****************************************************************************** dorismail 18-Aug-2020 18:06:28 Message No 1237 ****************************************************************************** Author: "Lemoine, Frank G. (GSFC-61A0)" Subject: ILRS Virtual World Tour 2020: First Circular Dear Colleagues, In place of an ILRS workshop this November, the ILRS wanted to take the opportunity to try something different and to look in detail at a selection of stations in the global network. Therefore, we are planning an online Virtual World Tour, to be held November 2-6, 2020, to remotely visit 5 stations in 5 days, stopping at: - Graz, Austria - Greenbelt MD, USA - Simosato, Japan - Yarragadee, Australia - Zimmerwald, Switzerland Each two-hour session will consist of an introductory presentation about the station followed by a tour of the site highlighting instrumentation, software, safety, automation, operations, as well as current issues and future plans. We hope to include a mixture of pre-recorded and live presentations in these sessions. There will also be opportunities for questions. A preliminary website is available at: https://cddis.nasa.gov/ILRS_Virtual_World_Tour_2020/index.html. This website will be updated with additional details soon. We are currently reviewing software to determine the best tool to use for holding these virtual meetings. We also hope to generate recordings of the sessions and make them available on the workshop website. Workshop Organizers: - Toshimichi Otsubo/Hitotsubashi University, Japan - Randall Carman/Geoscience Australia, Australia - Evan Hoffman/NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, USA - Carey Noll/NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, USA - Michael Pearlman/Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, USA - Daniela Thaller/Bundesamt f=FCr Kartographie und Geod=E4sie, Germany - Matthew Wilkinson/NERC Space Geodesy Facility Herstmonceux, UK Regards, Carey. ----- Ms. Carey Noll Crustal Dynamics Data Information System (CDDIS) Secretary, ILRS Central Bureau Secretary, GGOS Bureau for Networks and Observations =20 NASA GSFC Code 61A Greenbelt, MD 20771 USA =20 E-mail: Carey.Noll@nasa.gov Voice: (301) 614-6542 Fax: (301) 614-6015 WWW: https://cddis.nasa.gov= Please do not reply directly to this message, but send comments and suggestions to IDS.central.bureau@cls.fr