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IAG Symposium on Terrestrial Gravimetry "Static and Mobile Measurements"

17-20 September 2013

Saint Petersburg, Russia

General information

International Program and Organizing Committees of IAG Symposium on Terrestrial Gravimetry: Static and Mobile Measurements (TG-SMM2013) invite geodesy and gravimetry specialists to take part in the Symposium to be held on 17-20 September 2013 at Concern CSRI Elektropribor in St. Petersburg.

TOPICS

The Symposium topics include:

instrumentation and methods for absolute and relative measurement of gravity fields, static and mobile measurements and their application to shipborne, airborne platforms (planes, helicopters, airships) and other mobile platforms;
absolute ballistic gravimeters (including those based on the use of cold atoms), relative gravimeters of all types including superconducting gravimeters;
gravity gradiometers;
new results of measurement of gravity networks and the coverage of new regions;
metrology issues in gravimetry, the results of the comparisons of absolute gravimeters, application of gravity measurements in metrology;
standardization and databases of absolute measurements of the gravity field;
gravitational experiments.

The following topics are especially welcome for presentation at the Symposium:

new technologies and applications of gravity measurements such as planetary absolute and relative gravimetry;
links between satellite and terrestrial or planetary gravity measurements;
possible applications of terrestrial gravimetry in combination with GPS/GLONASS technologies;
gravimetry applications in navigation.

The Symposium languages are English and Russian.
Simultaneous translation from Russian into English and from English into Russian is provided.

The Symposium program includes plenary and poster papers.
Presentation of plenary papers (including discussion) should be no longer than 20 min.
The authors of poster papers at the plenary session are given 3 min to present the main idea of the paper with 1-2 slides, if any; further discussion will continue at the posters.

The book of abstracts in English and Russian will be published by the beginning of Symposium and distributed at the registration.
The Symposium proceedings (full texts of plenary and poster papers) will be published after the Symposium, in English only and sent to the participants’ addresses given in the Registration forms.

Abstracts in English up to of 2,000 printed characters should be submitted online via the Conference Management System CoMS-Elektropribor http://comsep.ru

Abstracts should be prepared according to the guidelines provided at the Symposium website, and should contain names, countries, organizations of all the authors, and e-mail, phone and fax numbers of the contact person.
Abstracts not complying with the above requirements will not be considered by the Scientific Committee.

Paper files should also be submitted via CoMS-Elektropribor.

Abstracts and papers are not accepted by e-mail.

INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE

Chairman - Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences,
Prof. Vladimir Peshekhonov - Russia
Vice-chairman - Dr. Urs Marti - Switzerland

Members:
Prof. Matthias Becker - Germany
Prof. Sylvain Bonvalot - France
Dr. Herbert Wilmes - Germany
Dr. Leonid Vitushkin - Russia
Dr. Iskander Gayazov - Russia
Prof. Christopher Jekeli - USA
Prof. Iginio Marson - Italy
Dr. Jaakko Mäkinen - Finland
Dr. Maria Cristina Pacino - Argentina
Prof. Rene Forsberg - Denmark
Prof. Olivier Francis - Luxembourg
Prof. Hideo Hanada - Japan
Dr. Mikhail Shkatov - Russia

LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Chairman - Dr. Alexander Sokolov - Russia
Vice-chairmen - Dr. Leonid Vitushkin - Russia
Margarita Grishina - Russia

Members:
Prof. Vyacheslav Koneshov - Russia
Anton Krasnov - Russia
Dr. Evgenii Krivtsov - Russia
Dr. Vladimir Lygin - Russia

IMPORTANT DATES

15 February 2013 - deadline for abstract submission,
1 April 2013 - accepted papers listed on the Symposium website,
15 April 2013 - the Symposium preliminary program available on the website,
By 16 August 2013 - Registration Forms can be filled in on the website,
17 - 20 September 2013 - Symposium dates,
18 October 2013 - deadline for submission of papers to be published in Symposium proceedings.

REGISTRATION FEE

The registration fee is $500 if paid before 16 August 2013 and $550 if paid after 16 August 2013.

For students and postgraduates the registration fee is reduced to 50%: $250 and $275, respectively.

The registration fee includes:

participation in the Symposium,
a copy of an abstract book (before the Symposium),
a copy of the Proceedings (after the Symposium),
lunches, coffee breaks during three Symposium days,
drink reception on the first day.

CULTURAL PROGRAM

On September 19 the sight-seeing tour of Saint Petersburg will be arranged at extra cost.

Full information about the Symposium, including the preliminary program, the schedule, the registration form of a participant, the instructions on preparing a paper, the sample paper, etc., is available at the Symposium website

Please visit the Symposium website regularly for the latest updates.

We look forward to welcome you at the Symposium!

Please forward the Symposium information to everyone who might be interested.

CONTACT INFORMATION

Concern CSRI Elektropribor, JSC
30, Malaya Posadskaya str., Saint Petersburg, 197046, Russia
Margarita Grishina - Vice-chairman of the Local Organizing Committee
of the IAG Symposium on TG-SMM2013
Phone: + 7 (812) 499-81-18 - translators of the working group
Fax: +7 (812) 232-33-76
E-mail: tgsmm2013@eprib.ru

Organizing Committee

Program

PROGRAM

Co-sponsored by

RUSSIAN FOUNDATION FOR BASIC RESEARCH
COMMITTEE FOR SCIENCE AND HIGHER EDUCATION OF SAINT PETERSBURG GOVERNMENT

Organizers

International Scientific Committee

Organizing Committee

Conference fee

The Symposium fee per person:
$500 before 16 August 2013,
$550 after 16 August 2013

Students and post-graduates are offered a 50% discount:
$250 before 16 August 2013;
$275 after 16 August 2013.

The Symposium fee includes:

participation in the Symposium

one copy of the Abstract book (before the Symposium)

one a copy of the Proceedings (after the Symposium)

lunches and coffee breaks during 3 symposium days

drink reception on the first day

Note that payment for the Business Invitation formalities via the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia is not included in the Symposium fee.

The Symposium fee can be paid:

by bank transfer;

by credit cards at the registration desk in St. Petersburg.

Cheques are not accepted for payment.

Payment by bank transfer

To pay the Symposium fee to our bank, please use the Bank Details indicated below:

JSC VTB Bank (OPERU BRANCH)
SWIFT: VTBRRUM2NWR
7, Dumskaya St., Saint Petersburg, 191011, Russia
Transit Account N 40702840637000005351
30 Malaya Posadskaya St., Сoncern CSRI Elektropribor, JSC
Fax (812) 232 33 76
Correspondent Bank: The Bank of New York Mellon, New York
SWIFT: IRVTUS3N
Cor. Account: 8900060166

Note that commission and charges of our Bank and correspondent banks are paid by the Symposium participants
Please indicate the code TGSMM2013 and the conferee's name in the bank document
To confirm the money transfer please report the bank document number by e-mail, fax or by phone

The following credit cards are accepted

EuroCard/MasterCard, edc/Maestro, Visa, Visa Electron, Diners Club.

Note: in this case the conferees pay $550 (students, post-graduates $275).

Organizing Committee report

13.09.2013:
Dear Participants of the IAG Symposium on Terrestrial Gravimetry: Static and Mobile Measurements (TG-SMM2013),
Metro stations:

PETROGRADSKAYA
PLOSCHAD’ VOSSTANIYA (Hall 2, Moskovsky Railway Station)

ARE CLOSED FOR MAJOR REPAIRS.

06.09.2013:
The following page is added: PROGRAM.

26.07.2013:
Guidelines for preparation of visual aids for presentation of plenary and poster papers have been posted.

17.07.2013:
Dear participants of the Symposium,
Monomax Ltd. company - the official service-agent of the IAG Symposium on Terrestrial Gravimetry: Static and Mobile Measurements (TG-SMM2013) to be held on 17-20 September 2013, will render the conferees and their accompanying persons (by their request) the services on providing:

preparation of documents for getting Russian Visas,
hotel reservation,
transportation
arrangement of the cultural program.

We draw your attention to the facts:
1. that all the services are provided at extra charge, their cost is not included in the registration fee;
2. since the Symposium takes place during high tourist season, the hotel administrations had to set exacting requirements concerning the terms of payment and cancellation of reserved hotel rooms.

22.06.2013:
ATTENTION!
Registration of the symposium participants is carried out ONLINE via the Conference Management System CoMS-Elektropribor (http://comsep.ru).

23.04.2013:
Dear participants,
Please bear in mind that the following days in May 2013 are days-off in Russia:

1 May to 5 May
9 May to 12 May.

So please avoid these days when solving any issues regarding the event.

11.04.2013:
Dear Authors of the papers submitted to the IAG Symposium on Terrestrial Gravimetry Static and Mobile Measurements (TGSMM-2013),
Decision of the International Program Committee regarding types of the papers (plenary, poster, rejected) and Session is available on the Symposium web site.
Registrators of the papers can see it also in their Offices in CoMS system, having entered them with their PINs and Passwords.

19.02.2013:
ATTENTION!
It was decided to extend the deadline for abstract submission for IAG Symposium on Terrestrial Gravimetry: Static and Mobile Measurements, since information on the Symposium was placed on the website too late.
The new deadline will be reported on the website

09.01.2013:
The submission of paper abstracts to the IAG symposium on Terrestrial Gravimetry: "Static and Mobile Measurements" (TGSMM2013) is open.

Paper submission

Guidelines for Preparing Abstracts of Papers

Text of the paper abstract of 2,000 printed characters (not words!) should be prepared in English and submitted ONLINE to the Symposium Local Organizing Committee not later than 15 February 2013 via the Conference Management System CoMS-Elektropribor located on the website: http://comsep.ru

1. The abstract should state the goal, principal points and conclusions of the study.

2. Avoid abbreviations unless commonly accepted ones.

3. The use of references, figures, and formulae is not recommended.

4. When preparing the abstract please comply with the following requirements:

typeset the text using a computer in Word for Windows in A4 format;
use Times New Roman font, size 11 pt;
use the abstract header layout as follows: typeset the title of your paper, below indicate for each author:

author’s family name preceded by initials of his/her first name(s) (bold)
organization name, address, telephone number, and E-mail;

Leave two line spaces and then start the text of the abstract;

the text should be typed single spaced;
for formulas, in case of their absolute necessity, use the Equation 3.0 Editor, font Times New Roman or Symbol, size 11;
for subscripts and superscripts - size 9;
Roman letters should be typed in italics, Greek letters - Roman type.

ATTENTION: Below the paper abstract text please indicate the full name, telephone number and E-mail address of the contact person (if number of the authors exceeds one) for communication with the Local Organizing Committee.

Illustration for Laying out the Text of Paper Abstract

Kalman Smoothing Filter Algorithm Design for Moving Vector Gravimetry Using a Low-Cost Integrated GPS/Inertial System: LIMOG.

J.Cali¹, Ecole Supérieure des Géomètres Topographes (ESGT-CNAM), 1 bd Pythagore, 72000 Le Mans, France,
¹ PhD in Materials Science, Maître de Conférences, Phone: 33(0)243433138, E-mail: jsecli@esgt.cnam.fr,

B. De Saint-Jeanv², J. Verdun³, H. Duquenne⁴
Institut Géographique National/ LAREG, 6/8 av. Blaise Pascal, Champ sur Marne, 77455
Marne la Vallée cedex 9, France
² Master of Science, PhD student, Phone: …………., E-mail: ………
³ PhD in Geophysics , Supervisor, Phone: ………………, E-mail: ………..
⁴ Engineer of Ponts et Chaussées, Supervisor, Phone: ….…………, E-mail:…………..

The aim of this research is to perform gravity measurements from an efficient, low cost system with mGal accuracy and high resolution gravity data over large; such an accuracy is difficult to reach using classical gravimetric methods.
Moving-base gravimetry is also known to be a potential technique for recovering the gravity signal with resolutions which cannot be determined by conventional gravimetry as grounded
…… …… ……… ……… … …………… ………… …………… ………… ……… …… ………………… ……………… ……… ……… ……… ……… …… …… …… ……………… ……… …………… ……… ……………… ……… ………… …………… ……… ……………… …………… ……………… …… ………… ……… … ……………… …… ……… …… ………………… ……………… ……… ………… ……… …… …………

Author (s) agrees / agree to publication of the paper abstract.
Contact person: full name, telephone number: E-mail:

5. A paper abstract prepared according to the above requirements should be submitted to the Symposium Local Organizing Committee via the Conference Management System CoMS-Elektropribor not later than 15 February 2013.

Files of abstracts are not accepted by E-MAIL or fax!
Paper abstracts not complying with the above requirements or missing in the data base of the CoMS-Elektropribor System will not be accepted by the Local Organizing Committee and will not be considered by the International Scientific Committee!

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ATTENTION!
Files of papers included in the Symposium program should also be submitted via the CoMS-Elektropribor System.

Texts of papers included in the Symposium program by the International Scientific Committee will undergo compulsory peer reviewing before their publication in the Symposium Proceedings.
Authors of papers included in the Symposium program must confirm during the Symposium dates their consent to publication of their paper in the Symposium Proceedings.
Guidelines for Preparing Papers and Instruction for Submitting Paper Files for Publication will be available on the Symposium website upon approval of the list of the accepted papers by the International Scientific Committee.

We look forward to your paper abstract submission!

Please forward the Symposium information to everyone who might be interested.

The TGSMM-2013 Local Organizing Committee

Contact information

Conference venue

State Research Center of the Russian Federation
Concern CSRI Elektropribor, JSC
30, Malaya Posadskaya St., St. Petersburg,
197046, Russia

Sights and attraction

The Hermitage

One of the world's greatest museums, founded in 1764 and occupying the buildings of the Winter Palace and Small, Old and New Hermitages. The museum's collection numbers more than 3 million items - paintings, graphic art, sculptures, applied art, coins, and archeological finds. The museum keeps 15 thousand paintings, 12 thousand sculptures, 600 thousand drawings and more then 4000 thousand of applied arts. Painting of such great masters as Leonard da Vinci, Titian, Raphael, Rembrandt, Rubens, Impressionists (van Gogh, Manet, Deggas, Monet, Renoir, Sezanne), Gauguin, Matiss, Picasso are in the ownership of the Hermitage. Hermitage is famous through its collection of Scythian golden articles.

Russian Museum

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Savior on the Blood Church (Church of the Resurrection)

A monument of Russian architecture and decorative art of the late 19th century. The church's unique decorations, both interior and exterior, include icons and panels made from majolica and mosaic created by the leading Russian artists of last century.

Saint Isaac's Cathedral

One of the world's most beautiful churches. It was built between 1818 and 1858 to A.Montferrand's design and named in honor of Saint Issac of Dalmatia. The cathedral is 101.5 meters high, and there is a wonderful view over Saint Petersburg from the colonnade.

Kazan Cathedral

Built between 1801 and 1811 to house the miracle-working icon of Our Lady of Kazan. Regular exhibitions are held concerning Orthodox Church and ecclesiastical art.

Summer Garden

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Alexander Nevsky Monastery

Founded by Peter I in 1710, now it contains five churches in the monastery complex. The complex contains the city museum of decorative sculpture and the Saint Nicholas cemetery, where outstanding Saint Petersburg residents and cultural figures are buried, including Tchaikovsky, Petipa, Euler, and Dostoevsky.

Peter and Paul Fortress

Founded in 1703 to defend Saint Petersburg against enemy raids. The complex includes Peter and Paul Cathedral which is the city's tallest building (the height of the spire is 121.8 meters) and contains the burial vault of Peter I and other Russian emperors, Museum of the History of Saint Petersburg, the house of the "grandfather of the Russian navy", where an exact copy of Peter I's little boat is kept, and the Old Mint.

Kunstkamera

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Museum of Ethnography

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National Pushkin Museum

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Dostoevsky Literary and Memorial Museum

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