10th Saint Petersburg International Conference on Integrated Navigation Systems

26-28 May 2003

Saint Petersburg, Russia

General information

From 26 to 28 may 2003. The state scientific center of the Russian Federation - CNII "Electropribor" with the support of the RAS Scientific Council on motion control and navigation, the international public organization "Academy of navigation and traffic control", the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and Astronautics, the Institute of electrical and electronics engineers (USA), the Association of Astronautics and Aeronautics of France, the French Institute of navigation held the X St. Petersburg international conference on integrated navigation systems.

81 reports were heard, including 40 plenary and 41 posters.

The meetings of the conference were held on three topics:I

ntegrated systems-45 reports
Satellite systems-8 reports
Inertial systems and sensors-28 reports

Plenary reports of the greatest scientific interest were recommended by the Program Committee for publication in the journal "gyroscopy and navigation".

The conference was attended by experts from 17 countries: Germany, Israel, Spain, Italy, Canada, China, Netherlands, Pakistan, Poland, Russia, Syria, USA, Ukraine, France, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden.

The working languages of the conference are Russian and English. Simultaneous interpretation was provided.

A total of 280 people participated in the conference. Of these, 65 specialists from 39 foreign companies (including 14 people from 5 organizations of Ukraine). 215 people from 80 organizations of Russia (including 29 participants from the Central research Institute "Electropribor"), 10 young scientists delegated to the conference by the Organizing Committee of the V conference of young scientists "Navigation and traffic management" without registration fee.

The conference was covered by the RIA "Novosti", ITAR-TASS, news Agency "Rosbiznes consulting", TRK "Peterburg-channel 5", the newspaper "Business Petersburg".

The conference was highly appreciated by specialists.

Program

Schedule for conference participants


26 May, Monday
*Registration of the Conference participants*	8.00 - 9.50
Opening ceremony	10.00 - 10.15
Sessions	10.15 - 13.00
*Lunch*	13.00 - 14.00
Sessions	14.00 - 18.00
Sight-seeing guided bus tour of St. Petersburg	18.15 - 21.00
27 May, Tuesday
Sessions	8.30 - 13.00
Lunch	13.00 - 14.00
Sessions	14.00 - 17.05
*Banquet^)**	18.30 - 22.00
^) Payment for the accompanying persons* attending the banquet is to be made at the Registration to the CSRI Elektropribor representative.**
28 May, Wednesday
Sessions	8.30 - 12.40
Closing ceremony	12.40 - 13.00
*Lunch*	13.00 - 14.00
*Visit to the exhibition of specimens of new equipment developed by CSRI Elektropribor*	14.00 - 15.00

The cultural program for accompanying persons will be sent to you later by the service-agent of the CSRI Elektropribor - Monomax Ltd.

Co-sponsored by

Organizers


CHAIRMAN Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences Prof. Vladimir PESHEKHONOV President, International Public Association Academy of Navigation and Motion Control 30, Malaya Posadskaya St., Saint Petersburg 197046 Russia Phone: +7-812-232 5915 Fax: +7-812-232 3376 e-mail: elprib@online.ru
MEMBERS:
Mr. Loic CAMBERLEIN 32, Avenue de la Bourdonnais 75007 Paris, France Phone: +33-1-4551 4759 Fax: +33-1-4551 4759 e-mail: Lcamberlein@aol.com Dr. Ing. Luigi CROVELLA Societa' Italiana Avionica S.p.A. Strada Antica di Collegno 253 10146 Turin, Italy Phone: (39) 011 7765 095 Fax: (39) 011 7765 225 e-mail: crovella@sia-av.it Prof. Valery GUSINSKY State Research Center of Russia Central Scientific and Research Institute "Elektropribor" (SRC of Russia - CSRI "Elektropribor") 30, Malaya Posadskaya St., Saint Petersburg 197046 Russia Phone: +7-812-238 7821 Fax: +7-812-232 3376 e-mail: elprib@online.ru Dr. Boris RIVKIN SRC of Russia - CSRI "Elektropribor" 30, Malaya Posadskaya St., Saint Petersburg 197046 Russia Phone: +7-812-238 8234 Fax: +7-812-232 3376 e-mail: elprib@online.ru	Prof. Dmitry LOUKIANOV St.Petersburg State Electrotechnical University 5, Prof. Popova St., Saint Petersburg 197376 Russia Phone: +7-812-234 1478 Fax: +7-812-235 4624 e-mail: anum@eltech.ru Dr. David Lynch Northrop Grumman Navigation Systems Division 21240 Burbank Blvd. Woodland Hills, CA, 91367-6675, USA Phone: +1 818 715 4083 Fax: +1-818-715 3976 e-mail: Dave.Lynch@northropgrumman.com Prof. Leonid NESENJUK SRC of Russia - CSRI "Elektropribor" 30, Malaya Posadskaya St., Saint Petersburg 197046 Russia Phone: +7-812-238 8144 Fax: +7-812-232 3376 e-mail: elprib@online.ru Dr. John NIEMELA US Army Communications Electronics Command, Fort Monmouth, NJ 07703, USA Phone: +1-732-427 4635 Fax: +1-732-427 4673 e-mail: the-woods@worldnet.att.net
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Helmut SORG Institut A fur Mechanik Universitat Stuttgart Pfaffenwaldring, 9, D-70550 Stuttgart Germany Phone: +49-711-685 6276 Fax: +49-711-685 6282 e-mail: H.Sorg@mecha.uni-stuttgart.de

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-mail: ICINS@eprib.ru, elprib-onti@telros.net

Conference venue

CSRI Elektropribor
Hotel Saint Petersburg
Metro station Ploshchad Lenina
Hotel Oktyabrskaya
Corinthia Nevskij Palace Hotel
Radisson SAS Royal Hotel
The Russian Museum
Grand Hotel Europe
Astoria & Angleterre Hotels
St. Isaac's Cathedral
The Admiralty
The Hermitage
The Peter & Paul Fortress
Metro station Gorkovskaya
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.