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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The 11th VERSIM Workshop will be held September 30 - October 4, 2024, in Breckenridge, Colorado, USA. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The VLF and ELF Remote Sensing of Ionospheres and Magnetospheres (VERSIM)</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(17, 17, 17);"> international
community studies the behavior of the magnetosphere and ionosphere by means of ELF and VLF radio waves, both naturally and artificially generated. Since 2004, VERSIM workshops have been held every two years in unique international locations. They are the occasion
to present and discuss recent results and new techniques, and encourage collaboration within the space physics community.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The 11th VERSIM Workshop will solicit papers discussing recent results and ongoing research related to:</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">i) VLF and ELF wave propagation in the ionosphere and magnetosphere; </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">ii) wave-particle interactions; </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(17, 17, 17);">iii) wave-induced particle precipitation;</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(17, 17, 17);">iv) results of recent space missions;</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(17, 17, 17);">v)
</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">simulations, data assimilation and machine learning applications;</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">vi) waves in other magnetospheres; and</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">vii) active experiments in space and laboratory plasmas.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Contributions in other related areas are also more than welcome.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);"><a href="https://gobreck.com/by-season/fall" id="OWA2296221c-5a06-8ce7-b7f9-f89a4dbd674c" class="OWAAutoLink" data-loopstyle="linkonly" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration: none; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Breckenridge,
Colorado</a></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(17, 17, 17);">, is one of Colorado’s most famous mountain towns. While skiing will not have started yet, the first week of October is the peak of “fall colors” in the
Colorado mountains. Less than two hours drive from the Denver International Airport, Breckenridge and the surrounding area are a key destination for outdoor enthusiasts year-round. An excursion will be planned to take advantage of this unique time in the Colorado
mountains.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(17, 17, 17);">Details on the conference organization, location, travel, and more are available at
</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);"><a href="https://ccar.colorado.edu/versim2024/" id="OWA9fa82e01-845c-845d-b23f-4cb72a23f0c8" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration: none; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">https://ccar.colorado.edu/versim2024/</a></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(17, 17, 17);">;
the website will be updated as details are finalized. The website will also serve as the registration and abstract submission portal. Abstracts are due May 31, 2024, and early bird registration closes July 31, 2024. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(17, 17, 17);">We hope to see you in Breckenridge!</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(17, 17, 17);">VERSIM 2024 quasi-Local Organizing Committee</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(17, 17, 17);">Robert A. Marshall, University of Colorado Boulder</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(17, 17, 17);">Allison Jaynes, University of Iowa</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(17, 17, 17);">Mark Golkowski, University of Colorado Denver</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(17, 17, 17);">Poorya Hosseini, West Virginia University</span></p>
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