<html><head></head><body><div style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div>Would it be possible to send out the following to the CEDAR newsletter - Thanks! Rich :</div><div><br></div><div><span><div class="ydp5fdfe17fyiv7623189299" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></div><div class="ydp5fdfe17fyiv7623189299" style="font-size: 14px;">CALL FOR PAPERS DUE AUGUST 1 2018: AMS Space Weather Conference 6-10 January, 2019, Phoenix, AZ<br clear="none" class="ydp5fdfe17fyiv7623189299">---------------------------------------------------------------------------<br clear="none" class="ydp5fdfe17fyiv7623189299">The Sixteenth Conference on Space Weather, sponsored by the American Meteorological Society (AMS), and organized by the AMS Committee on Space Weather, will be held 6-10 January 2019, as part of the 99th AMS Annual Meeting in Phoenix Arizona. Preliminary programs, registration, hotel, and general information will be posted on the AMS Web site (<a shape="rect" class="ydp5fdfe17fyiv7623189299" href="https://annual.ametsoc.org/2019/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://annual.ametsoc.org/2019/</a>) by mid-August 2018.<br clear="none" class="ydp5fdfe17fyiv7623189299"><br clear="none" class="ydp5fdfe17fyiv7623189299">The theme for the 2019 AMS Annual Meeting is “Understanding and Building Resilience to Extreme Events by Being Interdisciplinary, International, and Inclusive (III).”</div><div class="ydp5fdfe17fyiv7623189299" style="font-size: 14px;"><br clear="none" class="ydp5fdfe17fyiv7623189299"></div><div class="ydp5fdfe17fyiv7623189299" style="font-size: 14px;">Following this theme, the Conference on Space Weather will solicit papers on the following topics:</div><div class="ydp5fdfe17fyiv7623189299" style="font-size: 14px;"><br clear="none" class="ydp5fdfe17fyiv7623189299">I. Advances in space weather research and modeling<br clear="none" class="ydp5fdfe17fyiv7623189299">II. Extreme space weather events throughout the heliosphere<br clear="none" class="ydp5fdfe17fyiv7623189299">III. National and International Efforts in Space Weather – Growing Global Preparedness<br clear="none" class="ydp5fdfe17fyiv7623189299">IV. Space Weather Effects on High Flyers (Joint Session with the 19th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology)<br clear="none" class="ydp5fdfe17fyiv7623189299">V. Space Weather and Society: Education & Communication<br clear="none" class="ydp5fdfe17fyiv7623189299">VI. Space weather as we approach solar minimum</div><div class="ydp5fdfe17fyiv7623189299" style="font-size: 14px;">VII. Whole Atmosphere Coupling During Extreme Events (Joint Session with the 20th Conference on Middle Atmosphere )</div><div class="ydp5fdfe17fyiv7623189299"><br clear="none" class="ydp5fdfe17fyiv7623189299" style="font-size: 14px;"><a shape="rect" class="ydp5fdfe17fyiv7623189299" href="https://annual.ametsoc.org/index.cfm/2019/programs/conferences-and-symposia/16th-conference-on-space-weather/" style="font-size: 14px;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://annual.ametsoc.org/index.cfm/2019/programs/conferences-and-symposia/16th-conference-on-space-weather/</a><br clear="none" class="ydp5fdfe17fyiv7623189299" style="font-size: 14px;"><br clear="none" class="ydp5fdfe17fyiv7623189299" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="ydp5fdfe17fyiv7623189299" style="font-size: 14px;">Please submit your abstract electronically by 1 August 2018 at </span><a shape="rect" class="ydp5fdfe17fyiv7623189299" href="https://ams.confex.com/ams/2019Annual/webprogrampreliminary/16SPACEWX.html" style="font-size: 14px;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://ams.confex.com/ams/2019Annual/webprogrampreliminary/16SPACEWX.html</a><br clear="none" class="ydp5fdfe17fyiv7623189299" style="font-size: 14px;"><br clear="none" class="ydp5fdfe17fyiv7623189299" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="ydp5fdfe17fyiv7623189299" style="font-size: 14px;">Students who want to be considered for travel support will be asked to note this when submitting their abstract. The committee will be providing several small travel grants (~$400) to help defray the cost of attending the AMS meeting for a student who submitted an abstract to present at the Space Weather Conference. Students who wish to apply are required to submit the following documents to either of the program chairs (Richard Behnke or Barbara Thompson) 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.</span><br clear="none" class="ydp5fdfe17fyiv7623189299" style="font-size: 14px;"><br clear="none" class="ydp5fdfe17fyiv7623189299" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="ydp5fdfe17fyiv7623189299" style="font-size: 14px;">For additional information please contact the program chairpersons, Richard Behnke, </span><a shape="rect" class="ydp5fdfe17fyiv7623189299" href="mailto:behnke.richard@yahoo.com" style="font-size: 14px;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">behnke.richard@yahoo.com</a><span class="ydp5fdfe17fyiv7623189299" style="font-size: 14px;"><</span><a shape="rect" class="ydp5fdfe17fyiv7623189299" href="mailto:behnke.richard@yahoo.com" style="font-size: 14px;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">mailto:behnke.richard@yahoo.com</a><span class="ydp5fdfe17fyiv7623189299" style="font-size: 14px;">>, or Barbara J. Thompson, </span><a shape="rect" class="ydp5fdfe17fyiv7623189299" href="mailto:wiltbemj@ucar.edu" style="font-size: 14px;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">b</a><span class="ydp5fdfe17fyiv7623189299" style="font-size: 14px;"><a shape="rect" class="ydp5fdfe17fyiv7623189299" href="mailto:arbara.j.thompson@nasa.gov" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">arbara.j.thompson@nasa.gov</a><</span><a shape="rect" class="ydp5fdfe17fyiv7623189299" href="mailto:wiltbemj@ucar.edu" style="font-size: 14px;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">mailto:</a><span class="ydp5fdfe17fyiv7623189299" style="font-size: 14px;"><a shape="rect" class="ydp5fdfe17fyiv7623189299" href="mailto:barbara.j.thompson@nasa.gov" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">barbara.j.thompson@nasa.gov</a>>.</span></div><div><span class="ydp5fdfe17fyiv7623189299" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></div></span></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"></div></div></body></html>