************************************************************************ IERS Message No. 186 February 16, 2011 ************************************************************************ Journees 2011 - First Announcement The Journees 2011 'Systemes de reference spatio-temporels', with the sub-title 'Earth rotation, reference systems and celestial mechanics: Synergies of geodesy and astronomy', will be organized in Vienna (Austria), from 19 to 21 September 2011 (Monday to Wednesday). Scientific Organizing Committee ------------------------------- N. Capitaine, France (Chair); H. Schuh, Austria (co-Chair); A. Brzezinski, Poland; V. Dehant, Belgium; C. Hohenkerk, UK; I. Kumkova, Russian Federation; D.D. McCarthy, USA; M. Soffel, Germany; J. Souchay, France; J. Vondrak, Czech R.; Ya. Yatskiv, Ukraine. Local Organizing Committee -------------------------- H. Schuh, J. Boehm, S. Boehm, R. Dvorak, S. Linsmayer, T. Nilsson, M. Schindelegger, R. Weber. Scientific objectives --------------------- The main purpose of these series of international meetings is to provide a forum for advanced discussion in the fields of space and time reference systems, Earth rotation, dynamics of the solar system, astrometry and time. The Journees 2011 will be focused on issues related to recent developments in fundamental astronomy, time and relativity, plans for the next generation of space-time reference systems, astronomical space and time reference systems, Earth rotation and global geodynamics, celestial mechanics of solar system bodies, space observations and dedicated missions for geodesy and astronomy. There will be presentations and discussions related to the Division 1 IAU Working Groups, such as 'Numerical Standards for Fundamental Astronomy' (NSFA), or Division 1 commissions. Practical information and submission of abstracts ------------------------------------------------- The web page of the Journees 2011 is available at: http://info.tuwien.ac.at/hg/meetings/journees11/index.html. It contains a general description of the Journees, contact information, the rationale of the Journees 2011, the preliminary programme, links to the list of the previous Journees and the proceedings of the Journees 2003 to 2008. The Journees 2011 web page will be updated regularly in order to contain up-to-date information regarding the programme, participants and practical information. On-line registration and instructions for submitting abstracts will be posted shortly. Preliminary scientific programme -------------------------------- The scientific programme of the Journees 2011 will include the five following sessions: Session 1 - Fundamental astronomy, time and relativity. Session 2 - Towards the next generation of space-time reference systems. Session 3 - Modelling, observation and prediction of Earth rotation and global geodynamics. Session 4 - Celestial mechanics of solar system bodies. Session 5 - Space observations and dedicated missions for geodesy and astronomy. Oral and poster presentation proposals are encouraged on all these topics. Contact ------- For information related to the scientific program, please contact: Harald Schuh Advanced Geodesy Institute of Geodesy and Geophysics (E128), TU Wien Gusshausstr. 27-29, 1040 Wien, AUSTRIA phone: +43-1-58801-12860, fax: +43-1-58801-12896 e-mail: harald.schuh@tuwien.ac.at or: Nicole Capitaine SYRTE, Observatoire de Paris 61, avenue de l'Observatoire, 75014, Paris, FRANCE phone: 33 1 40 51 22 31, fax: 33 1 40 51 22 91 e-mail: n.capitaine@obspm.fr For information related to the local organisation, please contact Sigrid Boehm: sigrid.boehm@tuwien.ac.at Questions or suggestions about the website: michael.schindelegger@tuwien.ac.at (For any e-mail related to the Journees 2011, please use the subject "Journees 2011") ************************************************************************ IERS Messages are edited and distributed by the IERS Central Bureau. To submit texts for distribution and to subscribe or unsubscribe, please write to . Archives: http://www.iers.org/Messages/ ************************************************************************