First Announcement and Call for Papers

22 May 2013

2013 International Symposium
Asia-Pacific Space Geodynamics (APSG) Project
on
CROSS-DISCIPLINARY ROLE OF SPACE GEODESY IN NATURAL HAZARDS
MITIGATION, GEODYNAMICS AND CLIMATE CHANGE SCIENCE

14–17 October 2013, Columbus, Ohio, USA

http://www.shao.ac.cn/APSG2013 
http://geodeticscience.org/apsg2013 

Sponsored  by:

National Aeronautics and Space Administration
International Association of Geodesy
College of Arts and Sciences, The Ohio State University, USA

Organized by:

Asia Pacific Space Geodynamics (APSG) Program Central Bureau
Division of Geodetic Science, School of Earth Sciences, The Ohio State University
Byrd Polar Research Center, The Ohio State University
Shanghai International Culture Association, China
Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Institute of Geodesy and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Advisory Committee

Houtze Hsu (Chair), Institute of Geodesy & Geophysics, China
Shuhua Ye (Advisor), Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, China
Benjamin Chao, Institute of Earth Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taiwan, China
Xiaoli Ding, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China
John Labrecque, NASA Headquarters, USA
Kosuke Heki, Hokkaido University, Japan
Pil-Ho Park, Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute, South Korea
Michael R. Pearlman, ILRS, Center for Astrophysics, USA
Tilo Schöne, GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam (GFZ), Germany
Suriya Tatevian, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia
Kefei Zhang, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University, Australia

Organizing & Local Committee

C.K. Shum, Junyi Guo, Christopher Jekeli, Ohio State University, USA
Xiaoli Deng, The University of Newcastle, Australia
Cheng Huang, Ruixian Zhou, Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, China
Ellen Mosley Thompson, Byrd Polar Research Center, Ohio State University USA
Jeff Freymueller, University of Alaska at Fairbanks, USA
Yan Ming Wang, National Geodetic Survey, NOAA, USA

Dear Colleagues:

The Asia-Pacific Space Geodynamics (APSG) Project Central Bureau and the Organizing Committee warmly invite you to participate in the 2013 APSG International Symposium on the theme of Cross-Disciplinary Role of Space Geodesy in Natural Hazards Mitigation, Geodynamics and Climate Change Science, to be held for the first time, in the United States on the campus of the Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, http://www.osu.edu , on 14–17 October, 2013. Additional detail about the Symposium is on: http://www.shao.ac.cn/APSG2013 , and a “mirror” site at Ohio State University, http://geodeticscience.org/apsg2013 .

Themes (Tentative)

– Asia-Pacific Geodynamics
– Earthquakes and Natural Hazards
– Near-Real GNSS Earthquake Analysis for Disaster
– Global Climate Change, Sea Level Rise, Ice Mass Balance
– GNSS Meteorology
– Planetary Geodesy and Geophysics
– Geodetic Data and Gravity Field Inverse Techniques

Venue of Workshop

The Ohio Union, http://ohiounion.osu.edu , The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA

Formal language of Workshop

English

Registration Fee

 $250.00 Regulars; $100.00 Students

Important dates

Deadline for Abstracts Submission: 31 August 2013
Deadline for Early Registration: 23 September 2013
Symposium: 14–17 October 2013

Submission of Abstracts

Abstracts can be submitted via web, http://geodeticscience.org/apsg2013 , by 31 August 2013. Abstracts should be written in English, Microsoft Word (12 point Times New Roman) with bolded headings, title, author’s names, affiliation, e-mail and complete address. A template will be available on the website.

Accommodation

A list of hotels is available online ( http://geodeticscience.org/apsg2013/resources/Hotels-in- Ohio-State-University-Campus-Area-Updated-10-9-12.pdf ) and will be provided in the Second Announcement.

Tour arrangement

TBD.

Correspondence

      Peter H. Luk
      Division of Geodetic Science
      School of Earth Sciences
      The Ohio State University
      125 S. Oval Mall, 275 Mendenhall Lab., Columbus, Ohio 43220, USA
      apsg2013@earthsciences.osu.edu , Tel: +1-614-292-5196; Fax: +1-614-292-7688

The participants are invited to fill in the following Pre-Registration Form and submit it to the above correspondence (or register online at http://geodeticscience.org/apsg2013/contact-form-2/index.php )