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X. Hotine-Marussi Symposium
IAG, 📅 Event UpdateX. Hotine-Marussi Symposium
Dear Colleagues and Friends,
It is both our privilege and pleasure to invite you to the jubillee X Hotine-Marussi Symposium, which will be held at Politecnico di Milano, Italy on June 13-17, 2022, under the scientific coordination of the Intercommission Committee on Theory (ICCT) of the International Association of Geodesy (IAG).
More details are available at the X Hotine-Marussi Symposium 2022 website:
Objectives
The main goals of the Symposium are aligned with the objectives of ICCT:
In particular, all topics related to activities of the ICCT Study Groups are of interest and related contributions are strongly encouraged.
Contributions concerning other topics related to possible interactions and mutual benefits between geodetic theory and methodology, and other initiatives and projects involving Earth and planetary sciences (for example the Group on Earth Observation) are also welcome.
Venue
The Symposium will be held at Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy, in the Leonardo da Vinci Campus. The venue can be reached by the underground (Piola Station, Green Line).
Please, mind that June is a high-season tourist period in Milan, so that an early registration and accomodation booking is highly recommended.
Abstracts, presentations and papers
Deadline for abstract submission is February 18, 2022; both the guidelines and the reference e-mail address will be available on the Hotine-Marussi Symposium 2022 website.
Each abstract will be reviewed by the Scientific Committee and its eventual acceptance will be notified by e-mail to the corresponding author by March 25, 2022.
Upon abstract submission, the corresponding author will have to indicate the preference for oral or poster presentation. However, the final decision on the form of presentation will be taken by the Scientific Committee during the abstract review.
Guidelines for the full paper submission for peer-review and related formatting instruction will be available through the Hotine-Marussi Symposium 2022 website.
Accepted papers will be published by Springer as a volume of the International Association of Geodesy Symposia series (https://www.springer.com/series/1345).
Registration fees
Three kinds of registration fees are distinguished:
An additional 50 Euro fee will be charged to regular and young researcher registration fee in case of late registration (after April 1, 2022).
The registration fees can be paid by bank transfer or by a credit card according to the information published on the Hotine-Marussi Symposium 2022 website.
They include:
Social programme
The scientific programme will be complemented with a social one, including a tour in Milan and a social dinner.
We look forward to welcome you in Milan!
P. Novák, M. Crespi, R. Barzaghi, N. Sneeuw, F. Sansò
Author: P. Novák
GGOS on YouTube
GGOSGGOS has recently launched its own YouTube channel. On this channel, self-produced videos of GGOS are available as well as interesting links to other geodesy related films.
Self-produced videos
As a first step the GGOS Coordinating Office produced a short video about the Geodetic Products, which are available at the GGOS website. In the near future GGOS will produce a short film, presenting an introduction to geodesy and general description of GGOS.
GGOS Days 2021 on YouTube
The GGOS Days 2021 online conference took place in mid-October 2021. The presentations and discussions were recorded and also published on the GGOS YouTube channel. In the future, it is planned that important presentations or public meetings will be available online, so they can be re-watched.
Mission Earth Book
GGOS, 📰 General NewsThe science of measuring the Earth
Presented in an exciting and easy to understand way
Illustrative examples from satellite navigation to climate change
How geodesy has become an integral part of our daily life
How does your cell phone know where you are right now? How is our planet changing due to geodynamic processes and ongoing climate change? How can we measure these changes precisely from space in order to obtain reliable information about the melting of ice sheets or the threat to coastal regions from rising sea levels? This popular science book provides answers to these and many other socially relevant questions. With interview contributions by Günter Hein, Harald Lesch und Stefan Rahmstorf.
Mission Earth is aimed at interested nonprofessionals who want to learn more about our fascinating planet, but also at experts in natural sciences. You are taken on an exciting journey through time from the first surveys in ancient times to the satellite era, which is providing us with a global view of our home planet. Using illustrative examples, the authors convey how deeply global positioning and navigation with satellites pervade our daily life, and what fundamental contributions geodesy makes to understanding the Earth system and determining the effects of climate change.
D. Angermann | R. Pail | F. Seitz | U. Hugentobler
Mission Earth – Geodynamics and Climate Change Observed Through Satellite Geodesy
English Version: ISBN 978-3-662-64105-7 (date of publishing 31.01.2022)
German Version: ISBN 978-3-662-62338-1 (published since February 2021)