************************************************************************ IERS Message No. 116 July 10, 2007 ************************************************************************ IERS Workshop on Conventions: Third Announcement and final call for presentations The workshop on the IERS Conventions will be held on 20-21 September 2007 (Thursday-Friday), at the Bureau International des Poids et Mesures in Sevres, France. Information on the workshop is available at http://www.bipm.org/en/events/iers/ It is recommended to pre-register on-line at http://www.bipm.org/en/events/iers/registration_form.html before 31 July 2007. After that date, registration may be refused if the number of registered participants exceeds the seating capacity. The scientific programme will cover five themes, as indicated below. Theme 1. Recent advances and validations of the IERS Conventions models Theme 2. Conventional contributions to local station displacements: what to include? Theme 3. Evolution of the realization of reference systems Theme 4. Technique-dependent conventions Theme 5. Evolution of the Conventions Presentations are welcome on all five themes. Participants wishing to contribute should fill the required fields when pre-registering. An abstract will be requested for each proposed presentation at the end of July, in order to prepare the final programme. Gerard Petit, on behalf of the Scientific Organizing Committee ************************************************************************ IERS Messages are edited and distributed by the IERS Central Bureau. To subscribe or unsubscribe, please write to . Archives: http://www.iers.org/iers/publications/messages/ ************************************************************************