Announcements

IHY-Africa First Announcement March 16, 2007

The IHY-Africa Space Weather Science and Education Workshop will be held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia during Nov 12-16, 2007. The meeting will follow the 2nd Africa SCINDA Workshop on Sunday 11th November.  The Workshop is under the auspices of IHY, in cooperation and collaboration with several other international and African national programs including CAWSES, eGY, AMMA, and AFREF.  The workshop is sponsored by several US and International Agencies.

The purpose of the workshop is to facilitate scientific interaction and promote space science and education in Africa. The space science community is currently exploring ways to increase the observational infrastructure in the African sector, and to encourage scientists in Sub-Saharan Africa to become involved in the science objectives, and to host instrumentation at their institutions.  The new observational infrastructure will facilitate the study of space weather, spark interest in space science education and research, and encourage the next generation to become interested in the space sciences.  The workshop will provide an ideal opportunity to develop strong interactions with scientists in Africa.

Sessions include:

I. Ionospheric irregularities and scintillations
II. Total Electron Content
III. Electrodynamics and the Plasmasphere
IV. Space Science Education

Local Organizing Committee Chairs:

Gizaw Mengistu, Department of Physics, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia
Baylie Damtie, Department of Physics, Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia
Abebe Kebede, USA, International Liaison

International Scientific Organizing Committee:

 Christine Amory-Mazaudier, France
Rabiu Babatunde, Nigeria
Sunanda Basu, USA
Sabino Batista, Cape Verde
David Byers, USA
Benvenu Dinga, Congo-Brazzaville
Ita Eyo, United Kingdom
Tim Fuller-Rowell, USA
Keith Groves, USA
Abebe Kebede, USA
Jyoti Nair, USA
Olivier Obrou, Cote d'Ivoire
Oyedmi Oyekola, Nigeria
Jose Pimenta, Cape Verde