Table of Contents ====================================================================== 1. Geospace Environment Modeling (GEM) Summer Workshop Held Jointly with CEDAR Santa Fe, New Mexico, June 26 - July 1, 2011 2. Announcement of GEM 2011 Pre-Focus Group Planning Session on Magnetic Reconnection ====================================================================== *************************** ** THE GEM MESSENGER ** *************************** Volume 21, Number 4 April 25, 2011 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Geospace Environment Modeling (GEM) Summer Workshop Held Jointly with CEDAR Santa Fe, New Mexico, June 26 - July 1, 2011 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Robert Clauer The Geospace Environment Modeling (GEM) summer workshop is being held jointly with CEDAR in Santa Fe, New Mexico June 26 - July 1. The GEM registration site is open at http://www.cpe.vt.edu/gem Important Dates: Deadline for student applications for support: Friday May 13, 2011 Deadline for poster submission: Friday May 13, 2011 (note there are specific size limits to posters this year) Last Day to pay Early Registration: Monday June 6, 2011 Last Day to make hotel reservations and receive conference rate: Thursday May 26, 2011 The NASA Living with a Star Program is sponsoring a special session on Sunday June 26, "Response of the Magnetosphere to High Speed Streams." The schedule for this session as well as the Workshop Agenda is available at the registration site. New for this year, student attendees will be charged a $100 registration fee. Student support will cover air fare and lodging. Students requesting support must have a supporting email sent by their advisor. Details for applying for student support are available at the registration web site. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Announcement of GEM 2011 Pre-Focus Group Planning Session on Magnetic Reconnection ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Paul Cassak , John Dorelli and Brian Sullivan We would like to announce a pre-focus group planning meeting for a GEM session on magnetic reconnection to be held at the upcoming GEM meeting in Santa Fe. We encourage any and all community members interested in helping to formulate the scope and direction for an upcoming proposal for a focus group to attend. Ideal directions for a focus group incorporate a close interaction between observers, theorists, and/or global modelers. Suggestions for leadership and science focus are encouraged. The session is planned for Tuesday, June 28th, from 1:30-3:30pm. Please email us at Paul.Cassak at mail.wvu.edu with any questions or comments. People not planning on attending that have ideas are encouraged to email their comments in advance. +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ | To subscribe GEM Messengers, send an e-mail to | | | | with the following command in the body of your e-mail message: | | subscribe gem | | To remove yourself from the mailing list, the command is: | | unsubscribe gem | | | | To broadcast a message to the GEM community, please contact | | Peter Chi at | | | | Please use plain text as the format of your submission. | | | | GEM Messenger is also posted online via newsfeed at | | http://heliophysics.blogspot.com and | | http://www.facebook.com/heliophysics | | | | Back issues are available at ftp://igpp.ucla.edu/scratch/gem/ | | | | URL of GEM Home Page: http://aten.igpp.ucla.edu/gemwiki | | Workshop Information: http://www.cpe.vt.edu/gem/index.html | +-------------------------------------------------------------------+