Our conference “From Atoms to Stars: the impact of spectroscopy on Astrophysics” in celebration of the career of Carole Jordan is now open for registration (deadline 22 June) and we are accepting proposals for contributed talks and posters (deadlines 15 and 22 June, respectively).

For details please visit: http://www.atomstars.org/second/

The conference will celebrate the career of Carole Jordan and the many research fields to which she has contributed. There will be a three day science program covering topics including: multi-wavelength quantitative astrophysical spectroscopy; spectroscopic plasma diagnostics; molecular spectroscopy in cool star atmospheres; the solar atmosphere; chromospheres, coronae and winds of late-type stars.

The meeting has been generously sponsored by the Royal Astronomical Society and will be held in the Physics Department, University of Oxford with a banquet at Somerville College, Oxford on the evening of 27th July, 2011.

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Abstract and Registration Submissions will be closing shortly for the workshop; details can be found as usual at our abstract and registration site here: http://indico.cern.ch/conferenceDisplay.py?ovw=True&confId=126297 and the PDF for paying the small registration fees can be found here: http://heliosphere2011.dph.aber.ac.u/Workshop_Registration_Payment_Template.pdf – any problems, then please contact the organisers (as detailed at the end of this announcement). As always, the main Workshop WebPages are here: http://heliosphere2011.dph.aber.ac.uk/ and will be kept up to date as soon as additional information becomes available.

IMPORTANT KEY DATES:
Abstract Submission Deadline – EXTENDED due to CERN submission-site problems – 17 May 2011.
Final (higher rate) Registration Deadline – 20 May 2011 (GBP110.00).
Registration Refund Request (minus GBP5.00 administration fee) – 27 May 2011.
No registration payment can be made on site and no refunds can be given after 27 May 2011 unfortunately.
Workshop Dates – 06-10 June 2011.

SCIENCE AND APPROXIMATE SCHEDULE:
Details can be found at http://heliosphere2011.dph.aber.ac.uk/prog.shtml.

We have scope for parallel and break-out sessions within our Old College venue if these are required or needed.

All other information can be obtained from the Workshop WebPages as detailed below…

Contacts and further information:
Workshop WebPages: http://heliosphere2011.dph.aber.ac.uk/ (the relevant information will be updated in due course).
Primary Point of Contact for Scientific/Workshop Support/Queries: Dr. Mario M. Bisi (Mario.Bisi [at] aber.ac.uk).
Primary Point of Contact for Local Support/Queries: Dr. Richard A. Fallows {raf [at] aber.ac.uk).

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Dear colleagues,

A UK workshop on solar monitoring will held on the Harwell campus on 18 May. The event is being jointly organised by British Interplanetary Society, the International Space Innovation Centre and RAL Space. The objective of the workshop is to highlight the increasing risks from space weather, to illustrate what monitoring systems are already in place and discuss the concepts available for increased future resilience against space weather caused by major solar events. The workshop is timely given the advances made by NASA’s STEREO mission, which has had major UK participation, and the strong interest in future UK-US collaboration on space weather.

For further details of the meeting including registration and a draft programme, please see http://tinyurl.com/67heevy.

Best wishes,
Mike

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