[Loops] 2nd announcement 8th coronal loops workshop

[Fabio Reale]

8th coronal loops workshop: many facets of magnetically closed corona

2nd announcement

Dear colleagues,

we are pleased to announce that the online registration and abstract submission for the 8th Coronal Loops Workshop to be held at Grand Hotel Piazza Borsa, Palermo, Italy from 27-30 June 2017 will be open in a few days. 

A limited amount of funds will be available to support students and early post-docs. 

Conference website: http://www.astropa.unipa.it/CLW2017/CLW2017.html

Registration and deadlines:

* All abstracts due by 15 April 2017

* Financial support request deadline: 15 April 2017

* Registration deadline: 15 May 2017

* Registration fee: 180 EU (200 EU late registration)

The SOC intends to limit the number of participants to ensure focused discussions.

Accommodation

Please find at the website a list of hotels, situated near the conference venue. Since June is high season in Palermo, it is better to book well in advance.  We suggest to look into the WEB pages of the hotels to choose the best offer available at the time of your reservation.

Scientific Programme

The loops workshops are a series of highly focused workshops dealing with the observation and modeling of magnetically confined plasma in active regions. 
The conference will review past and recent achievements, as well as future challenges, in the field of solar coronal loop physics, and in particular:
1) Observation, modelling and diagnostics of coronal loops: from fine structure and dynamics to global active regions.
2) Magnetic energy conversion in loops: reconnection, waves, and alternatives
3) Connection of loops to cool chromospheric plasma: the mass and energy cycle
4) Challenges in the interpretation of observed loop spectra 

Invited Speakers

Jeff Reep - Naval Research Laboratory, USA
Paola Testa – Harvard-Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, USA
Ineke De Moortel - University of St. Andrews, UK
Alan Hood - University of St. Andrews, UK
Eamon Scullion - Northumbria University, UK
Zoran Mikic - Predictive Science, Inc., USA
Giulio Del Zanna - University of Cambridge, UK
Lindsay Glesener – University of Minnesota, USA

The review talks will introduce the topics, highlighting recent progress and unresolved questions. Both observational and theoretical aspects will be covered during each session by contributed talks and discussion. Note that there are no normal poster boards - the only poster presentation form is e-poster. E-poster means that there will be 24" monitors available in the coffee break area. This monitor can then be coupled to your laptop to show material/your talk/poster during coffee breaks. 

The workshop's main goal is to encourage discussion among the participants.  We strongly encourage young researchers to participate.

Contacts
- For further information on the scientific aspects of the meeting, please contact Fabio Reale.
- For the logistics, please contact Laura Daricello

The meeting is organised with the financial and logistic support of Universita' degli Studi di Palermo - Dipartimento di Fisica e Chimica, Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica - Osservatorio Astronomico di Palermo G.S. Vaiana, and European Space Agency.

Fabio Reale