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GGOS IberAtlantic (GGOS IA) functions as a regional node of GGOS, focusing on geodetic activities across the Iberian Peninsula and the Atlantic region. GGOS IA fosters collaboration among geodetic institutions while promoting scientific research and technological development tailored to the region’s unique geophysical characteristics.
IAG Scientific Assembly 2025 – Announcement
IAG, 📅 Event UpdateThe International Association of Geodesy (IAG) will hold its Scientific Assembly in Rimini (Italy) on September 1-5, 2025.
The IAG Scientific Assembly is a quadrennial event, held in the middle of the periods between IUGG General Assemblies. After the virtual meeting in Beijing in 2021, we are happy to have a full in-person meeting in Italy.
Under the headline “Geodesy for a changing environment” we have set up 14 symposia (including three joint symposia) covering topics of all IAG Commissions, Inter-Commission Committees, GGOS, Projects and Services. The theme of the assembly draws geodesists’ attention to impacts of environmental variations/changes, increasingly severe extreme events of different nature and to developing strategies apt to capture the onset of abrupt changes in the Earth system.
With one dedicated symposium on outreach, data management, and networking with science and policy, the increasing importance of geodesy for a broad variety of societal topics will be emphasized.
In addition, we selected four Highlight Sessions covering four topics that are at the forefront of geodetic research and having a high impact on society. Presentations in these Highlight Sessions will be partly by invitation only and partly by selecting appropriate contributions from the submitted abstracts.
All details on abstract submission, registration, and all other organizational information can be found on the web site https://eventi.unibo.it/iag2025
Important Deadlines
Registration
The local organizers and the IAG have worked to keep registration fee as low as possible, and IAG individual members as well as retired individuals and students receive a discounted fee (a valid certificate needs to be provided).
Abstract submission fee is 40 Euro per abstract.
The IAG provides the opportunity for young scientists from developing countries to receive a travel award in order to encourage them to be a part of IAG Scientific Assembly 2025. Please, refer to the web site https://www.iag-aig.org/awards/travelgrant for the detailed rules and procedures to apply for an IAG travel award.
IAG Symposia Series
All participants of the IAG Scientific Assembly are invited to publish their research presented at the Assembly (oral and poster) in the IAG Symposia Series by Springer. This series is now fully Open-Access with the fees for Open-Access covered by IAG. Thus, the first author shall be the participant in the Assembly. The papers will be online shortly after each paper is accepted following a peer review process, so that they do not have to wait for the entire volume to be completed. The deadline for submitting manuscripts to the IAG Symposia Series is set to November 30, 2025.
We are looking forward to see you in Rimini for the IAG Scientific Assembly 2025.
Daniela Thaller, Secretary General of IAG, chair of SOC
Stefano Gandolfi and Susanna Zerbini, chairs of LOC
Announcement of 3rd IAG Commission 4 Symposium
Com4, 📅 Event UpdateAnnouncement of 3rd IAG Commission 4 Symposium
As a continued Symposium Series of IAG Commission 4, the symposium brings together scientists, researchers, and professionals working in the broad field of positioning and its applications. It aims to provide both practical and theoretical solutions across a wide range of topics, including multi-frequency and multi-constellation GNSS, GNSS augmentation, sensor fusion and integrity monitoring, geodetic atmospheric remote sensing, engineering geodesy, as well as emerging positioning techniques.
To learn more about this event, visit the 3rd IAG Commission 4 Symposium event page.
Information
Event: 3rd IAG Commission 4 Symposium: Positioning and Applications
Dates: May 13-15, 2025
Location: Wuhan, CHINA
Website: https://iagc4.bdsmart.cn/
Past IAG Commission 4 Symposiums
Author: P. Wielgosz
EGU2025 Call For Abstracts: GGOS Session G2.3
GGOS, 📅 Event UpdateWe would like to draw your attention to the EGU session G2.3 “GGOS: Fostering collaboration in geodesy to address challenges for science and society” to be held at the next EGU General Assembly in Vienna, Austria & online, 27 April – 2 May 2025.
This session will focus on the critical role of geodesy in supporting Earth observation, environmental monitoring and sustainable development efforts worldwide. In particular, it will provide a framework to highlight challenges and achievements of international and multidisciplinary cooperation focused on the generation and sharing of standardised and consistent geodetic data and products, the identification of emerging scientific and societal needs that can be addressed by geodetic services and products, and the enhancement of the visibility of geodesy by improving the accessibility of geodetic observations, information and products to the widest range of users.
Your contribution would be highly appreciated, and we therefore invite you to submit an abstract for this session. Please note that the abstract submission deadline is Wednesday 15 January 2025, 13:00 CET.
Best regards,
The convener team: José M. Ferrándiz, Martin Sehnal, Anna Riddell, Ezequiel Antokoletz, Julia Koch