Towards An Australian Centre of Excellence in Space Weather

A group of Australian, American, British, Indian, and Japanese colleagues are developing a bid for an Australian-based but internationally linked Centre of Excellence in space weather research. The Centre is intended to be broad and to complement existing international efforts. It currently aims to understand, predict, and verify space weather observationally from the Sun to the ground in time for benefit and mitigation. Research program titles are presently Sun & interplanetary, Earth system, stellar-solar, and end-user applications, with cross-cutting themes of risk & policy, workforce development, education, and outreach. At the workshop we seek to learn from and of international efforts, identify complementary programs, and find additional partners for mutual benefit.