***************************************************************************= *** dorismail 18-Dec-2019 21:33:50 Message No 1205 ***************************************************************************= *** Author: "Lemoine, Frank G. (GSFC-61A0)" Subject: IVS General Meeting 2020 abstract submission deadline approaching Message sent as a courtesy to the IVS Central Bureau: ------------------------------------------------------------- Dear colleagues: The eleventh IVS General Meeting will be held in Annapolis, MD, USA in late= March 2020. Please note that the deadlines for abstract submission and registrati= on are approaching fast (see Second Announcement copied below). The nominal deadli= ne for submitting abstracts is January 1, 2020. I hope to see many of you at the meeting. Best regards, Dirk Behrend IVS Coordinating Center -------------------------------------------------------------------------- SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D International VLBI Service for Geodesy and Astrometry (IVS) 2020 General Meeting =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D March 22-28, 2020 Annapolis, MD, USA https://ivsgm2020.com/ The eleventh General Meeting of the International VLBI Service for Geodesy = and Astrometry (IVS) will be held during the week of March 22-28, 2020, in Anna= polis, Maryland, USA. All IVS Associate Members and individuals who have interests= in the application of VLBI in the fields of geodesy, Earth sciences, and astro= metry are invited to attend the meeting. The keynote of the eleventh GM is the improved acuteness with which the new= VLBI system is able to observe the system Earth under the theme "VGOS =96 20/20 = Acuity for VLBI". In 2020 the VGOS (VLBI Global Observing System) network has reac= hed an operationally stable network of expanded geographical extent and it cont= inues to evolve into a truly global network. The high performance of the system is anticipated to provide geodetic and astrometric parameters at improved accu= racies and resolutions paving the way for advanced VLBI science and applications. The meeting host is NVI, Inc. Details about the meeting including the progr= am, accommodations, registration, and abstract submission is available at the m= eeting Web site: https://ivsgm2020.com/ 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 January 1. Please find a description of the sessions at: https://ivsgm2020.com/sessions/ You can submit abstracts to the five sessions once you have created an acco= unt at the meeting Web site and paid for registration. The meeting will be held at the Historic Inns of Annapolis in downtown Anna- polis, the capital of the state of Maryland, which is located on the Chesa- peake Bay in the Mid-Atlantic Region of the eastern United States. https://ivsgm2020.com/#accommodation The deadline for registering for the meeting is February 1, 2020. Please register using the form available at: https://ivsgm2020.com/account/register/ The registration fee is US$600 for regular participants and US$400 for stud= ents. It includes conference materials, conference lunches, the conference banquet, coffee br= eaks, and the icebreaker. If you want to take advantage of the student support, p= lease send an electronic copy of your valid student ID to the LOC (loc@ivsgm2020= .com) as a PDF or JPG file. Please title your message in the subject line as =93S= TUDENT IVS2020=94. For further information contact any member of the Local Organizing Committe= e, the Program Committee, or the Coordinating Center. Regards, John Gipson Dirk Behrend for the Local Organizing Committee IVS Coordinating Center Please do not reply directly to this message, but send comments and suggestions to IDS.central.bureau@cls.fr