Open call for Workshop Proposals, 2025–2026
International Space Science Institute–Beijing
Initial deadline: 31 March 2025
http://www.issibj.ac.cn/program/workshops/
The International Space Science Institute–Beijing (ISSI-BJ) is calling for proposals to host high-level Workshops at its premises in the second half of 2025 or 2026.
ISSI-BJ offers an international platform for research and discussions of topics across the remit of the space sciences (solar and plasma physics, the solar–terrestrial interface, Earth science from space, planetary science, exoplanets, space-based astrophysics) in a stimulating, politically neutral environment. All program activities must be multilateral (with participants representing a minimum of four nationalities) and interdisciplinary. ISSI-BJ shares its Science Committee with ISSI in Bern, Switzerland. The Science Committee assesses proposals for scientific meetings twice a year, with their assessment focusing on scientific excellence.
ISSI-BJ Workshops are five-day conferences hosting up to 50 scientists, including early-career researchers. Participation is by invitation only; selection of participants is done by an international team of conveners (the “Scientific Organising Committee”). All participants are invited to participate in the drafting of one or more review articles which will, in first instance, be published (following peer review) in Space Science Reviews (2023 Impact Factor: 9.1), for eventual bundling of the chapters into a volume of the Space Science Series of ISSI.
Interested applicants are strongly encouraged to contact, at their earliest convenience, the ISSI-BJ Executive Director, Prof. Richard de Grijs, at richard.de-grijs@issibj.ac.cn.
Proposals for consideration by the ISSI/ISSI-BJ Science Committee’s May 2025 meeting are due by 31 March 2025. Proposal templates can be downloaded here:
https://www.issibj.ac.cn/program/workshops/202105/P020241028601515692411.docx
Ensure that your topic has not recently been covered at either ISSI-BJ or ISSI!
For an overview of the facilities offered at ISSI-BJ, see https://www.issibj.ac.cn/program/workshops/202105/P020240912394293099748.pdf
Many Europeans and participants of some other nationalities can travel to ISSI-BJ under China’s new visa waiver program.
Prof. Richard de Grijs
Executive Director, ISSI-BJ
Professor, School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Macquarie University