Workshop Schedule (Preliminary)
Day 1 - Monday, 14 September 2026
08:00 - 08:30 | Registration
08:30 - 09:00 | Opening Ceremony
08:30 - 08:45 | Welcome Address - INPE Director
08:45 - 09:00 | Welcome Address - Head of DICEP
Morning Session (09:00 - 12:30)
🔹 Upcoming Satellite Missions, Ground-Based Experiments, and Innovative Techniques for Monitoring Equatorial Plasma Bubbles
09:00 - 10:00 | Invited Speaker I
10:00 - 10:30 | Coffee Break & Poster Session
10:30 - 12:30 | Oral Presentations
12:30 - 14:00 | Lunch
Afternoon Session (14:00 - 17:30)
🔹 Upcoming Satellite Missions, Ground-Based Experiments, and Innovative Techniques for Monitoring Equatorial Plasma Bubbles
14:00 - 15:00 | Invited Speaker II
15:00 - 15:30 | Coffee Break & Poster Session
15:30 - 17:30 | Oral Presentations
Day 2 - Tuesday, 15 September 2026
Morning Session (09:00 - 12:30)
🔹 Wave-Like Perturbations, Including Gravity Waves and Medium-Scale Traveling Ionospheric Disturbances (MSTIDs), and Their Role in the Seeding and Development of Equatorial Plasma Bubbles
09:00 - 10:00 | Invited Speaker III
10:00 - 10:30 | Coffee Break & Poster Session
10:30 - 12:30 | Oral Presentations
12:30 - 14:00 | Lunch
Afternoon Session (14:00 - 17:30)
🔹 Wave-Like Perturbations, Including Gravity Waves and Medium-Scale Traveling Ionospheric Disturbances (MSTIDs), and Their Role in the Seeding and Development of Equatorial Plasma Bubbles
14:00 - 15:00 | Invited Speaker IV
15:00 - 15:30 | Coffee Break & Poster Session
15:30 - 17:30 | Oral Presentations
Day 3 - Wednesday, 16 September 2026
Morning Session (09:00 - 12:30)
🔹 Space Weather Effects on the Seeding and Evolution of Equatorial Plasma Bubbles
09:00 - 10:00 | Invited Speaker V
10:00 - 10:30 | Coffee Break & Poster Session
10:30 - 12:20 | Oral Presentations
12:20 - 12:30 | EPB-4 Official Group Photo
12:30 - 14:00 | Lunch
Afternoon Session (14:00 - 17:30)
🔹 Space Weather Effects on the Seeding and Evolution of Equatorial Plasma Bubbles
14:00 - 15:00 | Invited Speaker VI
15:00 - 15:30 | Coffee Break & Poster Session
15:30 - 17:30 | Oral Presentations
19:00 - 21:00 | Workshop Dinner
Day 4 - Thursday, 17 September 2026
Morning Session (09:00 - 12:30)
🔹 Coupled Models and Numerical Simulations to Advance the Understanding of Equatorial Plasma Bubble Formation, Growth, and Variability
09:00 - 10:00 | Invited Speaker VII
10:00 - 10:30 | Coffee Break & Poster Session
10:30 - 12:30 | Oral Presentations
12:30 - 14:00 | Lunch
Afternoon Session (14:00 - 17:30)
🔹 Advancing Forecasting Capabilities through the Integration of Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Observations, and Modeling
14:00 - 15:00 | Invited Speaker VIII
15:00 - 15:30 | Coffee Break & Poster Session
15:30 - 16:30 | Invited Speaker IX
16:30 - 17:30 | Oral Presentations
Day 5 - Friday, 18 September 2026
Morning Session (09:00 - 12:30)
🔹 Societal and Technological Impacts of Equatorial Plasma Bubbles on GNSS, Satellite Communications, and Space Weather Services
09:00 - 10:00 | Invited Speaker X
10:00 - 10:30 | Coffee Break & Poster Session
10:30 - 12:30 | Oral Presentations
12:30 - 14:00 | Lunch
Afternoon Session (14:00 - 17:30)
14:00 - 16:00 | Roundtable: EPB-5, EPB Observation Campaign, New Scientific Insights, and Strategies to Mitigate the Socioeconomic Impacts of Equatorial Plasma Bubbles
16:00 - 17:00 | Visit to the Integration and Testing Laboratory (LIT) - INPE
17:00 - 17:30 | Visit to the Space Weather Division / Embrace Program - INPE
17:30 | Closing Ceremony
* Each oral presentation will have a total duration of 15 minutes, consisting of 10 minutes for the presentation followed by 5 minutes for questions and discussion.