18th Saint Petersburg International Conference on Integrated Navigation Systems

18th Saint Petersburg International Conference on Integrated Navigation Systems

30 May 2011 - 1 June 2011
Saint Petersburg, Russia
General information
Dear Colleagues,

The Organizing and International Program Committees is glad to inform you that the 18th Saint Petersburg International Conference on Integrated Navigation Systems (18th ICINS 2011) will be held the State Research Center of the Russian Federation - Concern Central Scientific and Research Institute Elektropribor, JSC on 30 May - 01 June 2011.
This annual conference has become a traditional meeting place for the exchange of ideas between scientists and engineers involved in navigation, motion control and guidance all over the world.

CONFERENCE TOPICS

  • Navigation, Control and Guidance Systems, and Components
  • Integrated Navigation Systems for Marine, Land, and Aerospace Applications
  • Inertial Systems and Sensors
  • GLONASS, GPS, Galileo and Augmentation Systems
  • MEMS
  • Algorithms and Software
  • Testing and Metrology
       The Conference does not cover the issues related to military and technical cooperation, development of military technologies and weapon specimens and military hardware.

The Conference languages are English and Russian.
Simultaneous translation will be provided from Russian into English and from English into Russian.
he Conference program includes plenary and poster presentations.
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 accompanied by 1-2 slides, if any. Further discussion will continue at the posters. 

Authors wishing to present their papers at the Conference should submit their abstracts of 1,000 words in English before 1 December 2010 - for consideration by the International Program Committee.

Please be sure to include the following details for each author of the paper:
  • Given name(s), family name,
  • Organization, company or institution,
  • Country,
  • Complete mailing address and e-mail,
  • Phone and fax numbers.
File of the abstract should be submitted ONLINE via the Conference Management System - CoMS-Elektropribor located on the Conference website
Abstracts not complying with the above requirements will not be taken into consideration by the Program Committee.
Files of the papers included by the Program Committee into the Conference program should be submitted by their authors (in English) ONLINE via the system "CoMS-Elektropribor" by 1 April 2011, for publication in the Conference Proceedings. 
Abstracts and papers are not accepted via e-mail or by fax!

The conference fee is $450 if it is paid before 1 April 2011 and $500 if the payment is made after 1 April 2011.

For students and post-graduates the conference fee is reduced to 50%, i.e. $225 and $250, respectively.

The fee includes:
  • all Sessions,
  • one copy of the Conference Proceedings,
  • lunches, coffee breaks during the 3 days,
  • transportation from/to the airport,
  • transportation to the Conference from the hotels,
  • a sight-seeing guided bus tour of Saint Petersburg,
  • the banquet

The conference is held during the White Nights season and opportunities will be made available for sight-seeing tour of St. Petersburg and a visit to the Hermitage. An extensive spouses program for the 3 days including city tours and excursions to the palaces and museums of St. Petersburg and suburbs will also be offered during the Conference at extra cost.

ATTENTION!
All information of the Organizing Committee regarding the Conference preparation and holding will be placed for the Conferees only on the website
We look forward to receiving your paper abstract and welcoming you at our Conference.

Program
Contact information
CONTACT INFORMATION
State Research Center of the Russian Federation
Concern CSRI Elektropribor, JSC
30, Malaya Posadskaya St., St. Petersburg,
197046, Russia 
Margarita V. Grishina - Member of the Organizing Committee Leader of the Conference Working Group
Phone:  +7(812) 499 8118 - Translators of the Working Group, +7(812) 499 8157
Fax: +7(812) 232 3376 - (Please, mark 19th ICINS 2012)

E-mail: ICINS@eprib.ru 
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
The largest museum of Russian art, opened in 1898. The museum owns the Russia bigest collection of paintings, sculptures, drawings, items of applied anf folks arts. The exibitions show ancient icons and the collections of items of the 18th-20th centuries. It contains works by great Russian artists: A.Rublev, K.Brullov, O.Kiprensky, P.Fedotov, I.Repin, I.Levitan, I.Aivazovsky and many others.
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
A masterpiece of Russian landscape art, the Summer Garden was laid out on Peter I's orders at the beginning of the 18th century. It contains 89 sculptures of Italian masters. The buildings in the garden are Peter I's Summer Palace, the Coffee House, and the Tea House.
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
Russia's first museum, founded in 1714 on Peter I's order. It contains household items, works of applied art and national costumes from Siberia, Asia, Africa, and North and South America. It includes exhibits collected by well-known Russian travelers and explorers.
Museum of Ethnography
A unique collection which reflects the life and culture of the peoples of Russia: it consists mostly of examples of traditional costumes, embroidery, fabrics and furs. The museum's reserves contain many rarities such as icons, ritual costumes and masks.
National Pushkin Museum
The great Russian poet's last home, from where he set off for his fateful duel. The display includes Pushkin's personal belongings, as well as manuscripts and other documents relating to his life.
Dostoevsky Literary and Memorial Museum
The display is arranged in the great Russian author's flat and is devoted to his life and work.
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