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3012 Bern
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ISSI Calendar

When checking the ISSI Calendar for potential meeting dates, please note that ISSI is usually at full capacity with either a) 3 teams or working groups, or b) 1 forum, plus 1 team or working group, or c) 1 workshop.

January

Fri, January 1

New Year's Day

March

Fri, March 26

GOOD FRIDAY

Mon, March 29

EASTER MONDAY

May

Thu, May 6

ASCENSION DAY

Mon, May 17

WHIT MONDAY

January

Thu, January 1

New Year's Day

Fri, January 2

St Berchtold's Day (Swiss holiday)

Mon, January 12 – Fri, January 16 WORKSHOP

Multi-spacecraft Observations and their Importance for Understanding Particle Dynamics in the Inner Heliosphere

Mon, January 12 – Fri, January 16 International Team of M. Sandells and C. Mätzler 24-623

Snow/Sea Ice Emission and Backscatter Modelling Snow/Sea Ice Emission and Backscatter Modelling

Thu, January 15 – Wed, January 14 Observations of solar energetic particles in the inner heliosphere (ExWi building

past, present, future

Mon, January 19 – Thu, January 22 International Team of A. Spurio Mancini 25-655

Precision cosmology from ESA/EUCLID data release 1

Mon, January 19 – Fri, January 23 International Team of C. Piecuch & J. Oelsmann 25-651

Relationship between the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation and coastal sea level : New insights from next-generation satellite observations

Mon, January 26 – Fri, January 30 International Team of K. Golubenko & H. Wittmann 25-638

Beryllium-10 for Earth and Solar Tracing (BEST)

February

Mon, February 2 – Fri, February 6 International Team of L. Kepko & S. Gasparini 25-644

Beyond what our eyes can see : A new era mesoscale M-I coupling

Mon, February 2 – Fri, February 6 International Team of M. Xiao and R. Naidu 25-659

Little Red Dots, Big Open Questions : Unraveling the Mystery of the James Webb Space Telescope's Most Debated Discovery

Mon, February 2 – Fri, February 6 International Team of R. Milligan and L. Harra 24-618

The Impact of Solar Flare Irradiance on the Earth's Ionosphere

Mon, February 9 – Fri, February 13 International Team of S. Tsygankov and R. Taverna 25-657

Polarimetric Insights into Extreme Magnetism

Mon, February 9 – Fri, February 13 International Team of M. Lippi & G. Villanueva 25-648

Understanding Nuclear Spin Temperatures in Astronomical Environments

Mon, February 16 – Fri, February 20 International Team of S. Belli and R. Davies

Multiphase Outflows in Galaxies at Cosmic Noon

Mon, February 16 – Fri, February 20 intrnational Team of D. Hestroffer 25-642

Lights on Formation and Evolution of the Outermost Solar System

Mon, February 16 – Fri, February 20 International Team of C. Scarlata & M. Hayes

Bringing PASSAGEers together from around the world to solve the Epoch of Reionization

Mon, February 23 – Fri, February 27 International Team of J. Dargent 25-635

cEnergization processes of the ionospheric plasmas across the magnetosphere

Mon, February 23 – Fri, February 27 International Team of A. Khan & P. Sossi 25-645

Structure and composition of planetary cores and mantles

March

Mon, March 2 – Fri, March 6 International Team of J. Allred & M. Druett 25-630

Next-Generation Solar Flare Modelling : Bridging the multi-dimensional gap

Mon, March 9 – Fri, March 13 International Team of M. Guarcello 25-639

Effects of the star-forming environment on the low-mass star formation and early stellar evolution

Mon, March 16 – Wed, March 18 FORUM

Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) for Monitoring Earth Deformation : Challenges in Resolving Subtle Ground Motion in Climate and Tectonics

Mon, March 16 – Fri, March 20 International Team of S. Lejosne 25-646

Deciphering Radiation Belt Drift Phase Structures

Mon, March 23 – Fri, March 27 International Team of A. Jaynes & L. Harvey 25-643

The contribution of auroral precipitation to ozone changes in the middle atmosphere

Mon, March 23 – Fri, March 27 International Team of A. Bhardwaj 24-603

EXploiting Precision AstroNomical Distance INdicators in the Gaia (EXPANDING) Universe

Mon, March 23 – Fri, March 27 International Team of Y. Bodganova and S. Wing 25-633

Magnetospheric Cusps : multiscale plasma dynamic and energy flows

April

Fri, April 3

GOOD FRIDAY

Mon, April 6

EASTER MONDAY

Tue, April 7 – Fri, April 10 International Team of E. Turki 23-598

Coastal resilience using satellites : CRESTE

Mon, April 13 – Fri, April 17 International Team of M. Gieles & P. Padoan 25-636

The Origin of Multiple Populations in Globular Clusters

Mon, April 13 – Fri, April 17 International Team of T. Zaqarashvili

Multi-scale variability in solar and stellar magnetic cycles

Mon, April 13 – Fri, April 17 International Team of A. Veledina & A. Zdziarski 25-660

What are the spins of stellar-mass black holes?

Mon, April 20 – Fri, April 24 International Team of I. Chifu and M. Madjarska 24-605

Small-scale magnetic flux ropes under the microscope with Parker Solar Probe and Solar Orbiter

Mon, April 20 – Fri, April 24 International Team of H. Liu & C. Bambi 25-649

Maximizing the Potential of X-ray Polarimetric Data to Understand Accreting Black Holes

Mon, April 20 – Fri, April 24 International Team of L. Hayes & H. Collier 25-641

Maximising Science from Solar Orbiter's Solar Flare Campaigns

Mon, April 27 – Fri, May 1 International Team of N. Sivadas & M. Walach 25-654

Why does the Geomagnetic Response to the Solar Wind Saturate?

Mon, April 27 – Fri, May 1 International Team of D. Marchetti and E. Ghamry 23-583

Investigation of the Lithosphere Atmosphere Ionosphere Coupling (LAIC) Mechanism before the Natural Hazards (ISSI–ISSI Beijing Team )

May

Mon, May 11 – Fri, May 15 International Team of L. Morrissey and S. Verkercke 24-616

Multi-scale Understanding of Surface-Exosphere Connections (MUSEC)

Mon, May 11 – Fri, May 15 International Team of P. Wyper & J. Dahlin 25-658

Flare ribbon fine-structure : where does it come from and what can it tell us?

Mon, May 11 – Fri, May 15 International Team of M. Bramberger & C. Wright

WAVE-GAP - Watching Atmospheric Variability Evolve in the Global Absence of satellite Platforms

Thu, May 14

ASCENSION DAY (Swiss holiday)

Mon, May 18 – Fri, May 22 International Team of A. Samsonov and U. Amerstorfer 24-622

What must we learn to make accurate space-weather predictions?

Mon, May 18 – Fri, May 22 International Team of M. Volwerk 24-627

Magnetosheath structures as seen by spacecraft observations and numerical simulations

Mon, May 25

WHIT MONDAY (Swiss Holiday)

Wed, May 27 – Fri, May 29 FORUM

Challenges and Advances in Remote Sensing of Coastal Sea Level with GNSS-IR

June

Mon, June 1 – Fri, June 5 International Team of P. Lavvas and A. Coustenis 24-615

Advancing Titan's Atmospheric Chemistry Knowledge

Tue, June 2 – Thu, June 4

Meeting of the ISSI Science Committee

Mon, June 8 – Fri, June 12 International Team of F. Effenberger and E. Engelbrecht 24-608

Energetic Particle Transport in Space Plasma Turbulence

Mon, June 8 – Fri, June 12 International Team of K. Barczynski 24-601

Active Region Evolution Under the Spotlight, with Unprecedented coordinated high-resolution Stereoscopic Observations and Numerical Simulations

Mon, June 8 – Fri, June 12 Working Group

Incoherent scatter - An invaluable tool in the field of space and plasma physics

Mon, June 15 – Fri, June 19 International Team of A. Ming and C. Orbe 24-619

INFO-QBO : INvestigating the Feedback from Ozone in the Quasi-Biennial Oscillation

Mon, June 22 – Fri, June 26 International Team of K. Klein 24-612

Excitation and Dissipation of Kinetic-scale Fluctuations in Space Plasmas

Mon, June 22 – Fri, June 26 International Team of F. Plöger and C. Rolf 24-620

Climate impacts of stratospheric water vapour

Mon, June 22 – Fri, June 26 International Team of G. Thomas 24-625

AsteroSHOP : large Spectroscopic surveys HOmogenisation Program

Mon, June 29 – Fri, July 3 WORKSHOP

Connecting Chemical Abundances to their Generative Stellar Populations in Distant Galaxies

July

Mon, July 6 – Fri, July 10 International Team of M. Pinto & L. Rodríguez-García 25-652

Impact of Solar Energetic Particles on Mars : Enhancing Space Weather Insights for Future Exploration

Mon, July 6 – Thu, July 9 International Team of M. Martinovic & R. Lopez 25-650

Multiscale Investigation of Kinetic Processes Governing Solar Wind Evolution

Mon, July 6 – Fri, July 10 International Team of F. Pucci & G. Cozzani 25-653

Impact of stellar wind plasma turbulence on planetary magnetospheres in the heliosphere and beyond

Mon, July 13 – Fri, July 17 International Team of D. Trotta 25-656

The Superhalo Enigma : Characterising Energetic Electrons in the Inner Heliosphere

Mon, July 13 – Fri, July 17 International Team of M. Kornbleuth 24-613

Physical Processes and Drivers of Particle Acceleration in the Heliospheric Tail As Seen Through ENAs and Interstellar Lyman-alpha Absorption

Mon, July 20 – Fri, July 24 International Team of G. Chintzoglou & T. Török 24-606

Understanding the Onset of Solar Eruptions

Mon, July 20 – Fri, July 24 Working Group

Advancing the topside ionosphere and lower plasmasphere modeling (ATIP)

Mon, July 27 – Fri, July 31 International Team of S. Thomas and S. Yardley

Quantifying Space Weather Impacts caused by Extreme Solar Energetic Particle Events

Mon, July 27 – Fri, July 31 International Team of J. Chen & R. von Fay-Siebenburgen 24-604

Small-scale eruptions in the Sun

August

Sat, August 1

Swiss National Day

Mon, August 31 – Fri, September 4 Working Group

“Genes from Space” – Leveraging Earth Observation to Monitor Foundations of Biodiversity

September

Mon, September 7 – Fri, September 11 International Team of S. Tsai

3-D Chemical Kinetics Model Benchmark for Hot Jupiter Atmospheres

Mon, September 7 – Fri, September 11 International Team of S. de Souza e Almeida Silva and V. Fedun 24-607

Opening new avenues in identifying coherent structures and transport barriers in the magnetised solar plasma

Mon, September 7 – Fri, September 11 International Team of A. Khan & P. Sossi 25-645

Structure and composition of planetary cores and mantles

Mon, September 21 – Fri, September 25 International Team of R. D`Amicis & M. Velli 22-550

Solar sources and evolution of the Alfvénic slow wind

Mon, September 21 – Fri, September 25 International Team of J. Hwang 24-611

Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability Wave Investigation

November

Mon, November 16 – Fri, November 20 International Team of G. Rodighiero and C. Gruppioni 24-621

The nature and fate of obscured massive galaxies : from the HST-dark galaxies to the JWST red dots

Mon, November 30 – Fri, December 4 WORKSHOP

A Multidisciplinary Path Toward a Unified Understanding of the Outer Solar System

December

Fri, December 25

Christmas Day

January

Wed, January 1 – Thu, January 2

NEW YEAR

Mon, January 6 – Fri, January 10 International Team of M.Sandells and C.Mätzler

Snow/Sea Ice Emission and Backscatter Modelling Snow/Sea Ice Emission and Backscatter Modelling

Mon, January 6 – Fri, January 10 International Team of I. Chifu and M. Madjarska

Small-scale magnetic flux ropes under the microscope with Parker Solar Probe and Solar Orbiter

Mon, January 13 – Fri, January 17 International Team of E. Thiemann

A Multi-Mission Approach to Close the Gaps in Understanding of the Structure and Variability in the Mars Upper Atmosphere

Tue, January 14 – Thu, January 16 International Team of K. Isaak and R. Laureijs

The Extremely Low Surface Brightness Universe : Calling for Synergy between the ESA Euclid and ARRAKIHS Space Missions

Mon, January 20 – Fri, January 24 International Team of M. Schuman & C. Röösli

"Genes from Space" – Leveraging Earth Observation Technologies to Monitor Essential Genetic Diversity

Mon, January 20 – Fri, January 24 International Team of R. Milligan and L. Harra

The Impact of Solar Flare Irradiance on the Earth's Ionosphere

Mon, January 20 – Fri, January 24 International Team of C. Scarlata & M. Hayes

Bringing PASSAGEers together from around the world to solve the Epoch of Reionization

Wed, January 29 – Fri, January 31

European Heliospheric Community (EHC Forum)

Thu, January 30 – Wed, January 29 Star clusters near and far

The little sparks that trace galaxy evolution through cosmic time – Game Changer Online Seminar with Angela Adamo ( CET)

February

Mon, February 3 – Fri, February 7 International Team of G. Thomas

AsteroSHOP : large Spectroscopic surveys HOmogenisation Program

Wed, February 5 – Fri, February 7 WORKING GROUP

Global Assessment of Limnological, Estuarine and Neritic Ecosystems (GALENE)

Mon, February 10 – Fri, February 14 International Team of K. Barczynski

Active Region Evolution Under the Spotlight, with Unprecedented coordinated high-resolution Stereoscopic Observations and Numerical Simulations

Mon, February 10 – Fri, February 14 International Team of P. Lavvas and A. Coustenis

Advancing Titan's Atmospheric Chemistry Knowledge

Mon, February 17 – Fri, February 21 International Team of G. Rodighiero and C. Gruppioni

The nature and fate of obscured massive galaxies : from the HST-dark galaxies to the JWST red dots

Mon, February 24 – Fri, February 28 International Team of T. Zaqarashvili

Multi-scale variability in solar and stellar magnetic cycles

Mon, February 24 – Fri, February 28 International Team of L. Morrissey and S. Verkercke

Multi-scale Understanding of Surface-Exosphere Connections (MUSEC)

Thu, February 27 – Wed, February 26

How Waves and Turbulence Heat the Solar Corona and Accelerate the Solar Wind – Game Changers Online Webinar with Ben Chandran

March

Mon, March 3 – Fri, March 7 International Team of W. Neumann

Timing and Processes of Planetesimal Formation and Evolution (ISSI - ISSI Beijing Team)

Mon, March 3 – Fri, March 7 International Team of F. Effenberger and E. Engelbrecht

Energetic Particle Transport in Space Plasma Turbulence

Mon, March 10 – Fri, March 14 International Team of N. Hatch

Exploiting Intracluster Light for Cosmology and Galaxy Evolution with Next Generation Facilities

Mon, March 10 – Fri, March 14 International Team of M. Volwerk

Magnetosheath structures as seen by spacecraft observations and numerical simulations

Mon, March 10 – Fri, March 14 WORKING GROUP

Disentangling pulse profiles of (mostly) accreting neutron stars

Mon, March 17 – Wed, March 19 International Team of C. Kloss and M. Kovilakam

Perspectives on Stratospheric Aerosol Observations

Mon, March 17 – Fri, March 21 International Team of N. Tosi and O. Namur

The Thermal and Petrological History of Mercury's Heterogeneous Mantle

Mon, March 17 – Fri, March 21 International Team of K. Masters

Development of Galaxy Zoo : JWST

Mon, March 24 – Fri, March 28 WORKSHOP

What’s under the H0od? Towards consensus on the local value of the Hubble constant

Mon, March 24 – Fri, March 28 International Team of S. Belli and R. Davies

Multiphase Outflows in Galaxies at Cosmic Noon

Mon, March 24 – Fri, March 28 International Team of K. Klein

Excitation and Dissipation of Kinetic-scale Fluctuations in Space Plasmas

Tue, March 25 – Mon, March 24

The Surprising Expansion History of the Universe – Public Lecture by Nobel Laureate Adam Riess

Thu, March 27 – Wed, March 26

Dust in the Heliosphere – Game Changers Online Webinar with Ingrid Mann

Mon, March 31 – Fri, April 4 International Team of A. Ming and C. Orbe

INFO-QBO : INvestigating the Feedback from Ozone in the Quasi-Biennial Oscillation

Mon, March 31 – Fri, April 4 International Team of A. Mishev

REASSESS - gRound and spacE-bAsed analySis of Strong sEp eventS and Study of their terrestrial effects

Mon, March 31 – Fri, April 4 International Team of E. Starkenburg

The Early Milky Way

April

Mon, April 7 – Fri, April 11 Working Group

Incoherent scatter - An invaluable tool in the field of space and plasma physics

Fri, April 18

GOOD FRIDAY

Mon, April 21

EASTER MONDAY

May

Mon, May 5 – Fri, May 9 International Team of G. George and H. Schulz

Constraining trade-cumuli feedback by means of process understanding

Mon, May 5 – Fri, May 9 WORKING GROUP

Auroral Research Coordination : Towards Internationalised Citizen Science (ARCTICS)

Mon, May 5 – Fri, May 9 International Team of E. Palmerio and D. Barnes

Tomographic Inversion of Synthetic White-Light Images : Advancing Our Understanding of CMEs in 3D

Mon, May 12 – Fri, May 16 International Team of A. Samsonov and U. Amerstorfer

What must we learn to make accurate space-weather predictions?

Mon, May 12 – Fri, May 16 International Team of G. Barnes

Quantitative Comparisons of Solar Surface Flux Transport Models

Tue, May 13 – Thu, May 15

Meeting of the ISSI Science Committee

Fri, May 16

Meeting of the Board of Trustees

Mon, May 19 – Fri, May 23 International Team of F. Plöger and C. Rolf

Climate impacts of stratospheric water vapour

Mon, May 19 – Fri, May 23 International Team of F. Fraternale and S. Ocker

Shocks, Waves, Turbulence, and Suprathermal Electrons in the Very Local Interstellar Medium

Tue, May 20 – Thu, May 22 FORUM

Network of Oceanic LIDARs for the Validation of Ocean Color Satellite Missions

Mon, May 26 – Tue, May 27 WORKING GROUP

Global Terrestrial Water Storage Product

Thu, May 29

Ascension Day

June

Mon, June 2 – Fri, June 6 WORKSHOP

Stellar Magnetism and its Impact on (exo)Planets

Wed, June 4 – Fri, June 6 International Team of J. Deca and S. Aizwa

Modelling Mercury's Dynamic Magnetosphere in Anticipation of BepiColombo

Mon, June 9

WHIT MONDAY

Tue, June 10 – Fri, June 13 International Team of M. Kornbleuth

Physical Processes and Drivers of Particle Acceleration in the Heliospheric Tail As Seen Through ENAs and Interstellar Lyman-alpha Absorption

Tue, June 10 – Fri, June 13 International Team of A. Kozlovsky and R. Lukianova

Meteors and Phenomena at the Boundary Between Earth's Atmosphere and Outer Space

Mon, June 16 – Fri, June 20 WORKSHOP

Life Beyond Earth : The Missing Link

Thu, June 19 – Wed, June 18

The next 30 Years From the Discovery of the first Exoplanet

Mon, June 23 – Fri, June 27 International Team of V. Krasnosselskikh

Beam plasma interaction in the solar wind and the generation of Type III radio bursts

Thu, June 26 – Wed, June 25

The Cosmic Origin of Gold (and more) – Game Changers Online Webinar with Stephan Rosswog

Mon, June 30 – Fri, July 4 International Team of S. de Souza e Almeida Silva and V. Fedun

Opening new avenues in identifying coherent structures and transport barriers in the magnetised solar plasma

Mon, June 30 – Fri, July 4 International Team of D. Haggard and S. Von Fellenberger

A first peek at the Galactic Center with JWST

Mon, June 30 – Fri, July 4 International Team of S. Thomas and S. Yardley

Quantifying Space Weather Impacts caused by Extreme Solar Energetic Particle Events

July

Mon, July 7 – Fri, July 11 International Team of B. Tremblay and M. Kazachenko

Tracking Plasma Flows in the Sun's Photosphere and Chromosphere : A Review & Community Guide

Mon, July 7 – Fri, July 11 International Team of G. Chintzoglou & T. Török

Understanding the Onset of Solar Eruptions

Mon, July 14 – Fri, July 18 International Team of R. Marschall

The search for the most chemically and physically pristine material of the early Solar System

Mon, July 21 – Fri, July 25 International Team of N. Ganushkina and M. Liemohn

1-100 keV Electrons in the Earth's Magnetosphere : Unique and Unpredictable?

August

Fri, August 1

Swiss National Day

Mon, August 25 – Fri, August 29 International Team of D. Wang and C. Yue 24-628

Precipitation of Energetic Particles from Magnetosphere and Their Effects on the Atmosphere

September

Tue, September 2 – Thu, September 4 FORUM

Observational Tests of the Dynamical Models for Outer Solar System Formation

Mon, September 8 – Fri, September 12 International Team of Y. Bahe & A. Noble 24-600

How does the emerging cosmic web shape the galactic baryon cycle?

Tue, September 9 – Thu, September 11 International Team of K. Isaak and V. Pettorino 23-578

The Extremely Low Surface Brightness Universe : Calling for Synergy between the ESA Euclid and ARRAKIHS Space Missions

Mon, September 15 – Fri, September 19 International Team of L. Sorriso-Valvo and L. Hadid 23-591

Evolution of turbulence in the expanding solar wind

Mon, September 15 – Fri, September 19 International Team of O. Pezzi and P. Cassak 23-588

Unveiling Energy Conversion and Dissipation in Non-Equilibrium Space Plasmas

Mon, September 15 – Fri, September 19 International Team of T. Stallard 23-592

Jupiter's non-auroral ionosphere

Mon, September 22 – Wed, September 24 FORUM

Synergies between Space & Lab Plasma Physics

Mon, September 22 – Fri, September 26 International Team of M. Abalos 24-599

Satellite-Based Evaluation of Stratospheric Transport in Chemistry-Climate Models

Thu, September 25 – Wed, September 24

OPAL 10-YEAR ANNIVERSARY – Game Changers Online Webinar with Mike Wong

Mon, September 29 – Fri, October 3 International Team of G. Del Zanna & M. West 23-572

Models and Observations of the Middle Corona

October

Mon, October 6 – Wed, October 8 FORUM

Climate Extremes in Our Warming World

Mon, October 6 – Fri, October 10 International Team of A. Plesa and J. Kowalski 23-589

Bridging the gap : from terrestrial to icy moons cryospheres

Mon, October 13 – Fri, October 17 WORKSHOP

Unsolved Mysteries of the Uranian System

Thu, October 16 – Wed, October 15

Webinar with Ben Poulter (JG Fellow 2025)

Wed, October 22 – Fri, October 24 FORUM

Forest Genetic Resources and the Future Biomass in Forests

November

Mon, November 3 – Fri, November 7 International Team of M. Hanzelka & O. Allanson 25-640

Beyond Diffusion : Advancing Earth's Radiation Belt Models with Nonlinear Dynamics

Wed, November 12

Board of Trustees Mt.

Mon, November 17 – Fri, November 21 WORKSHOP

Eclipses and beyond : Unveiling the mysteries of the Sun's visible corona

December

Wed, December 3 – Tue, December 2 Pro ISSI Talk with Ben Poulter

Earth Observations in the Era of Climate Overshoot

Mon, December 8 – Fri, December 12 WORKSHOP

Opening up Earth Observations for Climate Adaptation

Thu, December 11 Online Panel Discussion

The Local Distance Network to measure the Hubble Constant at ~1% precision

Thu, December 25

CHRISTMAS DAY

Fri, December 26

BOXING DAY

Mon, December 29 – Wed, December 31

ANNUAL CLOSING

A Spiral Amongst Thousands
Credits ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, A. Martel