Name: 1981-2026 45 years SIDC retrospective meeting
Start: 2026-06-03T12:20:00+00:00
End: 2026-06-05T18:00:00+00:00
Location: Observatoire

1981-2026 45 years SIDC retrospective meeting

from Wednesday, 3 June 2026 (12:20) to Friday, 5 June 2026 (18:00)

Monday, 1 June 2026
Tuesday, 2 June 2026
Wednesday, 3 June 2026

12:30 Sandwich lunch
Sandwich lunch
12:30 - 14:00
Room: Tent near the Meridian Room
14:00 Logistics - David Berghmans (Royal Observatory of Belgiunm)
Logistics
- David Berghmans (Royal Observatory of Belgiunm)
14:00 - 14:10
Room: Tent near the Meridian Room Where/What/When
14:10 Welcome - Ronald Van der Linden (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Welcome
- Ronald Van der Linden (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
14:10 - 14:40
Room: Tent near the Meridian Room Opening and word from a former SIDC colleague and now ROB Director
14:40 The ROB/SIDC historical timeline - Elke D'Huys (Solar-Terrestrial Centre of Excellence) Petra Vanlommel (STCE)
The ROB/SIDC historical timeline
- Elke D'Huys (Solar-Terrestrial Centre of Excellence)
- Petra Vanlommel (STCE)
14:40 - 15:10
Room: Tent near the Meridian Room An interactive group activity throughout the meeting
15:10 Humain, history & current activities - Christophe Marqué (STCE) Antonio Martínez Picar (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Humain, history & current activities
- Christophe Marqué (STCE)
- Antonio Martínez Picar (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
15:10 - 15:40
Room: Tent near the Meridian Room
15:40 USET, history & current activities - Sabrina Bechet (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
USET, history & current activities
- Sabrina Bechet (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
15:40 - 16:10
Room: Tent near the Meridian Room
16:10 Coffee
Coffee
16:10 - 16:40
Room: Tent near the Meridian Room
16:40 SILSO, history and current activities - Laure Lefevre (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
SILSO, history and current activities
- Laure Lefevre (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
16:40 - 17:10
Room: Tent near the Meridian Room
17:10 Shipping Software People Trust using the Scientific Method - Ruben De Visscher
Shipping Software People Trust using the Scientific Method
- Ruben De Visscher
17:10 - 17:40
Room: Tent near the Meridian Room
17:40 Walk through SIDC, visit telescopes, forecast room, laboratory
Walk through SIDC, visit telescopes, forecast room, laboratory
17:40 - 18:10
Room: Tent near the Meridian Room
Thursday, 4 June 2026

09:00 Coffee
Coffee
09:00 - 09:30
Room: Tent near the Meridian Room
09:30 26 years of Space Weather Operations - Jesse Andries (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
26 years of Space Weather Operations
- Jesse Andries (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
09:30 - 10:00
Room: Tent near the Meridian Room
10:00 Through a looking glass - Eva Robbrecht
Through a looking glass
- Eva Robbrecht
10:00 - 10:30
Room: Tent near the Meridian Room
10:30 Light reflection after ROB - Vincent Malisse
Light reflection after ROB
- Vincent Malisse
10:30 - 11:00
Room: Tent near the Meridian Room
11:00 Coffee
Coffee
11:00 - 11:30
Room: Tent near the Meridian Room
11:30 Perspectives from profit over social to non-profit - Andy Devos
Perspectives from profit over social to non-profit
- Andy Devos
11:30 - 12:00
Room: Tent near the Meridian Room
12:00 From Space Weather Research to the Best Ever Coronagraph - Andrei Zhukov (Royal Observatory of Belgium) Luciano Rodriguez (ROB)
From Space Weather Research to the Best Ever Coronagraph
- Andrei Zhukov (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
- Luciano Rodriguez (ROB)
12:00 - 12:30
Room: Tent near the Meridian Room
12:30 Sandwich lunch
Sandwich lunch
12:30 - 13:30
Room: Tent near the Meridian Room

13:30 Walk through SIDC, visit telescopes, forecast room, laboratory
Walk through SIDC, visit telescopes, forecast room, laboratory
13:30 - 14:00
Room: Tent near the Meridian Room
14:00 The making of EUI & 6 years of operations - David Berghmans (Royal Observatory of Belgiunm)
The making of EUI & 6 years of operations
- David Berghmans (Royal Observatory of Belgiunm)
14:00 - 14:30
Room: Tent near the Meridian Room
14:30 Bridging worlds: Connecting the ROB experience to the EU science policy - Ali Benmoussa
Bridging worlds: Connecting the ROB experience to the EU science policy
- Ali Benmoussa
14:30 - 15:00
Room: Tent near the Meridian Room
15:00 Mutatis mutandis - Jean-Francois Hochedez
Mutatis mutandis
- Jean-Francois Hochedez
15:00 - 15:30
Room: Tent near the Meridian Room
15:30 Coffee
Coffee
15:30 - 16:00
Room: Tent near the Meridian Room
16:00 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)
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)
16:00 - 16:30
Room: Tent near the Meridian Room
16:30 How a less-than-two-years, pre-PROBA2 stay at ROB led me to speak here and now - Matthieu Kretzschmar
How a less-than-two-years, pre-PROBA2 stay at ROB led me to speak here and now
- Matthieu Kretzschmar
16:30 - 17:00
Room: Tent near the Meridian Room
17:00 SWAP and the Nature of the Middle Corona - Dan Seaton
SWAP and the Nature of the Middle Corona
- Dan Seaton
17:00 - 17:30
Room: Tent near the Meridian Room
17:30 From EIT abuse, over SWAP ghosts and Proba-2 operational adventures, to a large, complex but brilliant and unique solar observatory - Anik De Groof
From EIT abuse, over SWAP ghosts and Proba-2 operational adventures, to a large, complex but brilliant and unique solar observatory
- Anik De Groof
17:30 - 18:00
Room: Tent near the Meridian Room
Friday, 5 June 2026
11:00 SIDC Quizz - Dimitrios Millas (STCE/SIDC-ROB) Laurent Dolla (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
SIDC Quizz
- Dimitrios Millas (STCE/SIDC-ROB)
- Laurent Dolla (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
11:00 - 12:30
Room: ROB Director's House
12:30

12:30 - 15:30
Room: Tent near the Meridian Room