************************************************************************ IERS Message No. 563 August 25, 2026 ************************************************************************ 2026 24th International Workshop on Laser Ranging (IWLR) announcement Dear Colleagues, The 24th International Workshop on Laser Ranging (IWLR) will take place in Buenos Aires, Argentina the week of November 1-6, 2026. An SLR school will take place on Sunday, November 1st, followed by the Workshop Monday through Friday. An excursion to the AGGO observatory is scheduled for Thursday afternoon. Please note that the meeting is planned as a face-to -face (in person) event. Today, we are announcing that the workshop website is now online: https://bkg.bund.de/en/bkg/events/ilrs-workshop. On the website you will find information about the workshop, including registration fees, venue, conference dinner, accommodations, SLR school, and more. Registration will open soon, followed by abstract submissions. Please note that the website is still under construction in some places. A note: a certificate configuration issue is currently causing some Firefox users to see an error message when attempting to reach the page. We have verified that other browsers do not seem to have this issue. BKG is working to fix the issue, but in the meantime please consider using a different browser to access the website. The Workshop is hosted by BKG (Bundesamt fur Kartographie und Geodaesie - Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy), AGGO (Argentine German Geodetic Observatory), CONICET (the Argentine National Scientific and Technical Research Council), and the National Technical University (Universidad Tecnologica Nacional - UTN). We appreciate your patience as BKG continues working hard to put this workshop together. Best regards, The ILRS Central Bureau and the 24th IWLR Organizing Committee ************************************************************************ IERS Messages are edited and distributed by the IERS Central Bureau. If not stated otherwise, the IERS is only the distributor of the message and is not responsible for its content. To submit texts for distribution, please write to . To subscribe or unsubscribe, please create an IERS account or modify it: https://www.iers.org/Login/Login/EN/login_node.html or write to . Archives: http://www.iers.org/IERS/Messages ************************************************************************