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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-707ee4b4-7fff-83a6-03b5-3115335364ce"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We are excited to open registration for the workshop on Geomagnetically Induced Currents (GIC), to be held on October 21-24, 2024 in College Park, MD. Because of the nature of the venue, in-person attendance is extremely limited. Therefore, registration gives virtual access with the option to be placed on an in-person wait list. To register, please visit this link: </span><a href="https://sites.google.com/terpmail.umd.edu/gic2023/registration" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://sites.google.com/terpmail.umd.edu/gic2023/registration</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">  There is no cost to register.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The theme of this workshop is “Growing Partnerships to Advance Research & Applications”, with the primary goal of developing a community engaged in all aspects of GIC. The workshop will be dedicated to our friend and colleague, Dr. Surjalal Sharma, who passed away in January of 2024. Dr. Sharma was a leader in the field of space physics; he was a critical driver for the formation of this workshop. A portion of the meeting will be devoted to recognizing the career and legacy of Dr. Sharma.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">For more details please visit the workshop website (</span><a href="https://sites.google.com/terpmail.umd.edu/gic2023/home" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://sites.google.com/terpmail.umd.edu/gic2023/home</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">). </span></p>

<br><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>=======================================</div>Daniel Welling [he/him]</div><div dir="ltr">Assistant Professor</div><div>Director, Center for Space Environment Modeling</div><div dir="ltr">University of Michigan Dept. of Climate and Space</div><div dir="ltr">Adjunct, Univ. of Texas at Arlington Physics</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Climate & Space Research Building</div><div dir="ltr">Room 1424D<br><p style="margin:0px;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="color:rgb(32,33,36);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);display:inline!important;float:none"></span></p><div style="color:rgb(32,33,36);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">=======================================</div></div></div></div></div></div></div>