<div dir="ltr"><div><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-962e1931-7fff-68ec-845d-024aacb865da"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-4563ef84-7fff-9654-1cbe-bda6666e6a8c"><span style="font-size:21pt;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline">CEDAR 2026 Grand Challenge Workshop: Pathways to Improved Space Weather Predictability </span></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span><span style="font-size:21pt;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><br></span></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Please join us this year at the CEDAR Workshop in-person in Des Moines, IA or online on Monday June 22nd and Wednesday June 24th for the joint </span><a href="https://ncarprojects.ucar.edu/predictability" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">ESPAT</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">/</span><a href="https://cedarscience.org/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">CEDAR </span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Grand Challenge sessions </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">“</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Poppins,sans-serif;color:rgb(42,42,42);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Cross-Scale Coupling and Variability in the Upper Atmosphere and Ionosphere: Pathways to Improved Space Weather Predictability”.  </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Poppins,sans-serif;color:rgb(42,42,42);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We will be hosting cross-disciplinary panel discussions with experts from industry, academia, and national labs - to kick off a team/community effort for improved space weather predictability! All interested in joining the effort are welcome. Breakout sessions will be used to refine specific goals and directions. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Poppins,sans-serif;color:rgb(42,42,42);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">For more details on the event follow this link : </span><a href="https://cedarscience.org/workshop/2026-workshop-pathways-improved-space-weather-predictability" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Poppins,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">CEDAR 2026 Grand Challenge </span></a></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Poppins,sans-serif;color:rgb(42,42,42);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Session Conveners: </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Poppins,sans-serif;color:rgb(42,42,42);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Jadwiga Richter, Soudeh Kamali, Hanli Liu, Liying Qian, Hui Shao, Xian Lu, Tomoko Matsuo, Federico Gasperini, Anastasia Newheart, Jorge (Koki) Chau.</span></p><p style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p></span><br class="gmail-A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