All papers have been peer-reviewed. Our star is a very effective particle accelerator. Energies up to GeVs have been observed in Solar energetic particle events. These events are often associated with solar flares and/or Coronal Mass Ejections. Understanding how particles are accelerated in these phenomena has been an outstanding problem in space plasma physics for a long time. Part of the reason is its practical (e.g. Space weather) and fundamental (cosmic ray origin) importance. In this conference we review recent progresses on this problem, with a balance between observations, theories and numerical simulations. Specific topics include 1) particle acceleration at flare site, 2) turbulence properties of the solar wind, 3) particle acceleration and transport in the inner heliosphere, 4) particle acceleration at the termination shock and heliosheath, and 5) particle acceleration at supernova remnant shocks.

Particle Acceleration at Solar Flares
Determining the Spatial Variation of Accelerated Electron Spectra in Solar Flares	p. 3
Coronal Mass Ejection/Solar Flare Current Sheets and Particle Accelerations	p. 11
Particle Acceleration at Flares	p. 20
Fluctuating Electric Field Particle Acceleration at a Magnetic Field Null Point	p. 26
Stages of Particle Acceleration in a 3D Reconnecting Current Sheet	p. 32
Time Evolution of the Size of Solar Flare Plasma Loops along the Main Sequence	p. 40
Proton and Ion Populations in Flares as Measured in [gamma] Rays and Neutrons	p. 46
Particle Acceleration by the Sun	p. 52
Turbulence Properties of the Solar Wind
Recent Insights in Solar Wind MHD Turbulence	p. 65
Multifractal Characteristics of Dynamical Complexity in Space Plasmas	p. 75
Scale Dependent Alignment between Velocity and Magnetic Field Fluctuations in the Solar Wind and Comparisons to Boldyrev's Phenomenological Theory	p. 81
Measuring Electric Field and Density Turbulence in the Solar Wind	p. 87
MHD Turbulence Model for Global Simulations of the Solar Wind and SEP Acceleration	p. 93
Particle Acceleration and Transport in the Inner Heliosphere
Abundances and Energy Spectra of Corotating Interaction Region Heavy Ions	p. 101
How Efficient are Coronal Mass Ejections at Accelerating Solar Energetic Particles?	p. 111
Examination of the Last Large Solar Energetic Particle Events of Solar Cycle 23	p. 118
Seed Populations for Large Solar Particle Events of Cycle 23	p. 124
STEREO and ACE Observations of CIR Particles	p. 131
Particle Acceleration at Corotating Shocks: Ulysses Magnetic Field and Particle Observations	p. 137
Initial Observations of Interplanetary Shocks by STEREO	p. 143
Elemental and Isotopic Fractionation in [superscript 3]He-Rich Solar Energetic Particle Events	p. 149
Solar Energetic Particle Intensities above the Streaming Limit	p. 156
Unusual Observations during the December 2006 Solar Energetic Particle Events within an Interplanetary Coronal Mass Ejection at 1 AU	p. 162
Preliminary Results from SEP and ESP Studies	p. 168
Scatter-Free Propagation of Energetic Solar Electrons and Galactic Cosmic Rays in the Inner Heliosphere	p. 174
Transient Shocks and Associated Energetic Particle Distributions Observed by ACE during Cycle 23	p. 184
Solar Radio Bursts and Energetic Particle Events	p. 190
Type II Radio Emission and Solar Energetic Particle Events	p. 196
Modeling Particle Acceleration at Interplanetary Shocks	p. 203
Modeling a Mixed SEP Event with the PATH Model: December 13, 2006	p. 214
Current Issues in Ion Shock Acceleration	p. 220
Particle Acceleration at a Perpendicular Shock in the Limit of Weak Pitch-Angle Scattering	p. 227
On Transport of Charged Particle in the Solar Wind	p. 233
Particle Acceleration at Interplanetary Shocks	p. 240
Compound Perpendicular Diffusion of Cosmic Rays and Field Line Random Walk, with Drift	p. 246
A Kinetic Model of Acceleration and Heating of Coronal Hole Minor Ions	p. 252
Time-Dependent Acceleration of Solar Wind Particles at Interplanetary Traveling Shocks	p. 258
Current Density and Wave Polarization Observed in Density Holes Upstream of Earth's Bow Shock	p. 264
MHD and Kinetic Simulations
MHD Simulations of CME-Driven Shocks: Structures Relevant to Particle Acceleration	p. 273
Global MHD Modeling of the Solar Wind and CMEs: Energetic Particle Applications	p. 279
Global MHD Modeling of CMEs and Related Shocks from Complex Active Regions	p. 286
MHD Analysis of the Time-Varying Termination Shock Position	p. 295
Magnetic Reconnection and Particle Acceleration at Earth's Dayside Magnetopause: Results from Global Simulations	p. 301
Ion Acceleration at the Earth's Bow Shock and at Interplanetary Shocks: A Comparison	p. 307
Charged Energetic Particles Diffusion in Solar Wind with Flux-Tube-Structures	p. 314
The Interaction of Alfven Waves and Perpendicular Shocks	p. 321
Particle Acceleration at the Termination Shock and in the Heliosheath
Magnetic Fields in the Termination Shock, Heliosheath and Solar Wind	p. 329
Electrostatic Waves Observed at and near the Solar Wind Termination Shock by Voyager 2	p. 335
Anomalous Cosmic Rays in the Heliosheath	p. 343
Particle Acceleration at the Termination Shock: Voyager 1 and 2 Observations	p. 349
Stochastic Acceleration and Adiabatic Heating of Anomalous Cosmic Rays in the Inner Heliosheath	p. 355
Low-Energy Particle Acceleration and Compression at the Termination Shock and in the Heliosheath	p. 361
Formation of Power Law Tail with Spectral Index -5 Inside and Beyond the Heliosphere	p. 367
Three-Dimensional Simulations of Shock Propagation in the Heliosphere and Beyond	p. 375
Heliospheric Termination Shock Strength from a Multi-Fluid Model	p. 384
Particle Acceleration at Shocks: Effects of Spatial Variations along the Shock Face	p. 390
Anomalous Cosmic Rays in the Heliosheath: Simulation with a Blunt Termination Shock	p. 397
Time-Dependent Acceleration of Pickup Ions at The Heliospheric Termination Shock	p. 404
Three-Dimensional Modeling of Physical Processes in the Outer Heliosphere	p. 410
Plasma near the Termination Shock and in the Heliosheath	p. 418
Particle Acceleration at Supernova Remnant Shocks
Cosmic Rays in Supernova Remnants and the Galaxy	p. 427
Inferring Particle Acceleration in Supernova Remnant Shocks	p. 433
Author Index	p. 439
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