Multi-Wavelength Studies of the Solar Atmosphere: Celebrating the Career of Costas Alissandrakis
September 21-24, 2015 Ioannina Greece
Conference Timetable:
Monday, September 21
08:00 - 09:00 Registration (conference Centre "Karolos Papoulias"; the conference venue)
▣ Chair: Loukas Vlahos
09:00 - 09:30 Opening (short speeches by the Rector of the University of Ioannina, the Dean of the School of Sciences, the chairman of the Physics Department, and the director of the Section of Astrogeophysics)
Session I: Quiet Sun and Coronal Heating
09:30-10:15 G. Tsiropoula: Structure and Dynamics of the Quiet Solar Photosphere and Chromosphere (invited)
10:15-10:45 S. Koutchmy: From Solar Spicules to Soft X-ray Jets
10:45-11:15 Coffee break
▣ Chair: Jean-Claude Vial
11:15-11:35 C. Gontikakis: Study of Plasma Flows Along Loops and the Inclination of Coronal Loops Using Data from SOHO/SUMER and Hinode/EIS
11:35-12:20 E. Buchlin: Coronal Heating (invited)
12:20-12:40 L. Vlahos: A Fermi Model for Coronal Heating by MHD Waves and Nanoflares
12:40-13:00 K. Moraitis: A Data-driven Kinetic Approach to Nanoflare Coronal Heating
13:00-15:00 Lunch break
Session I: Quiet Sun and Coronal Heating (continued)
▣ Chair: Hongqi Zhang
15:00-15:20 S. Patsourakos: Using Umbral Brightenings to Gauge the Properties of Coronal Heating
Session II: Magnetic Fields
15:20-16:05 M. Georgoulis: Inferring the Nature and Properties of the Unknown Three-Dimensional Magnetic Field Above the Solar Photosphere (invited)
16:05-16:35 Coffee break
▣ Chair: Vladimir M. Bogod
16:35-17:20 D.E. Gary: Mapping the 3D Coronal Magnetic Field and Temperature Structure Using Radio Techniques (invited)
17:20-18:05 G. Valori: Magnetic Field Extrapolations (invited)
Tuesday, September 22
Session III: Active Regions
▣ Chair: Dale E. Gary
09:00-09:45 L. van Driel-Gesztelyi: Multi-wavelength Observations of Active Regions (invited)
09:45-10:30 V.M. Bogod: Active Region Studies Using Wide-band Microwave Observations (invited)
10:30-11:00 Coffee break
▣ Chair: Spiro Antiochos
11:00-11:45 V. Archontis: Magnetic Flux Emergence and Associated Dynamic Events (invited)
11:45-12:05 I. Poljančić-Beljan: Determination of the Kanzelhöhe Sunspot Group Positions: Manual versus Automatic Method
Session IV: Flares and Coronal Mass Ejections
12:05-12:50 B. Schmieder: Observations of Flares (invited)
12:50-15:00 Lunch break
Session IV: Flares and Coronal Mass Ejections (continued)
▣ Chair: Kanaris Tsinganos
15:00-15:45 A.V. Stepanov: Quasi-periodic Pulsations and Flaring Plasma Diagnostics (invited)
15:45-16:05 A. Nindos: A Tiny Event Producing an Interplanetary Type III Burst
16:05-16:35 Coffee Break
▣ Chair: Serge Koutchmy
16:35-17:20 A. Vourlidas: The True Nature of Coronal Mass Ejections as Revealed from Multi-wavelength Observations (invited)
17:20-18:05 S. Antiochos: The Origin of CMEs/Eruptive Flares (invited)
Wednesday, September 23
Session IV: Flares and Coronal Mass Ejections (continued)
▣ Chair: Karl-Ludwig Klein
09:00-09:45 J.-C. Vial: Some Recent Developments on Solar Prominences (invited)
09:45-10:30 B. Vršnak: Observations and Modeling of Shocks (invited)
10:30-11:00 Coffee break
▣ Chair: Franca Drago
11:00-11:20 E. Nikou: Spatial Correlation of Solar Flares and Coronal Mass Ejections
11:20-11:40 P. Syntelis: Spectroscopic Observations of the Pre-eruptive Configuration Prior to the Ejection of Two CMEs from Active Region NOAA 11429
11:40-12:00 E. Liokati: The Role of the Background Magnetic Field in the Major Eruptions of AR11429
12:00-12:20 M. Pick: Build-up of Coronal Mass Ejections and Associated Shocks in a Complex Environment
12:20-12:40 A. Anastasiadis: Statistical Characteristics of Solar Energetic Particle Events
12:40-13:00 A. Kouloumvakos: Properties of Solar Energetic Particle Events Inferred from their Associated Radio Emission
13:00-15:00 Lunch break
Session V: Instruments
▣ Chair: Monique Pick
15:00-15:30 B. Schmieder: Optical Instruments for Solar Physics in 2015 (invited)
15:30-16:00 K. Tsinganos: The ASPIICS Coronagraph (invited)
16:00-16:30 Coffee break
▣ Chair: Alexander Stepanov
16:30-17:00 H. Zhang: Recent and Forthcoming Developments in the Instruments and Observing Researches at the Huairou Solar Observatory (invited)
17:00-17:30 V.M. Bogod: RATAN-600 as Instrument for Solar Corona Studies (invited)
17:30-18:00 D.E. Gary: Radio Observations with the Expanded Owens Valley Solar Array (EOVSA) (invited)
18:00-18:30 S. Lesovoi: The Current State of the Multifrequency Siberian Radioheliogrpah (invited)
21:00-...: Conference dinner
Thursday, September 24
Session V: Instruments (continued)
▣ Chair: Brigitte Schmieder
09:00-09:30 K.-L. Klein: The Nançay Radioheliograph (invited)
09:30-10:00 Y. Yan: The Chinese Spectral Radioheliograph (invited)
10:00-10:30 A. Hillaris: Twenty Years of the Solar Radiospectrograph ARTEMIS-IV
10:30-11:00 Coffee break
▣ Chair: Yihua Yan
11:00-11:30 S. Wedemeyer: Solar Observations with ALMA (invited)
11:30-12:00 Y. Zouganelis: Solar Orbiter — Exploring the Sun-Heliosphere Connection (invited)
Session VI: Memories of working with Costas Alissandrakis
12:00-12:15 Pick
12:15-12:30 Tsiropoula
12:30-12:45 Preka-Papadema
12:45-13:00 Drago
13:00-15:00 Lunch break
Session VI: Memories of working with Costas Alissandrakis (continued)
▣ Chair: Anastasios Anastasiadis
15:00-15:15 Koutchmy
15:15-15:30 Bogod
15:30-15:45 Hillaris
15:45-16:00 Gontikakis
16:00-16:30 Coffee break
▣ Chair: Manolis Georgoulis
16:30-16:45 Nindos
16:45-17:00 Patsourakos
17:00-17:15 Klein
17:15-18:00 Concluding remarks by Costas Alissandrakis
Submitted abstracts that do not appear in the program will be presented as posters. To see the poster presentations, click here. To view or download the book of abstracts, click here.
