Overview

COFFIES (Consequences of Fields and Flows in the Interior and Exterior of the Sun) DSC members are gathering for our 3rd annual meeting!
The meeting will be held on January 22-24, 2025, at Stanford University.
We look forward to seeing you all!

REGISTRATION IS OPEN!
Note that early bird registration ends on January 10, 2025. The registration fee will then increase.

Venue

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

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 Thursday 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 10) Regular Fee (Jan 11-21) On-site Fee (Jan 22-24) Group Dinner (Thu, Jan 23)
In-Person Registration* $100 $125 $150 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 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.
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 is a draft agenda and may change before the start of the meeting.
We will provide a more detailed agenda to registered attendees.


COFFIES '25 - Day 1 (Jan 22nd, 2025)
COFFIES '25 - Day 1 (Jan 22nd, 2025)
Agenda
Time (PT) Topic
08:30 OVERVIEW
Welcome
Todd Hoeksema
08:35 Science Introduction
Milestones 1
Dave Lauben
09:00 Invited Talk
Tachocline 1
Nic Brummell & Gustavo Guerrero
10:30 BREAK
Elevenses
11:00 Invited Talk
FT&E 1
Bill Abbett & Aimee Norton
12:30 BREAK
Lunch
13:30 Invited Talk
Education/REU
Dan Zevin
14:00 Invited Talk
Beans
Slava Sadykov
15:00 BREAK
Afternoon Tea
15:30 Invited Talk
NSSL 1
Nick Featherstone & Rudi Komm
17:00 BREAK
Adjourn
18:00 BREAK
Beans Activity!
COFFIES '25 - Day 2 (Jan 23rd, 2025)
COFFIES '25 - Day 2 (Jan 23rd, 2025)
Agenda
Time (PT) Topic
08:30 OVERVIEW
NASA Update
Katya Verner & Janet Kozyra
09:00 Invited Talk
Dynamo
Alexander Kosovichev & Gustavo Guerrero
10:30 BREAK
Elevenses
11:00 Invited Talk
Model Integration
Irina Kitiashvili & Alan Wray
12:30 BREAK
Lunch
13:15 Invited Talk
Helioseismology
Ruizhu Chen & Rudi Komm
14:45 Invited Talk
Team Building
Oana Vesa, Ruizhu Chen, Ritu Curt, Shea Hess Webber
16:15 Invited Talk
Surface Links
Todd Hoeksema & Bill Abbett
17:30 BREAK
Adjourn
19:00 BREAK
Conference Dinner @ Buca di Beppo
(must reserve seats by Tuesday, Jan 21)
COFFIES '25 - Day 3 (Jan 24th, 2025)
COFFIES '25 - Day 3 (Jan 24th, 2025)
Agenda
Time (PT) Topic
08:30 Science Introduction
Site Visit Planning
Todd Hoeksema & Dave Lauben
09:30 Invited Talk
NSSL 2
Nick Featherstone & Rudi Komm
10:30 BREAK
Elevenses
11:00 Invited Talk
Broadening Impacts and Professional Development
Bryan Mendez
12:00 Invited Talk
POISE
Bryan Mendez
12:30 BREAK
Lunch
13:15 Invited Talk
Tachocline 2
Nic Brummell & Gustavo Guerrero
14:15 Invited Talk
FT&E 2
Bill Abbett & Aimee Norton
15:15 BREAK
Afternoon Tea
15:30 Invited Talk
Milestones 2
Dave Lauben
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)

Local Organizing Committee Members [alphabetical]

  • Shea Hess Webber (Stanford; LOC Chair)
  • Ruizhu Chen (Stanford)
  • Rituparna Curt (Stanford/Pasteur Labs)
  • Todd Hoeksema (Stanford; SOC Chair)
  • Alex Koufos (Stanford)
  • Dave Lauben (Stanford)
  • Sushant Mahajan (Stanford)
  • Haruko Makitani (Stanford)
  • JT Stefan (NJIT)
  • Hao Thai (Stanford)
  • Oana Vesa (Stanford)
Contact the SOC and LOC chairs via coffies-info@sun.stanford.edu