The international Hinode mission was launched from Japan on 23
September 2006, and a science meeting has been held every year since
launch, alternating among Japanese, U.S. and European locations. The fifth such meeting occurred during the rise in solar activity following a
deep and extended minimum, and the theme of the meeting was
“Exploring the Active Sun.”
Studies of solar activity with Hinode were started shortly after launch,
but were hindered by the subsequent paucity of activity from mid-2007
until 2010. Activity levels since 2010 have risen rapidly, allowing us to
refocus on that major component of solar physics. There remain major
scientic questions to be addressed in the near future with Hinode and
with the other existing and planned space and ground-based solar
instrumentation. This volume provides a sampling of the exciting
results that we expect to be forthcoming in the next few years.
The meeting was attended by 171 participants from 13 countries. The
conference included 13 invited talks, 38 contributed talks, and 115
posters. A novel feature of the meeting was the introduction of
electronic posters, consisting of at-panel HD screens connected to
laptop computers and real-time internet access. Thirty two e-posters,
selected by having volunteers sign up to supplement their normal poster
presentations, were scheduled during the meeting.