The second China-Europe Solar Physics Meeting will be held in Hvar, Croatia, on 6-10 May 2019.

This is the second meeting between Chinese and European solar physicists in the frame of a regular scientific exchange on a biennial or triennial basis. The first meeting organised in China (CESPM 2017, Kunming, Yunnan) was very successful and the second meeting should further strengthen the collaboration between European and Chinese scientists, in particular among  young scientists.

The sessions are organised as follows:

1. Solar Interior, Dynamo and the Solar Cycle
2. Heating and Coupling of the Solar Atmosphere layers
3. Fundamental Plasma Processes: Magnetic Reconnection, Waves, Emission, Particle Acceleration
4. Manifestations and Triggering of Solar Flares and Coronal Mass Ejections
5. Solar-Terrestrial Relations, Solar Wind, Space Weather and Space Climate.

Abstract submission is now open (deadline 15 January 2019) and early registration will start on January 1st 2019. The meeting is open to colleagues from all countries

After considering several high-quality applications, the ESPD board has decided to have the next European Solar Physics Meeting (ESPM-16) in the Italian city of Turin, in 2020. Congratulations to the organisers! More details will come after the Summer.

Held every three years, the ESPM is the largest meeting of solar physicists in Europe. We hope many of our colleagues can join us in Turin!

The Scientific Committee on Solar-Terrestrial Physics (SCOSTEP) Bureau has established a committee to coordinate the design of SCOSTEP’s Next Scientific Program (NSP), which will cover the period from 2019 to 2022.  This committee has prepared a document describing the NSP, which is accessible at: https://1drv.ms/f/s!Akpx0yeihiGHoRrANb2ZkIa_f-Gm.

The central scientific topic of the NSP is the predictability of the Sun-Earth system at various time scales.

The NSP committee invites feedback from the scientific community, in the form of white papers, or short comments, or even verbally to one or more of the committee members, which are listed with their email addresses in the NSP document mentioned above. Please send your feedback until July 31, 2018!

To encourage an open and transparent discussion, all white papers will be made publicly viewable at: https://1drv.ms/f/s!Akpx0yeihiGHoRtUB6m2wPKVk8cc

In addition, there will be public opportunities to provide input at discussion sessions to be held at

• the Workshop “Solar Influences on the Magnetosphere, Ionosphere and Atmosphere” in Primorsko (Bulgaria) on 4-8 June
• the SCOSTEP 14th Quadrennial Solar-Terrestrial Physics Symposium in Toronto (Canada) on 9-13 July
• the 42nd COSPAR General Assembly in Pasadena, California (USA) on 14-22 July

In 2018 the ESPD will award two prizes, the PhD Thesis Prize and the Early Career Researcher (Postdoc) Prize. These prizes are based on nomination. The deadline for nomination is May 1st 2018.

The 2018 ESPD PhD Thesis Prize is awarded to a young doctor who defended its thesis in 2017. Information about the nomination package and submission process can be found in the ESPD prizes webpage.

The 2018 ESPD Early Career Prize is awarded to a young researcher who defended its PhD less than 4 years ago (with possible extension). Information about the nomination package and submission process can be found in the ESPD prizes webpage.

Étienne Pariat for the ESPD Prize Committee

Manuscripts are solicited for Solar Physics Advances from
the Interior to the Heliosphere, a special topical issue of Advances
in Space Research (ASR).

Ongoing research in solar physics continuously advances and deepens our
understanding of basic physical processes operating in the solar
interior, atmosphere and wind, and contributes to uncovering the
solar-terrestrial relations and forecasting space weather. The main
objective of this special issue of Advances in Space Research (ASR)
is to highlight recent findings achieved in different branches of Solar
Physics. We welcome original and high-quality relevant manuscripts from
all scientists in the solar and heliospheric physics communities. All
submissions must be original papers that meet the quality and
peer-review standards of Advances in Space Research.

Topics to be considered include:

1. Solar Interior, Dynamo, Large-Scale Flows and the Solar Cycle
2. The Solar Atmosphere: Heating, Dynamics and Coupling
3. Fundamental Plasma Processes in the Solar Atmosphere: Magnetic
   Reconnection, Waves, Emission, Particle Acceleration
4. From Radio to Gamma Rays: Near-Sun Manifestations and Triggering of
   Solar Flares and Coronal Mass Ejections
5. Solar Effects on the Heliosphere

1. Go the submission website.
2. To ensure that all manuscripts are correctly identified for inclusion
   into the special issue you are editing, it is important that authors
   select SI: Solar Physics Advances when they reach the “Article Type”
   step in the submission process.
3. Deadline for manuscript submission: 30 April 2018 .

All manuscripts will be subject to a standard peer-review process,
including at least two independent reviewers. There are no page limits,
but the length of the paper should be appropriate to the scientific
material being presented. Manuscripts will be accepted on a
paper-by-paper basis and available on-line with a DOI a few days after
acceptance.  All articles will be typeset at no cost to the author,
while a fee will be charged to the authors for colour figures in print,
but not in the electronic version.  Accepted late papers due to
submission delays or protracted refereeing will appear individually in
regular issues of ASR.

On behalf of the Guest Editors Dr. Georgoulis, Dr. Kontar and the ASR.
Co-editor for Special Issues, Dr. Peggy Ann Shea.