IGS 2024 Workshop and Symposium
The IGS started its operational service on 1 January, 1994. During the course of preparing for this operational phase, the first IGS workshop was held at the premises of the University of Bern from 25 to 26 March, 1993 focusing on the analysis centers. The first decade of operational service was celebrated at an IGS workshop hosted again in Bern Switzerland by the University of Bern in March 2004.
In 2024, the IGS will celebrate 30 years of operational service. The University of Bern together with the partners from the CODE consortium (AIUB: Astronomical Institute of the University of Bern, Switzerland; swisstopo: Swiss Federal Office of Topography, Wabern, Switzerland; BKG: Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy, Frankfurt a. M., Germany; IAPG/TUM: Institute for Astronomical and Physical Geodesy, Technical University of Munich, Germany) invites the community to celebrate the third decade with a symposium together with an IGS workshop again in Bern, Switzerland at the premises of the University of Bern. The event is planned for the week from 1 to 5 July in 2024. This in-person event will take place in two parts: symposium (1-4 July) and workshop (4-5 July).The program covers all aspects of GNSS data processing
with the focus on the IGS activities:
- Session 1 - GNSS Standards and Infrastructure
- Session 2 - Building Global GNSS-Based Reference Frames
- Session 3 - Giving Access To The Reference Frame Through GNSS
- Session 4 - GNSS for Climate Session 5 - GNSS-Enabled Applications
We are also proud to announce two keynote sessions:
Marco Falcone – Galileo and the Future of European
Navigation Heike Peter – Copernicus POD Service – What is the Connection to the
IGS?
In addition a session to celebrate the IGS's anniversary
is planned for Wednesday.
The registration and abstract submission is open since beginning of March 2024. Please be reminded that the *abstract deadline is set to May 3rd*, what is next Friday at 24:00 CEST.
Looking forward to meet you in Bern in roughly two months from now!
Best regards
Rolf Dach, Arturo Villiger, and Allison Craddock on behalf of the LOC, SOC, and IGS CB