8th meeting of the Expert Team on Space Weather (27-29 October 2026)
8th meeting of the Expert Team on Space Weather (27–29 October 2026)
Date & time: Tuesday–Thursday, 27–29 October 2026
Session: 13:00–16:00 CET (12:00–15:00 UTC) each day
Format: online
Provisional agenda
| Time (CET) | Duration | Agenda item | Presenter | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day 1 – Tuesday, 27 October 2026 13:00–16:00 CET | ||||
| 13:00–13:15 | 15 min | 1. Organization of the meeting | ||
| 13:00–13:10 | 10 min | 1.1 Opening of the meeting | Chair and Secretariat | |
| 13:10–13:15 | 5 min | 1.2 Adoption of the agenda | Chair and Secretariat | |
| 13:15–13:50 | 35 min | 2. ET-SWx deliverables for INFCOM-4: WIGOS Manual and Guide, and WIGOS Vision | Chair | |
| 13:50–15:30 | 90 min | 3. Statement of Guidance for space weather applications | ||
| 13:50–14:10 | 20 min | 3.1 Sun, heliosphere and solar wind forecasting and monitoring | Hannah Ruedisser, WMO Secretariat and GeoSphere Austria | |
| 14:10–14:30 | 20 min | 3.2 Energetic particle and magnetosphere forecasting and monitoring | Kirsti Kauristie, FMI | |
| 14:30–14:40 | 10 min | Break | ||
| 14:40–15:00 | 20 min | 3.3 Ionosphere, thermosphere and geomagnetic field forecasting and monitoring | Kirsti Kauristie, FMI | |
| 15:00–15:30 | 30 min | 3.4 OSCAR/Requirements for space weather applications | Chair | |
| 15:30–16:00 | 30 min | 4. Radio-frequency coordination: Status of activities under WRC-27 agenda item 1.17 | Carlos Gonçalves, INPE (ET-RFC) | |
| 16:00 | Conclusion of Day 1 | |||
| Day 2 – Wednesday, 28 October 2026 13:00–16:00 CET | ||||
| 13:00–13:50 | 50 min | 5. ET-SWx work plan for 2027–2028 | ||
| 13:00–13:30 | 30 min | 5.1 Presentation of the work plan | Zoya Andreeva, WMO Secretariat | Presentation (PPTX) |
| 13:30–13:50 | 20 min | 5.2 Discussion | All participants | |
| 13:50–14:30 | 40 min | 6. Update on WIS2 | ||
| 13:50–14:20 | 30 min | 6.1 Report on the outcomes of the Task Team on WIS 2.0 Latency Assessment | Simon Elliott, Task Team Lead | |
| 14:20–14:30 | 10 min | 6.2 Discussion | All participants | |
| 14:30–14:40 | 10 min | Break | ||
| 14:40–15:25 | 45 min | 7. Core satellite data for space weather applications | Heikki Pohjola, WMO Secretariat | |
| 15:25–16:00 | 35 min | 8. Guide to Instruments and Methods of Observation (WMO-No. 8) | Ercan Buyukbas, WMO Measurements, Instrumentation and Traceability Section | |
| 16:00 | Conclusion of Day 2 | |||
| Day 3 – Thursday, 29 October 2026 13:00–16:00 CET | ||||
| 13:00–13:50 | 50 min | 9. Competency frameworks for space weather | ||
| 13:00–13:25 | 25 min | 9.1 Development of the WMO competency frameworks | Lu Vieck, WMO Training Activities Unit | |
| 13:25–13:50 | 25 min | 9.2 Report from the ET-SWx Task Team | Richard Marshall, BOM | |
| 13:50–14:30 | 40 min | 10. WIGOS metadata standards | Hannah Ruedisser, WMO Secretariat and GeoSphere Austria | |
| 14:30–14:40 | 10 min | Break | ||
| 14:40–15:20 | 40 min | 11. Space weather for early warnings | Andrew Tupper, WMO Early Warning Services Section | |
| 15:20–15:55 | 35 min | 12. Conclusions and actions | ||
| 15:20–15:50 | 30 min | 12.1 Review of actions and decisions | Zoya Andreeva, WMO Secretariat | Action register (DOCX) |
| 15:50–15:55 | 5 min | 12.2 Any other business | All participants | |
| 15:55–16:00 | 5 min | 13. Closure of the meeting | Chair | |
Last updated: 14 October 2026