15th Saint Petersburg International Conference on Integrated Navigation Systems

15th Saint Petersburg International Conference on Integrated Navigation Systems

26-28 May 2008
Saint Petersburg, Russia
General information

Dear Colleagues!

The Organizing Committee is glad to inform you that the 15th Saint Petersburg International Conference on Integrated Navigation Systems (15th ICINS 2008) will be held on 26-28 May 2008 at the SRC RF - CSRI Elektropribor, 30, Malaya Posadskaya St., Saint Petersburg, Russia (the entrance from 1, Pevchesky Lane).

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.

The Conference languages are English and Russian.
Provision will be made for simultaneous interpretation from Russian into English and from English into Russian.

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 program includes plenary and poster presentations.

Presentation of papers given at the plenary session, including discussion, should be no longer than 20 min.

The authors of poster papers will have 3 min for a short presentation with 1-2 transparencies at the plenary session. Further discussion will continue at the posters.

The papers which evoke the greatest interest at the Conference will be published in the journal Gyroscopy and Navigation.

The Program Committee stimulates young scientists (under 34) to present their papers at the Conference.

Authors wishing to present their papers at the Conference should submit their abstracts of 1,000 words in English before 3 December 2007 - for consideration by the International Program Committee.

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.

The abstract should be submitted online via the Conference Management System - CoMS-Elektropribor located on the Conference web site

Abstracts not complying with the above requirements will not be taken into consideration by the Program Committee. 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 2008, for publication in the Conference Proceedings.

Abstracts and papers are not accepted via e-mail or by fax!

The Conference Proceedings (full texts of plenary and abstracts of poster papers prepared by their authors comprising all the papers) and in Russian (the volume comprising the papers by authors only from Russia and other CIS countries).

At the registration desk each participant will receive at his/her option either English or Russian volume of the Conference Proceedings.

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.

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Organizers

CONFERENCE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Chairman:
V. Peshekhonov

Members:
M. Grishina
B. Rivkin
O. Stepanov
Organizing Committee report

18.04.2008:
     ATTENTION!
     The Program and Organizing Committees remind the authors of accepted abstracts that the deadline for submitting the paper abstract is over.
     The authors who have not yet submitted the papers should upload them via "CoMS-Elektropribor".system as soon as possible.
     The papers received after April 21st will not be included in the Conference Proceedings.

21.03.2008:
     NOTE:
     In accordance with new requirements in the regulations for foreign citizens visiting territory of enterprises in Russia all conferees-to-be are kindly requested to let us know by e-mail ICINS@eprib.ru and elprib-onti@telros.net, or by fax 7 (812) 232 33 76 the following personal data:

  • full name, 
  • nationality,
  • full name of company/organization,
  • position,
  • full birth date (dd/mm/yyyy), 
  • passport number.

14.02.2008:
     For the attention of the authors of the paper abstracts submitted for the Jubilee 15th Saint Petersburg International Conference on Integrated Navigation Systems (15thICINS2008):

     You can find the decision of the Program Committee regarding your paper acceptance/rejection for the Conference program, having entered «My Virtual Office» – «My paper Abstracts» in the CoMS-Elektropribor system. 
     Requirements for plenary and poster papers preparation will be available on the Conference website later.
     Please visit regularly the Conference website and keep up on the information placed on it.

Contact information
Margarita V. Grishina
Member of the Organizing Committee,
Leader of the Conference Working Group State Research Center of the RF CSRI Elektropribor,
30, Malaya Posadskaya St., St. Petersburg,
197046, Russia 

Tel: +7(812) 499 81 18, +7(812) 499 81 57

Fax: +7(812) 232 33 76
E-mailICINS@eprib.ruelprib-onti@telros.net
Conference venue
CONFERENCE VENUE
  1. CSRI Elektropribor
  2. Hotel Saint Petersburg
  3. Metro station Ploshchad Lenina
  4. Hotel Oktyabrskaya
  5. Corinthia Nevskij Palace Hotel
  6. Radisson SAS Royal Hotel
  7. The Russian Museum
  8. Grand Hotel Europe
  9. Astoria & Angleterre Hotels
  10. St. Isaac's Cathedral
  11. The Admiralty
  12. The Hermitage
  13. The Peter & Paul Fortress
  14. Metro station Gorkovskaya
  15. Mosque
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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