Description:

The increased attention to space weather and its impact on society has spurned a sizable interest and effort in the research and operational communities associated with transitioning research to operations and operations to research (R2O2R).  During these last five years there is a growing  recognition that this activity of transitioning is significant in of itself and very distinct from both operations and research.  This session encourages submissions that reflect on the act of transitioning space weather relevant research capabilities and associated feedback from operations, by addressing aspects such as (1) what do we need to improve, (2) what science in missing in operations, (3) what best supports operations, (4) what changes are needed to move up the readiness levels (RL) chain for effective ingestion into operations.