1. 1 The Solar System exploration, ESA and the Space Weather Italian Community D. Del Moro Department of Physics, University of Rome “Tor VErgata”, Italy “Scenario e Prospettive delle Scienze Planetarie in Italia”, June 3-4, 2014, Rome, Italy.

2. The Inner Heliosphere

3. Mercury Mars

4. The Giant Planets and the Whole Heliosphere

5. Status of the Space Weather Italian COllaboration The SWICO taps on the participants expertise to investigate, in a unified way, the various phenomena involved in the Sun- Earth relationship, from the solar surface up to the Earth environment (and beyond). 5

6. 6 Status of the Space Weather Italian COllaboration

7. Status of the Space Weather Italian COmmunity  Recognized expertise in  Modeling  Data Analysis  Extensive observing network  Ground & space data access  Strong involvement in international activities 7 The SWICO has the capability to play an important role in the ESA SSA.

8. 8 Thank you References: Swimmer-Schweingruber, 2013 Hassler, 2014 Killen et al., 2010 Leblanc et al., 2010, 2011 McClintock et al., 2008 Luhmann, 2007 Khurana et al. 2004 Zarka et al., 2001, 2012 Lamy et al., 2012