Rooms: CT/RI: Connecticut and Rhode Island Rooms VT/NH: Vermont and New Hampshire Rooms Mass: Massachusetts Room C/K/L: Cumberland/Kennebec/Lincoln
Focus Groups: GIC: Understanding the causes of geomagnetic disturbances in geospace for hazard analysis on geomagnetically induced currents MESO: Mesoscale drivers of the nightside transition region: ionospheric and magnetotail evaluations MPEC: Magnetospheric Sources of Particle Precipitation and Their Role on Electrodynamic Coupling of Magnetosphere-Ionosphere-Thermosphere Systems COMP: Comparative Planetary Magnetospheric Processes KiTS: Kinetic Plasma Processes in the MagnetoTail during Substorm Dynamics MDT: Multiscale Dayside Transients and their Effect on Earth’s Magnetosphere RX: Magnetic Reconnection: The Key to Understanding Earth’s Space Environment RBSoS: Radiation Belts as a System of Systems MAC: Magnetosphere-Aurora Connection
Research Areas: SWMI – Solar Wind – Magnetosphere Interaction MPS – Magnetotail and Plasma Sheet IMAG – Inner MAGnetosphere MIC – Magnetosphere – Ionosphere Coupling GSM – Global System Modeling
Sunday, July 12, 2026 – Student Day and Welcome Reception
Time
Location
Agenda
Who
7:00-17:00
Registration/Check-in
7:00-8:00
Port of Call
Student Breakfast
8:30-9:00
CT/RI
GEM Student Welcome + Ice Breaker
Erika + Maria
9:00-9:20
CT/RI
Solar Wind + Magnetosphere Coupling
Youra Shin
9:20-9:40
CT/RI
Space Plasmas
Poshan Belbase
9:40-10:00
CT/RI
Nightside Magnetosphere
Nitya Agarwala
10:00-10:20
BREAK
10:20-10:40
CT/RI
Inner Magnetosphere
Jorge Romero
10:40-11:00
CT/RI
Magnetosphere-Ionosphere-Thermosphere Coupling
Ari Gottesman
11:00-11:20
BREAK
11:20-11:40
CT/RI
Auroras
Vincent Ledvina
11:40-12:00
CT/RI
Modeling
Pedro Oliveira
12:00-13:30
Port of Call
Student Lunch
13:30-13:50
CT/RI
Data Analysis
Kawther Rouabhi
13:50-15:00
CT/RI
Software/Tool Development Group Introduction + Tracks
15:00-15:30
BREAK
15:30-16:00
Tracks (see below)
CT/RI
Track 1: Career (invited)
Cumberland
Track 2: Comparative Magnetospheres
Alexander Cushen
Lincoln
Track 3: Software/Tool Development Group Tables
16:00-16:30
CT/RI
GEM Logistics, Lightning Tutorial Posters
Erika + Maria
17:00-18:30
Port of Call
Welcome Reception
Monday, July 13, 2026
Time
Location
Agenda
7:00-17:00
Registration/Check-in
8:00-10:00
VT/NH
Monday Joint Plenary #1
Toshi Nishimura – MIC
Drew Turner – SWMI
10:00-10:30
BREAK
10:30-12:00
Monday Breakout #1
VT/NH
MPEC
CT/RI
MESO
Mass
MLGEM
12:00-13:30
VT/NH
GEMEE Lunch
13:30-15:00
Monday Breakout #2
VT/NH
MLGEM/MPEC/GIC/MAC
CT/RI
RBSoS
Mass
MDT
15:00-15:30
BREAK
15:30-17:00
Monday Breakout #3
VT/NH
MAC
CT/RI
RX
Mass
GIC
18:00-20:30
VT/NH
Student Dinner
Tuesday, July 14, 2026
Time
Location
Agenda
7:00-17:00
Registration/Check-in
8:00-10:00
VT/NH
Tuesday Joint Plenary #1
Agency Talks
10:00-10:30
BREAK
10:30-12:00
Tuesday Breakout #1
VT/NH
MAC
CT/RI
GIC/GMAG
Mass
KiTS/RX
12:00-13:30
Lunch (NASA Office Hours: Mass)
13:30-15:00
Tuesday Breakout #2
VT/NH
RBSoS
CT/RI
RX/MDT
Mass
MPEC
15:00-15:30
BREAK
15:30-17:00
Casco Bay Hall
Poster Session #1
17:00-18:00
Mass
NASA Office Hours
Wednesday, July 15, 2026
Time
Location
Agenda
7:00-17:00
Registration/Check-in
8:00-10:00
VT/NH
Wednesday Joint Plenary #1
Bea Gallardo-Lacourt – MPS
SBCCI: Community Led Community Building (Link to Talks)
