This is the final announcement of the workshop “Complexity in Heliophysics: Celebrating the Career and Works of Loukas Vlahos” celebrating the prolific career of Prof. Loukas Vlahos of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, which will take place in Thessaloniki, Greece on June 8 – 10, 2026. Workshop topics include: complexity in solar and heliospheric magnetized plasmas; fusion in laboratory plasmas; self-organization; self-organized criticality; turbulence; coronal heating; solar energetic events; particle acceleration and transport.
We would like to bring to your attention that the abstract submission deadline has been extended to March 16, 2026. Moreover, we have secured a remote participation capability and we therefore solicit contributions from remote participants, as well. Oral presentations will be allocated to a reasonable fraction of remote participants.
Important Dates:
- Abstract Submission Deadline: 16 March 2026
- Early Bird Registration Deadline: 20 April 2026
The workshop will feature presentations, discussions and debate on the topics Loukas has championed over several decades of frontline research: complexity in solar and heliospheric magnetized plasmas; fusion in laboratory plasmas; self-organization; self-organized criticality; turbulence; coronal heating; solar energetic events; particle acceleration and transport. We envision capturing the current state-of-the-art on these topics, from both observational and theory/modeling ends, and highlighting promising avenues and tools for future research.
Scientific Organizing Committee:
- Anastasios Anastasiadis, National Observatory of Athens, Greece
- Vasilis Archontis, University of Ioannina, Greece
- Manolis Georgoulis, Johns Hopkins APL, USA
- Heinz Isliker, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
- Spiros Patsourakos, University of Ioannina, Greece
- Menios Tsiganis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
- Christos Tsironis, National Technical University of Athens, Greece
(Transmis par Spiros Patsourakos et Olga Alexandrova)