Past Events

  • Online Certificate Course on

    “MICROPROPAGATION OF QUALITY BANANA PLANT FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOSE”

    November 25, 2021

    Registration Deadline : Nov 21-2021

    Organized by

    COMSTECH, Secretariat, Islamabad In collaboration with International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences (ICCBS) and Pakistan Biotechnology Information Center (Karachi Chapter)

    Who Should Attend:

    The course is design to address the interest of scientists and research scholars working in various fields of plant biotechnology particularly cash crop Banana.

    Course Content:

    The course will be comprises of series of lectures and “online hands on training sessions” covering following contents:

    • Overview of Plant Tissue Culture and its Applications
    • Equipment and Media used
    • Explant Selection
    • Sterilization
    • Initiation, Multiplication, Shooting and Rooting

    Registration:

    Registered participants will receive e-certificates

    Please register at following link before Nov. 22, 2021

    https://forms.gle/MytFUE9Z5gbt1tBKA

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    WORKSHOP PROGRAM (Pakistan Standard Time)

    12:00-12:05     Inauguration Ceremony
    12:05-12:10     Recitation of the Holy Quran
    12:10-12:20     Welcome Address by Prof. Dr. M. Iqbal Choudhary, Coordinator General COMSTECH
    12:20-13:15     Lecture entitled, “Basic Plant Tissue Culture Techniques and the Role of Androgenesis and Embryogenesis in Attainment of SDG2”
    13:15-14:30   Practical Session (Tissue culture of Cash Crop Banana)
    14:30-14:40   closing remarks

    Dr. Paul Chege
    Afri-Center
    International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications ISAAA pakache06@gmail.com

    Dr. Paul Chege is an associate with the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA AfriCenter), with the role of information and knowledge materials development. He is an editor with Springer Nature’s Cereal Research Communication Journal, a quarterly periodical dedicated primarily to plant cell and tissue culture research, but also cereal breeding and biotechnology research. Paul obtained his Ph.D. degree in Crops and Horticultural Sciences from the Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, after successfully defending his doctoral dissertation titled ‘Improvement of Somatic Embryogenesis and Androgenesis Systems for Sorghum towards Production of Doubled Haploid Lines in Select Hungarian Varieties’. He holds an MSc. degree in Agricultural Biotechnology from the same university, and a BSc. in Horticulture degree from Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) in Kenya. Paul was previously a program officer in charge of Open Forum on Agricultural Biotechnology in Africa (OFAB-Kenya Chapter) at ISAAA AfriCenter during which he was involved in sharing information on benefits accruing from acquisition of biotech crops to an array of stakeholders including policy makers, legislatures, community leaders, farmers and consumers. Paul has published peer reviewed articles in high impact factor journals on tissue culture, and numerous policy briefs, notably ‘Enhancing Africa’s Capacity for International Biosafety Negotiations’, and was part of the African delegation at COP/MOP 8 in Cancun Mexico.

    CONTACT PERSON

    Ms. Khazima Muazim
    Programme Manager
    COMSTECH Secretariat, Islamabad
    Tel: +92-51-9220681-3
    Email: khazima@comstech.org


  • COMSTECH Webinar on Hemicalide, a complex marine natural product with strong biological activity: structure and synthesis

    Prof. Dr. Georges Massiot
    Emeritus Research Director
    Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne,
    France

    Date: 29th November, 2021
    Time: 03.00 pm (Pakistan Standard Time)

    Abstract

    Hemicalide is a complex marine natural product, rich of 21 asymmetric centers with high biological activity. It is cytotoxic at a subnanomolar level with an original mode of action. Usual structural elucidation techniques (MS and NMR) allowed to propose a flat formula for hemicalide but it remained to decide which of the 1 million+ isomers best fitted the structure. This could only be approached by synthesis of fragments, many of which required original solutions. The story of hemicalide spans over more than 10 years and was made possible by the dedication of several groups of biologists and chemists from academy and industry. The lecture will give an account of this enterprise pointing out difficulties and benefits.

    Target Audience

    The webinar is open to students, researchers, young scientists, and academicians  from the OIC member states and other countries.

    Profile of the Speaker:

    • Graduated from the Ecole nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Paris 1970
    •  PhD Thesis at the institut de chimie des substances naturelles, Gif /Yvette, under the direction of Pr Henri-Philippe Husson, 1975.
    • postdoctoral position at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1975-1977 under Pr B. M. Trost.
    • CNRS positions from 1977 to 1998, Faculty of Pharmacy-Reims.
    •  Deputy director of the CNRS Department of Chemical Sciences, Paris, from 1992 to 1998
    •  Directeur of the Centre de Recherche sur les Substances Naturelles (natural products research center), Pierre Fabre from 1998 to 2010.
    • Emeritus research director at the university of Reims Champagne Ardennes since 2013
    • Fields of interest : natural products, separation, structural elucidation, nuclear magnetic resonance, partial and total chemical synthesis.
    • Alkaloids, terpenes, saponins, sugars
    • Author and co-author  of 225 scientific publications, 5 patents and 5 book chapters.
    • Promotor of 15 PhD theses
    • Miscellaneous : member of the board and of the scientific council of the University of Reims (1980-1992)
    • Chairman of the scientific council of the faculty of pharmacy of Reims (1985, 1990)
    • Chairman of the board of administrators of the Ecole Nationale Supeieure de Chimie de Paris
    • Knight in the National Order of Merit (1997).

    Flyer of webinar:  Attached

    Registration Link: https://forms.gle/TcuYTgoXoS8dtBuZ7

    Procedure to join:

    Zoom link for participation will be shared selected participants.

    Address: COMSTECH Secretariat, 33-Constitution Avenue, G-5/2, Islamabad 
    Phone No. : 92 51 9220681-3
    Email: Khazima@comstech.org ; comstech@comstech.org

  • COMSTECH Webinar on “Technological Trends For Beyond 5G Networks”

    Prof. Dr. Mohamed-Slim Alouini
    Distinguished Professor
    Electrical and Computer Engineering
    King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST),
    The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

    Date and Time: December 9, 2021 from 15:00-16:30 (Pakistan Standard Time)

    Overview:

    It goes without saying that there is a huge dissymmetry in global internet connectivity. Around half of the world’s population (or about 4 billion people) does not have boroadband connectivity, and it is expected that 5G (in it current initial deployment stages) will further accentuate this “global connectivity divide”.

    Furthermore, the Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted the fact that the “global connectivity divide” is in a way becoming one of the modern faces of inequality by deepening the economic and social unbalances between the ‘Haves’ and ‘Have Nots’ in a digital context. Hence, to achieve digital inclusiveness, there is a need of developing and deploying new technological solutions that help in connecting the unconnected/under-connected in an affordable manner.

    In this context, this webinar aims to:

    • Provide an envisioned picture of 6G
    • Serve as a research guideline in the beyond 5G era
    • Go over the recently proposed solutions to provide high-speed connectivity in under-covered areas in order to serve and contribute to the development of far-flung regions.

    Target Audience:

    The webinar is open to students, researchers, young scientists, and academicians  from the OIC member states, and other countries.

    For Registration please visit: https://forms.gle/D9HUsLxQMEro6KAg9

    Procedure to Join:  Zoom link will be shared with selected participants via email.

    Profile of Speaker:

    Prof. Dr. Mohamed-Slim Alouini was born in Tunis, Tunisia. He received the Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), USA, in 1998.

    He served as a faculty member at the University of Minnesota then in the Texas A&M University at Qatar before joining the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in 2009, where he is now a Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering.

    Prof. Alouini is a Fellow of the IEEE and of the OSA. He is currently particularly interested in addressing the technical challenges associated with the uneven distribution, access to, and use of information and communication technologies in far-flung, rural, low-density populations, low-income, and/or hard-to-reach areas.

    Webinar Coordinator:

    Muhammad Haseeb Ahmad
    Program Officer
    COMSTECH, Islamabad.
    Email: Haseeb.ahmad@comstech.org
    Phone: +92 51 9220681

  • IOFS-COMSTECH-BCI Conference on Acquisition, Conservation, Exchange and Safety Duplication of Plant Genetic Resources in OIC Member Countries: The Way Forward

    Date: 11 November 2021
    Time: 15.30 hrs (by Pakistan time), 16.30 hrs (by Kazakhstan time)

    The IOFS, COMSTECH, and BCI have completed a series of regional workshops on the themes of Acquisition, Conservation, Exchange, and Safety Duplication of Plant Genetic Resources in OIC Member countries (MC). These workshops not only included training on the various aspects of Genebank establishment, management, and operations but also enabled the collection of valuable data on the available human and material resources for managing plant genetic resources and genebanks in various countries and regions of the OIC. The workshops also enabled the identification of countries that have well-developed facilities towards these ends and can act as focal points for respective regions viz. Asia, Africa, and MENA. At the same time, the workshops also provided gathering of information on the challenges being faced by several countries in developing their gene banks or preservation and exchange of genetic resources.

    Conference is now being organized to consolidate the information gathered in the three training workshops for ASIA, AFRICA and MENA regions and international experts to debate on various issues and challenges of OIC MC.

    OBJECTIVES

    To identify working groups and potential collaborations among regional countries where technical know-how and resources could be shared by partners;

     To discuss and exchange the international practices in the conservation of genetic resources and effective collaboration in this field of PGR with various stakeholders on the national and international level.


    AREAS OF DISCUSSION:

    1. Discussion on training conducted by IOFS, COMSTECH and BCI;
    2. Discussion on ways to enhance the institutional and human capacity of National Institutions and Gene Banks in OIC MC;
    3. Further Plan of Action and interaction with among National Gene Banks and Research Institutes of OIC MC;
    4. Safety duplication of genetic resources in OIC region.

     
    PARTICIPANTS

     The Conference is expected to be participated by the following representatives:

    • All participants of the training, as well as representatives of ministries of agriculture, National Gene Banks and Research Centers of OIC MC;
    • Selected regional and international organizations working in the domain of development of PGR;
    • Relevant OIC Institutions.

    Due to the constraints on travel and gatherings imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic the Conference will be held online (Zoom platform). The working language of the event is English (interpretation into the French and Arabic language).

    REGISTRATION

    To attend the Conference and receive informational materials regarding the event please register:
    https://cutt.ly/2RKRnF3

    ZOOM LINK

    To join the Conference, please follow the link: https://cutt.ly/xRKThca

    Other organizational matters can be clarified by the IOFS focal point: Makpal Bulatova, Program Manager, IOFS Secretariat, +77017773649, m.bulatova@iofs.org.kz

    Please download the Concept Note of the Conference:

    CONCEPT NOTE OF THE CONFERENCE IOFS-COMSTECH-BCI Conference on Acquisition, Conservation, Exchange and Safety Duplication of Plant Genetic Resources in OIC Member Countries: The Way Forward

  • COMSTECH Lecture Series: “Emerging Technologies for Science and Technology” Lecture No. 01 “Nanomaterials in Biological Applications”

    Dr. Abdolreza Simchi
    Distinguished Professor in Engineering Science and Materials Engineering
    Sharif University of Technology

    Date: 5 November 2021 
    Time: 03:00 pm Pakistan Standard Time

    flyer Click Here

    Our Program: COMSTECH is organizing a lecture series on “Emerging Technologies for Science and Technology”. This series is an effort to help upcoming scientists in identifying key areas of scientific research, which will contribute immensely in the well-being of the humankind. These lectures will be delivered by prominent figures in the world of science. Areas like Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Stem cell research, Nanotechnology and Modern Agriculture are part of this lecture series.

    Emerging technologies are the technical innovations that provide huge advantage in many aspects. Emerging technology can improve people’s lives in many ways. Technological advancements can help people complete tasks more efficiently, keep them safer and healthier and protect the environment. Emerging technologies are still unrealized, the purpose here is to recognize the technological advancement in field of science and technology and their huge dramatic effect and apply them for the socio-economic well- being of residents of OIC member states.

    Target Audience: This webinar is open to academics, scientists and the general public from all OIC member states. 

    Please find attached:

    Register with us to attend this meeting:

    Register at : https://forms.gle/doQoBhBFkGtykTkM7

    Contact us for further details: Khazima@comstech.orgcomstech@comstech.org

  • COMSTECH Lecture Series: “Emerging Technologies for Science and Technology” Lecture No. 02 “Functional Nanomaterials – Tuning the Size and Surface Chemistry for Applications in Catalysis, Biomedical and Environmental Sciences”

    Prof. Dr. Irshad Hussain
    Professor, Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS)
    Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC)

    Date: 18 November 2021 
    Time: 03:00 pm Pakistan Standard Time

    Flyer Click Here

    Our Program: COMSTECH is organizing a lecture series on “Emerging Technologies for Science and Technology”. This series is an effort to help upcoming scientists in identifying key areas of scientific research, which will contribute immensely in the well-being of the humankind. These lectures will be delivered by prominent figures in the world of science. Areas like Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Stem cell research, Nanotechnology and Modern Agriculture are part of this lecture series.

    Emerging technologies are the technical innovations that provide huge advantage in many aspects. Emerging technology can improve people’s lives in many ways. Technological advancements can help people complete tasks more efficiently, keep them safer and healthier and protect the environment. Emerging technologies are still unrealized, the purpose here is to recognize the technological advancement in field of science and technology and their huge dramatic effect and apply them for the socio-economic well- being of residents of OIC member states.

    Target Audience: This webinar is open to academics, scientists and the public from all OIC member states. 

    Please find attached:

    Register with us to attend this meeting:

    Register at : https://forms.gle/WBJrHKUekrQQr1fg8

    Contact us for further details: Khazima@comstech.orgcomstech@comstech.org

  • WORLD SCIENCE DAY FOR PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT “Building Climate Resilient Communities”

    Date & Time: 10th November, 2021 From 15:00-17:30 (Pakistan Standard Time)
    Venue: COMSTECH Secretariat, Islamabad

    Flyer Click Here

    Overview

    The World Science Day for Peace and Development, celebrated every year on 10th November, was established by UNESCO in 2001, to highlight the important role of science in society and the need to engage the wider public in debates on emerging and important contemporary issues relevant to science. The theme of this year is ‘Building Climate Resilient Communities” with emphasis on global climate change challenges.

    Celebration of the World Science Day, 2021 provides a perfect opportunity to mobilize the scientific community to bring science closer to society and bolster the international community to promote science for, and with society. Furthermore, it provides a platform to share good practices and provide guidance to improve the interlinkages between science and society to resolve global challenges.

    Key Areas

    COMSTECH is organizing an event on Wednesday, November 10, 2021 to celebrate this year’s World Science Day for Peace and Development.

    Distinguish experts and speakers will present talks on key areas including but not limited to:

    • Impacts of climate change and extreme weather
    • Building climate resilience and reducing disaster risk
    • Climate change adaptation and mitigation
    • The role of science for society and the future of science;
    • Improving dialogue among scientists, government, and citizens;
    • Enhancing national capacities for evidence-based policymaking;
    • Strengthening international scientific cooperation.

    Venue:

    The event is being organized at COMSTECH Secretariat, Islamabad (Auditorium) on Wednesday, November 10, 2021. (Program Schedule attached)
    Accommodation at COMSTECH Guest house will NOT be provided for this event.

    Target Audience

    The event is open to students, researchers, scientists, academicians, policy makers, government officials, think tanks and anyone relevant to the field of environmental sciences. 

    Registration

    Please visit the following link for registration: https://forms.gle/x33BdH6rNvHa4gkh8

    Event coordinators

    Muhammad Haris Akram
    Program Manager
    COMSTECH, Islamabad.
    Email: haris@comstech.org
    Phone: +92 51 9220681

    Muhammad Haseeb Ahmad
    Program Officer
    COMSTECH, Islamabad.
    Email: Haseeb.ahmad@comstech.org
    Phone: +92 51 9220681

    Tentative Programme Schedule

  • International Symposium on “Digital Technologies for the Future World”

    January 19 – 20, 2022
    Venue: COMSTECH Secretariat, Islamabad-Pakistan
    Deadline for Applications: January 07, 2022

    Introduction

    Digital technologies have advanced more rapidly than any other innovation human history. Since the invention of machines, the capability to perform various tasks grew exponentially. Humans have developed the powerful computer systems in terms of their diverse working domains, their increasing speed, and their time efficiencies. Nowadays, human lives are becoming increasingly reliant on the innovative technologies and digital based technological fields have become the inevitable.

    In order to communicate more effectively and securely we need to focus on digital edge. ICT innovation and up-scaling are keys to ensuring business continuity, maintaining customer access to benefits and services, handle the growing demand, and to implement new projects. In the health sector, for instance, AI-enabled frontier technologies are helping to save lives, diagnose diseases, and extend life expectancy. In education, virtual learning environments and distance learning have opened up programmes to students who would otherwise be excluded. Public services are also becoming more accessible through block chain systems. Several discussions show the expansion of digital services in order to alleviate the impact of pandemic on the economy, using ICTs in pandemic exemplifies both the limitations of, and opportunities for ICT use.

    Objective

    The Islamic world is vast and diverse, comprising of many developing and developed countries, which are still in need of skills and knowledge in scientific research and digital technologies.

    The transition towards digital technologies will determine the future path for developing countries to cope up with the global pace in the field of information technology. In this scenario, researchers, scientists, and experts from OIC countries, working in all fields of digital technologies have to indulge themselves in applied research to compete with the global leaders in digital technologies.

    COMSTECH international symposium entitled “Digital Technologies for the Future World” will provide platform for participants to learn from global future digital technology trends, scientific breakthroughs in the cutting-edge fields of digital world, etc. Realizing the importance of digital transition for OIC countries, a two-day mega program has been planned in January 2022.

    Target Audience:

    Scientists, researchers, academicians, graduate students, think tanks, and industry experts from the OIC countries are encouraged to participate.

    Key Contents:

    The workshop will cover the following thematic areas:

    • Future Technology Trends
    • Educational Technologies 
    • Intelligent Systems
    • Machine Vision
    • Advanced Communication and Networks Techniques
    • Security & Privacy
    • Social Implications of ICT
    • ICT Role in Global health crisis
    • Role of E – governance
    • Pandemic Impact on global Education
    • Virtual Augmented Reality

    This international symposium will cover the diversified topics related to the recent global trends in world of Information Technology, including smart applications, embedded technologies, bio-inspired computing, security and privacy, knowledge economy, digital learning and entrepreneurship, smart cities, industry 4.0, cognitive cybernetics, quantum computing, big data and data analytics, augmented reality, and AI infused automation, and crisis management intelligent systems.

    About the Resource Persons

    The resources persons from academia, and industry will deliver lectures on future digital technology adoption and challenges for future. The list of tentative speakers is appended at the end.

    Travel & Local Hospitality:

    COMSTECH will arrange local hospitality for all selected participants. Travel support will be provided to the speakers/resource persons only. Participants are expected to get their travel funding from their parent organizations/country of origin.

    Registration Process:

    Step 1: For Registration:

    Physical Participation: Registration is closed for physical participants.

    Virtual Participation: https://forms.gle/tzpsnAf9TQy7zc469

    Step 2: Read instructions in the application form carefully and submit a properly filled form along with your CV. Foreign participants must submit a scanned copy of passport.
    Step 3: Selected candidates will be notified through email; hence, applicants are required to check their emails.

    Venue:

    The workshop will be held at the COMSTECH Secretariat, Islamabad, Pakistan. The city with the backdrop of Margalla Hills and National Park was purpose-built as the capital of sixth largest globally and second most populous (in OIC) country Pakistan in the year 1966. Pakistan, according to the Forbes magazine, is a hidden treasure for tourists with rich cultural diversity, ancient history, diverse landscape, cuisines, modern cities, and locally produced items.

    Technical Focal Persons

    Dr. M. Sadiq Ali Khan
    Associate Professor
    Chair IEEE Educational Activities, Karachi Section
    University of Karachi

    Workshop Coordinators

    Muhammad Haris Akram
    Programe Manager, COMSTECH
    Tel: +92-51-9220681-3
    Email: haris@comstech.org

    Muhammad Haseeb Ahmad
    Programe Officer, COMSTECH
    Tel: +92-51-9220681-3
    Email: haseeb.ahmad@comstech.org

    Tentative List of Speakers

    1. Jonathan Andrew Ware
      Professor of Computing
      Regional Director Technocamps,
      Faculty of Computing, Engineering and Science,
      University of South Wales, UK
      Proposed Topic: “Intelligent Systems Paradigms for Future”
    2. Prof Zhi Jin
      Department of Computer Science and Technology
      Peking University, China
      Proposed Topic: “Self-Adaptive Software in the Human, Cyber-Physical Systems”
    3. Professor San Murugesan
      Director, BRITE Professional Services
      Adjunct Professor
      Western Sydney University, Australia
      Proposed Topic: “AI in Education: Applications & Impact”
    4. Dr Shahid Mahmood
      CEO Interactive Group
      Pakistan
      Proposed Topic: “Disruptive Future Technologies for Developing Countries”
    5. Hui Wang
      Professor of Artificial Intelligence
      Queen’s University Belfast, UK
    6. Prof. Tim Unwin
      UNESCO Chair in ICT4D
      University of London
  • COMSTECH Webinar on “Escherichia coli as a Model Organism”

    Prof. Dr. Ute Römling
    Professor
    Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

    Date and Time: November  11, 2021 from 15:00-17:00 (Pakistan Standard Time)

    Overview:

    The bacterium Escherichia coli is one of the most well-investigated bacteria due to its occurrence in almost every human, along with being one of the major pathogens for humans. However, little is known about E. coli as a commensal, despite the fact that E. coli K-12 is a laboratory model organism. In this Webinar, Prof. Römling will analyze her research finding of a recent E. coli K-12 clonal member in post-industrial human beings.

    Target Audience:

    The webinar is open to students, researchers, young scientists, and academicians  from the OIC member states and other countries.

    For Registration please visit:  https://forms.gle/bwzKk8XC1623aqHt6

    Procedure to Join:  Zoom link will be shared with selected participants

    Profile of Speaker:

    Prof. Dr. Ute Römling is Professor of Medical Microbial Physiology at the world famous Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden. Her research focuses on the molecular mechanisms of biofilm formation mainly in Enterobacteria such as Salmonella typhimurium and persistence mechanisms of Pseudomonas aeruginosa world-wide spread clone C.

    Prof. Romling has 129 publications, 43 peer-reviewed reviews, 2 peer-reviewed protocols, 10 popular-scientific publications, 15 book chapters and 1 book editorial. Among others, she has received research grants from the Swedish Research Council, ALF Foundation, European Commission and the German Research Foundation.

    In 2000, she received the Young Investigator Award for Research in Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases from the ESCMID (European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases). Furthermore, Prof. Romling has been an Associate faculty at the International Center for Chemical Biology and Sciences, University of Karachi, Pakistan since 2016. She is a member of The European Academy of Microbiology since 2017, has been selected for AcademiaNet in 2016 and is a Member of USERN since 2020.

    Webinar Coordinator:

    Muhammad Haseeb Ahmad
    Program Officer
    COMSTECH, Islamabad.
    Email: Haseeb.ahmad@comstech.org
    Phone: +92 51 9220681

  • COMSTECH BASIC SCIENCES PROGRAMME: Webinar on “EUHFORIA 2.0: European Heliospheric Forecasting Information Asset”

    Prof. Dr. Stefaan Poedts
    Professor/Chair
    Department of Mathematics KU-Leuven University, Belgium.

    Date & Time: 16 November, 2021 at 15:30 – 17:00 Hrs. (Pakistan Standard Time)

    Overview:-

    The EU Horizon 2020 project “EUHFORIA 2.0” aims at developing an advanced space weather forecasting tool, combining the MHD solar wind and CME evolution model EUHFORIA with the Solar Energetic Particle (SEP) transport and acceleration model PARADISE.

    This webinar will first introduce EUHFORIA and PARADISE and then elaborate on the plans of the EUHFORIA 2.0 project which will address the geo-effectiveness of impacts and mitigation to avoid (part of the) damage, including that of extreme events, related to solar eruptions, solar wind streams, and SEPs, with particular emphasis on its application to forecast Geomagnetically Induced Currents (GICs) and radiation on geospace.

    The EUHFORIA 2.0 project started on 1st December, 2019, and yielded some results. These concern alternative coronal models, the application of adaptive mesh refinement techniques in the heliospheric part of EUHFORIA, alternative flux-rope CME models, evaluation of data-assimilation based on Karman filtering for the solar wind modelling, and a feasibility study of the integration of SEP models. The novel tool will be accessible by the whole space weather community via the ESA Space Weather Service Network as it will be integrated in the Virtual Space Weather Modelling Centre (VSWMC), which is part of that network.

    Target Audience

    The webinar is open to students, researchers, young scientists, and academicians from the OIC member states, and other countries.

    For Registration please visit  https://forms.gle/Ui82NU5LyT8bsoBk7

    Procedure to Join:  Zoom link will be shared with selected participants

    Profile of Speaker

    Professor Stefaan Poedts is Full Professor (Gewoon Hoogleraar) and is Chair of the Department of Mathematics at KU-Leuven University, Belgium. He has been conducting research in several areas of solar physics and plasma dynamics, including space weather, coronal heating, coronal mass ejection, solar wind, computational MHD, dusty plasmas, inhomogeneous flows in plasmas, waves and instabilities etc. He has published 379 research papers in reputed international journals with h-index 38 and more than 6000 citations. He has won several awards and honors. He has co-authored three books on plasma physics. He is the Principal Investigator of the project EUropean Heliospheric FORecasting Information Asset (EUHFORIA 2.0).

    Webinar Coordinators

    Muhammad Haris Akram
    Program Manager
    COMSTECH, Islamabad.
    Email: haris@comstech.org
    Phone: +92 51 9220681

    Muhammad Haseeb Ahmad
    Program Officer
    COMSTECH, Islamabad.
    Email: Haseeb.ahmad@comstech.org
    Phone: +92 51 9220681

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