IAG 2021 Session & Symposium
Organizer: Christopher Kotsakis (Greece) President Commission 1
Co-organizers: Jean-Paul Boy (France) Vice-President Commission 1
Urs Hugentobler (Germany) Chair Sub-Commission 1.1
Xavier Collilieux (France) Chair Sub-Commission 1.2
Carine Bruyninx (Belgium) Chair Sub-Commission 1.3
Zinovy Malkin (Russia) Chair Sub-Commission 1.4
Sessions:
1.1: International Terrestrial Reference Frame: strengths, weaknesses and strategies for future improvements
Convener: Xavier Collilieux (France)
Co-conveners: Ryan Hippenstiel (USA), Anthony Mémin (France), Zhiping Lu (China)
1.2: Advancements and open problems in global reference frame theory and methodology (Joint with:ICCT)
Convener: Christopher Kotsakis (Greece)
Co-conveners: Mathis Blossfeld (TUM, Germany) (ICCT), Junping Chen (China)
1.3: Terrestrial and space geodetic ties for multi-technique combinations
Convener: Urs Hugentobler (Germany)
Co-convener: Krzysztof Sośnica (Poland), Weiping Jiang (China)
1.4: Regional reference frames and networks
Convener: Carine Bruyninx (Belgium)
Co-convener: Richard Stanaway (Australia), Hu Wang (China)
1.5: Comparison and combination of space geodesy techniques for improving consistency between TRF, CRF
and EOPs
Convener: Robert Heinkelmann (Germany)
Co-conveners: Zinovy Malkin (Russia), Manuela Seitz (Germany), Chengli Huang (China)
1.6:Vertical Reference Systems: methodologies, realization, and new technologies (Joint with:2a2 S5 ICCT QuGe)
Convener: George Vergos (Greece)
Co-conveners: Laura Sánchez (GGOS, Germany), Christopher Kotsakis (Comm.1, Greece),
Jianliang Huang (ICCT, Canada), Jakob Flury (QuGe, Germany), Tao Jiang (China)
Organizer: Mirko Reguzzoni (Italy) Vice President Commission 2
Co-organizers: Derek van Westrum (USA) Chair Sub-Commission 2.1
George Vergos (Greece) Chair Sub-Commission 2.2
Cheinway Hwang (China-Taipei) Chair Sub-Commission 2.4e (Asia-Pacific)
Roland Pail (Germany) Past President Commission 2
Sessions:
2a.1: Terrestrial, Marine and Airborne Gravimetry (Joint with:QuGe)
Convener: Derek van Westrum (USA)
Co-conveners: Hartmut Wziontek (Germany), Michel van Camp (QuGe, Belgium), Shuqing Wu (China)
2a.2: Vertical Reference Systems: methodologies, realization, and new technologies (Joint with:1.6 S5 ICCT QuGe)
Convener: George Vergos (Greece)
Co-conveners: Laura Sánchez (GGOS, Germany), Christopher Kotsakis (Comm.1,Greece),
Jianliang Huang (ICCT, Canada), Jakob Flury (QuGe, Germany), Tao Jiang (China)
2a.3: Local and Regional Geoid and Gravity Modelling
Convener: Cheinway Hwang (China-Taipei)
Co-conveners: Hussein Abd-Elmotaal (Egypt), Wenbin Shen (China)
2a.4: Global Gravity Field Modelling
Convener: Roland Pail (Germany)
Co-convener: Daniel Barnes (USA), Xinyu Xu (China)
2a.5: Satellite Altimetry and Oceanography (Joint with: 2b.4 ICCC)
Convener: Xiaoli Deng (Australia)
Co-convener: Zizhan Zhang (China)
2a.6: Gravity Inversion for Solid Earth (Joint with: 2b.5 ICCT)
Convener: Mirko Reguzzoni (Italy)
Co-conveners: Robert Tenzer (ICCT, Hong Kong, China), Srinivas Bettadpur (S2b. USA), Wenke Sun (China)
2a.7: Topography and Bathymetry Gravity Modelling (Joint with: ICCT)
Convener: René Forsberg (Denmark)
Co-convener: Sten Claessens (Australia), Baogui Ke (China)
Organizer: Adrian Jäggi (Switzerland) President Commission 2
Co-organizers: Frank Flechtner (Germany) Chair Sub-Commission 2.3
Wei Feng (China) Chair Sub-Commission 2.6
Srinivas Bettadpur (USA) Organizer of GGHS 2020 (resp. GGHS 2022)
Sessions:
2b.1: Analysis Techniques
Convener: Adrian Jäggi (Switzerland)
Co-convener: Andreas Kvas (Austria), Yunzhong Shen (China)
2b.2: Spaceborne and terrestrial gravimetry for hydrology (Joint with: ICCC)
Convener: Wei Feng (China)
Co-convener: Nico Sneeuw (Germany)
2b.3: Cryospheric changes from gravity data (Joint with: ICCC)
Convener: Andreas Groh (Germany)
Co-conveners: Isabella Velicogna (USA), Bert Wouters (The Netherlands), Jiangjun Ran (China)
2b.4: Satellite Altimetry and Oceanography (Joint with: 2a.5 ICCC)
Convener: Xiaoli Deng (Australia)
Co-convener: Zizhan Zhang (China)
2b.5: Gravity Inversion for Solid Earth (Joint with: 2a.6 ICCT)
Convener: Mirko Reguzzoni (Italy)
Co-conveners: Robert Tenzer (ICCT, Hong Kong, China), Srinivas Bettadpur (S2b. USA), Wenke Sun (China)
2b.6: Future Gravity Mission Concepts (Joint with: QuGe)
Convener: Frank Flechtner (Germany)
Co-conveners: Wei Feng (China), Matthias Weigelt (Germany)
Organizer: Janusz Bogusz President of Commission 3
Co-organizers:
IAG Commission 3 with International Association of Seismology and Physics of the Earth's Interior (IASPEI),
International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior (IAVCEI),
International Association of Cryospheric Sciences (IACS), and International Astronomical Union (IAU)
Sessions:
3.1: Earth rotation, low-degree gravitational change and mass transport in geophysical fluids (Joint with: ICCC)
Convener: Jianli Chen (USA)
Co-conveners: José Ferrándiz (Spain), Richard Gross (USA), Michael Schindelegger (Germany).
Henryk Dobslaw (Germany),Jin Li (China)
3.2: Observations and modeling of deformation related to changing ice loads
Convener: Jeff Freymueller (USA),Hansheng Wang (China)
Co-Conveners: Natalya Gomez (Canada), Erik R. Ivins (USA), Rebbeka Steffen (Sweden),
Bert Wouters (Netherlands)
3.3: Geodetic observations in volcanic and tectonically active areas (Joint with: 6.3)
Convener: Alessandro Bonforte (Italy)
Co-Conveners: Emily Montgomery-Brown (USA), Takuya Nishimura (Japan),
Jean-Mathieu Nocquet (France),Chengli Huang (China)
Organizer: Allison Kealy President of Commission 4
Co-organizer: Vassilis Gikas Vice-president of Commission 4
Sessions:
4.1: Geodetic Remote Sensing (Joint with: ICCC)
Convener: Michael Schmidt (Germany)
Co-Conveners: Ehsan Forootan (Denmark), Ningbo Wang (China), Rosa Pacione (Italy)
Co-Convener: Guenther Retscher (Austria)
4.3: Techniques and Applications in High Precision GNSS
Convener: Pawel Wielgosz (Poland), Xiaoming Wang (China)
Co-Convener: Suelynn Choy (Australia)
Organizer: Basara Miyahara President of GGOS
Co-organizers: Mike Pearlman, Detlef Angermann, Laura Sánchez
5.1: Geodetic infrastructure for Earth System Monitoring
Convener: Michael Pearlman (USA)
Co-Conveners: Jian Li (China), Toshimichi Otsubo (Japan)
Convener: Riccardo Barzaghi (Italy)
Convener: Detlef Angermann (Germany)
5.4: Geodetic space weather research
Convener: Michael Schmidt (Germany)
Co-Conveners: Ehsan Forootan (Denmark), Changhui Xu (China)
5.5: Assimilation of geodetic observations in the modelling of the Atmosphere, Cryosphere and Hydrosphere
(Joint with: ICCC)
Convener: Jianli Chen (USA)
Co-Conveners: Zhenghui Xie (China), Di Long (China), Mehdi Khaki (UK)
5.6: Geodesy contributions to address societal challenges (Joint with: 5.7)
Convener: Basara Miyahara (Japan)
Co-Conveners: Yamin Dang (China), Nicholas Brown (Australia)
5.7 : Advances in Geodesy for Geohazard Monitoring and Disaster Risk Reduction [joint session with ICCC]
Convener: Allison Craddock (USA)
Co-Conveners: Balaji Devaraju (India) , Chuang Shi (China), Jianghui Geng (China)
Organizers: ICC presidents: Pavel Novák, Annette Eicker, YY Yang, Jürgen Müller
Sessions:
6.1: ICCT Geodetic Theory
Convener: Pavel Novák (Czech Republic), Xiaoyun Wan (China)
Co-Convener: Mattia Crespi (Italy)
6.2: ICCC Geodesy for Climate Research
Convener: Annette Eicker (Germany)
Co-Conveners: Carmen Böning (USA), Wei Feng (China), Marcelo Santos (Canada)
6.3: ICCM Seafloor geodesy, marine positioning and undersea navigation
Convener: YY Yang (China)
Co-Convener: Heidrun Kopp (Germany)
6.4: QuGe Novel Sensors and Quantum Technology for Geodesy
Convener: Jürgen Müller (Germany)
Co-Conveners: Jakob Flury (Germany), Michel van Camp (Belgium), Bob Spero (USA), Wenbin Shen (China)