress (IAC) on the IAF website at http://www.iafastro.net.
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