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2019 Rishbeth prize winners announced

We are pleased to announce that the Rishbeth Prizes this year are awarded to Affelia Wibisono and Michaela Mooney , both of the Mullard Space Science Laboratory (UCL).
 
Affelia Wibisono wins the prize for the best MIST student talk, entitled “Jupiter’s X-ray Aurorae as seen by XMM-Newton concurrently with Juno”. Michaela wins the best MIST poster prize, for a poster entitled “Evaluating auroral forecasts against satellite observations”.
 
MIST Council would like to congratulate both Affelia and Michaela. As prize winners, Affelia and Michaela have been invited to write articles for Astronomy & Geophysics, which we look forward to reading.

Call for MIST/GEM Liaisons

There is a potential opening for a member of the MIST community to act as a liaison with the GEM (Geospace Environment Modelling) group. This will be an opportunity to act as a representative of the UK MIST community and inform GEM about relevant activities within the MIST community.

GEM liaisons will typically have the following responsibilities:

  1. Attend​​ a preponderance ​​of ​​GEM Steering ​​Committee ​​meetings​ ​at ​​summer​ ​workshop and​ ​mini-GEM​ ​​(June​ ​and​ ​December)
  2. Provide​​ written​​ annual​​ report​​ to​​ GEM Communications ​​Coordinator​​​ (by ​​April)
  3. Help ​​recruit ​​new​ ​GEM Steering​ ​Committee ​​members ​​​(as ​​needed)
  4. Provide ​​feedback​​ from​​ the​​ MIST community ​​and​​ share​​ with the GEM Chair/Vice​ ​Chair​ ​​(ongoing)

At this stage we would like to welcome any expressions of interest for this role from the community. If you are interested in being a GEM Liaison, then please This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. including up to 100 words detailing why you would like to be a liaison and how your experience equips you for this role, and how often you would be able to attend GEM meetings.

If you have any further questions or would like more information about what the role would entail then please get in touch!

ESA Voyager 2050

As was touched upon at the business lunch at NAM, ESA has launched the next in its series of milestones to shape long-term scientific planning, which is called Voyager 2050.
 
The next milestone in this process is a call for white papers, and this is outlined in detail here. In short, 20 page proposals are invited describing clear science questions and explaining how a space mission would address those questions. The deadline is 5 August 2019.
 
MIST Council hopes that members of the MIST community are planning to submit white papers to this call, and we would be very interested to hear from those who are planning to do this, or those who have already applied to be part of the Topical Teams also outlined in the call.

MIST Council election results

Following a call for nominations, Greg Hunt (Imperial College London) and Maria-Theresia Walach (Lancaster University) have been elected unopposed to MIST Council. We congratulate the two new MIST councillors!

We would also like to express our thanks and appreciation to both Ian McCrea and Sarah Badman who are leaving MIST Council, for their invaluable contributions and commitment to the MIST community.

UK Space Agency call for nominations for the position of Chair of the Science Programme Advisory Committee

The UK Space Agency (UKSA) is seeking a new Chair for the Science Programme Advisory Committee (SPAC). The position of Chair of the Science Programme Advisory Committee will become vacant on 1 July 2019.

The UK Space Agency welcomes applications from the UK space science community. The full position and person specifications are on the Government's website.

 

Past co-ordinators and Council members

The MIST community is grateful for the efforts of past MIST co-ordinators and council members.

MIST co-ordinators

1970-1983 MIST meetings 1-28 P. C. Kendall
1970-1988 MIST meetings 1-42 H. Rishbeth
1988-1995 MIST meetings 43-60 M. Lester
1995-2005 MIST meetings 61-98 A. J. Smith
2005-2007 MIST meetings 99-104 N. F. Arnold

MIST Council members

2007-08 G. A. Abel C. S. Arridge M. A. Hapgood+ A. J. Kavanagh B. S. Lanchester
2008-09 G. A. Abel M. A. Hapgood+ A. J. Kavanagh B. S. Lanchester G. Provan
2009-10 C. Forsyth M. A. Hapgood+ A. J. Kavanagh B. S. Lanchester G. Provan
2010-11 C. Forsyth M. P. Freeman M. A. Hapgood+ G. Provan D. J. Southwood
2011-12 R. C. Fear C. Forsyth M. P. Freeman M. A. Hapgood+* D. J. Southwood
2012-13 M. M. Bisi R. C. Fear M. A. Hapgood+ D. J. Southwood E. E. Woodfield
2013-14 M. M. Bisi R. C. Fear M. A. Hapgood+ I. W. McCrea E. E. Woodfield
2014-15 M. M. Bisi R. C. Fear* I. W. McCrea+ I. J. Rae E. E. Woodfield
2015-16 L. A. Barnard J. C. Coxon R. C. Fear I. W. McCrea+ I. J. Rae

In 2016, the MIST Charter was amended such that MIST Council comprised six people.

2016-17 S. V. Badman L. A. Barnard J. C. Coxon R. C. Fear I. W. McCrea+ I. J. Rae
2017-18 S. V. Badman L. A. Barnard J. C. Coxon I. W. McCrea+ I. J. Rae* J. K. Sandhu
2018-19 O. Allanson S. V. Badman J. C. Coxon* I. W. McCrea+ I. J. Rae J. K. Sandhu

* Re-elected        + Chair