First Announcement and Call for Papers
30 January, 2015

2015 International Symposium
Asia-Pacific Space Geodynamics (APSG) Project
on
«Geodetic Datum and Regional and Terrestrial Reference Frame Realization»

24–28 August 2015, MOSCOW, RUSSIA.

Sponsored by:

Asia Pacific Space Geodynamics (APSG) Program Central Bureau
Institute of Astronomy, Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS)
Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
Institute of Geodesy & Geophysics, CAS

Advisory Committee of the APSG Project

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

Dear Colleagues:

The Asia-Pacific Space Geodynamics (APSG) Project Central Bureau and the Organizing Committee warmly invite you to participate in the 2015 APSG International Symposium on the theme of «Geodetic Datum and Regional and Terrestrial Reference Frame Realization», to be held in MOSCOW, capital of the Russian Federation, 24–28 August, 2015. Additional details about the Symposium, will be exposed in the near future on the Symposium website (http://apsg2015.inasan.ru)

Organizing Committee

S.K. Tatevian, S. Oraevskaya, Institute of Astronomy, RAS, Moscow
Cheng Huang, Ruixian Zhou, Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, CAS, China

Program Committee

N.P. Laverov ( Presidium RAS) – Chairman
Houtze Hsu, (Institute of Geodesy & Geophysics, China) - Co-Chair
A.A. Malovichko ( Geophysical Service, RAS) - Vice-Chair
A.V. Ipatov (Institute of Applied Astronomy, RAS) - “
S.K. Tatevian (Institute of Astronomy RAS) - “

Themes(Tentative)

  1) Space Geodesy Techniques and Progresses
Space Geodetic Techniques, such as GNSS, VLBI, SLR and DORIS. Observational Results and Methods of Data Processing, GLONASS for Precise Positioning.
  2) Earth Gravitational Field and Height Datum
Gravity Satellite Techniques and Future Missions, Gravitational Field Model and Integrated Global Height Systems
  3) Regional Crustal Structure Movement, Coseismic and Postseismic Crustal Deformation, Tsunami and Volcanic Activities
Regional Crustal Structure Movement under Global and Regional Reference Frame, Model, Explanation, Mechanism for Coseismic and Postseismic Crustal Deformation and Earthquake Local Mechanism, Volcanic Activities and Tsunami.
  4) Terrestrial Reference Frame Realization
Earth Rotational Movement, Geocentric Movement, Theory and Method for Global and Regional Reference Frame Realization.

Venue of Workshop

Main building of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninski prospect, 32-a. Moscow, Russian Federation.

Formal language of Workshop

English

Registration Fee: 400 USD

Important dates

  Deadline for Abstracts Submission: 30 May 2015
  Deadline for Early Registration: 30 May 2015 (Tentative)
  Symposium: 24–28 August 2015

Submission of Abstracts

Abstracts can be submitted via E-Mail (soraev@inasan.ru ) by 30 May 2015. 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.

Accommodation

A list of hotels will be provided in the Second Announcement.

Correspondence

  Suriya Tatevian or Svetlana Oraevskaya,
  Institute of astronomy RAS (INASAN) 109017,
  48 Pyatnizkaya street, Moscow, Russian Federation
  statev@inasan.ru
  soraev@inasan.ru

 The participants are invited to fill in the Pre-Registration Form and submit it to the above correspondence.

Pre-Registration Form
APSG Symposium at the Russian Academy of Sciences.
24-28 August,2015

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