Delivered-To: igsmail@igscb.jpl.nasa.gov Message-ID: <44084F1B.4070908@unr.edu> Date: Fri, 03 Mar 2006 06:13:47 -0800 From: Geoff Blewitt User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.9 (X11/20041127) To: IGSMAIL Subject: [IGSMAIL-5316]: IGS Workshop 8-11 May 2006: Solicitation of Ideas on the Future Needs of Scientific and other Users: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-igsmail Precedence: bulk ****************************************************************************** IGS Electronic Mail 03 Mar 06:13:49 PST 2006 Message Number 5316 ****************************************************************************** Author: Geoff Blewitt Dear Colleague, We solicit abstracts for a special session on the future needs of scientific investigators at the next IGS workshop, which will be held from 8-11 May at ESOC in Darmstadt, Germany. Information about the workshop can be found in the IGS message copied below, and details can be found at: http:/www.esa.int/igs2006 This special session is a little unusual in that we are hoping to get input from the user community that may have never attended IGS workshops in the past. We especially encourage abstracts from scientific investigators and other users who may not be directly or deeply involved with IGS operations, but who use IGS products or could potentially use future IGS products. We also encourage those more involved in IGS to suggest a strategy for meeting foreseeable needs at any appropriate level (scientific, technical, systems design, operational, political, etc.). We urge scientific investigators to consider helping us to make IGS serve your future needs, so please consider submitting a short abstract. Note the abstract submission deadline is March 31. Thanks, Geoff Blewitt, Jon Down, Chris Rizos. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Preparing the Strategic Plan 2008-2012: Solicitation of Ideas on the Future Needs of Scientific and other Users G Blewitt, J Dow, Ch Rizos The IGS Strategic Plan 2002-2007 will be reviewed and a new plan drafted at a dedicated retreat later this year. As one step in the preparation for this, this session provides an opportunity to solicit the user community for the future needs of scientific and other applications, with a discussion on how IGS might meet those needs. A position paper and a few invited contributions will introduce the session to put it into the context of the strategic planning process, to highlight examples of applications that will need IGS, and to present critical and strategic issues. In addition one-paragraph abstracts (<150 words) are openly solicited, and a subset will be selected for brief presentations. Abstracts will be selected to ensure that we adequately cover the breadth of issues and user needs, and in some cases authors of abstracts on similar topics may be encouraged to give collaborative presentations on key topics. Abstracts should try to address one key point. We especially encourage abstracts from scientific investigators and other users who may not be directly or deeply involved with IGS operations, but who use IGS products or could potentially use future IGS products. We also encourage those more involved in IGS to suggest a strategy for meeting foreseeable needs at any appropriate level (scientific, technical, systems design, operational, political, etc.). Some questions for consideration include: What are the foreseeable needs of science applications, natural hazards, space missions, and other applications and users through 2012? How can those needs be met, and what does this imply for changes and required action within IGS? Are we sufficiently open to innovations, new products, new participants? Are the current plan's strategic directions (LEO's, new GNSS, real time) still the key ones for the coming years? What changes are needed in the IGS in order to be able to play its due role in the Global Geodetic Observing System? How will IGS operations be funded in future? Is there a role for a commercial office in the IGS? (Or should this idea be definitively dropped?) What elements of the Strategic Plan remain valid for the coming years? What can be deleted? What is missing? What needs to be improved? Do we need to change the way we operate and manage our activities (identifying and responding to user requirements; GB, EC, CB, technical elements; reviews, workshops, outreach, elections, appointments, etc.)? -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [IGSMAIL-5315]: IGS Workshop 8-11 May 2006 ESOC, Darmstadt, Germany Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2006 13:35:27 +0100 From: Tim.Springer@esa.int To: igsmail@igscb.jpl.nasa.gov CC: Gerd Gendt , John.Dow@esa.int ****************************************************************************** IGS Electronic Mail 03 Mar 04:35:41 PST 2006 Message Number 5315 ****************************************************************************** Author: Tim Springer Dear IGS Colleagues, As announced by the IGS Central Bureau in IGSMAIL-5259, the next IGS workshop will be held from 8-11 May at ESOC in Darmstadt, Germany. The scientific program committee developed a very interesting program for the four day workshop. The workshop is organized in the following topics: GGOS* Implementation of GGOS within the IGS VISI* Preparing the Strategic Plan 2008-2012: Solicitation of Ideas on the Future Needs of Scientific and other Users GNSS* GNSS Modernization and GNSS/LEO Synergy REAL* Real Time Network and Products NWDC* Network and Data Centre issues ERRO* Identification and Mitigation of GNSS Errors REPR Reprocessing Issues, Standardization, New models ABSA Switch to the absolute antenna phase centre model OTHE Other IGS product related topics Session marked with an asterix (*) will be accompanied by a position paper that will be available before the workshop. Detailed session descriptions as well as the names of the session chairs can be found at the conference web site: http:/www.esa.int/igs2006. Like in earlier workshop it is planned that most of the oral presentation will be invited speakers. However, authors may ask the session chairs to be considered for an invitation for topics timely and relevant to the program and in line with the session abstract. In addition there will be sufficient time and space available to present posters during the whole week. This call invites you to submit abstracts of your planned contributions. The submission of the abstract can be done on-line through the conference web site. Conference deadlines Friday 31 March 2006 23:59 MEZ Abstract submission deadline Thursday 13 April 2006 23:59 MEZ Position papers available Friday 12 May 2006 23:59 MEZ Papers for proceedings Registration and hotel reservation will soon be available on the conference web site. All information about the workshop can be found under the conference web site: http:/www.esa.int/igs2006. Looking forward to meeting all of you here in Darmstadt! 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