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1 6RODU(QHUJHWLF3ODVPDVDQG3DUWLFOHV 6FLHQWLILF3URJUDP 6XQGD\$XJXVW 19:00-20:30 Welcome Reception at the Wäinö Aaltonen Museum of Art 0RQGD\$XJXVW 09:00-09:10 Welcome: 3URIHVVRU.HLMR9LUWDQHQ, Rector of the Univ of Turku 09:10-09:40 Keynote Address: 5-RNLSLL Morning session: Session chair: 1*RSDOVZDP\ 09:40-10:10 An Historical Perspective on Coronal Mass Ejections: 5$ +RZDUG 10:10-10:30 Coffee Break 10:30-11:00 Observational Properties of Coronal Mass Ejections: 6.DKOHU 11:00-11:30 The Properties of CMEs at High Latitudes: '%5HLVHQIHOG 11:30-12:00 Poster advertising: %-7KRPSVRQ 12:00-13:00 Lunch 13:00-14:00 3RVWHUV Shock and Driver Evolution for the April 23, 1979 Event in the Inner Heliosphere and at 1 AU Revisited: '%%HUGLFKHYVN\& &:X&-)DUUXJLD'95HDPHV53/HSSLQJ5-0DF'RZDOO56FKZHQQ Energy Storage in Pre-eruption Magnetic Fields Required for Field Opening in CMEs: *6&KRH&=&KHQJ The Magnetic Helicity Content in Magnetic Clouds: 6'DVVR$ *XOLVDQR&+0DQGULQL3'HPRXOLQ 4

2 Coronal mass ejections associated with the abnormal rotation rates of the sunspot groups:.0+luhpdwk*66xu\dqdud\dqd Fast Coronal Mass Ejection Environments and the Production of Solar Energetic Particle Events: 6:.DKOHU Small Active Region Linked to a Magnetic Cloud: 6 3RKMRODLQHQ6'DVVR/0*UHHQ3'HPRXOLQ/YDQ'ULHO *HV]WHO\L&&RSSHUZKHDW&)ROH\ Halo Coronal Mass Ejection Events and Solar Proton Events: 3UREKDV5D\FKDXGKXUL Sigmoid-Arcade Interaction Model of the 3D Evolution of the Coronal Magnetic Arcades: 07RNPDQ On Solar Flares Activity in Active Region NOAA 9033 on 12th June 2000: 9.9HUPD On the Classification of Solar Coronal Mass Ejections Based on LASCO/ SOHO Observations: 9.9HUPD On Coronal Mass Ejections Observed by LASCO/ SOHO Relatioship with Solar Flares and Coronal Holes9.9HUPD Detection of Coronal Mass Ejections by LASCO Coronagraphs: 6 <DVKLUR1*RSDOVZDP\$/DUD5$+RZDUG Some Relations Between the CME Propagation Parameters and the Solar Wind: (GXDUGRGHO3R]R*DUFtD,VDEHO7DWLDQD 5RGUtJXH](VQDUG-RUJH9DOLHQWH 0iUTXH] Characteristics of Active Region Sources of Solar Wind near Solar Maximum: 3DXOHWW&/LHZHU01HXJHEDXHU7KRPDV =XUEXFKHQ Regularities of Formation of Supersonic Solar Wind: 1$ /RWRYD.99ODGLPLUVN\912EULGNR,$6XEDHY Afternoon session: Session chair: *6LPQHWW 14:00-14:30 The Flare-Coronal Mass Ejection Relationship: 5$+DUULVRQ 5

3 14:30-15:00 Community Modeling Efforts on Coronal Mass Ejections:,, 5RXVVHY 15:00-15:20 Correlation of Flare Emissions, CME Acceleration and Impulsive Magnetic Reconnection: &=&KHQJ*6&KRH-4LX< 5HQ<-0RRQ 15:20-15:40 Coffee Break 15:40-16:10 Entering the Era of Automated CME Recognition: a Review of Existing Tools: (5REEUHFKW'%HUJKPDQV 16:10-16:40 Magnetic Helicity and Coronal Mass Ejections: $1LQGRV 16:40-17:10 CMEs, Shocks, Turbulence and SEPs: 59DLQLR 17:10-17:20 Spectroscopic Detection of CME Related Shocks: $&LDUDYHOOD -5D\PRQG 7XHVGD\$XJXVW Morning session: Session chair: *0DVRQ 08:30-09:00 Tutorial on Solar Energetic Particle Events: 77YRQ5RVHQYLQJH 09:00-09:30 Ion Acceleration by Shocks: 0$/HH 09:30-10:00 Solar Energetic Particle Composition: %.OHFNHU 10:00-10:20 Coffee Break 10:20-10:50 Observations of Energy-Dependent Charge States: 03RSHFNL 10:50-11:20 Modeling the energy-dependent charge states of solar energetic particles: /.RFKDURY 11:20-12:00 Poster advertising: /.RFKDURY 12:00-13:00 Lunch 13:00-14:00 3RVWHUV A Statistical Study of High-Energy (>90 MeV) Proton Events Observed with SOHO/ERNE During Solar Cycle 23: $$O 6DZDG-7RUVWL/.RFKDURY.+XWWXQHQ+HLNLQPDD Fractional kinetic equation and high energy solar energetic Particles: 2*%DNXQLQ 6

4 Spectral Properties of Heavy Ions Associated With the Passage of Interplanetary Shocks Near 1 AU: 0,'HVDL*00DVRQ& 06&RKHQ0(:LHGHQEHFN-(0D]XU-5'Z\HU4 +X&:6PLWK506NRXJ Two Solar 4-He Event Populations Derived From Onset Analysis:.+XWWXQHQ+HLNLQPDD Adiabatic Deceleration Effects on the Formation of Heavy Ion Charge Spectra in Interplanetary Space: -.DUWDY\NK*.RYDOWVRY92VWU\DNRY:'URHJH About Surfatron Mechanism of Particles Acceleration in Cosmic Plasma: *1.LFKLJLQ Modeling the decay phase of solar energetic particle events at different topologies of interplanetary magnetic field: /.RFKDURY*$.RYDOWVRY-7RUVWL Measurements of Energy Dependent He-3 Enhancement in Solar Events by ERNE: -/DLYROD-7RUVWL/.RFKDURY Heavy Elements in Solar Particle Events During the Years : SOHO/ ERNE Measurements:,/HKWLQHQ- 7RUVWL The Isotopic Composition of Solar Energetic Particles in Large Solar Events: 5$/HVNH&06&RKHQ$&&XPPLQJV5 $0HZDOGW(&6WRQH0(:LHGHQEHFN77YRQ 5RVHQYLQJH Neutron-Decay Protons During the 2000 June 6 Solar Event: 3 0lNHOl-7RUVWL Analysis of Directional Distributions of Solar Energetic Particles Detected by SOHO/ERNE: 76DKOD High Resolution Pitch Angle Distribution Measurements for Protons in Energy Range MeV: 26DORQLHPL-7RUVWL( 5LLKRQHQ The Effect of the Large-Scale IMF Structure on the Decay Phase of Solar Energetic Electron Events: (76DUULV2( 0DODQGUDNL7(6DUULV Prompt Acceleration of Electrons and Ions during Two 7

5 Current Loops Interaction: 66KLQML6-XQLFKL On the origin of relativistic electrons precipitating simultaneously with solar proton fluxes during the solar proton events: $9 6KLURFKNRY/10DNDURYD616RNRORY Anisotropy of Proton Intensity Observed by SOHO/ERNE During the September 12, 2000, Solar Particle Event: -7RUVWL( 5LLKRQHQ/.RFKDURY Energetic Particle Mean Free Path in the Corona: Toward a Consistent Treatment: 7/DLWLQHQ5.LVVPDQQ Afternoon session: Session chair: 03RSHFNL 14:00-14:30 The Source Material for Solar Energetic Particles: 5$0HZDOGW 14:30-15:00 Spectral and Compositional Characteristics of Impulsive and Gradual Solar Energetic Particle Events: $-7\OND 15:00-15:30 Remnant Flare Suprathermals and the Seed Population for Shock- Accelerated Energetic Particles: *00DVRQ0,'HVDL-( 0D]XU-5'Z\HU 15:30-15:50 Coffee Break 15:50-16:20 The Propagation of Solar Energetic Particles in the Interplanetary Medium: :'URHJH 16:20-16:40 Prediction Techniques for Solar Energetic Particles: &&%DOFK 16:40-17:00 Solar Energetic Particle Events from Solar Minimum to Maximum: $$QWWLOD :HGQHVGD\$XJXVW 08:30-19:00 Field trip to Helsinki 7KXUVGD\$XJXVW Morning session: Session chair:./.ohlq 8

6 08:30-09:00 Gamma Rays and the Physics of Solar Flares: *+6KDUH5-0XUSK\ 09:00-09:30 Particle Acceleration in Solar Flares: 0-$VFKZDQGHQ 09:30-10:00 Radiative Analyses of Energetic Particles: $/0DF.LQQRQ 10:00-10:20 Coffee Break 10:20-10:50 Solar Energetic Electrons - X-ray and Radio Bursts: 53/LQ 10:50-11:10 The Role of CMEs and Their Shocks in Determining SEP Abundances: +9&DQH5(0HZDOGW&06&RKHQ7 7YRQ5RVHQYLQJH 11:10-11:30 X-ray and radio evidence of a rising plasmoid during CME lift-off: 1-/HKWLQHQ63RKMRODLQHQ0.DUOLFN\+$XUDVV 11:30-12:00 Poster advertising: 0/HH 12:00-13:00 Lunch 13:00-14:00 3RVWHUV Properties of Shocks and CMEs Associated With Interplanetary Type II Bursts: ($JXLODU5RGULJXH]1*RSDOVZDP\5 0DF'RZDOO6<DVKLUR0/.DLVHU Proton Enhancements and their Relation to the Soft X-ray flares during Three Last Solar Cycles: $%HORY+*DUFLD9.XUW+ 0DYURPLFKDODNL Decimetric Wavelength Bursts Associated With the Onset Time of CMEs: -5&HFDWWR$&6RDUHV)&5)HUQDQGHV)5 +0DGVHQ0&$QGUDGH+66DZDQW Plasma Distribution Through the Solar Cycles 22nd and 23 rd : 5++DPLG Altitude of the Acceleration Sites, Loop Length and Mean Loop Density for the Very Impulsive Flares Exhibiting Bremsstrahlung High Energy Gamma Emission (Eg >10 MEV): 9LFWRULD*.XUW Definition of some Characteristics of Solar Flares by Gamma - radiation in a Discrete Range: %0.X]KHYVNLM($0DOHHYD /,0LURVKQLFKHQNR(97URLWVNDLD 9

7 SONG-M on CORONAS-F: measurements of high energy neutral emissions from the Sun: 61.X]QHWVRY..XGHOD,1 0\DJNRYD%<<XVKNRY Halo CME Events Associated With Large Scale Field Line Opening: 63RKMRODLQHQ19LOPHU-,.KDQ$(+LOODULV Emission Histories of Solar Near-relativistic Electrons: *0 6LPQHWW(&5RHORI'.+DJJHUW\ Internal Shocks in Reconnection Jet in the Solar Flares: 6 7DQXPD New Applications of MeV Gamma-Line Data for Derivation of Some Parameters of the Solar Atmosphere and Spectrum of Accelerated Particles: (97URLWVNDLD%0.X]KHYVNLM/, 0LURVKQLFKHQNR:4*DQ Study of the Thermal Size-Energy Release Relationship in Solar Flares with RHESSI: 0.9llQlQHQ-+XRYHOLQ6 3RKMRODLQHQ Solar Energetic Events and Their Possible Impact on Some Technological and Ecological Systems: Results of Studies Carried Out in Azerbaijan: (6%DED\HY Proton Flux Prediction Model at Earth Environment to E > 10 MEV: (GXDUGRGHO3R]R*DUFtD-RUJH9DOLHQWH0iUTXH],VDEHO7DWLDQD5RGUtJXH](VQDUG Energetic Particle Tracing of the Magnetic Topology of ICMEs During the ULYSSES Solar Maximum Polar Orbit: 2( 0DODQGUDNL(76DUULV03LFN Properties of High Heliolatitude Solar Energetic Particle Events: Ulysses Observations: +.XQRZ%+HEHU$6WUXPLQVN\0.DOOHQURGH50XHOOHU0HOOLQ$.ODVVHQ$3RVQHU Afternoon session: Session chair: 50HZDOGW 14:00-14:30 Radio Bursts and Solar Energetic Particle Events:./.OHLQ 14:30-15:00 EIT Waves and Coronal Shock Waves: *0DQQ 10

8 15:00-15:30 Coronal Mass Ejections and Interplanetary Type II bursts: 1 *RSDOVZDP\ 15:30-15:50 Coffee Break 15:50-16:10 KET Ulysses Observations of SEPs in and out of the Ecliptic: $ 6WUXPLQVN\%+HEHU 18:30-23:00 Conference dinner and cruise )ULGD\$XJXVW Morning session: Session chair: %*LOHV 08:30-09:00 Space Weather for Solar Physicists: +(-.RVNLQHQ 09:00-09:30 Measurements of Energetic Storm Particles: An Overview: &0 6&RKHQ 09:30-10:00 The Creation of New Radiation Belts Associated With Solar Energetic Particle Events and Interplanetary Shocks: -(0D]XU -%%ODNH3/6ORFXP0DU\.+XGVRQ*00DVRQ 10:00-10:20 Coffee 10:20-10:50 Space Weather Challenges Intrinsic to the Human Exploration of Space: 5(7XUQHU 10:50-11:10 Predicting intensity of intense geomagnetic storms from solar and interplanetary properties of CMEs: A statistical model: 1DQGLWD 6ULYDVWDYD 11:10-11:30 Geoeffective CMEs and Energetic Particles: (9DOWRQHQ7 /DLWLQHQ.+XWWXQHQ+HLNLQPDD 11:30-11:50 Energetic Storm Particle Events Observed on ACE and Wind during Solar Cycle 23: *&+R'/DULR0,'HVDL&: 6PLWK4+X 12:00-13:00 Lunch Afternoon session: Session chair: %.OHFNHU 11

9 13:00-13:20 Energetic Particles in the Magnetosphere:,5RWK0.+XGVRQ 13:20-13:40 Solar Extrem Flare Events: Origin, Occurrence and Relation with Heliospheric Superevents: 91,VKNRY 13:40-14:00 October X10 Flare: High Energy Gamma Emission, Type II Radio Emission and Solar Particles Observations:.X]QHWVRY 6.XUW9LFWRULD0\DJNRYD,<XVKNRY%.XGHOD. %HORY$0DYURPLFKDODNL+&DURXEDORV&+LODULV$ 3UHND3DSDGHPD*0XVVDV; 14:00-14:30 Direct Influence of Solar Energetic Particles on Atmospheric Chemistry: (7XUXQHQ 14:30-15:00 Fifty Years of Ground Level Solar Particle Event Observations: & /RSDWH 15:00-15:30 Energetic particle response to CMEs at low and high heliographic latitudes: '/DULR 15:30-16:00 Coffee Closing session 16:00-17:00 Panel Discussion: "Future Perspectives on Solar Energetic Particle (SEP) and Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) Research" 5/LQDQG5 $+RZDUG Panelists: 50DUVGHQ$9RXUOLGDV'/DULR$7\OND5 9DLQLRDQG2&6W&\U 17:00-17:05 Publication Plans, Closing Remarks: 1*RSDOVZDP\ 12

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