1st Announcement 10 April 2005 "The 6-th Solar-B Science Meeting" in Kyoto, Japan, from November 8 to 11, 2005. The Solar-B satellite will be launched next year by ISAS/JAXA as an international collaboration project with USA (NASA), UK (PPARC), and ESA. The main purpose of Solar-B is to clarify the coronal heating mechanism and basic magnetohydrodynamic processes occurring in the solar atmosphere such as magnetic reconnection. For this purpose, Solar-B will carry three instruments, 1) SOT (solar optical telescope), enabling the first space observations of vector magnetic field of the Sun at unprecedentedly high spatial and temporal resolution, 2) XRT (X-ray telescope), which observes the full Sun soft X-ray images at the highest spatial resolution in the soft X-ray wavelength range, and 3) EIS (EUV imaging spectrometer), which gives us Doppler velocity data for coronal plasma flows at the highest spatial resolution. We are now about one year before the launch and it is therefore timely to discuss basic scientific objectives, possible observing proposals and programs of the Solar-B mission. Those who are interested in Solar-B and related science are invited and encouraged to attend this meeting. The scientific topics include: coronal heating, chromospheric heating, solar wind acceleration, flares, coronal mass ejections, jets, waves/shocks, magnetism of quiet Sun, flux tubes, convection and dynamo, and local helioseismology. PROGRAM: The program will consist of oral sessions with invited and contributed talks. There will be ample time for discussion, with reserved time at the end of each session. There will be poster presentations. The proceedings will be published. SCIENTIFIC ORGANIZING COMMITTEE: K. Shibata (co-chair), T. Sakurai (co-chair), M. Carlsson, J.L. Culhane, J. Davis, L. Golub, H.S. Hudson, T. Kosugi, B. Lites, T. Sekii, K. Shibasaki, A.M. Title, S. Tsuneta, T. Watanabe, T. Yokoyama LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE: K. Shibata (chair), H. Kurokawa, R. Kitai, S. Nagata, S. Ueno, T. Miyagoshi, T. Ishii, H. Isobe, A. Asai, M. Shimojo VENUE: The meeting will be held at the Kyoto International Community House (http://www.kcif.or.jp/en/index.html). November is the highest time for tourists to visit Kyoto during the year. It will be difficult to reserve a hotel just prior to the meeting, so we recommend you to reserve an appropriate hotel in Kyoto at your earliest convenience. Some hotels convenient from the venue are listed below, though more information of hotels will be distributed in the 2nd announcement. http://www.westinmiyako-kyoto.com/ http://www.ishinhotels.com/kyoto-royal/en/index.html http://www.fujita-kyoto.com/index2.html IMPORTANT DATES: 2nd announcement: 15 July 2005 abstract submission and registration deadline: 15 August 2005 3rd announcement: 1 Octorber 2005 meeting: 8-11 November 2005 CONTACT: shibata@kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp, miyagosi@kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp For further information, please visit: http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/solarb6/