[IGSMAIL-5586]: IERS Workshop on Conventions: 2nd Announcement (fwd)

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IGS Electronic Mail      10 Apr 00:26:22 PDT 2007      Message Number 5586
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Author: IERS (forward by Jim Ray)

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IERS Message No. 111                                      April 10, 2007
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IERS Workshop on Conventions: Second Announcement

A workshop on the IERS Conventions will be organized on 20-21 September
2007 (Thursday-Friday), at the Bureau International des Poids et Mesures
in Sevres, France.

The web site for the workshop is now available at
http://www.bipm.org/en/events/iers/
including the scientific programme, on-line pre-registration, and some
practical information.

The scientific programme will cover five themes, as indicated below.
Contributed papers are welcome for all five themes. In addition, some of
the themes will include position papers, invited talks, and discussions.

Theme 1. Recent advances and validations of the IERS Conventions models
Theme 2. Conventional contributions to local station displacements:
         what to include?
Theme 3. Evolution of the realization of reference systems
Theme 4. Technique-dependent conventions
Theme 5. Evolution of the Conventions

Gerard Petit, on behalf of the Scientific organizing committee


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