Dear colleagues!

Kislovodsk solar station of the Central Astronomical Observatory of the Russian Academy of Sciences at Pulkovo organizes workshop
"Synoptic observation of solar activity and the forecast of its geoeffective manifestations ", which will take place in Kislovodsk  from 30   
September to 4 Oktober 2008. 
The workshop is held as a joint action of the section "Sun" of the Scientific council on astronomy of RAS and
the section "Plasma processes in magnetospheres of planets" of the Scientific council "Sun - Earth". Subjects of the
workshop include a wide range of problems of solar activity and solar-terrestrial links. You and your colleagues are
welcomed to participate the workshop.


Sections of the workshop:

1. Results of long-term observation programs of solar activity research.
2. Problems of forecast of the solar activity and its geoeffective manifestations
3. Space climate
4. Prospects of development of synoptic observation in astronomy


The following types of reports are planned:
1. An invited report (30 minutes)
2. An oral report (15 minutes)
3. A poster report (with possibility to make a 3-minute oral report on the poster session)

The scientific committee of the workshop:

A.V. Stepanov (GAO RAN, co-chairman),
G.A. Zerebcov (ISZF SO RAN)
A.G. Tlatov (KSSS GAO RAN)
A.M. Cherepashuk (GAISH, MSU)
B.M. Shustov (INASAN),
Yu.A. Nagovitsyn (GAO RAN), 
A.A. Nusinov (IPG),
V.N. Obridko (IZMIRAN), 
A.A. Solovjev (GAO RAN), 
I.S. Veselovsky (NIJaF MGU),
Ê. D.K. Callebaut (Belgium),
K.Mursula (Finland),
J. Singh (India)

The schedule of the workshop is:
 
The arrival of participants - 29 September 2008.
Scientific and cultural programs - 30 September-3 Oktober.
The departure of participants - 4 October. 

The Kislovodsk solar station can accommodate the participants in the hotel of the observatory. Approximate price of a one-bed room is 1500  
rubles/day. Please, take into account that the number of rooms is limited.

The registration workshop fee is 800 rubles. It includes two coffee-breaks and a package of the participant (the book with the program and  
abstracts of the workshop, a folder, a pen, a notebook).

Organization of lunches is also planned (their price is not included to the workshop fee).

Please, send your requests for participation to address of the organization committee: solar@megalog.ru.

The request should include information about the participant(s) and report(s).
The following information is to be included::
(For every participant)
1. Full name
2. Affiliation
3. Does he/she plan to be accommodated in the hotel of Pulkovo observatory.
4. Does he/she plan to use the lunches.
(For every report)
1. Preliminary title
2. Author(s)
3. Reporter
4. Desirable section number (see the list of section above)
5. Desirable type of section (oral/poster)

Please, take into consideration that the schedule of the workshop implies not more than one oral report per one
participant.

The deadline for requests for participation is 01 September 2008.

The rules and deadline for submitting abstracts will be reported later.

The book with abstracts and program of the workshop will be published by the beginning of the workshop.

Please, address all questions related to the workshop to: 
Andrey Tlatov, email: tlatov@mail.ru, phone: +7-87937-20367, +7-928-2522125;
Yury A. Nagovitsyn, email: nag@gao.spb.ru, phone: +7-812-3882591, +7-812-7234903;
Alexander A. Solovjev, email: solov@gao.spb.ru, phone: +7-812-7234096.

The official www-page of the workshop is: http://www.solarstation.ru/?lang=en&id=konf

Sincerely yours,
Organization committee.