ISWI Newsletter - Vol.9 No.02
16 February 2017

Dear ISWI Participant:

Happy Year of the Rooster/Chicken from the Far East.

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CONTENTS OF THIS ISSUE

[1] Call for Expressions of Interest to Host International Data Week 2018 (read it)

[2] Studying the Sun's behavior -- going back 290m years (read it)

[3] First International Workshop on Smallsats for Space Weather Research and Forecasting (SSWRF) (read it)

[1] Call for Expressions of Interest to Host International Data Week 2018

From 11 to 17 September 2016, more than 850 data professionals and researchers from all disciplines and from across the globe convened in Denver, Colorado, USA for the first edition of International Data Week (IDW). Look at

This landmark event, organised by CODATA, the Committee on Data of the International Council of Science (ICSU), the ICSU World Data System (WDS) and the Research Data Alliance (RDA), brought together data scientists, researchers, industry leaders, entrepreneurs, policymakers and data stewards from disciplines across the globe to explore how best to exploit the data revolution to improve science and society through data-driven discovery and innovation.

CODATA, RDA, and WDS plan to hold a Second International Data Week (IDW2) in September or October 2018. We are requesting expressions of interest to host the 2nd edition of this exciting event. One or more of these expressions of interest will then be requested to submit a fuller proposal.

To see the entire announcement, see: 

(Sent in by Nat Gopalswamy)

[2] An ancient forest reveals the Sun's behaviour 290m years ago

"Solar physics and palaeontology" The Economist, 27 January 2017

Please see this pdf: 

(Sent in by G. Maeda)

[3] Second Announcement and Call for Abstracts

We invite you to take part in the First International Workshop on "Smallsats for Space Weather Research and Forecasting (SSWRF)".

The event will be held at The Catholic University of America in Washington, DC on 1-4 August 2017. The electronic abstract submission is now open; the submission is free.

Submit your abstract at http://sswrf.cua.edu/abstracts.cfm until 1 May 2017.

Meeting Scope/Schedule of sessions

Day 1: Research and Forecasting (Tuesday, August 01 2017)

• Session 1. Observations and understanding of specific space weather conditions (solar & interplanetary phenomena, geospace currents and fields, energetic particles, etc.) that can be investigated using small satellites.
• Session 2. Identification of gaps in the operational space weather observing system and how to address these via the integration of small satellite - based information into general space weather modeling and forecasting infrastructure

Day 2: Mission Concepts (Wednesday, August 02 2017)

• Session 3. Past and ongoing small satellite missions relevant to space weather research and applications: Lessons learned.
• Session 4. Next generation small satellite missions for observations and monitoring of space weather phenomena.

Day 3: Innovations and Technology (Thursday, August 03 2017)

• Session 5. Space weather instrumentation for small satellite platforms. Observational requirements and operational challenges. Ground systems for data acquisition.
• Session 6. Small-satellite subsystems (propulsion, ACS, communications, power, others) necessary for the study of the full range of space weather conditions.

Day 4: Future Opportunities (Friday, August 04 2017)

• Session 7. International cooperation, educational opportunities, public outreach, and interdisciplinary collaboration.
• Session 8. Access to space for space weather smallsats. ISS deployment, rideshares, Venture class launch services, ELaNa, other opportunities.
• Programmatic considerations: panel discussion with representatives from NASA, NOAA, NSF & other funding programs. Closing remarks.

Please see this pdf: 

(Sent in by Vadim Uritsky)

Attachments:

(1) Call for Expressions of Interest to Host International Data Week 2018, 766 KB pdf, two pages
(click )

(2) "Solar physics and palaeontology" The Economist, 27 January 2017, 708 KB pdf, one page (click )

(3) 2nd announcement and call for ABSTRACTS to 1st International Workshop on Smallsats for Space Weather Research and Forecasting, 708 KB pdf, one page (click )