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Volume 2025 Number 25 - May 7, 2025
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Dear E-SWAN readers,
This spring issue of the E-SWAN Newsletter highlights the vibrancy and continued momentum of our community. With two topical issues now open for submission and preparations accelerating for ESWW 2025 in Umeå, the months ahead promise rich opportunities for scientific exchange and collaboration. We are especially pleased to spotlight the session on “Communicating Science Through Aurora,” reflecting our shared commitment to public engagement and interdisciplinary dialogue. As always, we invite your contributions and thank you for helping advance the space weather and space climate community.
The E-SWAN Newsletter Editorial Board
The Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate (JSWSC) seeks an experienced and well-organised scientist to succeed one of its two current Editors-in-Chief (EiCs).
A detailed call for application and an application form will be published soon. Stay tuned.
Topical Issues open for submission
"Space Climate: Solar Extremes, Long-Term Variability, and Impacts on Earth’s System", deadline: 30 September 2025
Topical Editors-in-Chief (T-EiC):
"Fast and slow solar winds: Origin, evolution and Space Weather effects", deadline 31st May 2025
Topical Editors-in-Chief (T-EiC):
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Call for Abstracts: Session on Communicating Science Through Aurora
E-SWAN EOCOM is excited to invite you to submit abstracts for ESWAN session titled "Communicating Science Through Aurora: Engaging the Public in Space Weather", at the upcoming European Space Weather Week 2025.
This session (CD9) aims to explore how we can use the aurora to bridge the gap between complex scientific topics and public understanding. We are seeking contributions from scientists, educators, and outreach professionals who are using the aurora as a tool for public engagement. Topics may include innovative educational initiatives, public outreach programs, citizen science projects, and the role of artistic interpretations in science communication.
The aurora’s beauty and cultural significance provide a powerful vehicle for increasing awareness of space weather's relevance to modern society. Through presentations and discussions, we hope to highlight effective methods, challenges, and new opportunities for leveraging this natural wonder to inspire and educate diverse audiences.
If you have an initiative or project that could contribute to this session, we invite you to submit your abstract by 15 May 2025 here.
We look forward to hearing about your experiences and sharing ideas to strengthen our collective efforts in space weather communication.
European Space Weather Week 2025 Call for abstract submission and TDM deadline extension (27th - 31st October 2025, Umeå, Sweden)
The abstract submissions (and Live Forecasts proposals) for ESWW 2025 will open on 9th April 2025. The full call information will be published on the ESWW 2025 website.
European Space Weather Week (ESWW) 2025 will be held in Umeå, Sweden from 27th - 31st October in a hybrid format. The overarching theme for ESWW2025 is ‘Technological expansion of the Arctic: the new frontiers of space weather’.
The ESWW conference is an excellent opportunity for people from all over the world to gather and discuss the most recent insights in space weather and space climate, and to address the emerging challenges and impacts. Science, observations, data exploitation, data standards and metadata, service development, operational models, engineering and industrial needs are all important aspects of the field that are addressed.
Important Dates
Opening date (oral+poster abstracts, Live Forecasts proposals) - 9th April 2025
Closing date (oral+poster abstracts, Live Forecasts proposals) - 15th May 2025
A short synopsis of each element is given below. More information will be made available on the ESWW2025 website in due course:
https://esww.eu/
Topical Discussion Meetings (TDMs)
Topical Discussion Meetings are an important component of the European Space Weather Week (ESWW) – a format meant to facilitate engaging debates within the heliospheric, and space weather and space climate communities. These meetings provide the opportunity for interested participants to address key issues in a community forum style that complements the conference sessions. Potential conveners must describe in dedicated fields of the proposal form the target community, the expected outcome of the meeting, and its potential impact. After the selection of the proposed TDMs is made, the proposers will be informed within Q2 of 2025.
Plenary Sessions (New format!)
This year, the ESWW will host four plenary sessions.
* Two plenary sessions will feature distinguished presentations proposed by the convenors of parallel sessions. These plenaries will promote parallel sessions to a broader audience.
* The other two plenary sessions will be dedicated to topics proposed by the community. Topics to be covered may encompass one or more of the following areas: the ESWW2025 theme, “Technological expansion of the Arctic: the new frontiers of space weather”, policy, end-user needs, end-user applications, transversal or inter-domain connections, instrumentation, observations, extension/improvement of ground-based instrumentation, new missions, R2O2R, modelling, data analysis techniques, space climate, or other subjects with broad appeal.
Parallel Sessions
Those interested in contributing an abstract to a parallel session at ESWW2025 may submit to one of the following four formats:
- Parallel Space Weather Research (SWR) session
- Parallel 100% Community-Driven (100CD) session
- Parallel Application Pipeline (APL) session
Open Parallel Session (OPS)
The SWR session topics are:
SWR1 – Solar atmosphere processes as drivers of space weather phenomena
SWR2 – Coronal Mass Ejections, Shock Waves and Energetic Particles
SWR3 – Inner Magnetospheric Dynamics and Coupling Processes
SWR4 – Interactions in the Earth’s
Magnetosphere-Ionosphere-Therm
Impact
SWR5 – Advancements in Geomagnetically Induced Currents (GICs):
Simulation, Monitoring, and Mitigation Strategies
SWR6 - Space Climate
Live Forecasts
There is an established tradition at ESWW for a different forecast centre to present a Live Space Weather Forecast, before/after the morning plenary sessions. This provides an excellent opportunity for forecast centres to showcase their expertise and to highlight any communication channels they utilise. The Live Forecast allows attendees to reflect on the real-world impact of space weather and how we, as a community, can enhance our communication of these complex concepts to end-users and to the public.
This year the ESWW Programme Committee (PC) will select four forecast centres. Each day, from Monday 27th to Friday 31st October (excluding Wednesday), one of the centres will present a Live Space Weather Forecast in the main theatre, either in-person or virtually. The forecast is expected to last no more than 5 minutes.
If you are interested in presenting one of the daily forecasts, please send an email to the
Beacon Satellite Symposium 2025 (10 - 14 November 2025, Rome, Italy)
We are pleased to announce that the Beacon Satellite Symposium 2025 will take place in Rome, Italy, from November 10 to November 14, 2025. This symposium, organized by the Beacon Satellite Group of the International Union of Radio Science (URSI) Commission G, will bring together leading researchers and experts in ionospheric science from around the world.
The periodic symposia organized by the Beacon Satellite Group provide an exceptional platform for ionospheric scientists to meet, collaborate, and advance their understanding of ionospheric physics and effects on radio propagation. These symposia play a key role in our mission, fostering discussions among experts across various scientific disciplines, research fields, technological applications, and engineering.
Further details about the symposium will be made available on our official website, which is available at https://bss2025.ingv.it/ . Updates will be published regularly as more information becomes available.
We look forward to welcoming you to Rome for what promises to be a valuable and engaging symposium.
UK Space Weather and Space Environment (UKSWSE) III (8-11 September 2025, Sheffield, UK)
Please save the date for the “UK Space Weather and Space Environment (UKSWSE) III” Meeting, taking place 08-11 September 2025 at Cutlers’ Hall, Sheffield, UK.
This is the third in the series of UKSWSE Meetings with planning around this years’ focus/theme currently underway.
All updates will be made on the website when ready: https://iop.eventsair.com/ukswse2025 - so please watch this space in the next days.
Many thanks in advance and we look forward to seeing you in Sheffield in September 2025 for another energetic and exciting UKSWSE Meeting.
Professorship in Astrophysics at Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies
The Astronomy & Astrophysics Section (www.dias.ie/astrophysics) at the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies (DIAS) invites applications for a Professorship in exoplanets or related fields. This is a permanent position and an appointment will be made at either the level of Professor or Assistant Professor.
The Astronomy & Astrophysics Section has active research groups in planetary magnetospheres, solar physics, space weather, and star and planet formation. The Section is involved in ESA and NASA space missions such as JUICE, ARIEL, JWST and Solar Orbiter, and ground-based facilities, such as Low Frequency Array (LOFAR) and the European Southern Observatory (ESO).
We are particularly interested in candidates with experience in observational exoplanet research, or related areas that complement existing research in the Section.
For more information including how to apply please visit https://www.dias.ie/professors
DIAS is committed to building an inclusive scientific community, distinguished by scientific excellence, gender balance, and diversity. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds.
NOAA POES are nearing the end of their Extended Life phase
The NOAA Polar Operational Environmental Satellites (POES) NOAA-15, -18, and -19 are nearing the end of their Extended Life phase. NOAA is discontinuing data collection on June 16, 2025 at 1800 UTC for most instruments. This includes the Space Environment Monitor (SEM-2) suite of instruments and products. After this time no new POES SEM-2 data will be available. SEM-2 data from the Metop-B and -C spacecraft will continue to be collected and available via existing NOAA dissemination methods.
Data access to previously collected POES SEM-2 data will continue to be available via: https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/poes-space-environment-monitor.
For additional information and operational updates on the POES satellites, please visit https://www.ospo.noaa.gov/operations/messages.html.
If you have questions or comments about the SEM-2 data at NOAA, please contact
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