International Space Weather Coordination Forum (ISWCF): Toward Coordination of Ground-Based Facilities, End-User Engagement, and Data Exchange

When: 13:00-16:30 Friday 1st May - after close of US Space Weather Workshop

Where: Royal Arch Room, Embassy Suites by Hilton Boulder, 2601 Canyon Blvd, Boulder, CO 80302 - the room will have 6 large round tables each seating 8, totaling 48 seats. The AV will be set up for hybrid capability. 

In-person & virtual (please find webex link below).

What: Open Meeting to advance international coordination on space weather. Coordination Themes identified at the first ISWCF, Nov '23 (Top-Level Summary, Statement of Intent). High priority projects: (1) Coordination of ground-based observing networks, (2) Space weather data exchange, (3) Unified engagement with space weather end-users.

Agenda

Chair: Joaquim Costa

  • 13:00-13:15, Introduction to ISWCF & Future Plans - Masha Kuznetsova
  • 13:15-14:10, Coordination of Ground-Based Observing Networks - Mamoru Ishii, Mpho Tshisaphungo
    • Introduction to Global Ionosonde Observation/Operation Network (GION) - Mamoru Ishii, 5 min
    • Status of GNSS networks (Luca Spogli: IGS representative), 5 min
    • Status of Riometer networks (Kirsti Kauristi: riometer representative), 5 min
    • Status of Magnetometer networks (Michael Kosch: IAGA representative), 5 min
    • Discussion on GNSS, riometers, & magnetometers: identifying which organisations should be brought together as an umbrella group for each - Mpho Tshisaphungo, 35 min
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  • 14:10-14:20 Next steps/Action plans for umbrella groups of GNSS, riometers & magnetometers - Mpho Tshisaphungo

Break: 10 min

Chair: Mamoru Ishii

  • 14:30-15:15, Discussion on Coordination of Data Exchange - Joaquim Costa, Mamoru Ishii & Simon Elliot (WMO ET-SWx Task Team member on WIS 2.0)
  • 15:15-15:20 Next steps for coordination of Data Exchange (e.g. Action Plans of ground-based umbrella groups to include exchanging data through WIS 2.0, as GION have done) - Joaquim Costa
  • 15:20-16:00, Discussion on Unified End-User Engagement - Mamoru Ishii
    • Recap of discussion on this topic at the first ISWCF
    • Daniel Mac Manus & Andrew Renton presentation - New Zealand power grid 
    • Discussion
  • 16:00-16:05 Next steps for Unified End-User Engagement - Mamoru Ishii

 

  • 16:05-16:25: Discussion
  • 16:25-16:30, ISWCF Concluding Remarks - Masha Kuznetsova

Webex Link for remote participation

https://nict.webex.com/nict-en/j.php?MTID=m3282b580479c4a2d22b5af3f2b395396

Friday, May 1, 2026 1:00 PM | 3 hours | (UTC-06:00) Mountain Time (US & Canada)

Meeting number: 2516 540 7898. Password: 3SPmvYBNw55 (37768926 when dialing from a phone)

Join by video system: Dial 25165407898@nict.webex.com. You can also dial 210.4.202.4 and enter your meeting number.

Join by phone: +81-3-5050-1391 Japan Toll. +81-64-580-9115 Japan Toll 2

Access code: 251 654 07898

 

Contacts: suzy.bingham AT metoffice.gov.uk or maria.m.kuznetsova AT nasa.gov