Topical Discussion Meeting - The FLARECAST Scientific and Technological Facility: What Now?

Manolis K. Georgoulis (RCAAM, Academy of Athens); D. Shaun Bloomfield (U. Northumbria, Newcastle); Peter Gallagher (Trinity College Dublin); Michele Piana (University of Genova); Anna Maria Massone (CNR Italy); Andre Csillaghy (FHNW Switzerland); Marco Soldati (FHNW Switzerland); Frederic Baudin (Universite Paris-Sud); Eric Buchlin (Universite Paris-Sud); Etienne Pariat (Observatoire de Paris-Meudon); Nicole Vilmer (Observatoire de Paris-Meudon); David Jackson (UK Met Office); Hanna Sathiapal (FHNW Switzerland)
Tuesday 6/11, 14:00-15:15
MTC 00.15, Small lecture room

The Flare Likelihood and Region Eruption Forecasting (FLARECAST) was a European Union, Horizon 2020 project aiming to
(1) enhance and improve solar flare prediction,
(2) implement a modular, expandable flare prediction service and
(3) initiative a dialogue with stakeholders, policy makers and the public on the ramifications of solar flares and the benefits of their efficient prediction.

As of March 2018, the FlARECAST project has been officially concluded, but its wider benefits only start now: as an EU Research and Innovation Action, everything implemented under FLARECAST, from databases to facilities and from codes to peer-reviewed papers, is openly accessible to the scientific community worldwide.
FLARECAST Consortium members will briefly present the scientific, technological and infrastructure elements of the project, aiming to a direct communication of the project's benefits to researchers interested in space weather manifestations and forecasting. We also envision a lively discussion in which we welcome both expressions of interest to use parts of the FLARECAST resources and critical comments / suggestions on how all this effort can be best invested in future, integrated space weather forecasting initiatives.