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<span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;" class="">As part of the 26th IUGG General Assembly that will be held in Prague, Czech Republic during June 22 to July 2, 2015 there will be an IAG Symposium on </span>Reference Frames<span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;" class="">.
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<div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" class=""><font size="2" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px;" class="">We hope that you will be able to join us in Prague for the IAG Commission 1 Symposium and special sessions. More information
about the IUGG General Assembly 2015 can be obtained from its web site at <</font><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.iugg2015prague.com" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px;">http://www.iugg2015prague.com</a><font size="2" class=""><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" class="">>.</span><br style="text-align: -webkit-auto;" class="">
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" class="">Please note that the deadline for submitting abstracts is 31 January 2015.</span><br style="text-align: -webkit-auto;" class="">
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<font face="Tahoma" class="">—tonie</font><br style="text-align: -webkit-auto;" class="">
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G01 Reference Frames</h3>
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<em class=""><strong class="">Convener:</strong> <a href="mailto:tonie.vandam@uni.lu" style="color: rgb(85, 161, 68);" class="">Tonie van Dam</a> (Luxembourg, Luxembourg)<strong class=""><br class="">
Co-convener:</strong> Gary Johnston (Canberra, Australia)</em></p>
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Description</h4>
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Accurate reference frames are fundamentally important for Earth science studies, for satellite navigation, for applications relying on geo-spatial information, and increasingly for commercial applications such as agriculture, aviation, construction, public
safety, and transportation. The primary goal of this symposium, is to bring together</p>
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<li style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;" class="">the many individuals and government representatives responsible for funding, installing, and maintaining the global International Terrestrial Reference Frame infrastructure;</li><li style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;" class="">scientists from all disciplines and branches studying and using geodetic reference frames, and</li><li style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;" class="">representatives from industry who use geo-referencing to address the most important questions and issues that the community must consider regarding theoretical and practical implementation of improved reference
frames for science, surveying, and commerce.</li></ul>
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Contributions are solicited that will address the underlying limiting factors, systematic errors and novel approaches for future improvements to the ITRF. Additionally, papers addressing reference frame requirements, geoscience and commercial usage, and applications
will be of great importance to the G1 symposium.</p>
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<div class="">Dr. Tonie M. van Dam</div>
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<div class="">Faculté des Sciences, de la Technologie et de la Communication</div>
<div class="">University of Luxembourg</div>
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<div class="">6, rue Richard Coudenhove-Kalergi</div>
<div class="">L-1359 Luxembourg</div>
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<div class="">Phone: (+352) 46 66 44 6261</div>
<div class="">Fax: (+352) 46 66 44 6261</div>
<div class="">e-mail: <a href="mailto:tonie.vandam@uni.lu" class="">tonie.vandam@uni.lu</a></div>
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