<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Dear Colleagues,</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br>
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<span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">We are cordially inviting you to participate in
the GIC Focus Group Sessions that will take place during the
2023 GEM Workshop. Please take note of the
scheduled GIC sessions:</span><br>
<span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">1. GIC stand-alone session on Wednesday, 14 June
2023, 10:30-12:00, Pacific B</span><br>
2. GIC-GBMA joint session on <span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Wednesday</span>,
14 June 2023, 13:30-15.00, Pacific A<br>
3. IHMIC-GIC-MPEC joint session on Thursday, 15 June 2023, 10:30-12:00,
Pacific A</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>

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be organized based on their relevance to specific topics. </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">If you’d like to present
in the GIC stand-alone or IHMIC-GIC-MPEC  joint sessions, please contact
Xueling Shi (</span><span style="color:black"><a href="mailto:xueling7@vt.edu" style="color:blue"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">xueling7@vt.edu</span></a></span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">), Doga Ozturk (dsozturk@</span><span style="color:black"><a href="http://alaska.edu/" target="_blank" style="color:blue"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204)">alaska.edu</span></a></span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">), and Hyomin Kim (</span><span style="color:black"><a href="mailto:hyomin.kim@njit.edu" style="color:blue"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">hyomin.kim@njit.edu</span></a></span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">) with the title of your presentation and any other
accommodations you might require if you are interested in presenting by <b>June
5</b>.</span></p>

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introduction to both groups and a summary of recent activities, followed by
updates from ULTIMA (international ground magnetometers), SuperMAG, and NSF.
Most of the rest of the </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">session</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> will be for magnetometer network
updates, with a  focus on one or more of (1) updates on network
operational status, (2) science goals of the network and/or recent results, (3)
how the network can be used to support wider </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">GEM</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> and Heliophysics
research community goals (e.g., support for GDC, SMILE, and other
current/future satellite missions, space weather nowcasts/forecasts), and (4)
ideas and requests for sharing information across networks (e.g., new
magnetometer technology, measurement techniques, using Starlink and other new
tools). At the end of the </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">session</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">, we’ll have an open discussion. If
you’d like to present a magnetometer network update, please contact Mike
Hartinger (</span><span style="color:black"><a href="mailto:mdhartin1@gmail.com" target="_blank" style="color:blue"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">mdhartin1@gmail.com</span></a></span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">) by <b>June 5</b>.</span></p>

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accommodate virtual presentations where possible. For more and up-to-date
information about the schedule, please see the </span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://gem.epss.ucla.edu/mediawiki/index.php/FG:_Understanding_the_causes_of_geomagnetic_disturbances_in_geospace_for_hazard_analysis_on_geomagnetically_induced_currents" style="color:blue"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">GEM Wiki Page</span></a></span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">.
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We look forward to seeing you and your active participation in GEM 2023!<br>
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Xueling Shi, Dogacan Ozturk, Zhonghua Xu, Mark Engbretson, and Erin Josh Rigler</span></p></div></div>