1981-2026 45 years SIDC retrospective meeting

Contribution List

12. Logistics

David Berghmans (Royal Observatory of Belgiunm)

03/06/2026, 14:00

Oral

Where/What/When

11. Welcome

Ronald Van der Linden (Royal Observatory of Belgium)

03/06/2026, 14:10

Oral

Opening and word from a former SIDC colleague and now ROB Director

13. The ROB/SIDC historical timeline

Elke D'Huys (Solar-Terrestrial Centre of Excellence), Petra Vanlommel (STCE)

03/06/2026, 14:40

Something else

An interactive group activity throughout the meeting

14. Humain, history & current activities

Antonio Martínez Picar (Royal Observatory of Belgium), Christophe Marqué (STCE)

03/06/2026, 15:10

Oral

15. USET, history & current activities

Sabrina Bechet (Royal Observatory of Belgium)

03/06/2026, 15:40

Oral

16. SILSO, history and current activities

Laure Lefevre (Royal Observatory of Belgium)

03/06/2026, 16:40

Oral

1. Shipping Software People Trust using the Scientific Method

Ruben De Visscher

03/06/2026, 17:10

Oral

18. 26 years of Space Weather Operations

Jesse Andries (Royal Observatory of Belgium)

04/06/2026, 09:30

Oral

2. Through a looking glass

Eva Robbrecht

04/06/2026, 10:00

Oral

3. Light reflection after ROB

Vincent Malisse

04/06/2026, 10:30

Oral

4. Perspectives from profit over social to non-profit

Andy Devos

04/06/2026, 11:30

Oral

19. From Space Weather Research to the Best Ever Coronagraph

Andrei Zhukov (Royal Observatory of Belgium), Luciano Rodriguez (ROB)

04/06/2026, 12:00

Oral

21. The making of EUI & 6 years of operations

David Berghmans (Royal Observatory of Belgiunm)

04/06/2026, 14:00

Oral

5. Bridging worlds: Connecting the ROB experience to the EU science policy

Ali Benmoussa

04/06/2026, 14:30

Oral

6. Mutatis mutandis

Jean-Francois Hochedez

04/06/2026, 15:00

Oral

22. My journey within the Solar Orbiter mission: from the Extreme Ultraviolet Imager to the Spectral Imaging of the Coronal Environment and the Spectrometer/Telescope for Imaging X-rays

Susanna Parenti (CEA)

04/06/2026, 16:00

Oral

9. How a less-than-two-years, pre-PROBA2 stay at ROB led me to speak here and now

Matthieu Kretzschmar

04/06/2026, 16:30

Oral

8. SWAP and the Nature of the Middle Corona

Dan Seaton

04/06/2026, 17:00

Oral

7. From EIT abuse, over SWAP ghosts and Proba-2 operational adventures, to a large, complex but brilliant and unique solar observatory

Anik De Groof

04/06/2026, 17:30

Oral

10. SIDC Quizz

Dr Dimitrios Millas (STCE/SIDC-ROB), Laurent Dolla (Royal Observatory of Belgium)

05/06/2026, 11:00

Quiz