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COSPAR  2018  Status  Report  to  the  SSB  

Gregg  Vane  SSB  Fall  Mee/ng  November  3,  2015  

Topics  

1.  COSPAR  background  and  rela/onship  with  SSB  

2.  The  COSPAR-‐2018  Pasadena  team  

3.  Pasadena  mee/ng  venue  

4.  Ac/vi/es  for  2015-‐2016  

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Overview  of  COSPAR  

•  Origin: Established by the International Council for Science (ICSU) in 1958 as an outgrowth of the International Geophysical Year and the launch of Sputnik 1.

•  Goals: To promote international scientific research in space, with emphasis on the exchange of results, information and opinions, and to provide a forum, open to all scientists, for the discussion of problems that may affect scientific space research.

•  Mechanisms: COSPAR addresses its goals by sponsoring scientific

assemblies, symposia, etc.

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COSPAR  Governance  

COSPAR Council

COSPAR Bureau

Representatives from national member organizations (e.g. NAS/SSB) and international scientific unions.Elected officials whooversee business and operations

International Council for

Science

Representatives from national member organizations and international scientific unions

COSPAR Scientific

Commissions and Panels

Vehicles via which scientists participate in COSPAR activities

COSPAR Scientific Advisory

Committee

Advises President on scientific activities (COSPAR’s SSB)

COSPAR  and  the  SSB  

•  The SSB is the U.S. National Committee for COSPAR

•  NRC appoints U.S. Representative to COSPAR based on SSB nomination

•  U.S. Representative was automatically one of COSPAR two vice presidents (second vice president appointed by the Soviet Academy of Sciences) until democracy won the day in 1994. Since then, the U.S. Representative position has been held by:

•  Louis J. Lanzerotti (1994-2002)•  Edward C. Stone (2002-2010)•  Robert P. Lin (2010-2012) •  Len Fisk (2012-2014, elected President of COSPAR in 2014)•  Charlie Kennel (2014 - )

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COSPAR Scientific Structure•  SC A—Space Studies of the Earth’s Surface, Meteorology and Climate

•  SC B—Space Studies of the Earth-Moon System, Planets, and Small Bodies [and Exoplanets]

•  SC C—Space Studies on the Upper Atmospheres of the Earth and Planets including Reference Atmospheres [and Exoplanets]

•  SC D—Space Plasmas in the Solar System, Including Magnetosphere

•  SC E—Astrophysics from Space – sub-commission on Exoplanets

•  SC F—Life Sciences as Related to Space [home to Astrobiology]

•  SC G—Materials Sciences in Space

•  SC H—Fundamental Physics in Space

Plus 11 special purpose panels devoted to, e.g., Capacity Building, Space Weather, Planetary Protection, and Exploration

COSPAR  Scien/fic  Assemblies  

•  Ist—London, U.K., 1958•  5th—Washington, D.C. USA, 1962•  14th —Seattle, WA, USA, 1971•  19th—Philadelphia, PA, USA, 1976•  29th—Washington, D.C., USA, 1992•  32nd—Nagoya, Japan, 1998•  34th—Houston, USA, 2002•  35th—Paris, France, 2004•  36th—Beijing, China, 2006•  37th—Montreal, Canada, 2008•  38th—Bremen, Germany, 2010•  39th—Mysore, India, 2012•  40th—Moscow, Russia, 2-8 August 2014

•  41st—Istanbul, Turkey, 2016•  42nd—Pasadena, CA, USA, 2018

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The  Pasadena  COSPAR  Team  

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Tom  Prince,  Caltech,  Professor  of  Astrophysics  •  COSPAR  2018  SPC  Chair  

Rosaly  Lopes,  JPL,  Manager  of  Planetary  Science  Sec/on  •  COSPAR  2018  Deputy  SPC  

Chair  

Gregg  Vane,  JPL,  Chief  Strategist,  Solar  System  Explora/on  •  COSPAR  2018  LOC  Chair    

Caltech  Infrared  Processing  and  Analysis  Center  •  Campus  “home”  for  COSPAR  2018  •  David  Imel  is  our  “chancellor  of  the  exchequer”  

ICS  is  our  Professional  Conference  Organizer  (PCO)  •  Comprised  of  a  team  of  50+  professionals  •  Several  dozen  conferences  each  year  •  Fluency  in  three  dozen  languages  

The  ICS  Execu/ve  Team  

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Examples  of  recent  ICS  conferences  

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Pasadena  Mee/ng  Venue  Pasadena  Conven

NORTH  AT  TOP  

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Mee/ng  Room  Status  

•  Total  mee/ng  room  count  including  all  Pasadena  Conven/on  Center,  Sheraton  and  Hilton  Hotels  capaci/es  now  exceeds  the  2010  COSPAR  Bremen  Assembly  by  about  20  mee/ng  rooms  

•  Total  sea/ng  capacity  now  exceeds  Bremen  by  about  30%  

•  Bremen  used  for  comparison  because  it  hosted  the  largest  Scien/fic  Assembly  to  date  

•  Complete  details  including  no/onal  match-‐ups  between  rooms  and  room  func/ons  have  been  provided  as  a  Word  Doc  to  the  COSPAR  Bureau  

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Financial  Agreement  Between  Pasadena  LOC  and  COSPAR  December  2014  Revised  

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Pasadena  2018  compared  with  similar  conferences  in  2018  $US  unless  otherwise  noted  

Item   Pasadena  2018  Moscow  proposal  

Pasadena  2018  December  2014  Revised  

Moscow  "2018"   EGU  "2018"  Vienna  Budget    

AGU  "2018"  San  Francisco  

                       

Full-‐fee:    Early   750   700   684   624   602  full-‐fee:    Regular   900   850   836   676   715  Full-‐fee:    On-‐site   1050   950   988   676   715                          Student:    Early   175   175   190   357   304  Student:    Regular   250   225   266   403   416  Student:    On-‐Site   350   275   266   403   416                          Accompanying:    Early   175   175   152   122   n/a  Accompanying:  Regular   250   225   228   122   n/a  Acompanying:    On-‐Site   350   275   304   122   n/a                          2014  US  daily  lodging  allowance  for  comparison  

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           COSPAR  Rebate   300,000  Euros   275,000  Euros  COSPAR  Grants  Program   35,000  Euros   35,500  Euros  

Note:    Moscow,  EGU  and  AGU  inflated  from  2014  to  2018  at  0.03  per  year  Note:    EGU  and  AGU  have  neither  Opening  Recep/ons  nor  Conference  Bags  Note:    Should  COSPAR  2018  exceed  3,500  ahendees  and  yield  a  financial  surplus,  Caltech  and  COSPAR  will  agree  upon  a  division  of  proceeds  all  of  which  will  go  toward  suppor/ng  students  in  space  sciences  at  Caltech  and  COSPAR.  

Plans  for  the  next  year  

•  Solicit  addi/onal  sponsors  •  Contract  with  new  hotels  coming  on  line  •  Fully  engage  at  the  2016  Assembly  in  Istanbul  

–  The  program  for  2018  is  established  at  the  2016  Assembly  –  Pasadena  team  is  working  ac/vely  with  colleagues  around  the  world  to  seed  the  2016  Commission  Business  Mee/ngs  with  Scien/fic  Events  for  2018  

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