Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2003 12:03:14 -0600
From: Joann C Joselyn
Subject: IUGG E-Journal for July 2003
The IUGG Electronic Journal
Volume 3 No. 7 (June 25, 2003)
This short, informal newsletter is intended to keep IUGG Member National
Committees informed about the activities of the IUGG Associations, and
actions of the IUGG Secretariat. Past issues are posted on the IUGG Web
site. Please forward this message to those who will benefit from the
information. Your comments are welcome.
Contents
1. IUGG General Assembly
2. National Reports are posted on the IUGG Web page
3. IAG officers for the new term
4. IUGG-related meetings occurring during July - September 2003
1. IUGG General Assembly
The 23rd IUGG General Assembly will begin on 30 June. Over 4200 persons
are now registered to come and participate in the scientific sessions
and business meetings and to enjoy extraordinary opportunities to
interact with their colleagues at this, the first IUGG General Assembly
to be held in Asia.
We wish to reassure all participants worried about the SARS virus. The
Local Organizing Committee has had to work hard with Sapporo, Hokkaido,
and Japanese national authorities to meet their requirements. Some of
the participants have had to change their plans significantly in order
to comply with the precautions that are being taken to insure that the
SARS virus is not imported into Japan. The World Health Organization
designates the areas that are at risk from SARS. The WHO website
www.who.int/csr/sars/areas lists the affected regions; this
information is being continually reassessed and updated daily. The IUGG
Local Organizing committee wishes to stress that visas are still being
issued for persons from SARS infected regions, and admission to Japan
will not be denied to persons from those regions unless they actually
show SARS symptoms. A special document, sent to everyone who is
expected to come, must be presented at registration. For further
information, please consult the bulletins posted on the IUGG General
Assembly web site: www.jamstec.go.jp/jamstece/iugg.index.html .
2. National Reports are posted on the IUGG Web page
National Reports from the following countries are now posted on the IUGG
Web page (www.IUGG.org): Argentina, Canada, Croatia, India,
Russia, Thailand, and Turkey. An excellent printed report has been sent
by Hungary that will be available in Sapporo. Other reports are nearing
completion (South Africa has sent portions of their report) and will be
sent to us soon.
Please view these reports and either print out copies as needed or
request a printed copy (if available) directly from the individual
National Committees.
3. IAG officers for the new term
The International Association of Geodesy (IAG) has completed its
election process and the following persons will serve from the end of
the 23rd General Assembly to the end of the 24th General Assembly in 2007.
President: Gerhard Beutler
Vice President: Michael Sideris
Secretary General: C.C. Tscherning
President of Commission I (Reference Frames): H. Drewes
President of Commission II (Gravity): C. Jekeli
President of Commission III (Earth Rotation and Geodynamics): V. Dehant
President of Commission IV (Positioning and Applications): C. Rizos
Members at Large: L.P. Fortes and C. Merry
Service Representatives: R. Neilan, M. Rothacher, H Schuh
Outreach Branch: The Hungarian Academy of Science (J. Adám) has been
elected by the IAG Executive Committee. The election will be confirmed
by the IAG Council in Sapporo
IAG has also announced that the Travaux 1999-2003 are now available on
the IAG web page
www.gfy.ku.dk/~iag/Travaux_03/contents.htm
including national reports from Belgium, New Zealand, and Spain.
4. IUGG-related meetings occurring during July - September 2003
A calendar of meetings of interest to IUGG disciplines (especially those
organized by IUGG Associations) is posted on the IUGG Web Site
[www.IUGG.org]. Specific information about these meetings can be found
there. Individual Associations also list more meetings on their web
sites appropriate to their disciplines.
June 30 - July 11 IUGG, Sapporo, Japan, 23rd IUGG General Assembly
July 13 - 16 IASPEI, Beijing, China, Third International Conference on
Continental Earthquakes (III ICCE) POSTPONED TO 2004
July 13 - 26 IAU, Sydney, Australia, IAU XXVth Assembly
July 14 -18 IAVCEI, Hilo, Hawaii, U.S.A., Cities on Volcanoes 3
July 14 - 18 UN Cartographic Office, Okinawa, Japan, 16th United Nations
Regional Cartographic Conference for Asia and the Pacific (UNRCC-AP)
July 21 - 25 IAHS/ICCE, Zurich, Switzerland, 8th International Conference on
Permafrost
July 23 - 31 INQUA, Reno, Nevada, U.S.A., XVI INQUA Congress
August 10 -16 ICA, Durban, South Africa, 21st International Cartographic
Conference
August 18 - 21 China Geophysical Society, Beijing, China, 6th China
International Geo-electromagnetic Workshop POSTPONED TO NOVEMBER 2003
August 20 - 22 IAG, Kunming, China, 4th International Symposium on Mobile
Mapping Technology
August 24 - 29 IAHS/EUG, Monte Veritá, Ascona, Switzerland, Hydrofractals
'03 - International Conference on Fractals in Hydrosciences
August 31 - September 6 SEDI, Caramulo, Portugal, Workshop on Mathematical
Aspects of Natural Dynamos
September 1 - 5 IAHR, Barcelona , Spain, 3rd IAHR Symposium on River,
Coastal and Estuarine Morphodynamics
September 1 - 5 IAUC/IAMAS, Lodz, Poland, 5th International Conference on
Urban Climate (ICUC-5)
September 6 - 11 SEDI, Acquafredda di Maratea, Italy, EuroConference on
Multi-Disciplinary Studies of the Mantle and Core
September 10 - 12 IAHS, Davos, Switzerland, 3rd International Conference on
Debris-Flow Hazards Mitigation: Mechanics, Prediction and Assessment
September 15 - 18 IAGA, Prague Czech Republic, 3rd IAGA Workshop on Solar Forcing of
the Middle Atmosphere
September 15 - 19 IAH, Prague, Czech Republic, International Conference on
Groundwater in Fractured Rocks
September 15 - 19 IGBP/WCRP, Hamburg , Germany, International Conference on
Earth System Modelling
September 17 - 20 IAVCEI, Milos Island, Greece, South Aegean Active
Volcanic Arc: Present Knowledge And Future Perspectives
September 29 - October 11 IASPEI, Trieste, Italy, 7th Workshop on Non-linear
Dynamics and Earthquake Protection
End of IUGG Electronic Journal Volume 3 Number 7 (July 2003)
J. A. Joselyn, Secretary General [http://www.IUGG.org]
secretariat@iugg.org fax: 1 303 497 3645