Open call for Workshop Proposals, 2025–2026

International Space ScienceInstitute–Beijing

Initial deadline: 31 March 2025

http://www.issibj.ac.cn/program/workshops/

The InternationalSpace Science Institute–Beijing (ISSI-BJ) is calling for proposals to host high-levelWorkshops at its premises in the second half of 2025 or 2026.

ISSI-BJ offers aninternational platform for research and discussions of topics across the remitof the space sciences (solar and plasma physics, the solar–terrestrialinterface, Earth science from space, planetary science, exoplanets, space-basedastrophysics) in a stimulating, politically neutral environment. All programactivities must be multilateral (with participants representing a minimumof four nationalities) and interdisciplinary. ISSI-BJ shares itsScience Committee with ISSI in Bern, Switzerland. The Science Committeeassesses proposals for scientific meetings twice a year, with their assessmentfocusing on scientific excellence.

ISSI-BJ Workshopsare five-day conferences hosting up to 50 scientists, includingearly-career researchers. Participation is by invitation only; selectionof participants is done by an international team of conveners (the “ScientificOrganising Committee”). All participants are invited to participate in thedrafting of one or more review articles which will, in first instance, bepublished (following peer review) in Space Science Reviews (2023 ImpactFactor: 9.1), for eventual bundling of the chapters into a volume of the SpaceScience Series of ISSI .

Interestedapplicants are strongly encouraged to contact, at their earliest convenience,the ISSI-BJ Executive Director, Prof. Richard de Grijs, at richard.de-grijs@issibj.ac.cn.

Proposals forconsideration by the ISSI/ISSI-BJ Science Committee’s May 2025 meeting are dueby 31 March 2025 . Proposal templates can be downloaded here:

https://www.issibj.ac.cn/program/workshops/202105/P020241028601515692411.docx

Ensure that your topic has not recently been covered ateither ISSI-BJ or ISSI!

For an overview of the facilities offered at ISSI-BJ,see https://www.issibj.ac.cn/program/workshops/202105/P020240912394293099748.pdf

Many Europeans andparticipants of some other nationalities can travel to ISSI-BJ under China’snew visa waiver program.