Dear Piers Friends and Colleagues,

At this time where the environmental problems are so important, we propose to explore our session which offers a unique opportunity to bring together scientists, engineers, program managers, and other prospective contributors, in order to review progress, recent advances, and future directions in all aspects of Earth’s Electromagnetic Environment and its Potential Connection with some Severe Space Weather Events like, among others, the Global Climate Variability.

Your valuable contribution of high quality papers will be very important to the success of our session and our symposium as well.

Please inform your young scientists/students (if any) that their contributions are also welcomed.

Topics of interest include the following non exhaustive list :

1- Earth’s Electromagnetic Environment Studies; Global Earth Observations, Modeling and Calibration; Radio waves Propagation & Scattering;Characterization of Ionospheric Effects/Processes from Ground and Satellite Observations; Ionospheric irregularities and radio wave scintillations;Prediction and Forecasting of Ionospheric Effects; Future WirelessCommunications Systems; Remote Sensing; Small Satellites (Cube-Sats) Technology and Applications; Space Weather Activities and Ionospheric Effects on Telecommunications and Navigation Systems.

2- Observation and Understanding of the Sun behaviour which is the main Source of Space Weather Events on Earth; Prediction of these Events that affect our daily lives, environments, and Space Systems (GNSS , GPS, etc.);

3- Anthropogenic Activities (i.e. E.M Pollution from Power Grid, Powerful Transmitters -Radio & TV Broadcasting-, Mobile devices and Cellular Antennas, Wi-Fi Networks, etc.) and their Potential Impact on, among others, the Global Climate Variability.

We thank you in advance for your contribution to making our session vibrant and exciting, and are looking forward to seeing you in Prague.