Fourth All-Russia Conference on Global Electric Circuit
Borok (Russia), 3 – 7 June 2019
First announcement and call for papers

Dear colleagues!
Borok Geophysical Observatory of Schmidt Institute of Physics of the Earth of the Russian Academy of Sciences (BGO IPE RAS), is holding on 3 – 7 June, 2019 Fourth All-Russia Conference on Global Electric Circuit. The goal of the gathering is to present the most significant results of research into the Global Electric Circuit (GEC). 
Researchers studying atmospheric electricity, physics of the atmosphere, ionosphere, magnetosphere and affiliated fields are invited to participate and give presentations on the latest advancements in the following spheres:
1.	Global Electric Circuit and electric fields of the Earth;
2.	GEC formation: thunderstorm electricity, lightning, high energy processes in upper and middle atmosphere, ionosphere and magnetosphere perturbations;
3.	Electrodynamics of an atmospheric boundary layer in GEC;
4.	Ecological and climate aspects of GEC;
5.	Wave processes in GEC;
6.	GEC monitoring: field observations and databases.
Preliminary time limit for invited speakers is 45 minutes, for section presentations – 20 minutes. Working language of the conference is Russian, but presentations in English are welcomed too.
Program Committee: 
1.	Anisimov S.V. — Borok Geophysical Observatory IPE RAS (Chairman); 
2.	Gliko А.О. —  academician of RAS, Department of Earth Sciences;
3.	Gvishiani A.D. —  academician of RAS, Geophysical Centre, Moscow;
4.	Mokhov I.I. — academician of RAS, Obukhov Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Moscow;
5.	Epov M.I. —  academician of RAS, Trofimuk Institute of Petroleum Geology and Geophysics, Novosibirsk;
6.	Tikhotsky S.A. — corresponding member of RAS, Schmidt Institute of Physics of the Earth, Moscow; 
7.	Elansky N.F. — corresponding member of RAS, Obukhov Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Moscow;
8.	Mareev E.A. — corresponding member of RAS, Institute of Applied Physics, Nizhny Novgorod; 
9.	Medvedev A.V. — Institute of Solar-Terrestrial Physics, Irkutsk;
10.	Katsov V.M. — Voeikov Main Geophysical Observatory, Saint-Petersburg;
11.	Lapshin V.B. — Physical Department of Moscow State University, Moscow;
12.	Gokhberg M.B. — Schmidt Institute of Physics of the Earth, Moscow; 
13.	Denisenko V.V. — Institute of Computational Modeling, Krasnoyarsk;
14.	Morozov V.N. — Voeikov Main Geophysical Observatory, Saint-Petersburg;
15.	Nagorsky P.M. — Institute of Monitoring of Climatic and Ecological Systems, Tomsk;
16.	Nurgaliev D.K. — Kazan Federal University, Kazan;
17.	Pokhotelov О.А. — Schmidt Institute of Physics of the Earth, Moscow;
18.	Shlugaev U.V. — Institute of Applied Physics, Nizhny Novgorod.
Organizing Committee: 
1.	Anisimov S.V. — Borok Geophysical Observatory IPE RAS (Chairman); 
2.	Dmitriev E.M. — Borok Geophysical Observatory IPE RAS (Vice-chairman);
3.	Aphinogenov K.V. — Borok Geophysical Observatory IPE RAS;
4.	Bannov A.G. — Borok Geophysical Observatory IPE RAS;
5.	Galichenko S.V. — Borok Geophysical Observatory IPE RAS;
6.	Kozmina A.S. — Borok Geophysical Observatory IPE RAS;
7.	Prokhorchuk A.A. — Borok Geophysical Observatory IPE RAS;
8.	Philippov V.A. — Borok Geophysical Observatory IPE RAS.
The venue of the conference is Borok, a scientific village in Yaroslavl region. Accommodation will be provided at the Academy hotel and at the recreation facility “Rybinka” (http://www.rybinka.ru). Free bus transfer from Moscow to Borok on 3 June (morning) and from Borok to Moscow on 7 June will be provided as an option.
Registration is open until 28th January, 2019 via registration form on the conference website (http://geodata.borok.ru/gec/2019/registration?lang=en). Abstract, formatted according to the sample (http://geodata.borok.ru/gec/2019/sample_e.rtf) has to be sent until 01st April, 2019 via e-mail (gec2019@borok.yar.ru). Conference abstracts are to be published by the launch of the Conference.
Notifications of acceptance into the Conference program and the second announcement will be emailed up to 6th May, 2019. Further information about the conference can be found on the conference website (http://geodata.borok.ru/gec/2019/index?lang=en).

Organizing Committee

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e-mail: gec2019@borok.yar.ru
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