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  Breakfast and the SWT Meeting on Wednesday-Friday will be in Top of the 7’s Ballroom (Penthouse level). 

TimeSpeakerTitle
10/25, Wednesday AM-1: Programmatic (Chair: Ian Cohen, Ian.Cohen@jhuapl.edu) Upload a talk for this session
09:00-09:10Marc SwisdakWelcome & Logistics
09:10-09:20Jim BurchMission Updates
09:20-09:30Kevin Genestreti/Guan LeMMS Senior Review Outcome 
09:30-10:00Chris RileyMission and Flight Dynamics Operations Status
10:00-10:15Marcus Piquette/Gina LaffertyPOC Updates
10:15-10:30Chris PankratzSDC/SOC Updates
10:30-11:00AM Coffee Break
10/25, Wednesday AM-2: String-of-Pearls Formation (Chairs: Neha Pathak, Neha.Pathak@lasp.colorado.edu; Yi Qi, Yi.Qi@lasp.colorado.edu) Upload a talk for this session
11:00-11:25Bob ErgunScience Goals of the Large Separation Campaign
11:25-11:40Trevor WilliamsString-of-pearls formation (Fly dynamics)
11:40-11:55Steve PetrinecMMS String-of-Pearls Formation: Science Regions of Interest (SROIs)
11:55-12:10Savvas RaptisTransient phenomena in foreshock, shock, and magnetosheath – Expectations from large separation campaign
12:10-12:30Alex Chasapis (lead)Open discussion



12:30-13:30Lunch  - Salon C (Mezzanine level)
10/25, Wednesday PM-1:  Storms/Extreme Events (Co-chairs: Rachel Rice rcrice@umd.edu, Harsha Gurram hgurram@umd.edu) Upload a talk for this session
13:30-13:45Brandon BurkholderCan magnetotail reconnection occur when the solar wind is sub-alfvenic? Case study of the April 2023 Storm
13:45-14:05Mojtaba Akhavan-Tafti(Invited) Magnetospheric Time History in Storm-Time Magnetic Flux Dynamics
14:05-14:20Li-Jen ChenEarth's dynamic filamentary Alfven wings driven by the 2023 April CME
14:20-14:35Harsha Gurram3D Electron Distribution Functions from Earth's Alfven Wings
14:35-14:50Jason BeedleCurrent structures in the vicinity of the magnetopause during the magnetosphere transformation into Alfvén wings and recovery
14:50-15:05Rachel RiceComparing magnetopause boundary layers in storm time 
15:05-15:30PM Coffee Break
10/25, Wednesday PM-2: General Reconnection 1 (Chair: Dominic Payne, dspayne@umd.edu) Upload a talk for this session
15:30 - 15:50Hasan BarbhuiyaInsights from Pressure-Strain Interaction about Magnetic Reconnection 
15:50 - 16:05Michael HesseWhat do we Know About the Reconnection Electric Field? 
16:05 - 16:20Richard DentonDetermining the orientation of a magnetic reconnection X line and implications for a 2D coordinate system
16:20 - 16:35Neha PathakEvidence of a Non-Orthogonal X-Line in Guide-Field Magnetic Reconnection
16:35 - 16:50Young Dae Yoon/Thom MooreReconnection Enabled by Plasma Beta
16:50 - 17:00
Open discussion
10/26, Thursday AM-1: Particle Acceleration (Chair: Mike Shumko, mike.shumko@jhuapl.edu) Upload a talk for this session
9:00-9:20Sanjay ChepuriTesting Adiabatic Models of Energetic Particle Acceleration at Dipolarization Fronts
9:20-9:35Naoki BesshoIsland betatron acceleration in magnetic flux ropes in the Earth's bow shock
9:35-9:50Joo HwangElectron energization at a two-step dipolarziation front
9:50-10:05Yi QiInvestigation of a magnetic reconnection event with extraordinarily high particle energization in magnetotail turbulence
10:05-10:20Anthony SciolaThe contribution of BBFs to plasma energization and transport to the stormtime ring current
10:20-10:30
Open discussion
10:30-11:00 AM Coffee Break
10/26, Thursday AM-2: Dayside Reconnection         (Chair: Jonathan Ng, jonng@umd.edu) Upload a talk for this session
11:00 - 11:20Gabor TothMagnetospheric Applications of the MHD with Adaptively Embedded PIC model
11:20 - 11:35Haoming LiangImpact of out-of-plane flow shear on asymmetric reconnection and implication to flank magnetopause reconnection
11:35 - 11:50Jason BeedleParallel Current in the Diffusion Regions: Comparing Statistical Results, Case Studies, and 2.5D PIC Simulations
11:50-12:05Jim DrakeA few slides
11:50 - 12:05Hanying WeiEntangled flux ropes in the magnetosheath and in the solar wind
12:05-13:30Lunch  - Terrapin Ballroom (Lobby level)
10/26, Thursday PM-1: Turbulence (Chair: Yan Yang, yanyang@udel.edu) Upload a talk for this session
13:30-13:50Alexandros ChasapisObservations of turbulence and dissipation during the unbiased magnetosheath campaign
13:50-14:10Subash AdhikariKinetic Reconnection and Associated Turbulence: A Scale Filtering Approach
14:10-14:30Sohom RoyInvestigating the scale-dependent conversion of turbulent energy in the magnetosheath
14:30-14:45Dominic PayneEnergy Exchange Mechanisms Associated with the Equilibration of Sheared Magnetic Fields
14:45-15:00Yan YangEffective Viscosity, Resistivity and Reynolds Number in Weakly Collisional Plasma Turbulence
15:00-15:30PM Coffee Break
10/26, Thursday PM-2: Special Science Topics (Chair: Marc Swisdak, swisdak@umd.edu) Upload a talk for this session
15:30-15:45Owen RobertsCase study of a magnetosheath jet
15:45-16:00Gangkai PohStatistical Analysis of 3-second waves observed by MMS in the Earth's foreshock
16:15-16:30Scott BoardsenEvent Study of ICW and Drift Mirror Waves observed by both MMS and Geotail while separated by a few wavelengths.
16:30-16:45Bill PatersonHERMES on Gateway: Science Objectives and Coordination With Other Missions
16:45-17:00
Open Discussion



10/27, Friday AM-1: General Reconnection 2   (Chair: Dominic Payne, dspayne@umd.edu) Upload a talk for this session
09:00 - 09:15Kyunghwan DokgoRising tone whistler waves near the electron-scale reconnection
09:15 - 09:30Yi-Hsin LiuModeling electron-only reconnection rate
09:30 - 09:45Marc SwisdakMagnetic reconnection on a Klein Bottle
09:45 - 10:00Jonathan NgElectron acceleration near a magnetic null in shock turbulence 
10:00 - 10:30

10:30 - 11:00AM Coffee Break
10/27, Friday AM-2: Nightside Reconnection    (Chair: Jonathan Ng, jonng@umd.edu) Upload a talk for this session
11:00-11:15Kevin GenestretiPhysics controlling the reconnection rate: magnetotail case study
11:15 - 11:30Jim BurchParallel Electric Fields and Compressive Heating in Magnetotail Reconnection
11:30 - 11:45Harry ArnoldPIC simulations of overstretched ion scale current sheets applicable to the magnetotail
12:00-13:00Lunch - Salon C (Mezzanine level)












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