[IGSMAIL-4298]: Save the date: IGS Symposium & Technical Workshop 2004

[Angelyn W. Moore]

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IGS Electronic Mail      13 Mar 16:07:36 PST 2003      Message Number 4298
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Author: IGS Central Bureau

        Celebrating the 10th Anniversary of the International GPS Service
                        IGS Symposium and Technical Workshop 2004
                                1 - 5 March 2004
                               Berne, Switzerland



Dear colleagues,

Please mark your calendars to celebrate the 10th Anniversary of the 
International GPS Service!  On behalf of the IGS Governing Board, we invite you 
to this week-long event that features a one-day Symposium on Wednesday March 3 
and Technical Workshop Series March 1-2 and 4-5. The Symposium will recognize 
the unique history of the IGS as well as looking towards the future and what is 
on the horizon for an international  GNSS services in the next decade.   The 
Technical Workshop Series will focus in detail on many critical issues, analysis 
results, network/communication aspects, data systems, and the various 
applications addressed by the Projects, Working Groups, and Coordinators of the 
IGS.  There will be a few social events during the week to meet with friends old 
and new, and the beautiful city of Berne and the Alps can be explored in your 
leisure time or over one of the adjoining weekends.

This event will be hosted by the Astronomical Institute of the University of 
Berne, Switzerland. In 1993, a pivotal meeting was held in Berne that laid the 
framework for the current organization of the IGS and so it seems very 
appropriate that Berne is once again graciously offering to host this special 
event. Many thanks to our Swiss colleagues.

The first circular for the IGS Anniversary will be available in May listing the 
program committee, sessions, conveners, proceedings, and logistics, such as 
registration, housing and transportation.

Watch for the website, which will be set up in the near future, and accessible 
from the IGS Calendar:
(http://igscb.jpl.nasa.gov/overview/calendar.html).


With best regards, and hoping to see you in Berne next March,

      IGS Central Bureau