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Workshop Agenda

The meeting is organised in Theatre B, main floor in the Math Building (follow SOLAIRE signs).
The typical time allocated for lectures is 1hr 30min, including a 10 min break.
Monday 11 January
9:00 - 10:30 Basic MHD

Dr Thomas Neukirch (University of St Andrews, UK)

11:00 - 12:30 Equilibria and magnetic field extrapolations

Dr Stéphane Régnier (University of St Andrews, UK)

14:00 - 15:30 Two-dimensional reconnection

Dr Tony Arber (University of Warwick, UK)

16:00 - 17:30 Ideal and resistive instabilities

Prof Alan Hood (University of St Andrews, UK)

Tuesday 12 January
9:00 - 10:30 Kinetic aspects of reconnection

Dr Giovanni Lapenta (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium)

11:00 - 12:30 Three-dimensional reconnection: general theory

Dr Gunnar Hornig (University of Dundee, UK)

14:00 - 15:30 Three-dimensional reconnection: null reconnection

Dr David Pontin (University of Dundee, UK)

16:00 - 17:30 Three-dimensional reconnection: non-null reconnection

Dr Etienne Pariat (Observatoire Paris-Meudon, France)

Wednesday 13 January

SOLAIRE training course: "Presentation Skills"



Thursday 14 January
9:00 - 10:30 Numerical evidence of reconnection

Dr Klaus Galsgaard (Niels Bohr Institute, Denmark)

11:00 - 12:30 Observational evidence of reconnection

Dr Lidia van Driel-Gesztelyi (Observatoire Paris-Meudon, France; MSSL/UCL, UK)

14:00 - 15:30 Applications of reconnection: coronal heating

Dr Clare Parnell (University of St Andrews, UK)

16:00 - 17:30 Applications of reconnection: solar flares

Dr Lyndsay Fletcher (University of Glasgow, UK)

Friday 15 January
9:00 - 10:30 Applications of reconnection: CMEs and the solar wind

Prof Stefaan Poedts (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium)

11:00 - 12:30 Applications of reconnection: the magnetosphere

Dr John Dorelli (NASA/GSFC, USA)