<html><head><style>body{font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px}</style></head><body style="word-wrap:break-word"><div id="bloop_customfont" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px;color:rgba(0,0,0,1.0);margin:0px;line-height:auto"><span id="docs-internal-guid-1b267cb9-27bb-5ee5-1755-5465650f231a"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">CALL FOR PAPERS DUE AUGUST 3: AMS Space Weather Conference 22–26 January, 2017, Seattle, Washington</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">---------------------------------------------------------------------------</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">From: Michael Wiltberger <<a href="mailto:wiltbemj@ucar.edu">wiltbemj@ucar.edu</a>></span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Fourteenth Conference on Space Weather, sponsored by the American Meteorological Society (AMS), and organized by the AMS Committee on Space Weather,will be held 22-26 January 2017, as part of the 97th AMS Annual Meeting in Seattle Washington. Preliminary programs, registration, hotel, and general information will be posted on the AMS Web site (</span><a href="https://annual.ametsoc.org/2017/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:12.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://annual.ametsoc.org/2017/</span></a><span style="font-size:12.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">) in late-September 2016.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The theme for the 2017 AMS Annual Meeting is “Observations Lead the Way” In all issues facing the American Meteorological Society (AMS) and the professions it serves, the first priority should always be to obtain the necessary observations and information. Whether to address numerical weather prediction, climate, situational awareness, economic value of forecasts, societal impacts, or any other need, data-driven, science-driven decisions move our community and society forward. Following this theme, the Conference on Space Weather will solicit papers on the following topics:</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Session 1: “Moving the Space Weather Action Plan (SWAP) Forward”</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">This session is focused on progress being made by the federal agencies as well as the commercial and academic sector in carrying out OSTP’s recently released Space Weather Action Plan (SWAP).</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Session 2: “The Scientific Uses of CubeSats”</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">This session focuses on the role of the emerging CubeSat platform in the Space Weather Enterprise. Access to space has been made more available with the advent of CubeSats as evidenced by the 400+ launches in recent years. CubeSats range in size and capability and offer the opportunity for multipoint observations. Recent studies by the National Academy and NASA’s Living With a Star Program on the science and value of CubeSats, and NSF’s successful CubeSat program and the popular SmallSat conference demonstrate the strong interest across the community.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Session 3: Observational Platforms for Space Weather”</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">This a double session featuring talks on recent new platforms for space weather observations as well critical existing facilities. This session will look at some of the many new facilities that are coming into existence as well as being proposed. Existing facilities are being upgraded or developing new techniques. The focus of these two sessions will be on the way these new observational capabilities support the space weather enterprise. The emphasis will be on “the way” rather than just the observations, bringing into consideration data-assimilation, discovery missions, monitoring programs, and discussions of data/model coverage sufficient to allow predictions.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Session 4: “Major Scientific Challenges in Space Weather”</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">This session will focus on the scientific challenges facing space weather understanding and prediction.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Session 5: “How space weather changed the world – almost”</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">This session will include some history of early space weather – both its beginnings and some of the early, interest provoking, anomalies</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Please submit your abstract electronically via the Web by 3 August 2016 (refer to the AMS Web page</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">at </span><a href="https://ams.confex.com/ams/97Annual/oasys.epl" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:12.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://ams.confex.com/ams/97Annual/oasys.epl</span></a><span style="font-size:12.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">).</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Students who want to be considered for travel support will be asked to note this when submitting their abstract. The committee will provide two travel awards ($450) to help defray the cost of attending the AMS meeting for a student who submitted an abstract to present at the Space Weather Conference. There is a 7 August 2016 deadline to apply for travel support. Students who wish to apply are required to submit the following documents in a single PDF document: a presentation abstract, statement of why they want to attend the meeting, statement of commitment to attend if awarded the travel award, and letter of recommendation from their advisor. Further details will be posted on the AMS student awards webpage.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Authors of accepted presentations will be notified via e-mail by late- September 2016. All extended abstracts are to be submitted electronically and will be available on-line via the Web. Instructions for formatting extended abstracts will be posted on the AMS Web site. Authors have the option to submit manuscripts (up to 10 MB) electronically by 12 February 2017. All abstracts, extended abstracts and presentations will be available on the AMS Web site at no cost. For additional information please contact the program chairpersons, Richard Behnke, </span><a href="mailto:behnke.richard@yahoo.com" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:12.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">behnke.richard@yahoo.com</span></a><span style="font-size:12.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, or Michael Wiltberger, </span><a href="mailto:wiltbemj@ucar.edu" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:12.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">wiltbemj@ucar.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:12.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span></p><br></span></div><div class="bloop_container"><div class="bloop_frame"> </div></div><br><div id="bloop_sign_1469545477970248960" class="bloop_sign"><div>Michael Wiltberger, Ph.D<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></div><div>NCAR/HAO<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></div><div>3080 Center Green<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></div><div>Boulder, CO 80301<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></div><div>Ph: (303)497-1532<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></div><div>Fx: (303)497-2180<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></div><div>email: <a href="mailto:wiltbemj@ucar.edu">wiltbemj@ucar.edu</a><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></div><div><br></div><div>There are only 10 types of people: those who understand binary and those who don't.</div></div></body></html>