• Helmut O. Rucker, Austrian Academy of Sciences
• Juha-Pekka Luntama, European Space Agency
• Peter Piffl-Percevic, City of Graz
• Martin Kraemer, Austrian Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs (Permanent Mission to the UN)
• Luc St.-Pierre, United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs

Keynote Addresses, Introduction
Chairperson: Luc St.-Pierre, United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs

Keynote: Opening of the International Center for Space Weather Science and Education (ICSWSE) of Kyushu University

Keynote: ESA SSA-SWE Segment Perspectives of Space Weather Observations

Objectives of the 2012 Symposium
Information and Symposium Logistics, Future Symposium Series Plans

Session 1: Worldwide Instrument Arrays, Data Products
Chairperson: Johannes Ortner,Rapporteur: Rasheedat Abdulrahim

Keynote: Space Weather: Historical Perspectives and the Northern Lights

An Overview of the UN Basic Space Science Initiative (IHY, ISWI, Instrument Arrays), Future Plans

Contributions of IHY and ISWI to Africa: Scientific Results and Infrastructural Development

Identification of Night-time F-Region Currents from CHAMP Satellite Observations Over Equatorial Africa.

Estimating the geo-effectiveness of halo CMEs from associated solar and IP parameters using neural networks

Space Weather on Extrasolar Planetary Systems

Discussion on
Space Weather Data and Analysis, Needs, Expected Symposium Outcomes; Conclusions

Session 2: Data Access and Analysis, Tools
Chairperson: Hans Haubold, United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs
Rapporteur: Lorant Czaran

Analysing Data about Radiation Effects on Electronics

Solar wind influence on planetary radio emission

Stereoscopic Observations of solar Type III radio bursts in the outer corona

IRI-2007 FOF2 Predictions at Ouagadougou Station During Quiet Time Periods From 1985 to 1995

Multi-wavelength investigation of coronal holes and associated solar wind flows

The Importance of Satellite Data in Space Weather Modelling

Data Analysis of Ground-based Observations

Session 3: Data Access and Analysis, Tools
Chairperson: Lorant Czaran, United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs
Rapporteur: Yulia Shutova

Standard Deviation Analysis vs. Diffusion Entropy Analysis

The „Key-Players“ of Space Weather

Signatures of Anatolian Bump in ITNE-CIDR of Egypt

Investigating Latitudinal-Dependence of the Time Response of the Ionosphere to Geomagnetic Activity

Electric field Anomalies in the Mid Latitude Ionosphere: Possible Connection With Earthquakes

Studies of OI 630.0 nm Night Airglow and GPS ‑ TEC Observations During the Geomagnetic Storm of November 20, 2003

Session 4: Hands-on Training in Data Analysis Tools, Data Access

• - Kyushu University - MAGDAS Data Analysis
• - Metadata Tools
• - Other Data Analysis Tools
• - ESA SSA SWE Portal

Session 4: Hands-on Training in Data Analysis Tools, Data Access continues

Session 5: Hands-on Training in Data Analysis Tools, Data Access (Continued)

Hands-on Workshop, Conclusions

MONITORING CHANGE IN THE DISTRIBUTION AND PERFORMANCE OF NATURAL PHENOMINO

All you should know about riometers

QB50 RIOMETER SATELLITE

Short Presentation: Update on Space Weather Activities in Croatia

Short Presentation: Web Tools at the Space Weather Monitoring Centre in Russia

Short Presentation: Space Weather Research Developments in Ghana

Discussions; Conclusions for the day

Session 6: Review of Analytical Products and Their Benefits; Recommendations
Chairperson: Otto Koudelka, Joanneum Research
Rapporteur: Lorant Czaran

Q&A, Discussion on Symposium Outcomes, Recommendations

Short Presentation: Space Weather Activities in Iraq

Session 7: Way Forward, Objectives for Next Symposium(s)
Chairperson: Lorant Czaran, United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs

Symposium Final Review, Recommendations List and Short Discussion on Future Objectives

Closing Session
Distribution of Certificates and Closing Remarks by the organizers
Chairperson: Lorant Czaran, United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs