From: Manolis K. Georgoulis – manolis.georgoulis@academyofathens.gr

ESPM-13 second announcement

13th European Solar Physics Meeting (ESPM-13)
Rhodes, Greece, September 12-16, 2011

This is the second announcement of ESPM-13, declared also a Europhysics
Conference by the European Physical Society, that will take place in the
Island of Rhodes, Greece, from September 12-16, 2011. The meeting venue will
be the Rodos Palace Convention Resort at the seaside town of Ixia, Rhodes.
ESPMs are held every three years and welcome contributions from all aspects of
contemporary solar physics with invited and contributed oral and poster
presentations. ESPMs are organized by the Board of the European Solar Physics
Division (ESPD), a joint Division of the European Physical Society (EPS) and
the European Astronomical Society (EAS).

ESPM-13 will include the following list of themes and topics:

– Science with Cutting-Edge Heliospheric Missions
– The Science of Future Heliospheric Missions and Telescopes
– The Sun as a Whole: Large-Scale Flows, Helioseismology, Magnetism, and the
Solar Cycle
– Emergence and Evolution of Magnetic Flux in the Solar Atmosphere
– Chromospheric and Coronal Heating
– Transient Activity and Seismology of the Solar Atmosphere
– Solar Instabilities, Flares, and Coronal Mass Ejections
– Origin and Properties of the Solar Wind
– Space Weather Research and Solar Data Assimilation

Confirmed invited speakers for the above sessions are:

E. Antonucci (IT), V. Archontis (UK), A. Asensio-Ramos (SP), A. Davey (USA),
A. De Groof (BE), B. De Pontieu (USA), L. Harra (UK), C. Jacobs (BE),
E. Khomenko (SP), L. Klein (FR), J. Klimchuk (USA), G. Lapenta (BE),
G. Mann (DE), E. Marsch (DE), V. Martinez-Pillet (SP), W. D. Pesnell (USA),
E. Robbrecht (BE), M. Roth (DE), L. Rouppe Van der Voort (NO), W. Schmidt (DE),
S. Tsuneta (JP), T. Van Doorsselaere (UK), and A. Vourlidas (USA)

The following are important pre-meeting deadlines:

– 18 May: deadline for abstract submission
– 10 June: deadline for financial support application
– 25 July: deadline for early-bird registration
– 12 August: deadline for late registration and accommodation reservation
(on-site registration only applies thereafter)

We gratefully acknowledge generous support toward the realization of the
meeting by the following sponsors:

Academy of Athens, Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SoHO) of the European
Space Agency (ESA), European Association for Solar Telescopes (EAST), the
Solar-Terrestrial Investigations and Archives (SOTERIA) project, European
Physical Society (EPS), and National Observatory of Athens (NOA).

Meeting information can be found at http://astro.academyofathens.gr/espm13

The ESPM-13 Scientific and Local Organizing Committees are working to
secure funding for limited travel and local support to attendees who need
it. Applications for financial support by the Organizers can be completed
online at

http://astro.academyofathens.gr/espm13/requestgrant.php

ESPM-13 is also a Europhysics Conference. In this view, the EPS offers
individual member travel grants. Eligibility terms and conditions for this
type of support can be found at

http://astro.academyofathens.gr/espm13/FinancialSupport.html

More information about ESPM-13 may be requested at the meeting’s e-mail address
espm13@academyofathens.gr

or by directly contacting

Manolis Georgoulis (manolis.georgoulis@academyofathens.gr) or
Georgia Tsiropoula (georgia@space.noa.gr)