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When: Oct 2, 2023 08:00 AM Johannesburg

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Times/Day Monday October 2  
  Chair – Dr. Patrick Sibanda – Space Weather  
08:00 – 08:15 Welcome Remarks – Dr. C. Ngwira and AGS President/Representative  
08:15 – 08:45 Opening Address; Minister of Technology and Science  
 
08:45 – 09:00 Remembering Dr. Lee-Anne McKinnel – John Bosco Habarulema  
09:00 – 09:15 Keynote Speaker: Reinhard Friedal  
09:15 – 09:30 Rendani Nndanganeni  
09:30 – 09:45 Eshet Tafes  
09:45 – 10:00 Susan Skone  
10:00 – 10:15 Antti Pulkkinen  
10:15 – 10:30 Coffee Break  
  Chair – Dr. Susan Skone – Observational Studies and Modeling  
10:30 – 10:45 Jade Morton  
10:45 – 11:00 Lindsay Goodwin  
11:00 – 11:15 Denny Oliviera  
11:15 – 11:30 Sinkala Mwakwa Yoram  
11:30 – 11:45 Endawoke Yizengaw  
11:45 – 12:00 Audu Moses Owoicho – Remote  
12:00 – 12:15 Sulungu Emmanuel – withdrwan  
12:15 – 12:30 Vincent Ledvina  
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch  
  Chair – Dr. Andrew Akala – Dynamics/Electrodynamics of the Ionosphere  
14:00 – 14:15 Zama K. Josephs  
14:15 – 14:30 Claire Gasque  
14:30 – 14:45 Anthea Coster  
14:45 – 15:00 Ramazan ATICI  
15:00 – 15:15 Chapagain Narayan  
15:30 – 15:45 Jason Derr – Remote  
15:45 – 16:00 Coffee Break  
  Chair – Dr. Anthea Coster – Solar and Heliosphere 1  
16:00 – 16:15 Christopher Ndiitwani  
16:15 – 16:30 Pertti Makela  
16:30 – 16:45 Kostadinka Koleva  
16:45 – 17:00 Ramokgaba Innocentia Itumeleng – withdrawn  
17:00 – 17:15 Neal Hurlbert – Remote  
17:15 – 17:30 Nat Gopalswamy  
  Tuesday October 3
  Chair – Dr. Zama K. Josephs – Magnetosphere/Ionosphere/Lower Atmosphere Coupling
08:00 – 08:15 Announcements
08:15 – 08:30 James Roeder
08:30 – 08:45 Scott Thaller
08:45 – 09:00 Homayon Aryan
09:00 – 09:15 Salinas Hector Angel
09:15 – 09:30 Fredrick, Espen
09:30 – 09:45 Mengitsu Tsidu Gizaw
09:45 – 10:00 Mike Hayns
10:00 – 10:15 Chigo Ngwira
10:15 – 10:30 Coffee Break
  Chair – Dr. Melessew Nigussie – Machine Learning and Remote Sensing Studies
10:30 – 10:45 Lonesome Malambo
10:45 – 11:00 Ncube Mduduzi Blessing
11:00 – 11:15 Daniel Okoh – Remote
11:15 – 11:30 Mutale Chileshe Chryl
11:30 – 11:45 Ayman Mahrous
11:45 – 12:00 George Shikwambana
12:00 – 12:15 Mwenya Misheck
12:15 – 12:30 Omogolo Keobokil
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch
  Chair – Dr. John Bosco Habarulema – Data/Instrumentation, Outreach, and Education
14:00 – 14:15 Shuji Abe -Remote
14:15 – 14:30 Patrick Sibanda – Data/instrumentation in Zambia
14:30 – 14:45 Olusegun Jonah
14:45 – 15:00 Paul Baki
15:00 – 15:15 Babatunde Rabiu – Remote
15:30 – 15:45 Jive Lubbungu
15:45 – 16:00 Prospery Simpemba
16:00 – 16:15 Fabiano Rodrigues – Remote
   
  Chair – Dr. Chigo Ngwira and Mr. Prospery Simpemba
17:30 – 20:00 Student Poster Session with light meal/drinks
  Wednesday October 4  
  Chair – Dr. Rendani Nndanganeni – Low-latitude Ionosphere
08:00 – 08:15 Announcements  
08:15 – 08:30 Patrick Sibanda  
08:30 – 08:45 Melessew Nigussie  
08:45 – 09:00 Aol Sharon – Remote  
09:00 – 09:15 Andrew Akala  
09:15 – 09:30 Habarulema John Bosco  
09:30 – 09:45 Aderonke Obafaye – Remote  
09:45 – 10:00 Keith Groves: SCINDA Update – Remote  
10:00 – 10:15    
10:15 – 10:30 Coffee Break  
  Chair – Dr. Antti Pulkkinen – Solar and Heliosphere 2  
10:30 – 10:45 Alphonse Sterling  
10:45 – 11:00 Donald Ngobeni  
11:00 – 11:15 Sanchita Pal  
11:15 – 11:30 Mari-Paz Miralles  
11:30 – 11:45 Anshu Kumari Singh  
11:45 – 12:00 Abby Godson  
12:00 – 12:15 Fred-Joe Nambala/Chigo  
12:15 – 12:30    
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch  
  Chair – Dr. Olivier Obrou – Miscellaneous Studies  
14:00 – 14:15 Antti Pulkkinen  
14:15 – 14:30 Olusegun Jonah  
14:30 – 14:45 Denny Oliveira  
14:45 – 15:00 Wojciech J. Miloch – Remote  
15:00 – 15:15 John Bosco Habarulema  
15:30 – 15:45    
15:45 – 16:00 Coffee Break  
16:00 – 16:15 Open Discussions and Closing  
     
     
     
     
     
     

TRIBUTE TO A TRAILBLAZER IN SPACE SCIENCE: DR. LEE-ANNE MCKINNEL

(30 DECEMBER 1970 – 19 AUGUST 2023)

Professor Lee-Anne McKinnel

The transition to the great beyond of Prof Lee-Anne McKinnel on 19th August 2023 has left us with great impact that is beyond measure. Indeed, a golden fish has left our ocean. Day after day, I could not pen down my thoughts which I consider necessary for record purpose and as a mark of honour to a woman of courage who has indeed projected the place of women folks in our region. While here she became our collective pride

Lee-Anne remained consistent in her pursuit of excellence in ionospheric studies and space weather research. She led the Hermanus Magnetic Observatory which later translated to SANSA – Space Science (South African Space Agency, Space Science) for more than 10 years. The facility later became the Regional Warning Centre for Space Weather in Africa. Her passion for space weather studies led to the commissioning of the South African Space Weather Centre in November 2022, an event which attracted global attention. Undoubtedly, Lee-Anne was the number one woman in space weather studies in Africa and ranked among the best in the world. She was our jewel of inestimable value in Africa. A leader who was not afraid of raising leaders. A heroine of our science. She supervised and mentored many students/scientists who are now plying scientific trades in leading institutions across many continents.

Lee-Anne was a great team player/builder and collaborator. Under Lee-Anne, Hermanus was a home to everyone. She has a great team around her all the time and her mentees are flying on her wings everywhere. Mention any active international scientific society in solar-terrestrial physics and her name will ring bell. Her services were felt at URSI, SCOSTEP, IRI, IAGA, ISWI and other relevant communities. She was one of the 4 leading scientists that I worked with as interim executive committee while we were starting off the African Geospace Society in 2009. We later succeeded in establishing the African Geophysical Society in November 2012. Her huge contributions to Space Science and human capacity development was recognized at the second annual conference of the African Geophysical Society in 2015 Nairobi, Kenya, when she was conferred with the fellowship of the Society.

 

With her passage, we have lost a vibrant global scientist with a record of an outstanding scholarship and extra-ordinary professional attainment. She was a role model who has positively impacted many scientists, some of whom are leading in their various domains today. She was an epitome of diligence, integrity, and courage. She was ever calm and maintained warm personality befitting of an administrator par excellence. She excelled in her glowing career and chaired many international scientific committees and workshop sessions that had to do with our science. Her service to humanity will be forever cherished. Surely, Lee-Anne lives on. Adieu our Professor Lee-Anne!

 

Professor Babatunde Rabiu

United Nations African Regional Centre for Space Science and Technology Education – English

(UN-ARCSSTE-E),

Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Nigeria

Email: tunderabiu2@gmail.com

 

Our Objectives at AGS

AGS mainly focuses on :

1

The expansion and strengthening of the study of the Earth and other planets including their environments in African continent

2

Facilitating cooperation among scientists, national, regional and international scientific organizations, which are involved in geophysical and other related research.

3

Initiations of, as well as participation in, new research and training programs

4

Popularizations of various geophysical research and training programs in African continent via scientific conferences, publications and trainings – short and long terms.

AGS Sections

Solid Earth Science (geology, geodesy, geophysics, geochemistry, biogeosciences)

Atmospheric Science (Small scale and local wind systems, air pollution,  mesoscale processes, global wind systems, cyclones, weather forecasting,  atmospheric chemistry, global climate and its change, meteorology)

Ocean Science (Estuarine and costal oceanography, ocean circulation, marine biogeochemistry, paleoceanography, marine geology, and atmosphere-ocean coupling.

Astronomy and Planetary Science (interior, surface, magnetosphere, ionosphere, and upper atmosphere of solar system bodies other than earth, cosmology)

Solar and Terrestrial (sun, interplanetary medium, heliosphere, the magnetosphere, ionosphere, and upper atmosphere of planet earth, space weather)

Hydrological Science (Hydrometeorology, Surface Water Hydrology, Ground Water Hydrology,Water Resources Planning and Management, Hydroinformatics)

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