The conference is addressed to research and industry in equal measure and gives attention to the certification of satellite navigation systems such as GPS/EGNOS, Galileo and their applications.
For the first time the event is going to take place at the Anwendungszentrum Oberpfaffenhofen near Munich.
The conference is jointly organised by: German Institute of Navigation
-Deutsche Gesellschaft für Ortung und Navigation e.V. (DGON)- and GZVB e.V./ GAUSS -GNSS Applications and Users in the Domain of Safety & Security- in
co-operation with Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR).

Conference Topics:
– GNSS System Aspects
– GNSS Simulation, Testing Tools and Infrastructure
– Aviation, Maritime, Road, Rail and Special Applications

Authors are invited to submit papers on any of the above topics for consideration by the Programme Committee. An abstract of about 500 words (in electronic form) should be submitted to the German Institute of Navigation (DGON) for the attention of: Symposium Co-ordinator “CERGAL 2009” Reinhold Thierse e-mail: dgon.bonn@t-online.de.

Suspense Dates:
– Submission of abstracts: 31st October 2008
– Notification of authors: 15th December 2008
– Distribution of programme: 15th January 2009

The ENRI International Workshop on ATM/CNS (EIWAC2009) will be organized by the Electronic Navigation Research Institute with the support of the Civil Aviation Bureau (JCAB), Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism of Japan. The workshop will open on Thursday, 5th March 2009 at the Otemachi Sankei Plaza, Tokyo, Japan and conclude on Friday, 6th March. ENRI is a research institution established by Japanese Government and has been actively supporting the JCAB on CNS/ATM systems for more than 40 years.

The workshop offers an opportunity not only to share information on the
progress of Research, Development and Implementation activities being
carried out in various part of the world such as NextGen in the U.S. and
SESAR in Europe but also to promote discussion on the possible future
activities among administrations and researchers. On the first day the
workshop participants will be presented master plans and on-going activities of the U.S., Europe and Japan. Then on the second day, two simultaneous sessions on Research and Development will be organized in the morning and afternoon. Topics of each session are planned as follows:

Thursday: Master Plans and On-Going Activities
Friday Morning: Trajectory Management and Related Topics, CNS Enablers
Friday afternoon:Airport Management and Its Performance Safety and Human Factor Issues

Find more information at: http://www.enri.go.jp/eiwac/en/. Participation
is free of charge. Please register your participation through e-mail to
eiwac@enri.go.jp including your name, country and so on according to the
information specified in the website.

This has been established as the European and International Conference with a global impact featuring invited high-ranking worldwide speakers from industry, science and governments dealing with the directions of satellite navigation now and in the future.
The event will be organised by the Institute of Geodesy and Navigation in co-operation with the State of Bavaria with bavAIRia, DLR, EADS Astrium, Landesamt für Vermessung und Geoinformation and the Bundeswehr Universität München. The event will open on 3rd March at 1700 with the Opening Plenary Panel and there will follow a Bavarian State Reception in the famous Residenz München.

The following day the programme will commence embracing the development of Galileo, the modernisation of GPS (GPS-III), the revitalisation of GLONASS and its transition from FDMA to CDMA. The development of new regional satellite systems such as the Chinese COMPASS, the Japanese QZSS and the Indian IRNSS will also be considered along with the development of new regional augmentation systems and other worldwide activities in the field of receivers and service operations.
The Summit will further highlight the creation of new applications and services in satellite navigation in combination with telecommunications and information technology, in particular geo-information technology.
There will be an exhibition of industry and institutions and a visit to the German Galileo Test Environment (GATE) now available for operational use and the European Satellite Navigation Competition 2009 will be opened.

Registration charges increase progressively from mid-October to January.

This first Gobal Summit on positioning and navigation brings together the pioneers, industry leaders and developers who are setting the direction for the future of location technologies and markets, guiding the development of new applications and shaping the way to meet the challenge of making location enabled services ubiquitous.

On behalf of the organizing committee for the Third Meeting of the International Committee on GNSS (ICG-3), we invite you and warmly welcome you to Pasadena, California this coming December. The ICG-3 will be held at the beautiful Westin Pasadena Hotel in Pasadena, California, December 8-12, 2008.

The International Committee on Global Navigation Satellite Systems is established on a voluntary basis as an informal body to promote cooperation, as appropriate, on matters of mutual interest related to civilian satellite-based positioning, navigation, timing and value-added services, as well as the compatibility and interoperability of global navigation satellite systems, while increasing their use to support sustainable development, particularly in developing countries. Participants are system providers, international governmental organizations and international non-governmental organizations.

The Chairman of the organising Committee of the Institute of Navigation and Hydrography of the Polish Naval Academy has informed us of the XVIth International Scientific-Technical Conference with the theme The Role of Navigation in Support of Human Activity at Sea, due to take place in Gdynia from 22nd to 24th October.

Further details are available on the website.

The deadline for applications and submission of abstracts is 15th May 2008.

Introduction/Background
The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA), through its UNSPIDER Programme (United Nations Platform for Space-based Information for Disaster Management and Emergency Response) together with the German Aerospace Center (DLR) and with the support from the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction – Platform for the Promotion of Early Warning (ISDR/PPEW) and the United Nations University – Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS), are organising the above mentioned workshop to promote the access and use of space-based technologies and solutions for disaster management and emergency response within relevant communities.

In its resolution 61/110 of 14th December 2006 the United Nations General Assembly established the “United Nations Platform for Space-based Information for Disaster Management and Emergency Response – UNSPIDER”, as a programme of the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs, to provide universal access to all countries and all relevant international and regional organizations to all types of space-based information and services relevant to disaster management. UN-SPIDER supports the full disaster management cycle by being a gateway to space information for disaster management support, serving as a bridge to connect the disaster management and space communities, and being a facilitator of capacity development and institutional strengthening, in particular for developing countries.

As part of the UN-SPIDER outreach activities, several workshops are being organized in 2008 to raise awareness within the user community of the benefits of using space-based information and solutions, to assess its needs and to contribute to specific activities of the programme. Specifically, this second international workshop in Bonn will provide an opportunity to bring together decision-makers and experts from both the space technology and disaster management communities, international scientific organizations, knowledge transfer and educational institutions, as well as internationally active private companies, with the intention of sharing their best practices and to bring their knowledge, products and technologies for risk and disaster management, humanitarian aid and emergency response.

The first workshop held in Bonn, which was organized jointly with DLR and with the support of the Government of Germany, brought together 90 participants from 39 countries. The following organizations were also involved in organizing the workshop: the Institute for Environment and Human Security of the United Nations University, UNESCO, the Platform for the Promotion of Early Warning of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, the Group on Earth Observations and the German Committee for Disaster Reduction.

The programme of the first workshop was centred on the activities assigned to the UN-SPIDER Bonn office. It included plenary sessions, during which 11 presentations were given, and discussion sessions, in which participants were divided into four working groups. Group 1 discussed the platform for fostering alliances and user requirements, in co-ordination with task DI-06-09 of the Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS), Group 2 also discussed the platform for fostering alliances but focused on horizontal co-ordination, Group 3 discussed the knowledge portal and Group 4 discussed knowledge management and capacity building (activity 11, in co-ordination with GEOSS task CB-07-02). More information on the outcome of the workshop and the presentations made during the workshop are available at the website.

The working language will be English.

If you wish to receive further information please contact Mr. Jörg Szarzynski

Back-to-Back Meeting
The following meeting is being organised back-to-back with the second international Bonn workshop: 5th UN-wide Meeting on the Use of Space Technologies for Emergency Response and Humanitarian Assistance in Bonn, 16th to 17th October 2008. For further information on this meeting please contact Mr. Tony Lyu – E-Mail: young.lyu@unoosa.org.

This is a special forum devoted to examining and resolving the manning
crisis in the maritime industry.
Recent studies by the International
Shipping Federation and BIMCO have highlighted that the major
worldwide shortage of qualified ships’ officers will become more accute
as the massive fleet of new ships is commissioned over the next three
years. With competition for quality seafarers crew retention has become a
vital issue for ship operators. There will be high profile speakers such as
V Ships India’s Managing Director Captain Rajesh Tandon, Tony Mason,
Secretary General of the International Chamber of Shipping and of the
International Shipping Federation.

According to literature provided by the organisers it has been suggested that educated Indians, as their counterparts in other countries, are no longer interested in working afloat and instead aim for IT or corporate positions, often with lower starting salaries. The Indian Shipping Summit will attempt to determine if careers at sea can be made attractive again, and if so, how.
Opportunities for maritime training and education in India will be discussed along with pros and cons of outsourcing versus recruiting and training in-house. Implications for global shipping will be considered along with India’s future as a global maritime player; the delivery of world-class infrastructure to the nation; the comment of the charterers; offshore oil and gas developments and energy transport; maritime technology in a changing regulatory environment and the future of shipbuilding in India.

Speakers and panellists are expected from Europe, China, South East Asia, the Middle East, India and elsewhere and it is expected that more than 600 delegates will be received. The summit will also host India’s most prestigious independent maritime awards.

Further details may be obtained on the website.

The 7th International Symposium in the series ISIS: International
Symposium Information on Ships will be held in Hamburg on 18th and
19th September and a call for papers has been issued. ISIS 2008 will
address the benefits and problems of up to date information technologies
on board ships, the proper use of information, practical experiences using
new information systems and the role of the human in the informationloaded
environment. Technologies, applications and projects should be
presented under the aspects: What is new and in progress? What is
possible and designable? What should be done? What is problematic?

Sessions embracing the main topics will be as follows:
Bridge Resource Management:
Workload/Human Error; MET-Training for Students and OOWs; Emergency Training; Human Machine Interface ? Where to go?
Operational Integration:
Collision Avoidance; Route Planning and Monitoring; Replacement of Standalone Equipment by INS; Cargo Tracing and Monitoring.
Function Integration:
Alarm/Alert Management; Integrity Monitoring; Interfaces and Data Distribution; Data Fusion; New ECDIS Features; Redundancy.
e-Navigation:
Harmonised Creation of Maritime Information; Data Collection and Integration on Board; Exchange and Presentation of Maritime Information on Board and Ashore; Ship to Ship and Ship to Shore Communication; Remote Control.
Sensors and Components:
AIS; Radar; Galileo; Wireless Communication on Board.
Vision and Strategies in the next years:
The Intelligent Ship; Automation and Human; Remote Control; User Requirements; More Visions.

According to DGON submissions of other related topics will also be considered.

Authors are invited to submit papers on any of the above topics for consideration by the programme committee and abstracts of about 300 to 500 words (in electronic form) should be provided by 14th March to The German Institute of Navigation by e-mail.
Abstracts should identify the title of the paper/contribution; related topic; name(s) of presenting author and co-authors; organisation/company (if applicable); mailing address; telephone and fax numbers, e-mail address.

The symposium language will be English.

A registration form is available and those wishing for more details should contact DGON.

Introduction/Background
The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA), through its UN-SPIDER Programme (United Nations Platform for Space-based Information for Disaster Management and Emergency Response), the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) through its ICT and disaster risk reduction programme and the Regional Space Applications Programme, and the Pacific Islands Applied Geoscience Commission (SOPAC) are organising the above regional workshop to contribute to helping countries within the Pacific region learn how to access and use space technology for disaster management and emergency response.

In its resolution 61/110 of 14th December 2006 the United Nations General Assembly agreed to establish the “United Nations Platform for Space-based Information for Disaster Management and Emergency Response – UN-SPIDER”, as a new programme of the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs, to provide universal access to all countries and all relevant international and regional organizations to all types of space-based information and services relevant to disaster management to support the full disaster management cycle by being a gateway to space information for disaster management support, serving as a bridge to connect the disaster management and space communities and being a facilitator of capacity-building and institutional strengthening, in particular for developing countries.

As part of the planned outreach activities in 2008, UN-SPIDER is organising several workshops to raise awareness within the user community, to assess its needs and to contribute to specific activities of this new programme. The workshop to be held in Fiji will bring together decision makers and senior experts mainly from disaster management community from within the Pacific region, to discuss regional space-based solutions for disaster management and emergency response.

Language of the Workshop
The working languages of all planned activities will be English.

Financial support
Within the limited financial resources available, a number of selected regional participants will be offered financial support to attend the Workshop. This financial support will defray the cost of travel (a round trip ticket – most economic fare – between the airport of international departure in their home country and Suva, Fiji) and/or the room and board expenses during the duration of the event.

Deadline for Submission of Applications
The completed application form, properly endorsed by applicant’s government/institution, should be submitted either by e-mail (scanned copy) or by fax directly to the Office for Outer Space Affairs, United Nations Office at Vienna no later than Friday, 15th August 2008.

The call for papers has been issued and abstracts have been invited for ION GNSS 2008, the 21st International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of the US Institute of Navigation.

Abstracts should be in the form of a paper summary of between 800 and 1,000 words and should describe objectives, anticipated or actual results, conclusions, any key innovative steps and the significance of the writer’s work.
Abstracts should be submitted electronically via the ION Web site no later than 5th March 2008. Authors should go to: www.ion.org and click on the abstract submission icon for ION GNSS 2008 on the main page.
Documents may also be e-mailed to: abstracts@ion.org as a Microsoft Word, WordPerfect or text file. It is important that authors indicate the abstract title and the most appropriate session(s) for the paper.

The President of the Swiss Institute of Navigation has informed us that this event will be held from 24th to 26th June 2008 at ETH Zurich, Hoenggerberg, Switzerland.
The aim of this event in the fields of construction and agriculture is to initiate a technical and scientific discussion among researchers, academics, system and service providers as well as users.
Operation of 3D-position sensors for navigation of machinery on construction sites such as roads, tunnels, railways and airports has increased in recent years.
GPS-based applications such as crop mapping and automatic steering have also found their way into agriculture and are well integrated.

This event will contribute to the interchange of knowledge between experts regarding different applications and demands of research in this highly interesting field.

The proceedings will be in English and the following topics will be discussed: Kinematic Measurement and Sensor Technology; 3D Construction Applications (State of the Art, Trends); Agricultural Application (State of the Art, Trends); Data Processing/Flow; Control Process and Algorithm; Standardisation; Major Construction Projects.

The European Navigation Conference (ENC-GNSS) focuses on both the present status and future developments in navigations systems. The conference brings together the scientific community, private sector and international navigational organizations with the goal of sharing research ideas and promoting development in the field of navigation.
ENC-GNSS 07 will mark the 11th meeting since the inaugural symposium in 1997.
The Geneva meeting is a special event in that it will be held concurrently with the European Frequency and Time Forum (EFTF) – Frequency Control Symposium(IEEE-FCS) joint meeting under the designation of TimeNav07.
With Galileo being on the threshold of full deployment there will be additional inspiration for this timely event!

The 16th Royal Institute of Navigation Annual Baška GNSS Conference: Technologies, Techniques and Applications across PNT

The RIN Baška GNSS Conference + Maritime Workshop brings the international community together in a spirit of collaboration and knowledge sharing. The conference aims to stimulate multidisciplinary insights, collaboration and innovation ideas in areas of navigation and emerging maritime technologies.

14-19 May 2023, Baška, Krk Island, Croatia

Link: https://rin.org.uk/mpage/BaskaGNSSHome

The Institute of Navigation Announces that the ION GNSS+ 2024 Advance Conference Program is Online and Registration is Open.

Manassas Virginia, April 12, 2024 – The Institute of Navigation (ION) has announced that the ION GNSS+ 2024 advance conference program is now available online at https://www.ion.org/gnss/program.cfm. Register today and join us in-person for the ION GNSS+ 2024, taking place September 16-20, 2024 at the Hilton Baltimore Inner Harbor in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. ION GNSS+ 2024 is the International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of the Institute of Navigation, and the world’s largest technical meeting and showcase of GNSS technology, products, and services.

Opening Plenary and Keynotes: ION GNSS+ 2024 plenary session will feature keynotes from Dr. Oscar Pozzobon, Qascom, who will be presenting “Direction Moon: A Journey of our Satellite Navigation System to the Edge of its Limits” and a presentation of “Circumnavigation the Globe” from Kirsten Neuschäfer (invited), winner of the 2022 Golden Globe Race, from France, around the three great capes, and back to France, non-stop, single-handed, unassisted without modern electronics (no GNSS!). She is the first woman to win that race since it started in 1968; also, the first woman to win any round the world race, including solo and fully crewed races, non-stop or with stops.

Technical Program: ION GNSS+ 2024 technical program will feature more than 300 technical presentations across six tracks in Commercial and Policy, and Research. In addition to the traditional technical presentations, the conference will also host six moderated panel discussions featuring international civilian policy makers, and technical experts. These moderated panel discussions will offer participants the opportunity to interact with the panelists in a collaborative learning environment.

Kepler and Parkinson Award Nominations Now Being Accepted: Nominations are now being accepted for Institute of Navigation Satellite Division’s prestigious Johannes Kepler Award – the annual award honoring an individual during their lifetime for sustained and significant contributions to the development of satellite navigation; and the Bradford W. Parkinson Award – the award recognizing an outstanding graduate student in the field of global navigation satellite systems (GNSS). To nominate an individual for the ION Johannes Kepler or Parkinson Award, please use their respective online forms at https://www.ion.org/awards/kepler.cfm and https://www.ion.org/awards/parkinson-award.cfm. Ensure all materials, including reference letters, are submitted by June 30 (late submissions are not accepted).

About ION

The Institute of Navigation is a not-for-profit professional organization advancing positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT). The Institute is a national organization whose membership spans worldwide. Additional information about the ION can be found at ion.org.

ION GNSS+ is the world’s largest technical meeting and showcase of GNSS technology, products and services. This year’s conference will bring together international leaders in GNSS and related positioning, navigation and timing fields to present new research, introduce new technologies, discuss current policy, demonstrate products and exchange ideas.

ION GNSS+ 2023 takes place September 11-15, 2023 at the Hyatt Regency Denver (located adjacent to the Colorado Convention Center).

Link: https://www.ion.org/gnss/virtual-schedule.html

The 10th International MELAHA Conference

MELAHA conference is the 10th international scientific conference organized by the Arab Institute of Navigation “AIN” every two years. The MELAHA conference aims to bring specialists and those interested in the field of marine navigation, the maritime industry, aviation, pilotage, shipping and port management to share their experiences in the latest modern technological developments and GNSS applications in these fields. This year’s conference, “MELAHA 2022”, The Arab institute of navigation, is honored with the participation of the Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport, the giant scientific University at the regional and international levels, in organizing the activities of the conference, which will be held within this prestigious educational edifice.

This Conference Organized by Arab institute of Navigation (AIN) & Arab Academy for Science, Technology & Maritime Transport (AASTMT)

09-10 November, 2022

Alexandria, Egypt

Link: http://www.melahaconference.com

The 2023 event is organized as a regular physical event in Castellon, Spain.

Conference scope

Reliable navigation and positioning are becoming essential in applications for IoT in industry and logistic applications, in smart city environments, for safety-critical purposes, in public services and consumer products to guarantee transparent, efficient and reliable workflows. A robust localization solution, which will be available continuously is needed regardless outdoor and indoor, and on different platforms. ICL-GNSS addresses the latest research on wireless and satellite-based positioning techniques to provide reliable and accurate position information with low latency. The emphasis is on the design of mass-market navigation receivers and related tools and methodologies, but also many kinds of sensing devices, wireless systems with localization capabilities, and location-aware applications are within the scope of ICL-GNSS.

June 6-8, 2023, Castellon, Spain

Link: https://events.tuni.fi/icl-gnss2023/