Name: Space Weather Introductory Course
Start: 2026-06-15T08:45:00+02:00
End: 2026-06-17T16:10:00+02:00
Location: Royal Observatory of Belgium - Directors Building

Space Weather Introductory Course

from Monday, 15 June 2026 (08:45) to Wednesday, 17 June 2026 (16:10)

Monday, 15 June 2026

08:45 morning coffee
morning coffee
08:45 - 09:00
09:00 9,8,7, ignition, 6, 5, 4, prepare for take off, 3,2,1, 0 lift off - Petra Vanlommel (STCE)
9,8,7, ignition, 6, 5, 4, prepare for take off, 3,2,1, 0 lift off
- Petra Vanlommel (STCE)
09:00 - 09:30
09:30 Introduction to Space Weather - Petra Vanlommel (STCE)
Introduction to Space Weather
- Petra Vanlommel (STCE)
09:30 - 10:30
10:30 Break
Break
10:30 - 10:45

10:45 Game (Petra)
Game (Petra)
10:45 - 11:05
11:05 Sneak preview Space Weather briefing - Elke D'Huys (STCE)
Sneak preview Space Weather briefing
- Elke D'Huys (STCE)
11:05 - 11:30
11:30 Space Weather Briefing of the STCE SWx Service Centre
Space Weather Briefing of the STCE SWx Service Centre
11:30 - 12:00

12:00 Lunch
Lunch
12:00 - 12:45
12:45 Drivers of Space Weather - Elke D'Huys (STCE)
Drivers of Space Weather
- Elke D'Huys (STCE)
12:45 - 13:55
13:55 Visit - solar dome
Visit - solar dome
13:55 - 14:20

14:20 Game (Elke)
Game (Elke)
14:20 - 14:30
14:30 Drivers of Space Weather - Elisabeth Dom Elke D'Huys
Drivers of Space Weather
- Elisabeth Dom
- Elke D'Huys
14:30 - 15:20
15:20 Exercise on sensors - Petra Vanlommel (STCE)
Exercise on sensors
- Petra Vanlommel (STCE)
15:20 - 15:50
15:50 Runover time + Exercise to end
Runover time + Exercise to end
15:50 - 16:30
Tuesday, 16 June 2026

08:45 Morning coffee
Morning coffee
08:45 - 09:00
09:00 Space Weather of the day - Petra Vanlommel (STCE)
Space Weather of the day
- Petra Vanlommel (STCE)
09:00 - 09:15
09:15 Solar Wind - Petra Vanlommel (STCE)
Solar Wind
- Petra Vanlommel (STCE)
09:15 - 10:15
10:15 Visit to the radiation expert centre - Erwin de Donder Lenka Zychova
Visit to the radiation expert centre
- Erwin de Donder
- Lenka Zychova
10:15 - 10:50
10:50 Game
Game
10:50 - 11:10
11:10 Earth Environment - Magnetosphere - Jan Janssens (STCE)
Earth Environment - Magnetosphere
- Jan Janssens (STCE)
11:10 - 12:00
12:00 Lunch
Lunch
12:00 - 12:45
12:45 Earth Environment - thermosphere & Ionosphere - Tobias Verhulst (RMI)
Earth Environment - thermosphere & Ionosphere
- Tobias Verhulst (RMI)
12:45 - 13:45
13:45 Break
Break
13:45 - 13:55
13:55 Ionosphere into practice: GNSS and HFcom - Petra Vanlommel (STCE)
Ionosphere into practice: GNSS and HFcom
- Petra Vanlommel (STCE)
13:55 - 14:55
14:55 GNSS, EUI and proba-3
GNSS, EUI and proba-3
14:55 - 15:30
15:30 Advisory Exercise - Petra Vanlommel (STCE)
Advisory Exercise
- Petra Vanlommel (STCE)
15:30 - 15:55
15:55 Reflection on the day
Reflection on the day
15:55 - 16:05
Wednesday, 17 June 2026

08:45 Morning Coffee
Morning Coffee
08:45 - 09:00
09:00 Space Weather of the day - Jan Janssens
Space Weather of the day
- Jan Janssens
09:00 - 09:15
09:15 SWx impacts on Earth - Jan Janssens (STCE)
SWx impacts on Earth
- Jan Janssens (STCE)
09:15 - 10:20
10:20 Game
Game
10:20 - 10:40
10:40 Radio Sun - Christophe Marque
Radio Sun
- Christophe Marque
10:40 - 11:30
11:30 URSIgrams - Jan Janssens (STCE)
URSIgrams
- Jan Janssens (STCE)
11:30 - 12:30
12:30 Lunch
Lunch
12:30 - 13:15
13:15 Ursigram exercise - Elisabeth Dom
Ursigram exercise
- Elisabeth Dom
13:15 - 13:55
13:55 Break
Break
13:55 - 14:10
14:10 SWx products - Elisabeth Dom
SWx products
- Elisabeth Dom
14:10 - 15:05
15:05 End
End
15:05 - 15:20