Dear Colleague:
We would like to invite you to attend and present a paper at the forthcoming “Journées 2017, des Systèmes de Référence et de la Rotation Terrestre” that will be held in Alicante, Spain, from 25 to 27 September 2017.
As announced in the first circular sent out as an IERS message, the Journées 2017 are co-organized by the University of Alicante and the Paris Observatory, with the support of the International Astronomical Union (IAU) and the International Association of Geodesy (IAG).
The submission of abstracts is already open and will close on July 24.
For details on the on-line abstract submission procedure and other useful information about registration and venue, please visit
https://web.ua.es/journees2017/information.html <https://web.ua.es/journees2017/information.html>
Under the sub-title “Furthering our knowledge of Earth Rotation” these Journées are devoted to the study of the space-time celestial and terrestrial reference systems and their evolution with time, with the emphasis on the rotation of the Earth. The scope of the meeting will range from concepts and theoretical solutions to observational techniques and data analysis.
We intend to keep the format and cover similar topics as the successful series of Journées “Systèmes de Référence spatio-temporels” headed by Nicole Capitaine, which many of you attended more than once and know well.
The contributions will be distributed in 5 sessions, whose tentative names are:
Session 1: Earth’s rotation theory and modelling.
Session 2: Earth's rotation observation and model validation.
Session 3: Celestial and terrestrial reference systems and frames, with particular attention to Earth rotation.
Session 4: Solar system dynamics, relativity, and time scales.
Session 5: New frontiers in Earth rotation, miscellaneous topics and discussions.
For additional information please visit the Journees 2017 web site at:
https://web.ua.es/journees2017/index.html <https://web.ua.es/journees2017/index.html>
Please help us by distributing this message to any person that you think would be interested.
We hope that you can accept our invitation to participate and look forward to seeing you in Alicante in September.
With best regards,
José M. Ferrandiz and Christian Bizouard,
On behalf of the SOC