Overview

COFFIES (Consequences of Fields and Flows in the Interior and Exterior of the Sun) DSC members are gathering for our 2nd annual meeting!
The meeting will be held on January 24-26, 2024, at Stanford University.
We look forward to seeing you all!

REGISTRATION IS OPEN!
Note that early bird registration ends on January 12, 2024. The registration fee will then increase.

Venue

Stanford University - Physics & Astrophysics Building (PAB)
Conference Room 102/103
452 Lomita Mall
Stanford, CA 94305
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Registration

In person attendance is strongly encouraged; however, we plan to support virtual attendance for those who cannot travel.

Registration is no longer available

For in-person attendees, we will be hosting a Group Dinner on Wednesday evening after the meeting adjourns for the day.
We hope you will join us for some good food and great company!

The registration fees are as follows: Registration Fees
Registration Type Early Bird Fee (until Jan 12) Regular Fee (Jan 12-23) On-site Fee (Jan 24-26) Group Dinner (Wed, Jan 24)
In-Person Registration* $85 $110 $125 registration + $60
Remote Registration $0 $0 $0 N/A
Notice! The registration payment system is now available. The link to the payment page is at the end of the registration form.
For Stanford employees ONLY -- please contact Haruko about registration payments.
* For in-person attendees, be aware that registration is not complete until you have received payment confirmation.
If you have any questions about registration or payment, please contact us .
Lodging

We do not have room blocks reserved at a specific hotel for the meeting. We provide the following list of nearby lodging options, accessible to campus within a 10-minute walk and/or via the free Marguerite Campus Bus service.

List of nearby Lodging

See this Google Map for locations and proximity to campus or transit

Transportation

Nearby Airports

  • San Francisco International Airport (SFO)
  • Driving to Campus: ~30 min
  • Uber/Lyft: $50-70
  • Public Transit (Bart+Caltrain+Marguerite): ~1hr, cost: $10.95

  • Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport (SJC)
  • Driving to Campus: ~30 min
  • Uber/Lyft: $35-50
  • Public Transit (Bus+Caltrain+Marguerite): ~1hr 20min, cost: $8.50

Campus Parking
If you indicate that you will need Workshop Parking (via the registration form), we will contact you the week of the Meeting to collect the necessary information to provide you with a temporary digital parking permit ($6/day).
Note that there is ad hoc visitor parking on campus as well ($4.46/hour up to $35.68/day).

Click the button below for more transportation details. Primary public transit stops and parking locations are also indicated on the Google Map above.

More information on Parking, Public Transit & Airports

Note, this agenda may change slightly before the start of the meeting.
We will provide a more detailed agenda to registered attendees.


COFFIES '24 - Day 1 (Jan 24th, 2024)
COFFIES '24 - Day 1 (Jan 24th, 2024)
Agenda
Time (PT) Topic
08:30 OVERVIEW
Welcome
Todd Hoeksema
08:45 Science Introduction
Milestones 1
Dave Lauben
09:15 Invited Talk
Tachocline 1
Nic Brummel, Loren Matilsky, Lydia Korre
10:45 BREAK
(We must exit the room!)
Elevenses
11:00 OVERVIEW
Beans Posters (Nearby Halls)
Mel Abler, Ritu Curt, Spyros Kasapis, Nat Mathews, Oana Vesa
12:30 BREAK
Lunch
14:00 Invited Talk
FT&E 1 (Return to PAB 102/103)
Sushant Mahajan, Yang Liu, Xudong Sun, Soumyaranjan Dash
15:30 BREAK
Afternoon Tea
16:00 Invited Talk
NSSL 1
Jose Fuentes, Irina Kitiashvili, Junwei Zhao, Sushanta Tripathy, Full group
17:30 BREAK
Adjourn
19:00 BREAK
Conference Dinner
COFFIES '24 - Day 2 (Jan 25th, 2024)
COFFIES '24 - Day 2 (Jan 25th, 2024)
Agenda
Time (PT) Topic
08:30 OVERVIEW
NASA Update
Katya Werner
09:00 Invited Talk
Surface Links
Catherine Blume, Roger Ulrich, Sushant Mahajan, Full group
10:15 BREAK
Second Breakfast/Elevenses
10:45 Discussion
Dynamo
Alexander Kosovichev, Luiza Alkmim, Krishnendu Mandal, JT Stefan, Mausumi Dikpati, Full group
12:15 BREAK
Lunch
13:15 Discussion
Model Integration
Alan Wray, Various, Full group
14:45 BREAK
Afternoon Tea
15:00 Discussion
Helioseismology
Ruizhu Chen, Sylvain Korzennik, Tim Larson, Cristina Rabello-Soares, Full group
16:30 OVERVIEW
Team Building
CET
17:30 BREAK
Adjourn
COFFIES '24 - Day 3 (Jan 26th, 2024)
COFFIES '24 - Day 3 (Jan 26th, 2024)
Agenda
Time (PT) Topic
08:30 Invited Talk
Tachocline 2
Mausumi Dikpati, Nick Featherstone, Full group
09:30 Invited Talk
NSSL 2
Nick Featherstone, Rudi Komm
10:30 BREAK
Elevenses
11:00 Invited Talk
Education/POISE/REU
Dan Zevin
12:00 BREAK
Lunch
13:00 Invited Talk
DEIA
Brain Mendez
14:00 Invited Talk
FT&E 2
Lisa Upton, Aimee Norton, Bill Abbett
15:00 BREAK
Afternoon Tea
15:30 Science Introduction
Milestones 2
Dave Lauben
16:30 OVERVIEW
Wrap-up
Todd Hoeksema
17:00 BREAK
Adjourn

Science Organizing Committee Members [alphabetical]

  • Todd Hoeksema (Stanford; SOC Chair)
  • Bill Abbett (UC Berkeley)
  • Nic Brummell (UC Santa Cruz)
  • Nick Featherstone (SwRI)
  • Shea Hess Webber (Stanford; LOC Chair)
  • Irina Kitiashvili (NASA Ames)
  • Sasha Kosovichev (NJIT)
  • Dave Lauben (Stanford)
  • Bryan Mendez (UC Berkeley)
  • Aimee Norton (Stanford)
  • Slava Sadykov (Georgia State)
  • Lisa Upton (SwRI)

Local Organizing Committee Members [alphabetical]

  • Shea Hess Webber (Stanford; LOC Chair)
  • Ruizhu Chen (Stanford)
  • Ritu Curt (Stanford)
  • Todd Hoeksema (Stanford; SOC Chair)
  • Alex Koufos (Stanford)
  • Dave Lauben (Stanford)
  • Sushant Mahajan (Stanford)
  • Haruko Makitani (Stanford)
  • Hao Thai (Stanford)
  • Lisa Upton (SwRI)
Contact the SOC and LOC chairs via coffies-info@sun.stanford.edu

On Wednesday the COFFIES Beans will be presenting posters in the Physics lobby area, just outside our main meeting room in PAB 102/103.

COFFIES Bean Posters
COFFIES Bean Posters (Click on title to see details)
Author Title
Mel Abler Laboratory Studies of Nonlinear Alfvén Wave Interactions and Steepening
Mel Abler Details will be added during the conference
Rituparna Curt Using Mars Rover's Onboard Imaging Equipment to Observe Solar Far-side Active Regions to Enhance Earth-based Solar Observations
Spyros Kasapis Details will be added during the conference
Nat Mathews Details will be added during the conference
Oana Vesa Details will be added during the conference