SCIENTIFIC ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:  Crisan Demetrescu (Institute of Geodynamics, Romanian Academy, Bucharest, Romania) - Co-Chair Katya Georgieva (Space and Solar-Terrestrial Research Institute, Bulgaria) - Co-Chair Dragan Roša (Astronomical Observatory in Zagreb, Croatia) - Co-Chair Elchin Babayev (Shamakhy Astrophysical Observatory, Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences) Ashot Chilingarian (Cosmic Ray Division, Alikhanyan Physics Institute, Yerevan, Armenia) Marina Gigolashvili (GNAO, Georgia)   Natchimuthuk Gopalswamy (NASA, USA)   Oleg Litvinenko (Observatory URAN-4, Radioastronomical Institute, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Odessa)   Georgeta Maris (Institute of Geodynamics, Romanian Academy, Bucharest, Romania) Atila Ozguc (Kandilli Observatory, Turkey) Vladimir Obridko (IZMIRAN, Russia)   LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE   Crişan Demetrescu (Institute of Geodynamics of the Romanian Academy)   Venera Dobrica (Institute of Geodynamics of the Romanian Academy) Dana Lăcătuş (Institute of Geodynamics of the Romanian Academy) Georgeta Maris (Institute of Geodynamics of the Romanian Academy) – Chair Marilena Mierla (Institute of Geodynamics of the Romanian Academy) – Secretary   Alin Paraschiv (Institute of Geodynamics of the Romanian Academy) Visan Madalina (Institute of Geodynamics of the Romanian Academy) -website conference