1. SPACE APPLICATIONS FOR BELGIUM: SPACE WEATHER Ronald Van der Linden

2. The (main) source of space weather 3. THE SUN LOSES ENERGY LIGHT MASS PARTICLES FLARES FAST WIND/CMEs - SEP 4. PROTECTION versus DISTURBANCES 5. IMPACT Telecommunication Navigation / positioning Aviation Satellite Operations Power grids Aurora, pipelines, 6. SOCIETAL & ECONOMIC IMPACTS 7. MONITORING NON-CATASTROPHIC SW 8. GROWING AWARENESS BUT 9. PREPAREDNESS LOW PROBABILITY OF A HIGH IMPACT SOLAR STORM 10. PREPAREDNESS HIGH PROBABILITY OF A HIGH IMPACT SOLAR STORM 11. EXTREME EVENTS CARRINGTON EVENT 1859 QUEBEC POWER CUT1989 HALLOWEEN STORM 2003 JULY 23, 2012 12. PERFECT SOLAR STORM WHEN WORLD IMPACT 13. GOVERNMENTS ACT STUDIES & WORKSHOPS Assess the situation 14. International context EU UN NATO ESA ISES WMO STRONG BELGIAN PARTICIPATION Past, present, and (therefore) future Mutually beneficial eHEROES SOTERIA HELCATS PROBA2 PROBA3 EUI CUBESAT BRAMS HELIOVIEWER SWIFF COST COMESEP 15. RETURN Scientific Image Economical Societal 16. ACTIVITIES .BE Building capacity & support to meet scientific, economic & societal space weather requirements SWE Data centre @ Redu 17. BISA RMIROB SUN INTERPLANETARY SPACE MAGNETOSPHERE IONOSPHERE ATMOSPHERE SOLAR-TERRESTRIAL CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE SPECIFIC EXPERTISE - SCIENCE & OPERATIONS - DATA & INFORMATION FOR EVENT MANAGEMENT 18. PARTNERS .BE CmPA-KULeuven 19. LIGHT MASS ENERGETIC PARTICLES SPACE WEATHER INFORMATION, MONITORING & FORECASTING 20. USER SUPPORT .BE KPN Military Crises centre Eurocontrol KSBV Colruyt Electrabel SCK SES IFALFA 21. PILLARS RESEARCH USER CONTACTS DATA 22. Components DATA models services client Client interface OPERATOR 23. IMPACT Telecommunication Navigation / positioning Aviation Satellite Operations Power grids Aurora, pipelines, EU ESA 24. WORK IN PROGRESS