[IGSMAIL-7576] REMINDER: GM2018 registration and abstract submission deadline is February 25

Behrend, Dirk (GSFC-61A.0)[NVI INC] dirk.behrend-1 at nasa.gov
Thu Feb 8 12:09:37 PST 2018


Dear colleagues,

The tenth IVS General Meeting will be held in Longyearbyen, Spitsbergen, Norway in
early June 2018. As part of this event in the high Arctic, the local host of the Norwegian
Mapping Authority (NMA) will officially inaugurate the new twin radio telescopes at
Ny-Alesund. The inauguration event will be organized as a day trip via boat from the
town of Longyearbyen to Ny-Alesund. The opening of the Earth Observatory at Ny-
Alesund is the first step of establishing this high Artic location as a core site for global
geodesy as envisioned by the UN-GGIM with co-located VLBI, SLR, GNSS, DORIS, and
gravimetric instruments.

NMA has prepared a video about what to expect at this high latitude location:
   http://video.kartverket.no/the-10th-ivs-general-meeting
Further details are listed in the Second Announcement (see below) and are available
on the meeting Web site.

Please note that the deadlines for abstract submission and registration are approaching
fast, i.e., the last day for registration and abstract submission for this event is

                February 25, 2018.

If you intend to be part of this event, please register by this date.

Best regards,

Dirk Behrend
IVS Coordinating Center



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Subject: [IVSmail] IVS 2018 General Meeting: Second Announcement


                     SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT



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   International VLBI Service for Geodesy and Astrometry (IVS)

                    2018 General Meeting

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                        June 3-9, 2018

              Longyearbyen, Spitsbergen, Norway

                    http://www.ivs2018.no/





The tenth General Meeting of the International VLBI Service for Geodesy and

Astrometry (IVS) will be held during the week of June 3-9, 2018, in Longyearbyen,

Spitsbergen, Norway. All IVS Associate Members and individuals who have interests

in the application of VLBI in the fields of geodesy, Earth sciences, and astrometry

are invited to attend the meeting.



The keynote of the tenth GM is the contribution of the VLBI Global Observing System

(VGOS) to the Global Geodetic Observing System (GGOS) in its endeavor to render

sustainable development possible under the theme "Global Geodesy and the Role of

VGOS - Fundamental to Sustainable Development." The United Nations recognized the

importance of geospatial information to address global challenges with creating

a UN-GGIM Subcommittee on Geodesy and following through with a roadmap to implement

a Global Geodetic Reference Frame (GGRF). The space-geodetic techniques of VLBI,

GPS, SLR, and DORIS will be fundamental for an accurate, accessible and sustainable

GGRF to support science and society.



The meeting host is Kartverket (the Norwegian Mapping Authority, NMA). Details

about the meeting including the program, accommodations, registration, and abstract

submission is available at the meeting Web site:



     http://www.ivs2018.no/



Poster and oral papers may be contributed for presentation at the General

Meeting. Contributions are not restricted to IVS Associate Members but may

be contributed by anyone attending the meeting. The deadline for submission

of abstracts is February 25. Please follow the abstract submission instructions

at:



     https://ivs2018.kartverket.no/event/1/abstracts/



The meeting will be held at the Kulturhuset in Longyearbyen, Spitsbergen,

Norway, the main town of the island archipelago of Svalbard:



     http://www.ivs2018.no/   >> Accommodation



The deadline for registering for the meeting is February 25, 2018. The early bird

rate is available until January 31, 2018. Please register using the form available at:



     http://www.ivs2018.no/   >> Registration



The registration fee is NOK 7000 (early bird rate until January 31) or NOK 9000

(regular). The registration fee includes conference materials, conference lunches,

the conference banquet, coffee breaks, the boat trip to Ny Alesund, and the Proceedings

volume. For student participants, the registration fee is reduced to NOK 5000. If you

want to take advantage of the student support, please send an  electronic copy of your

valid student ID to the LOC (ivs2018 at kartverket.no<mailto:ivs2018 at kartverket.no>) as a PDF or JPG file. Please title

your message in the subject line as "STUDENT IVS2018".



For further information contact any member of the Local Organizing Committee,

the Program Committee, or the Coordinating Center.



Regards,



Per Erik Opseth                            Dirk Behrend

for the Local Organizing Committee         IVS Coordinating Center
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