COSPAR CO-ORGANIZED OR CO-SPONSORED MEETINGS

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COSPAR co-organizes/co-sponsors a limited number of meetings and Colloquia each year that are of interest to its Associates. To apply for co-sponsorship, moral and/or financial, a formal request must be sent to the Secretariat which includes, at a minimum, the following information:
- the scientific program with an endorsement from the relevant COSPAR Scientific Commission/Panel Chair explaining how the event complements the work of COSPAR,
- the international composition of the program committee,
- other sponsors and their level of sponsorship, and
- a description of how the funds, if requested, will be spent.
Support is usually limited to a maximum of 1000 Euros for co-sponsored meetings. For COSPAR Colloquia a maximum of 3000 Euros is generally allocated as seed money. Organizers of COSPAR Colloquia are asked to commit to the publication of selected papers in Advances in Space Research. The COSPAR Bureau will consider sponsorship requests at its meetings (generally in March and, in even numbered years, also in July) and wishes to receive documentation about two months in advance for proper consideration.

Events co-sponsored from 1997 on are listed below. Links to organizers are provided when this information has been supplied to the Secretariat. Please contact the COSPAR Secretariat or the main organizers for further information. See the Assemblies, Colloquia, and Capacity Building Workshops pages on the COSPAR web site for the listing of COSPAR organized meetings.


- The Development of Foundational Ethical Principles Applicable to Planetary Protection and Space Exploration Workshop, date and venue: TBD
- 20 Years of Progress in Radar Altimetry, 24 - 29 September 2012, Venice-Lido, Italy
- UN/Nigeria Workshop on the International Space Weather Initiative (ISWI), 17 - 21 October 2011, Abuja, Nigeria
- URSI/COSPAR International Reference Ionosphere Workshop, 10 - 14 October 2011, Hermanus, South Africa
- IAU Symposium 286 "Comparative Magnetic Minima: Characterizing Quiet Times in the Sun and Stars," 3 - 7 October 2011, Mendoza, Argentina
- New Technologies for Future Space Astronomy Missions, a symposium of the 62nd International Astronautical Congress (IAC), 5 - 6 October 2011, Cape Town, South Africa
- 28th International Symposium on Space Technology and Science (28th ISTS), 5 - 12 June 2011, Ginowan City, Okinawa, Japan
- IX Latin-American Conference on Space Geophysics (IX COLAGE), 5 - 10 April 2011, Puntarenas, Costa Rica
- International Earth-based Research Program as a Stepping Stone for Global Space Exploration Workshop, 2 - 4 March 2011, Washington, DC, USA
- ISWI-Africa School in Space Physics, 22 Nov. - 3 Dec. 2010, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia
- UN/NASA/JAXA International Space Weather Initiative (ISWI) Workshops in Egypt (2010), Nigeria (2011), and Ecuador (2012)
- 1st Conference on Physics of the Community of the Portuguese Speaking Countries (CPLP), 12 - 17 September 2010, Maputo, Mozambique
- Thunderstorms and Elementary Particle Acceleration Workshop (TEPA-2010), 6 - 11 September 2010, Nor Amberd, Armenia
- 9th International Microbeam Workshop, 16 - 17 July 2010, Darmstadt, Germany
- Workshop on Ethical Considerations for Planetary Protection in Space Exploration, 8 - 10 June 2010, Princeton, NJ, USA
- IAU Symposium S269, Galileo's Medicean Moons: their Impact on 400 years of Discovery, 6 - 9 January 2010, Padova, Italy
- International Year of Astronomy (IYA), IAU, 2009
- Titan Planetary Protection Workshop, 9 - 10 December 2009, Pasadena, CA, USA
- 6th European Space Weather Week (ESWW6), 16-20 November, 2009 - Bruges, Belgium
- URSI/COSPAR International Reference Ionosphere Workshop, 2 - 7 November 2009, Kagoshima, Japan
- 11th IAGA Scientific Assembly, 23 - 30 August 2009, Sopron, Hungary
- 27th International Symposium on Space Technology and Science (27th ISTS), 5 - 12 July 2009, Tsukuba City, Japan: Call for Papers
- Workshop on Planetary Protection, Outer Planet Satellites and Small Bodies, 15 - 17 April 2009, Vienna, Austria
- Frontiers of Space Astrophysics: Neutron Stars and Gamma Ray Bursts, 30 March - 4 April 2009, Alexandria, Egypt
- 1st Panda Symposium, 30 March - 3 April 2009, Lijian, Yunnan, China
- 5th European Conference on Space Debris, 30 March - 2 April 2009, Darmstadt, Germany
- 5th European Space Weather Week (ESWW5), 17 - 21 November 2008, Brussels, Belgium
- Forecasting of Radiation and Geomagnetic Storms by Networks of Particle Detectors (FORGES-2008), 29 Sept. - 3 October 2008, Nor Amberd, Armenia
- Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS) session at the International Astronautical Congress, 2 October 2008, Glasgow, UK
- 4th SPARC General Assembly, 31 August - 5 September 2008, Bologna, Italy
- 12th International Symposium on Equatorial Aeronomy (ISEA 12), Univ. of Crete, 18 - 24 May 2008, Crete, Greece
- International Polar Year and the Importance of Understanding the Polar Regions of the Earth, the Moon, and Mars, NAS SSB, NASA, COSPAR, 27 March 2008, Paris, France
- Workshop on Planetary Protection, COSPAR, 16 - 18 January 2008, Montreal, Canada
- IHY-Africa Space Weather, Science and Education Workshop, 11 - 16 November 2007, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
- Fourth European Space Weather Week, ESA & Belgian Science Policy Office, 5 - 9 November 2007, Brussels, Belgium
- Scientific and Fundamental Aspects of the Galileo Programme, ANAE, Bureau des Longitudes, Académie de Marine, and ESA, 2 - 4 October 2007, Toulouse, France, Martine.Segur@anae.fr
- URSI/COSPAR International Reference Ionosphere Workshop, "Ionosphere-Modeling, Forcing and Telecommunications," 10 - 14 July 2007, Prague, Czech Rep.
- 16th Humans in Space Symposium, IAA, 20 - 24 May 2007, Beijing, China.
- The Future of Space Exploration: Solutions to Earthly Problems, Center for Space Physics of Boston Univ. & Pardee Center for the Study of Longer Range Future, 12 - 14 April 2007, Boston, MA, USA.
- International Heliophysical Year (IHY), 2007.
- Conference on Earth-Sun System Exploration: Energy Transfer, APL & STEL, 16 - 20 January 2006, Kona, Hawaii, USA
- UN/ESA/NASA Workshop on the International Heliophysical Year IHY 2007, 20 - 23 November 2005, Abu-Dhabi and Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates
- Solar Extreme Events: Fundamental Science and Applied Aspects (SEE 2005), 26 - 30 September 2005, Nor Amberd, Armenia.
- Xth IUGG/IAGA Scientific Assembly, 18 - 29 July 2005, Toulouse, France
- URSI/COSPAR International Reference Ionosphere Workshop, 27 June - 1 July 2005, Ebre Observatory, Roquetes, Spain
- 15th Humans in Space Symposium, IAA, 22 - 26 May 2005, Graz, Austria
- 4th European Conference on Space Debris, ESA, 18 - 20 April 2005, Darmstadt, Germany
- Sun-Earth Connection Physics: the Geoimpact of CMEs, CIRs, and Ordinary Solar Wind, UNAM, 8 - 12 November 2004, Yucatan, Mexico
- 3rd SPARC General Assembly, 1 - 6 August 2004, Victoria, BC, Canada
- IAU Symposium 223: Multi-wavelength Investigations of Solar Activities, 14 - 19 June 2004, St. Petersburg, Russia
- VII Conference of the Latin American Association of Space Geophysics - ALAGE, 29 March - 2 April 2004, Brazil, eurico@dae.inpe.br
- Conference on Sun-Earth Connection: Multiscale Coupling in Sun-Earth Processes, APL and STEL, 9 - 13 February 2004, Kona, HI, USA
- Magnetospheric Response to Solar Activity, Charles Univ. & Czech Acad. of Sciences, 9 - 12 September 2003, Prague, Czech Rep.
- URSI/COSPAR International Reference Ionosphere Workshop, 6 - 10 October 2003, Rhodes Univ., Grahamstown, South Africa
- Advanced Research Workshop on Effects of Space Weather on Technology Infrastructure (ESPRIT) - National Obs. of Athens, 25 - 29 March 2003, Rhodes, Greece
- International Workshop on Earth System Processes Related to the Gujarat Earthquake Using Space Technology, 27 - 29 January 2003, ITT Kanpur, India
- Europe and Space Debris - Academie Nationale de l'Air et de l'Espace, 27 - 28 November 2002, Toulouse, France
- 11th UN/ESA Workshop on Basic Space Science, World Space Observatory and Virtual Observatories in the Era of 10m Telescopes - CONAE and Univ. de la Plata, 9 - 13 September 2002, Cordoba, Argentina
- 18th European Cosmic Ray Symposium - Russian Science Academy, 8 - 12 July 2002, Moscow, Russia
- Workshop on Planetary Protection - Panel on Planetary Protection, 1 - 4 April 2002, Williamsburg, Virginia, USA, jrummel@hq.nasa.gov
- Venus Int. Workshop - 21st Venus Exploration - ISAS, 15 - 17 October 2001, Sagamihara, Japan, oyama@bochan.ted.isas.ac.jp
- Int. School on Analysis Techniques for Space Plasma Data - CNRS, 8 - 13 October 2001, La Londe - Les Maures, France, ddwit@cnrs-orleans.fr
- VI Conference of the Latin American Association of Space Geophysics - ALAGE, 1 - 6 October 2001, Conception, Chile, gonzalez@dge.inpe.br
- Sixth International School/Symposium for Space Simulations - URSI, 3 - 8 September 2001, Garching, Germany, ctd@mpe.mpg.de
- Modeling the Low Latitude Ionosphere Workshop - IRI (A COSPAR/URSI Task Group), 25 - 29 June 2001, INPE, Brazil, abdu@dae.inpe.br
- Workshop on Data Analysis and Image Processing Techniques - UN/ESA/COSPAR, 25 - 29 March 2001, Damascus, Syria, haubold@kph.tuwien.ac.at
- 3rd European Conference on Space Debris - ESA, 19 - 21 March 2001, Darmstadt, Germany, wflury@esoc.esa.de
- AGU Chapman Conference on Storm-Substorm Relationship - AGU, 12 - 16 March 2001, Lonavala, India lakhina@iig.iigm.res.in
- Workshop on Satellite Data Reduction and Analysis Techniques - UN/ESA/ISRO/COSPAR, 27 - 30 November 2000 (dates tentative), UN Centre at Dehra Dun, India, haubold@kph.tuwien.ac.at
- 2nd SPARC General Assembly - SPARC, 6 - 10 November 2000, Mar del Plata, Argentina, sparc.office@aerov.jussieu.fr
- MARISY 2000 - Centre Royal de Teledetection Spatiale, Morocco, 26 - 27 October 2000, Rabat, Morocco
- First S-RAMP Conference - SCOSTEP, 2 - 6 October 2000, Sapporo, Japan
- 1st Int. Solar Cycle Study Symposium - 25 - 27 July 2000, Tatranska Lomnica, Slovakia, solter@izmiran.troitsk.ru
- Advanced Study Institute Conference on Space Storms and Space Weather Hazards - NATO, 19 - 20 June 2000, Crete, Greece, daglis@creator.space.noa.gr
- Chapman Conference on Space Weather - AGU, February 2000, Florida, USA, psong@engin.umich.edu
- The Plasmasphere Rediscovered: a Tribute to Donald Carpenter - URSI Commission H, 14 August 1999, Toronto, Canada
- International Conference on Magnetospheres of the Outer Planets (MOP 99) - Observatoire de Paris, 9 - 14 August 1999, Paris, France
- IRI 1999 Workshop - IRI (a COSPAR/URSI Task Group), 9 - 12 August 1999, Lowell, MA, USA, reinisch@cae.uml.edu
- 5th Asia-Pacific Conference on Multilateral Cooperation in Space Technology and Application - Iranian Remote Sensing Center, 2 - 7 May 1999, Tehran, Iran
- Long-term Changes and Trends in the Atmosphere (LT-ACT-99) - Indian Inst. of Tropical Meteorology, 16 - 19 February 1999, Pune, India, http://www.iucaa.ernet.in/iitm.html
- Fifth Latin American Conference on Space Geophysics (COLAGE) - ALAGE, November 1998, San Jose, Costa Rica
- Project on International Solar Cycle Studies (ISCS) - SCOSTEP, 11 July, Nagoya, Japan shea@plh.af.mil
- Cometary Nuclei in Space and Time - IAU, 18 - 22 May 1998, Nanjing, China, ma@astro.umd.de
- Jovian System after Galileo, Saturnian System before Cassini/Huygens - European Commission/TMR Program, 11 - 15 May 1998, Nantes, France, nantes98@chimie.univ-nantes.fr
- Data Analysis Techniques - UN/COSPAR/ESA/Brazil, 10 - 14 November 1997, Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil, haubold@kph.tuwien.ac.at
- Space Radiation Environment Modelling - Skobeltsyn Inst. of Nuclear Physics, 7 - 9 October 1997, Moscow, Russia, colloq@srdlan.npi.msu.su
- Interaction of Small Bodies with Planets - IAU, August 1997, Kyoto, Japan
- New Dev. in Ionospheric Modelling and Prediction - IRI (a COSPAR/URSI Working Group), 27 - 30 May 1997, Kuehlungsborn, Germany
- Global Measurement Systems for Atmospheric Composition - SPARC, 20 - 22 May, 1997, Toronto, Canada
- Titan - EGS, April 1997