IAIN World Congress 2015, Prague - International Association of Institutes of Navigation (IAIN)

The IAIN World Congress 2015

The 2015 IWC was held in Prague, capital of the Czech Republic, from October 20 to October 23, 2015.

Keynote lectures of Wednesday, October 21, 2015

Satellite Navigation and its Future Perspectives, International Aspects
keynote lecture by Sharafat Gadimova, United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs, ICG Executive Secretariat

The navigation of navigation
keynote lecture by David Last, Past-President, Royal Institute of Navigation

Current status and future perspective of the U.S. GPS program
keynote lecture by Ray E. Clore, Senior Advisor for GNSS Issues, U.S. Department of State

GLONASS status and evolution
keynote lecture by Sergey Revnivykh, ISS-Reshetnev's GLONASS Directorate

Current status and future perspectives of GALILEO & EGNOS
keynote lecture by Günter W. Hein, University FAF, München

Operation and dvelopment of BeiDou navigation satellite system
keynote lecture by Jing Li, China Transport Telecommunication Information Center

The current status of QZSS program
keynote lecture by Satoshi Kogure, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency

Multi-sensor navigation systems: concepts, evolution, trends and applications
keynote lecture by Dorota A. Grejner-Brzezinska, President of the United States Institute of Navigation

Where next for GNSS?
keynote lecture by Terry Moore, Professor of Satellite Navigation, Nottingham Geospatial Institute, The University of Nottingham

Proceedings

The non-IEEE Proceedings from the IWC 2015, all sessions

Event report

The organisers' event report

page last revised May 6, 2020

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