Galina Bazilevskaya, Lebedev Institute, Russian academy of Science, Russia

‘On the Early Phase of Solar Energetic Particle Events. Are there signatures of acceleration?’

Anna Belehaki, National Observatory of Athens, Greece

‘Ionospheric monitoring and short-term forecasting at middle latitudes during solar extreme events’

Anatoly Belov, IZMIRAN, Russia

‘Properties of solar flares and proton event forecasting’

Ashot Chilingarian, Alikhanyan Physics Institute, Armenia

‘Hybrid particle-detector networks located at Middle-Low latitudes for Solar Physics and Space Weather research’

Norma Crosby, Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy, Belgium

‘Solar Extreme Events 2005-2006: Effects on Near-Earth Space Systems and Interplanetary Missions’

Iannis Dandouras, Centre d’Etude Spatiale des Rayonnements, CNRS / UPS, Toulouse, France

‘Magnetosphere response to the 2005 and 2006 extreme solar events 

as observed by the Cluster and Double Star spacecraft’

Lev Dorman, Cosmic Ray Center & Emilio Segre Observatory, Israel

  'Cosmic Rays and Space Weather Effects: Methods of Forecasting'

Erwin Flueckiger, University of Bern, Switzerland

‘Characteristics of the cosmic ray ground level enhancements on January 20, 2005, and December 13, 2006, as obtained from worldwide neutron monitor data’

Nat Gopalswamy, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, USA

'Coronal Mass Ejections during extreme events of solar cycle 23'

Karel Kudela, Institute of Experimental Physics, Slovakia

‘Responses of Venus induced magnetosphere under extreme solar conditions’

Victoria Kurt, Moscow State University,Russia

‘High Energy Gamma-ray Emission, Energetic Electrons and Solar Proton Events’

Mauro Messerotti, Astronomical Observatory, Trieste, Italy  

‘Geoeffectivity Of Solar Radio Flares Near Solar Minimum: Analysis Of Metric and 

Decimetric Flares Detected by the Trieste Solar Radio System (TSRS) in 2005 and 2006’

Leonty Miroshnichenko, IZMIRAN, Russia

‘Astrophysical Aspects in the studies of Solar Cosmic Rays’

Michail Panasyuk, Moscow State University, Russia

‘Radiation storms in the inner magnetosphere during Solar Extreme Events’

Vasilis Tritakis, Academy of Athens, Greece

‘Ozon destruction by solar electrons in relation to solar variability and the terrestial latitude ’

 Ilya Usoskin, University of Oulu, Finland

‘Cosmic ray induced ionization in the atmosphere: An effect of strong GLEs’

Jose Valdes-Galicia, Institute of Geophysics of the National University of Mexico, Mexico

‘Solar neutrons as an indicator of particle acceleration at the Sun’

Athina Varotsou, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA

‘The effect of intense geomagnetic storms from the 23rd solar cycle on the radiation belt electrons: 

satellite data analysis and physical simulations’

Igor Veselovsky, Moscow State University, Russia

‘Strong perturbations on the Sun and in the heliosphere: scaling of similar and individual characteristics’