************************************************************************ IERS Message No. 72 April 19, 2005 ************************************************************************ Journees 2005 - First Circular Dear Colleagues, Please find below the first circular of the conference Journees 2005 which will be organized at the Space Research Centre of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw, Poland, 19 to 22 September 2005. For the MS-WORD version of this circular and other details concerning Journees 2005 please visit the website jsr2005.cbk.waw.pl. Information about the previous conferences of the series "Journees" can be found on the website danof.obspm.fr/journees2004. For the organizers, Barbara Kolaczek Nicole Capitaine Aleksander Brzezinski LOC, Chair SOC, Chair SOC, Member LOC, Vice-Chair ------------------------------------------------------------------------ FIRST CIRCULAR Journees 2005 Systemes de Reference Spatio-Temporels "Earth dynamics and reference systems: five years after the adoption of the IAU 2000 Resolutions" Warsaw, 19-22 September 2005 Objectives The international conference entitled Journees 2005, with the sub-title "Earth dynamics and reference systems: five years after the adoption of the IAU 2000 Resolutions", will be organized at the Space Research Centre of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw, Poland, 19 to 22 September 2005. Ten years after the Journees 1995, the conference Journees "Systemes de Reference Spatio-Temporels" will be held again in Warsaw. The conference will be organized in cooperation between the Space Research Centre of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw and the Department "Systemes de Reference Temps Espace" (SYRTE) of Paris Observatory. The Journees 2005 will be devoted to recent contributions and developments in the fields of refence systems and modeling Earth's rotation. Preliminary list of sessions: 1. Celestial and terrestrial systems: implementation of the IAU 2000 resolutions 2. Precession, nutation and polar motion 2.1. Recent developments of observation and modeling 2.2. Discussion on the latest proposals of the IAU Working Group on "Nomenclature for fundamental astronomy" 2.3. Presentations of progress in the "Descartes-Nutation" projects 3. Excitation of Earth rotation by geophysical fluids 4. Time and time transfer: recent developments and projects 5. Global reference frames and Earth rotation: impact of the gravitational satellite missions (CHAMP, GRACE, GOCE), new techniques (ring laser etc.), new international projects (IAG-GGOS, GALILEO) The conference language will be English. Details about the program, including list of invited papers, will be given in the next circular. Scientific Organizing Committee A. Brzezinski (Poland), N. Capitaine (France, Chair), P. Defraigne (Belgium), T. Fukushima (Japan), D.D. McCarthy (USA), M. Soffel (Germany), J. Vondrak (Czech Republic), Y. Yatskiv (Ukraine) Local Organizing Committee W. Baran, A. Brzezinski (Vice Chair), B. Kolaczek (Chair), J. Krynski, J. Nawrocki, J. Nastula (Secretary), S. Oszczak, J. Rogowski, M.Rutkowska, S. Schillak, J. Zielinski Contact address Space Research Centre of PAS - Journees 2005 Bartycka 18a, 00-716 Warsaw, Poland tel: +48 22 840 37 66; tel/fax: +48 22 8403131 e-mail: jsr2005@cbk.waw.pl Registration To attend the conference, please fill in: - the pre-registration form and return it not later than May 8, 2005 to the LOC; - the registration form and return it not later than July 10 2005 to the LOC. Call for papers Participants, who plan to submit an oral or poster contribution, are kindly requested to send before 8 May the pre-registration form including the title of presentation. The final title and abstract of the contribution (maximum 300 words) should be submitted before 10 July using the enclosed registration form. The SOC will decide about the acceptance of contribution and inform the authors not later than 15 August 2005. Proceedings Papers presented at Journees will be published in the special volume of the Proceedings of the Journees 2005. Registration fee The registration fee is 60 EUR. It includes abstract volume, daily refreshments, and participation in the conference dinner and a copy of the conference proceedings. The registration fee should be paid either in cash at the seminar site or by bank transfer: Bank Przemyslowo-Handlowy PBK S.A., Nowogrodzka 11, 00-950 Warsaw 78 1060 0076 0000 3800 0002 1899; Swift code: BPHK PLPK Accommodation The list of the hotels recommended by the LOC, information about their prices and necessary arrangements is available on the website http://jsr2005.cbk.waw.pl. If you need assistance please contact the LOC jsr2005@cbk.waw.pl. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PRE-REGISTRATION FORM Journees 2005 - Systemes de Reference Spatio-Temporels "Earth dynamics and reference systems: five years after the adoption of the IAU 2000 Resolutions" Warsaw, 19-22 September 2005 Please fill in and mail to: jsr2005@cbk.waw.pl before May 8, 2005 First Name: Name: Title/degree: Organisation: Address: Code: City: Country: Phone : Fax: E-mail: I plan to present a paper ( ) Title of presentation: Author(s): Type of presentation: Oral ( ) Poster (format A0) ( ) I do not intend to present a paper ( ) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ REGISTRATION FORM Journees 2005 - Systemes de Reference Spatio-Temporels "Earth dynamics and reference systems: five years after the adoption of the IAU 2000 Resolutions" Warsaw, 19-22 September 2005 Registration Form Please fill in and mail to: jsr2005@cbk.waw.pl before July 10, 2005 First Name: Name: Title/degree: Organisation: Address: Code: City: Country: Phone : Fax: E-mail: Date of arrival: I plan to present a paper ( ) Title of presentation: Author(s): Type of presentation: Oral ( ) Poster (format A0) ( ) I do not intend to present a paper ( ) Abstract (maximum 300 words): ************************************************************************ IERS Messages are edited and distributed by the IERS Central Bureau. 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