Monday 1 April

8:30-9:15

Registration

9:15-9:25

Welcome

Chairman : M. Berthomier

9:25-10:05

Robert L. Lysak and Yan Song

Alfvén waves and auroral particle acceleration

10:05-10:45

Takeshi Sakanoi et al.

Fine-scale relationship between auroral structures and

precipitating electrons: possibility of low-altitude acceleration.

10:45-11:05

Coffee break

11:05-11:45

Marius Echim et al.

On the modelling of the quasi-stationary coupling between

magnetospheric generators and the auroral ionosphere.

11:45-12:25

Göran Marklund

Cluster multi-point studies of the auroral acceleration region.

12:30-17:00

Lunch/Break

Chairman: R. Lysak

17:00-17:40

Yan Song and Robert L. Lysak

A unified mechanism for charged particle acceleration

in Alfvénic and quasi-static auroras.

17:40-18:20

Rickard Lundin et al.

Auroral plasma acceleration processes at Mars.

19:00

Reception/ Dinner

Tuesday 2 April

Chairman : A. Fazakerley

8:40-9:20

William Lotko

The importance of auroral microphysics in

magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling.

9:20-10:00

Harald U. Frey

Auroral dynamics from large to small scales.

10:00-10:30

Coffee break

10:30-11:10

Colin Forsyth et al.

Low altitude observations of the particle populations and

currents associated with a substorm auroral bulge by Cluster.

11:10-11:50

Yuri Khotyaintsev et al.

Dipolarization fronts and separatrix regions and their

auroral signatures

11:50-17:30

Lunch/Break

Chairman: J. Pickett

17:30-18:10

Fabrice Mottez

Non-propagating electric and density structures formed

through non-linear interaction of Alfvén waves.

18:10-18:50

Robert Mutel et al..

Using AKR to infer the spatial structure of auroral

density cavities.

18:50-19:30

Laurent Lamy

Multi-spectral analysis of Saturn’s aurorae

Dinner

Wednesday 3 April

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Chairman: W. Lotko

8:40-9:20

Andrew Fazakerley et al.

Cluster observation of auroral kinetic Alfvén waves.

9:20-10:00

Robert E. Ergun and K. Goodrich

Radiation from electron phase-space holes.

10:00-10:30

Coffee break

10:30-11:10

Jolene S. Pickett and al.

Electron holes observed in the auroral current regions by

Cluster and their association with fine-structured AKR.

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11:10-11:50

Raymond Pottelette and Jolene S. Pickett

Characteristics of electron holes recorded in the Alfvénic

and AKR source regions

11:50- 17:30

Lunch/Break

Chairman: R. Ergun

17:30-18:10

Nagendra Singh

Auroral electrodynamics involving double layers

and electron holes.

18:10-18:50

Arnaud Masson

Density cavities in the AAR with Cluster.

18:50-19:30

Matthieu Berthomier et al.

Multi-point Cluster observations of VLF saucers

in the auroral region.

Dinner

Thursday 4 April

Chairman: H. Frey

8:40-9:20

Ryuho Kataoka et al.

Ground-based high-speed imaging of aurora.

9:20-10:00

Hanna Dahlgren et al.

Spatio-temporal variation of energy and flux
in small scale aurora.

10:00-10:30

Coffee break

10:30-11:10

Nickolay Ivchenko et al.

Naturally enhanced ion lines and their relation to aurora.

11:10-11:50

Taka Nishiyama et al.

Multi-scale spatial and temporal properties of pulsating

Auroras obtained with ground-based observations.

11:50-17:30

Lunch/Break

Chairman : T. Sakanoi

17:30-18:10

Toshi Nishimura et al.

Pre-onset time sequence of auroral substorms.

18:10-18:50

Anna Tenerani et al.

Whistler wave trapping inside ion-scale coherent structure

during substorms

18:50-19:30

Costel Bunescu et al.

Field-aligned current dynamics above the auroral oval :

Method and Cluster event study.

19:30

Conference dinner

Friday 5 April

Chairman : A. Masson

8:40-9:20

Hans Nilsson

A low cost dual spacecraft auroral dynamics mission.

9:20-10:20

Open discussion on future projects in auroral physics

10:20-10:30             Closing remarks

10:30-11:00

Coffee break