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By Dr. Mamoru ISHII, Director, Space Environment Laboratory,
Applied Electromagnetic Research Institute, NICT

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The first meeting was held on April 2016 at US
Department of State. In the following year, thesecond meeting was held at Embassy of Italy in
the US. And this time, the third meeting was
opened.
The event was started with welcome remarks by
Mr. Kazutoshi Aikawa, envoy extraordinary andminister plenipotentiary of Japan, and Mr.
Jonathan Margolis, deputy assistant secretary for
science, space, and health of the US.
In session 2: "Japanʼs Space Weather Efforts andOutlook", Dr. Hideyuki Tokuda, the president of
NICT reported the current status of NICT's
space weather research.
Also, during session 4: "Toward Improved Space
Weather Services and Preparedness", Dr.
Mamoru Ishii, director of NICT Space
Environment Laboratory introduced attempts ofutilizing state-of-the-art research results underdomestic collaboration in the “PSTEP (Projectfor Solar-Terrestrial Environment Prediction)”,and participated in the panel discussion which
was continuously held.
In session 5: "Perspectives from the Private
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Session details;
Venue: SUNTEC Singapore Convention & Exhibition Centre
Time, date: 28th July to 2nd August 2019
*Program will be decided. Please check the AOGS Web site.
AOGS 2019 WEB: http://www.asiaoceania.org/aogs2019/
Session ID: ST22
Section(s) ST - Solar and Terrestrial Sciences (Primary)PS - Planetary Sciences
Session Title: Space Weather Research and Operation in Asia Oceania
Convener Details:
Main Convener Dr. Mamoru Ishii(National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Japan)
Co-conveners
Dr. JS Choi (RRA, Korea, South)
Dr. I-Te Lee (Meteorological Information Center, CWB, Taiwan)
Prof. Pornchai Supniti (KMITL, Thailand)
Dr. Clara Yatini (Indonesian National Institute of Aeronautics and Space, Indonesia)

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