18:00 - 21:00  Welcome reception and registration at Conference Center (Parque Taoro)
 
 

9:00 - 9:15 Welcome addresses  by SOC, LOC, and ESA representatives
(Chair: Valentin Martinez Pillet))

9:15 - 10:00  The Solar 0rbiter - Mission Design and Results of the Assessment Study
(Marsch, Harrison, Whitcomb)
 

SCIENCE
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- The Sun's magnetized plasma: Close-up observations of the solar atmosphere -

(Chair: Valentin Martinez Pillet)

10:00 - 10:30 Visible-light observations and high-resolution polarimetry
(Lites)

10:30 - 11:00 High-resolution EUV imaging and spectroscopy of the corona
(Vial)
 
 

- Linking the photosphere and corona to the heliosphere: Corotation observations -

(Chair: Eckart Marsch)

11:30 - 12:00  Structure and dynamics of the solar corona and inner heliosphere
(Zurbuchen)

12:00 - 12:30  Heliospheric manifestations of solar activity at all scales
(Bougeret)
 
 

- Particles and fields: In-situ measurements in the inner heliosphere -

(Chair: Rainer Schwenn)

14:30 - 15:00 Plasma and fields
(Horbury)

15:00 - 15:30 Energetic charged particles, neutrals and neutrons
(Kallenrode)
 
 

- The Sun's polar regions and equatorial corona: Excursion out of the ecliptic -

(Chair: Bernhard Fleck)

16:00 - 16:30  The lower polar atmosphere and the solar dynamo
(Solanki)

16:30 - 17:00  The Sun's global corona in three dimensions
(Antonucci)

- Another fresh view on Solar Orbiter science -

17:00 - 17:20  Key issues of heliospheric and coronal waves to be addressed by Solar Orbiter
(Velli)

17:20 - 17:40 Key issues of the solar transition region to be addressed by Solar Orbiter
(Hansteen)
 
 

- On old and new objectives for the Solar Orbiter -

(Chair: Jean-Claude Vial)

9:00 - 9:20 On the best wavelength range for the EUV spectrometer
(Landini)

9:20 - 11:00 Scientific brainstorming

Plenary discussion of the Solar Orbiter science in general with a few
selected 10 min statements/talks

PAYLOAD
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- The Solar Orbiter payload critically reviewed -

(Chair: Peter Bochsler)

11:30 - 12:00 Solar remote-sensing instrumentation
(Hassler)

12:00 - 12:30 Heliospheric in-situ instrumentation
(McComas)

- The Solar Orbiter payload scrutinized -

12.30 - 13:00 General discussion and preparation of splinter groups
(Peter Bochsler and Valentin Martinez Pillet)
 
 

15:00 - 16:30 Splinter meetings on payload

1) particle/field instruments
(Chair: Peter Bochsler and Richard Marsden)
2) Coronagraph instrumentation
(Chair: Rainer Schwenn and Ester Antonucci)

The Dust Detector is included in 1) and
the Neutrals and Neutrons in 1) as well.

15:00 - 16:30  Splinter working group on spectral line selection
(Chair: Richard Harrison)

17:00 - 18:30 Splinter meetings on payload

3) Visible Light Imager and Magnetograph
(Chair: Bernhard Fleck and Oskar von der Lühe)
4) EUV Spectrometer and EUV Imager
(Chair: Richard Harrison and Jean-Claude Vial)

The Radiometer is included in 3).
 
 

9:00 - 11:00 Splinter meetings continued

1) particle/field instruments
(Chair: Peter Bochsler and Richard Marsden)
2) Coronagraph instrumentation
(Chair: Rainer Schwenn and Ester Antonucci)
3) Visible Light Imager and Magnetograph
(Chair: Bernhard Fleck and Oskar von der Lühe)
4) EUV Spectrometer and EUV Imager
(Chair: Richard Harrison and Jean-Claude Vial)
 
 

- Final brainstorming on measurement requirements and payload optimization -

(Chair: Giuseppe Tondello)

11:30 - 13:00 Plenary discussion and statements on payload issues
 
 

- Historical considerations

(Chair: Ester Antonucci)

15:00 - 15:30 ESA solar physics missions: from the early beginnings to SOHO
(Bonnet)

15:30 - 16:00 Roger Bonnet, the Scientist
(Huber)

16:00 - 18:00 Poster Session

COLLABORATION

- Perspectives for international synergy and collaboration -
(e.g., between the agencies within the Inter Agency Consultative Group, IACG)

(Chair: Eckart Marsch)

9:00 - 9:30 Solar Orbiter and ESA's solar-system-science programme (BepiColombo)
(Wenzel)

9:30 - 10:00 Solar Orbiter and NASA's Living with a Star (LWS) programme
(Withbroe)

10:00 - 10:30 Solar Orbiter and Solar Probe
(Tsurutani)

10:30 - 11:00 Solar Orbiter and the Russian Space Agency (RSA) InterHelioProbe
(Kuznetsov and Oraevsky)
 
 

(Chair: Richard Marsden)

11:30 - 11:50 Solar Orbiter, Solar-B and the ISAS solar physics programme
(Kosugi)

11:50 - 12:10 Solar Orbiter collaboration with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)
(Jain)

12:10 - 12:30 Using Solar Orbiter Data for Space Weather Predictions
(Hildner)

12:30 - 12:50 Solar Orbiter and ground-based observations - Lessons from SOHO
(De Pontieu)

12:50 - 13:05 Solar Observations Out of the Sun-Earth Line: STEREO, Solar Polar, and Farside
(Moses)
 
 

15:00 - 16:20 Payload splinter group reports

(Chair: Jean-Louis Bougeret)

15:00 - 15:20 Group 1)
15:20 - 15:40 Group 2)
15:40 - 16:00 Group 3)
18:00 - 16:20 Group 4)

16:20 - 16:50 Coffee Break

(Chair: Rainer Schwenn)

16:50 - 18:00 Payload, mission and S/C issues such as: Orbit design, thermal problems, allocation of resources, telemetry, etc...
 
 

TOWARDS THE DEFINITION STUDY OF SOLAR ORBITER
 

- Perspectives for collaboration -

9:00 - 10:00 Self-organized small splinter meetings

- Perspectives and recommendations for the definition study -

(Chair Giuseppe Tondello)

10:00 - 10:30 A critical summary of the Solar Orbiter science
(Priest)

11:00 - 11:20 A critical review of the in-situ instrumentation
(Bochsler)

11:20 - 11:40 A critical review of the remote-sensing instrumentation
(Gabriel)

11:40 - 13:00 General discussion, summary, recommendations and conclusions

(Chair: Richard Harrison)