************************************************************************ IERS Message No. 111 April 10, 2007 ************************************************************************ IERS Workshop on Conventions: Second Announcement A workshop on the IERS Conventions will be organized on 20-21 September 2007 (Thursday-Friday), at the Bureau International des Poids et Mesures in Sevres, France. The web site for the workshop is now available at http://www.bipm.org/en/events/iers/ including the scientific programme, on-line pre-registration, and some practical information. The scientific programme will cover five themes, as indicated below. Contributed papers are welcome for all five themes. In addition, some of the themes will include position papers, invited talks, and discussions. Theme 1. Recent advances and validations of the IERS Conventions models Theme 2. Conventional contributions to local station displacements: what to include? Theme 3. Evolution of the realization of reference systems Theme 4. Technique-dependent conventions Theme 5. Evolution of the Conventions Gerard Petit, on behalf of the Scientific organizing committee ************************************************************************ IERS Messages are edited and distributed by the IERS Central Bureau. To subscribe or unsubscribe, please write to . Archives: http://www.iers.org/iers/publications/messages/ ************************************************************************