Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 10:31:26 -0600
From: Joann C Joselyn
To: secretariat@iugg.org
Subject: IUGG E-Journal for October 2003
The IUGG Electronic Journal
Volume 3 No. 10 (October 1, 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. Schedule of upcoming Association Scientific Assemblies and
Conferences of the Inter-Associations Commissions
2. New SEDI Officers
3. IAG Presents their Levallois Medal and Bomford Prize
4. Australia National Report added
5. IUGG-related meetings occurring during October - December 2003
1. Schedule of upcoming Association Scientific Assemblies and
Conferences of the Inter-Associations Commissions
2004
July 4 - 9 Studies of Earth's Deep Interior (SEDI), Garmisch-
Partenkirchen, Germany, Symposium on Study of the Earth's Deep Interior,
www.linmpi.mpg.de/sedi2004
November 14 - 19 International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of
the Earth's Interior (IAVCEI), Pucón , Chile, Scientific Assembly
"Volcanism and its Impact on Society," www.iavcei.org
December 2 - 4 Commission on Geophysical Risk and Sustainability (GeoRisk),
Hyderabad, India, Conference on Geophysical Risk and Sustainability,
www.mitp.ru/georisk
2005
April 4 - 9 International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS), Foz
de Iguassu, Brazil, Scientific Assembly, iahs.info
July 18 - 29 International Association of Geomagnetism and Aeronomy (IAGA),
Toulouse, France, Scientific Assembly, www.iugg.org/IAGA
August 2 - 11 International Association of Meteorology and Atmospheric
Sciences, (IAMAS), Beijing, China, Scientific Assembly, iamas.org
August 22 - 26 International Association of Geodesy (IAG) and the
International Association for the Physical Sciences of the Oceans
(IAPSO), joint with the International Association for Biological
Oceanography (IABO), Cairns, Australia, Joint Scientific Assembly
www.gfy.ku.dk/~iag and www.IUGG.org/iapso
October 2 - 8 International Association of Seismology and Physics of the
Earth's Interior, (IASPEI), Santiago, Chile, Scientific Assembly,
www.igm.cl/iaspei2005
2. New SEDI Officers
At the Sapporo General Assembly, the new officers of the Inter
Associations Committee on the Study of Earth's Deep Interior (SEDI) were
selected. The new Chair is Dr. Bruce Buffett (Canada/USA) and the
Vice-Chair is Dr. Gauthier Hulot (France). Michael Bergman (USA) will
continue as SEDI Secretary General.
3. IAG Presents their Levallois Medal and Bomford Prize
At the Sapporo General Assembly, the International Association of Geodesy
(IAG) presented the Levallois Medal to George Veis (Greece) in
recognition of his distinguished service to the science of geodesy. IAG
also presented the Bomford Prize to Ramon Hanssen, Delft University of
Technology, The Netherlands. The Guy Bomford Prize is awarded to a
young scientist or to a team young scientists for outstanding
theoretical or applied contributions to geodetic studies, particularly
in the four-year period preceding the General Assembly at which the
award is made.
4. Australia National Report added
The report of 1999-2002 activities of Geomagnetism and Aeronomy, a
section of the National Report from Australia, has been added to the
IUGG web page under National Committee Reports.
5. IUGG-related meetings occurring during October - December 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.
October 6 - 10 URSI/COSPAR, Grahamstown, South Africa, International
Reference Ionosphere (IRI) Workshop
October 8 -10 IGBP/GWSP, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA, Global Water System
Project (GWSP) Open Science Project
October 8 - 12 IASPEI, Novosibirsk, Russia, International Conference on
Mathematical Geophysics
October 13 - 15 URSI, Matera, Italy, Workshop on Atmospheric Remote Sensing
using Satellite Navigation Systems
October 14 - 16 IASPEI, Tanta, Egypt, 3rd International Symposium on Geophysics
October 16 -18 IAHS, Visakhapatnam, India, International Seminar on Watershed
Development
November 3 - 6 IAHS, Moscow, Russia, Extreme Hydrological Events : Theory,
Modelling, and Prediction
November 6 - 7 European Seismological Commission, Athens, Greece, Workshop
on Earthquake Prediction
November 7 - 11 China Geophysical Society, Beijing, China, 6th China
International Geo-electromagnetic Workshop
November 10 - 15 IAGA, Moscow, Russia, Russian School on Electromagnetic
Sounding of the Earth
November 16 - 19 START (IGBP, IGBP, IHDP), Trieste, Italy, 1st International
Young Scientists Global Change Conference
December 3 - 6 IAHS/IHP, Rome, Italy, International Symposium on The Basis
of Civilization - Water Science?
December 8 - 12 AGU, San Francisco, USA, AGU Fall Meeting
End of IUGG Electronic Journal Volume 3 Number 10 (October 2003)
J. A. Joselyn, Secretary General [www.IUGG.org]
secretariat@iugg.org fax: 1 303 497 3645