Radiation Belt Workshop

August 3 - August 6, 2008, Sankt-Petersburg, Russia

Organizers:

Yuri Shprits (UCLA) , Natalia Ganushkina (FMI) , and Jerry Goldstein (SwRI)

For more information please, contact Yuri Shprits.

Abstract deadline May 15, 2008

Travel support application deadline May 15, 2008

Registration deadline May 15, 2008

Hotel booking deadline May 15, 2008

Conference focus
Scientific program
Organizers
Program committee
Conference venue
Calendar
Social program
Travel servicies

Conference focus:

Radiation Belt workshop in Sankt PetersBurg will bring together radiation belt experts from different countries to discuss the dynamical evolution of the radiations belts. Recent modeling and observational studies will be presented in the workshop. We will discuss the complex behavior of the radiation belts resulting from the competition between acceleration and loss processes and coupling processes between the radiation belts and other plasma populations.

Scientific program (topics covered):

Couplings between plasmasphere, ring current and radiation belts
Resonant scattering by VLF / ELF waves
Source populations of the radiation belt electrons
Acceleration and loss by ULF waves
Influence of the solar wind on the radiation belts
Origin of waves
Coupling between radial transport and local processes
Combining models and observations
Innovative methods and tools for data analysis

Organizers:

Dr. Yuri Y. Shprits
UCLA
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
7232 Math Sciences
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1565
tel: +1-310-825-1038
fax: +1-310-206-5219
e-mail: yshprits@atmos.ucla.edu

Dr. Jerry Goldstein
Southwest Research Institute
6220 Culebra Road P.O. Drawer 28510
San Antonio, TX 78228-0510 , USA
Website: www.swri.org
Phone: (210) 684-5111
Fax: (210) 522-3547

Dr. Natalia Ganushkina
Finnish Meteorological Institute
Space Research
POBox 503, FIN-00101 Helsinki
Finland
tel: +358-9-1929-4645
fax: +358-9-1929-4603
e-mail: Natalia.Ganushkina@fmi.fi

Program committee:

Yuri Shprits, USA
Jerry Goldstein, USA
Natalia Ganushkina, Finland

Conference venue:

NEW! Please, follow the link to the travel services web page: TRAVEL SERVICES

St Petersburg is a quite expensive city. According to CNNMoney world's most expensive cities list is now number 12 between Paris and Milan while San Francisco for example is number 54. 3-4 star hotel in summer will cost ~$300. One of the most beautiful cities in Europe, the city of two revolutions, war-time siege, Rasputin, and Dostoevsky still attracts a lot of tourists in summer and hotels are fully booked.

Oktyabrskaya 3 star
Standard Room Single 172 USD
Standard Room Double -202 USD

Grand Hotel Emerald 5 star
Standard Room Single - 283 USD
Standard Room Double - 333 USD

For mor information contact:
Natasha Cordt
IntelService Center North America
2502 N. Clark St., Suite 216, Chicago IL 60614
Telephone: 773.525.8803
Toll Free Telephone: 800.322 4174
Toll Free Fax: 800.305 5737

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Registration

Registration form

VISA

TBD

Meals

Central part of St. Petersburg has now no shortage of restaurants serving European and Russian cousin.

Abstract submission deadline is May 15, 2008.

Meeting Calendar:

Radiation Belts, Saint PetersBurg (RBSPB) Meeting
Meeting Calendar

1 August (Friday)
Last day of IMC Workshop in Finland. Many RBSPB meeting attendees will be at the IMC Workshop the week before.

2 August (Saturday)
IMC attendees board Conference Train A for St. Petersburg. Conference Train A details/schedule see below. We expect to travel as a group and arrive in St. Petersburg in early-to-late afternoon.

3 August (Sunday)
Meeting excursion to...TBD.

4, 5, 6 August (Monday – Wednesday)
Meeting sessions. Each day there will be two sessions:
Morning Session: 9 AM - 12 PM
Afternoon Session: 3 PM - 6 PM.

Conference Dinner, 5 August (Tuesday)
The Conference Dinner will be at a local restaurant in St. Petersburg, on the evening of Tuesday, 5 August.

7 August (Thursday)
For those of the RBSPB participants who arrived via Conference Train A (on 2 August) and wish to fly back home via Finland, there will be Conference Train B (details below) to get back to Finland as a group.

Train schedule

Train A Helsinki - St Petersburg "Sibelius" departing 07:23 am, arriving 2:05pm.

Train B St Petersburg - Helsinki departing 07:27am 12:35pm .

Flights can be also arranged from St Petersburg.
For airport transfer in St. Petersburg or any other travel related questions please contact:
Natasha Cordt
IntelService Center North America
2502 N. Clark St., Suite 216, Chicago IL 60614
Telephone: 773.525.8803
Toll Free Telephone: 800.322 4174
Toll Free Fax: 800.305 5737

Preliminary social program:

Cathedral and Peter and Paul Fortress
Peterhoff Grand Summer Palace and Park
Boat trip along canals and rivers

For mor information contact: Natasha Cordt
IntelService Center North America
2502 N. Clark St., Suite 216, Chicago IL 60614
Telephone: 773.525.8803
Toll Free Telephone: 800.322 4174
Toll Free Fax: 800.305 5737