Name: Inleiding tot het ruimteweer
Start: 2026-04-20T08:45:00+02:00
End: 2026-04-21T17:05:00+02:00
Location: Royal Observatory of Belgium - Directors Building

Inleiding tot het ruimteweer

from Monday, 20 April 2026 (08:45) to Tuesday, 21 April 2026 (17:05)

Monday, 20 April 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 - 10:15
10:15 Break
Break
10:15 - 10:30

10:30 Game
Game
10:30 - 10:45
10:45 Sneak preview van de Space Weather Briefing - Elke D'Huys (STCE)
Sneak preview van de Space Weather Briefing
- Elke D'Huys (STCE)
10:45 - 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: flares and solar wind disturbances - Elke D'Huys (STCE)
Drivers of Space Weather: flares and solar wind disturbances
- Elke D'Huys (STCE)
12:45 - 13:45
13:45 Proba-3, Radio Observations Office - visits
Proba-3, Radio Observations Office - visits
13:45 - 14:25
14:25 Drivers of Space Weather: solar energetic particles - Elisabeth Dom
Drivers of Space Weather: solar energetic particles
- Elisabeth Dom
14:25 - 14:45
14:45 Break
Break
14:45 - 15:00
15:00 Earth Environment - Magnetosphere - Jan Janssens (STCE)
Earth Environment - Magnetosphere
- Jan Janssens (STCE)
15:00 - 16:00
16:00 Exercise of the day
Exercise of the day
16:00 - 16:15
Tuesday, 21 April 2026

08:45 Morning coffee
Morning coffee
08:45 - 09:00
09:00 Space Weather of the day - Jan Janssens (STCE)
Space Weather of the day
- Jan Janssens (STCE)
09:00 - 09:15
09:15 Solar Wind exercise - Petra Vanlommel (STCE)
Solar Wind exercise
- Petra Vanlommel (STCE)
09:15 - 10:05
10:05 short break
short break
10:05 - 10:20
10:20 Earth Environment - thermosphere & Ionosphere - Tobias Verhulst (RMI)
Earth Environment - thermosphere & Ionosphere
- Tobias Verhulst (RMI)
10:20 - 11:15
11:15 short break
short break
11:15 - 11:20
11:20 Visit to the radiation expert centre - particle radiation - Lenka Zychova Erwin de Donder
Visit to the radiation expert centre - particle radiation
- Lenka Zychova
- Erwin de Donder
11:20 - 12:00
12:00 Lunch
Lunch
12:00 - 12:45
12:45 Exercise on Space Weather events - Elisabeth Dom
Exercise on Space Weather events
- Elisabeth Dom
12:45 - 13:15
13:15 Visit - Solar Dome + EUI + GNSS
Visit - Solar Dome + EUI + GNSS
13:15 - 14:00
14:00 SWx impacts on Earth - Jan Janssens (STCE)
SWx impacts on Earth
- Jan Janssens (STCE)
14:00 - 15:00
15:00 Break
Break
15:00 - 15:15
15:15 SWx products and forecasts - Elisabeth Dom
SWx products and forecasts
- Elisabeth Dom
15:15 - 16:10
16:10 Wrap up
Wrap up
16:10 - 16:20