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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#4472C4">AMS Space Weather Conference & AMS 100th Meeting, 12-16 January, 2020, Boston MA -- CALL FOR PAPERS DUE AUGUST 15 2019<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">The 17th Conference on Space Weather, sponsored by the American Meteorological Society (AMS), and organized by the AMS Committee on Space Weather, will be held 12-16 January 2020, as part of the 100th AMS Annual
Meeting in Boston, MA. Preliminary programs, registration, hotel, and general information will be posted on the AMS website as they become available. <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__annual.ametsoc.org_2020_&d=DwMCaQ&c=ApwzowJNAKKw3xye91w7BE1XMRKi2LN9kiMk5Csz9Zk&r=1G2djpAk2Thgj84VSmHuCPSLg2xy-zeIo06sJCwPqcc&m=lflDg9z6_VvIsw01odWlbFW--Rqgc2KHEMZwxh1oAK0&s=iAXf7XoXBJEUeOX-XzsoVjIGrDGGDvDn5nWOxLPBSD0&e=" target="_blank"><span style="color:purple">https://annual.ametsoc.org/2020/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">AMS has over 40 other conferences concurrent with Space Weather, on topics including AI, observation and instrumentation, education, climate and policy. This is the 100<sup>th</sup> anniversary of AMS, so it promises
to be an exciting meeting! <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">Please submit your abstract electronically by 15<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>August<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>2019:</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black"> <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__ams.confex.com_ams_2020Annual_webprogrampreliminary_17SPACEWX.html&d=DwMFaQ&c=ApwzowJNAKKw3xye91w7BE1XMRKi2LN9kiMk5Csz9Zk&r=1G2djpAk2Thgj84VSmHuCPSLg2xy-zeIo06sJCwPqcc&m=fjeyMzbMWOv6FFHMs-u3wwh2OLYMc6TaDr_caDP-IAE&s=iz1spOlWIHWFWwZgbpWgpqrszGER_kiFA7lAHz_b3Mw&e=" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155CC;background:white">https://ams.confex.com/ams/2020Annual/webprogrampreliminary/17SPACEWX.html</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">The Conference on Space Weather solicits papers on the following topics:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">I. Ensemble Modeling and Data Assimilation Improving Forecast Accuracy<br>
II. Handling Vulnerabilities and Risks: Power Grids, Aviation, and Communication Networks<br>
III. Heliophysics and Space Weather in History<br>
IV. International and Interdisciplinary Space Weather Initiatives: ICAO and Beyond<br>
V. New Instruments, Platforms and Initiatives for Space Weather<br>
VI. R2O2R : User Needs and Priorities<br>
VII. Rise of the Machines!! Machine Learning and AI for Space Weather<br>
VIII. Space Weather at Other Planets and Solar Systems<br>
IX. Space Weather at Solar Minimum and What's to Come: Solar Cycle 25 Predictions<br>
X. The History of Space Weather Science and Operations<br>
XI. When Forecasts Fail: How We Make Progress<br>
XII. Advances in Research and Modeling of Space Weather Drivers<br>
XIII. Agency Efforts in Space Weather: Priorities and Opportunities<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">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 should contact the program chairs (Richard Behnke or Barbara Thompson) for application instructions. Deadline for student support is October 15, 2019. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">For additional information please contact the program chairpersons, Richard Behnke, <a href="mailto:behnke.richard%20(at)%20yahoo.com" target="_blank"><span style="color:purple">behnke.richard (at) yahoo.com</span></a> or Barbara
J. Thompson, <a href="mailto:barbara.j.thompson@nasa.gov" target="_blank"><span style="color:purple">barbara.j.thompson (at) nasa.gov</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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