During much of October and some of November this year, Craig went around the world in 27 days – first visiting Christchurch for the 2024 National Lifeline Utilities Forum; then to College Park in Maryland for the 2024 Workshop on Geomagnetically Induced Currents; then to London to discuss Solar Tsunamis research work with space weather-linked people in the UK; and then to European Space Weather Week in Coimbra, Portugal.
2024 National Lifeline Utilities Forum
This was held in the Christchurch Convention Centre from 17-18 October 2024. Craig and an MBIE collaborator, Fiona Dally, spoke on Space Weather in the New Zealand context. The forum included participants from a wide range of government and industry representatives and beyond.
2024 Workshop on Geomagnetically Induced Currents
Craig and Johnny Malone-Leigh went to the University of Maryland (UMD) to attend the 2024 Workshop on Geomagnetically Induced Currents supported by the US National Science Foundation. During the meeting they often ate lunch at the Stamp Student Union building – and outside of this was a statue of ex-UMD student and Muppet creator Jim Henson.
Meeting in London
Moving on from College Park and the GIC workshop, Craig then travelled to London. While there he attended a meeting to discuss the Solar Tsunamis research work with space weather-linked people in the UK. The meeting was hosted by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (Desnz) at the Old Admiralty Building in Whitehall. Attendees included staff from Desnz, UK Met Office, National Grid and National Energy System Operator (NESO), Fraser-Nash, BAS, BGS, and Lancaster University.
European Space Weather Week, 2024
A number of Solar Tsunamis team members presented at ESWW2024, including posters and talks about the implementation of the Transpower GIC mitigation plan during the May 2024 Gannon storm, the latest results from Solar Tsunamis GIC models, and the latest progress on the Magnetotelluric and gas pipelines work.
Top: Some of Craig’s photos from the Udvar Hazy Air and Space Museum in Washington DC, which he was able to visit with Johnny on the way to the College Park GIC meeting at UMD.
