Programme

10th IVS general meeting

Global geodesy and the role of VGOS – fundamental to sustainable development

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Sessions

1. Building the VGOS network [Pablo de Vicente, Guangli Wang]
2. VGOS technique and observations [Chet Ruszczyk, Alexander Neidhardt]
3. Legacy S/X and mixed legacy/VGOS operations [David Hall, Evgeny Nosov]
4. VLBI core products and their improvements [John Gipson, Oleg Titov]
5. Extending the scope of VLBI usage/applications [Thomas Hobiger, Lucia McCallum]

Scientific programme - Session descriptions

Sun 3 June

14:00 -16:00 VGOS Technical Committee at the Radisson Blu Polar Hotel 
15:00 - 17:00 Registration at the Radisson Blu Polar Hotel
17:00-22:00 Ice breaker at the Radisson Blu Polar Hotel

Mon 4 June

06:30 Breakfast
08:00–10:15  Opening and Session 1
10:15–10:45  Coffee break
10:45–12:30  Session 1
12:30–14:00  Lunch break
14:00–15:30  Session 1
15:30–16:00  Coffee break
16:00–17:30  Session 2 18:15–20:15 
18:15 Visit to SvalSat  - group 1 (limited capacity)

Tue 5 June 

08:30–10:15 Session 3
10:15–10:45  Coffee break
10:45–11:15  Session 3
11:15–12:30  Session 4
12:30–14:00  Lunch break
14:00–15:30  Session 4
15:30–16:00  Coffee break
16:00–17:30  Poster sessions (Sessions 1–5) with refreshments
18:15 Visit to SvalSat - group 2 (limited capacity)

Wed 6 June

06:30 Breakfast
07:15-   Pick up time at the hotels for the boat trip.Excursion to Ny-Ålesund by sea, inauguration of the new observatory (Limited capacity, conference delegates will be given priority)  
08:00–13:00  Boat trip to Ny-Ålesund [gather at Longyearbyen town pier by 07:45]
14:00–15:00  Inaguration of the new Earth Observatory, Brandal. Group photo. Site Visit
15:30–17:30 Festive lunch at Kongsfjord Hall
17:30–18:30  Sightseeing of Ny-Ålesund 19:00–24:00  Boat trip back to Longyearbyen [gather at pier by 18:45]

Thu 7 June

08:30–10:15 Session 4
10:15–10:45 Coffee break
10:45–11:15 Session 4
11:15–12:30 Session 5
12:30–14:00 Lunch break
14:00–15:30 Session 5
15:30–16:00 Coffee break
16:00–17:00 Session 5 and Closing
19:00–23:00 Banquet at Kulturhuset. 

Fri 8 June

09:00–10:15 IVS Analysis Workshop
10:15–10:45 Coffee break
10:45–12:00 IVS Analysis Workshop
12:00–13:00 Lunch break
13:00–14:15 Southern Hemisphere AstrometryTeam meeting  [Polarsenteret] 
14:15–14:45 Coffee break
14:45–17:00 Southern Hemisphere Astrometry Team meeting [Polarsenteret] 

Sat 9 June

11:00 Check-out from hotels          
09:00 - 18:00 IVS Directing Board meeting, Radisson Blu Polar Hotel (by invitation)
13:00-14:00 Lunch in Restaurant Nansen
13:00 K-band CRF (by invitation)