<div dir="ltr"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Dear colleagues,</font><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">We would like to invite you to submit abstracts to our 2024 IHDEA/DASH meeting session on "<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:13.3333px"><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33)"><b>Open Validation in Heliophysics and Space Weather Modeling: Progress, Challenges, and the Path Forward".</b> The 2024 IHDEA/DASH meeting will be held at </span></span><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:14px">European Space Astronomy Centre (ESAC), near Madrid Spain from 14 to 18 October 2024. This will be an hybrid meeting. </span></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><b style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:13.3333px"><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33)">Meeting Link:<span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span style="font-size:13.3333px;color:rgb(33,33,33)"><a href="https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cosmos.esa.int%2Fweb%2Fihdea%2Fihdea-dash-2024&data=05%7C02%7Cmin-yang.chou%40nasa.gov%7Cf4a61dd3df694da3c20808dcb5db9403%7C7005d45845be48ae8140d43da96dd17b%7C0%7C0%7C638585201906445077%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=wneDjF%2BbFFO68g7H01%2F1GNxLooS%2B0WaPmrnNehE0yv4%3D&reserved=0" title="Original URL:
https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/ihdea/ihdea-dash-2024
Click to follow link." style="color:rgb(70,120,134)"><span style="color:rgb(0,120,215)">https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/ihdea/ihdea-dash-2024</span></a></span></font></div><div><font color="#333333" face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px"><br></span></font></div><div><font color="#333333" face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px">The abstract submission deadline is 10 August, 2024. </span></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><font color="#333333"><span style="font-size:14px">You can submit the abstract through the following link:</span></font><a href="https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/ihdea/registration1">https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/ihdea/registration1</a></font></div><div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:10pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33)"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Open Validation in Heliophysics and Space Weather Modeling: Progress, Challenges, and the Path Forward</font></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:10pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33)">Conveners: Martin Reiss, Chiu Wiegand</span></b><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33)"></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:10pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33)"><font face="arial, sans-serif">To drive innovation in heliophysics and space weather awareness, we need a clear understanding of our current modeling capabilities. This understanding can be achieved through comprehensive, consistent, and reproducible validation procedures. Open validation, which involves defining standards for validation metadata, metrics, and preparing observational data, is a complex research task that demands expert knowledge. This task depends on a synergistic effort between software developers and scientists. By combining scene-setting presentations and discussions in this session, we aim to identify progress, challenges, and the way forward in open model validation. We specifically welcome contributions that highlight:</font></span></p><ul type="disc" style="margin-bottom:0in;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin-top:0in"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:10pt;color:rgb(33,33,33)"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Recent progress and lessons learned in validating heliophysics and space weather models</font></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:10pt;color:rgb(33,33,33)"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Software and tool developments that facilitate open validation</font></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:10pt;color:rgb(33,33,33)"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Open-source development of metrics and validation procedures</font></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:10pt;color:rgb(33,33,33)"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Metadata needed in an open validation effort</font></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:10pt;color:rgb(33,33,33)"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Challenges and lessons learned in finding, obtaining, and preparing data for validation efforts.</font></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:10pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:10pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Best regards,</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:10pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Dr. Martin Reiss (</font><span style="font-size:small;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><a href="mailto:martin.a.reiss@outlook.com">martin.a.reiss@outlook.com</a>)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:10pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Chiu <span style="font-size:14.6667px">Wiegand (</span></font><a href="mailto:chiu.wiegand@nasa.gov" title="mailto:chiu.wiegand@nasa.gov" style="color:rgb(70,120,134);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:14.6667px">chiu.wiegand@nasa.gov</a><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:10pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"></p></div></div></div>