3~6 November, 2015Seoul National University, Seoul, Rep. of Korea

http://kswrc.kasi.re.kr/apspm2015/

Dear colleagues,

This is the second announcement for ‘the 3rd Asia-Pacific Solar Physics Meeting (APSPM)’ to be held on November 3-6 in Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea.

The SOC of the APSPM 2015 has prepared the plan of scientific sessions and invited a number of speak-ers from different countries in the Asia-Pacific region and the confirmed speakers are Antia, H. M. (India); Cao, W. (USA); Chae, J. (Korea); Cheng, X. (China); Donea, A. (Australia); Gary, D. (USA); Goode, P. (USA); Hara, H. (Japan); Ji, H. (China); Jiang, J. (China); Joshi, B. (India); Karak, B. (Sweden); Kusano, K. (Japan); Mathew, S. (India); Moon, Y.-J. (Korea); Qiu, J. (USA); Ramesh, R. (India); Ravindra, B. (India); Shelyag, S. (Australia); Shibata, K. (Japan); Shimojo, M. (Japan); Su, Y. (China); Venkatakrishnan, P. (In-dia); Wang, H. (USA); Wheatland, M (Australia); Yurchyshyn, V. (USA).

We would like to ask all the participants including the invited speakers to finish online registration before September 10, 2015. The online registration includes abstract submission, specification of presentation type (invited talk, contribution:oral, contribution:poster, none) and career (young researcher or not), request of fi-nancial support, payment of registration fee (USD 400), conference hotel reservation, selection of excursion, specification of dietary constraint, request of invitation letters for visa application.

The detailed information of the science program, events, registration, conference hotel, and visas can be found on the conference website (http://kswrc.kasi.re.kr/apspm2015/). Note that the web pages will be con-tinually updated. If you have any question, please contact the LOC (apspm2015@kasi.re.kr).

We look forward to seeing you in SNU in November.

Regards,Jongchul Chae, Chair of the SOC and LOC of the APSPM 2015

News Letter: The Second Announcement

● Registration & Abstract Submission Starts 20 Aug 2015● Registration & Abstract Submission Dead Line 10 Sep 2015● Financial Support Request Dead Line 27 Aug 2015● Conference Hotel Booking Dead Line 10 Sep 2015

Important Dates

Below is tentative science programs and a timetable for the conference. The details of science programs and conference schedule will be updated and posted on the conference website.

Science Programs● Regular Sessions

- Solar Interior and Dynamo solar seismology, modeling of solar interior, solar dynamo, magnetic flux emergence, etc.- Photosphere and Chromosphere magnetic fields, velocity fields, waves and reconnection in the low atmosphere, etc.- Corona and Solar Eruptions magnetic fields, EUV/X-ray emissions, flares, prominences, CMEs, solar winds, solar-terrestrial effects, etc.- Instrumentation space missions, ground-based telescopes/experiments, instruments (imager, polarimeter, spectrograph), etc.

● Special Session- Results from the New Solar Telescope at Big Bear Solar Observatory

Science Programs

Time Table

Time

09:00~10:30

14:00~15:30

10:30~11:00

15:30~16:00

11:00~12:30

16:00~17:30

12:30~14:00

18:00~20:00

2 November(Monday)

Registration

ReceptionSOC/AC Meeting

3 November(Tuesday)

Opening CeremonySession T1

Session T3

Coffee BreakPoster Session

Coffee BreakPoster Session

Session T2

Session T4

Lunch

DinnerYoung Scientists

Meeting

4 November(Wednesday)

Session W1

Session W3

Coffee BreakPoster Session

Coffee BreakPoster Session

Session W2

Session W4

Lunch

Banquet

5 November(Thursday)

Session Th1

Coffee BreakPoster Session

Excursion(12:00~19:00)

6 November(Friday)

Session F1

Session F3

Closing Ceremony

Coffee BreakPoster Session

Session F2

LunchSOC/AC Meeting

Invited Speakers with Titles (tentative)Antia, H. M. (India); Large Scale Flows in the Solar Interior

Cao, W. (USA); New Solar Telescope at Big Bear Solar Observatory

Chae, J. (Korea); Results from FISS/NST

Cheng, X. (China); The Origin and Evolution of Solar Eruptions Revealed by SDO, STEREO, and IRIS

Donea, A. (Australia); Sunquakes; Acoustic Halos around Active Regions

Gary, D. (USA); Overview of Big Bear Solar Observatory

Goode, P. (USA); Adaptive Optics Efforts in Big Bear

Hara, H. (Japan); Solar–C

Ji, H. (China); New Results Obtained from HeI 1083 nm with the NST

Jiang, J. (China); Solar Interior and Dynamo

Joshi, B. (India); High Energy Processes in Solar Eruptive Phenomena

Karak, B. (Sweden); Dynamo Simulations in Solar/Stellar Convection Zone

Kusano, K. (Japan); Space Weather Research Network in Japan

Mathew, S. (India); MAST, New Solar Telescope at USO

Moon, Y.-J. (Korea); Space Weather Forecast

Qiu, J. (USA); Solar Flares Observed in the Lower Atmosphere

Ramesh, R. (India); Solar Transients at Low Radio Frequencies and the Associated Coronal Magnetic Field

Ravindra, B. (India); Reconstruction of Velocities in Solar Active Regions

Shelyag, S. (Australia); Simulation and Spectral Synthesis of Solar Atmospheric Oscillations

Shibata, K. (Japan); Stellar Superflares

Shimojo, M. (Japan); Solar Observations with ALMA

Su, Y. (China); TBD

Venkatakrishnan, P. (India); Electric Currents in the Solar Atmosphere

Wang, H. (USA); Solar Flares Observed with the NST

Wheatland, M (Australia); Magnetic Field Extrapolation

Yurchyshyn, V. (USA); NST Results on Sunspots

The registration fee is USD 400. This fee includes all conference expenses, i.e., registration, meals, banquet and excursion, except accommodation. The financial support can be provided to limited number of young scientists with approvals of LOC. Please refer to the following guide in the next section how to apply for the financial support.

Invitation Letter for the Visa Application Conference organization will issue the invitation letter to apply for Visa. You can request for the invitation letter by checking ‘I need a Korean VISA.’ when you register. You will be required to provide the personal information for the invitation letter to be generated, such as your nationality and work address. Visit on the conference website and check the ‘General Information’ for more details on the Visa application.

Cancellation of RegistrationParticipants who already registered and want to cancel, please contact (apspm2015@kasi.re.kr). About 4 percent will be deducted for the finance fee.

Registration

Abstract submission starts on August 20, and its deadline is on September 10. Please finish the registration before submitting your abstract. To submit abstract, visit on our conference website. All speakers are strong-ly recommended to use the template file provided by the organization. The file can be downloaded from the website. Abstract body should be in text only and may not exceed 250 words.

The presentation type (oral or poster) will be decided at the time of session scheduling. Please note that au-thor’s preferred presentation type is usually honored though not guaranteed to be satisfied due to the limited number of contribution talks.

The submitted abstracts will be reviewed by the SOC and the decisions on the presentation type (oral or poster) will be notified as soon as possible.

ReceptionReception will be held at the Hoam Faculty House (conference hotel) from 18:00 on November 2. Light re-freshments including beverage will be served.

SOC/AC MeetingSOC/AC Meeting will be held twice during the conference, the first at 19:30 on November 2 at Hoam Faculty House and the second at 12:30 on November 6 at Bldg. 75-1.

Abstract Submission

Conference Activities

The conference organization will provide the financial support to young scientists who need financial assis-tance for the conference registration. Students and researchers with Doctoral degrees less than 5 years are eligible for the support. Please request via email (apspm2015@kasi.re.kr) under the subject of “Financial support” with your full name and a brief reasons of application. The application deadline is on August 27. The LOC will review the application and notify the decision within a week.

Financial Support

Young Scientist MeetingYoung Scientist Meeting will be at one of the campus cafeteria (Bldg. 38) from 18:00 on November 3. All students and researchers at early in their careers are welcome to the meeting.

Banquet & MealsConference banquet will be served on November 4 without additional fee. Participants with a dietary con-straint (vegetarians) are recommended to notify their preferences through the online registration.

ExcursionYou may choose between two options of excursion that are Seoul City Tour and Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) Tour, without additional fee. The excursion date is on November 5, and the brief information on each tour can be found below. For the detailed information, please visit on our website. Please note that your pre-ferred tour type is honored though not guaranteed to be satisfied due to the limit on the number of persons. You may also choose not to have any tours.

● Seoul City Tour : from 13:00 to 21:30● Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) Tour : from 12:00 to 18:00

Best Presentation Awards for Young Scientists Committee will review oral/poster presentations given by young scientists (students & Ph.D degree less than 5 years) to select three winners for prizes. The awards will be at the end of the conference.

Conference Hotel (Hoam Faculty House)Limited number of conference hotel blocks are set aside by the organization for the participants. This hotel is the only one inside the Seoul National University (SNU) campus that is in a walking distance (~30 mins) from the conference site. You may reserve the conference hotel from the registration page by September 10 with your preferred room types at different rates. The hotel bill can be paid with either cash or credit card at hotel when you check-out.

● From Incheon AirportThe easiest way to reach the conference hotel from Incheon Airport is to take the ‘airport limousine bus’ #6017 at the GATE 6B or 13B, and get off at the last stop, ‘Hoam Faculty House’. The bus 6017 comes directly from Incheon Airport to ‘Hoam Faculty House’ within 70 mins, and the bus fare is 15,000 won by cash. Please refer to the airport website and the Hotel website for more informa-tions.

Hotel & Travel

- Incheon Airport : http://www.cyberairport.kr/pa/en/a/3/1/1/index.jsp- Hoam Faculty House : http://www.hoam.ac.kr/eng/hoamHotel/contact_us.php

● From Gimpo AirportTake the airport limousine bus #6003 at the Bus terminal #6. The bus fare is 4,000 won by cash. Get off at the main gate of Seoul National University, and take a taxi or a shuttle bus from the main gate of SNU.

*Shuttle service is available upon reservation only. Please contact the hotel at +82-2-880-0311 for reservation.

Conference Venue (Seoul National University)The conference will be held at the College of Natural Science (Bldg. 25-1) inside the Gwanak campus of SNU.

● From Incheon Airport Take the ‘Limousine bus’ number 6003. The bus 6003 comes to SNU main gate via Gimpo Airport within 110 minutes under normal traffic conditions. After getting off in front of the main gate, you may walk (~15 mins) or take a regular bus (#5513: 1,300 won) that circulates the campus, or take the on-campus shuttle for free. When you take either a regular bus or the on-campus shuttle, get off at the ‘Administration Building’ stop. Please refer to the SNU web-site and the campus map for the venue.

SNU Website : http://en.snu.ac.kr/campus/gwanak/from-airport

● From the hotel (Hoam Faculty House) You can either walk to the Bldg. 25-1, or take the on-campus shuttle in front of the Gwanak-sa (dormi-tory) and get off at the ‘Administration Building’ stop, then walk to the Bldg. 25-1. Please refer to the campus map.

Please contact (apspm2015@kasi.re.kr) for inquiries on all matters relating to the conference.

11/6 (Fri)2nd SOC /AC Meeting (B75-1)

Natural Science Building (B25-1)APSPM Venue & Registration

11/3 (Tue)Dinner (B38)

11/4 (Wed)Banquet (B65)

Hotel Hoam(B126, B127)

11/2 (Mon)Hoam (B125)

- Pre-registration (Front desk) - Reception (Maronie hall) - 1st SOC/AC Meeting (Oak hall)

Main Gate (B115)

SNU (Seoul National University) campus map