PANEL SESSIONS

Panel sessions and system workshops reflect timely policy and business related issues featuring leading industry decision makers.

Program Updates
Dr. John Betz, The MITRE Corporation

New Products
Glen Gibbons, Inside GNSS, Gibbons Media & Research LLC
Gian Gherardo Calini, European GNSS Agency

High Integrity Systems
Dr. Sergey Karutin, Russian Space Systems, Russia

IP Policies Related to GNSS
Dave Turner, U.S. Department of State
Giancarlo Caratti, European Commission, Belgium

Emerging GNSS
European Commission Representative
Dr. Xiancheng Ding, BeiDou Management Office/China Electronics Technology Group, China

Unmanned GNSS
Dr. Mikel Miller, U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory

ION GNSS+ 2013 Technical Sessions

Submit Your Abstract

Advanced Inertial Sensing and Applications A
Advanced inertial sensor technology and system integration with applications to navigation and timing. Improved sensor design, calibration, modeling, signal processing, robustness, and SWaP in stand-alone and integrated systems. MEMS, electro-optical-mechanical, atom interferometry, I-FOG, and laser sensors. All-solidstate strategic navigation, indoor and underwater navigation, robust multisensor aiding, multisensory integrity, gravimetry/gravity gradiometry, rapid north finding, autonomous system navigation, and personal navigation.
Co-chairs:
Shan Mohiuddin, Draper Laboratory
Dr. Yunquian Ma, Honeywell

Advances in Military GNSS Systems and Applications A
This session will describe concepts and demonstrations of improved military GNSS receiver design. These improvements may be related to rapid acquisition, improved code and/or carrier tracking performance, high accuracy position solutions, and reduced computational loads. Also covered will be novel methods for flexible receiver architectures, and GNSS/GPS interoperable receivers.
Co-chairs:
John Nielson, Rockwell Collins
Lt. Brian Smith, USAF Global Positioning System Directorate, MGUE

Algorithms and Methods
General methods and advanced algorithms for positioning and navigation with a diversity of sensors. Approaches to exploit multiple GNSS constellations, LiDAR, vision, terrestrial RF signals, and other signals of opportunity. Nonlinear estimation, optimization, and fusion algorithms and analytic methods applied to sensor configuration, feature selection, and performance evaluation of positioning and navigation systems. Techniques to improve acquisition and tracking in terms of sensitivity, robustness, and accuracy and to ensure better integrity, continuity, and availability.
Co-chairs:
Megan Mitchell, Draper Laboratory
Dr. Nesreen Ziedan, Zagazig University, Egypt

Alternatives and Backups to GNSS 1
In many situations, GNSS will have limited or sporadic availability due to due to jamming and spoofing, or environmental factors such as building attenuation. This session will focus on novel methods to obtain position and timing information in impaired environments. Alternative and hybrid location methods suitable for consumer products are to be covered. Possible topics include: positioning using WiFi, cellular tower ranging, RFID, Bluetooth, NFC, HD Radio/DAB, Digital TV etc.; orientation and motion estimation from image/LiDAR/LADAR sequences; map/terrain/landmark matching techniques. Collaborative positioning methods are of interest as are combinations of the above methods with inertial sensor measurements.
Co-chairs:
Dr. Jimmy LaMance, Locata Corporation, Australia
Dr. Farshid Alizadeh-Shabdiz, Skyhook Wireless

Alternatives and Backups to GNSS 2

Co-chairs:
Edward Powers, U.S. Naval Observatory
Andy Wu, The Aerospace Corporation

Aviation Applications A
The use of GNSS for civil and military aviation. Future GNSS requirements for aviation. Integration of GNSS receivers into aircraft and flight testing. Aircraft-based processing, including integrity monitoring and integration with other sensors (e.g. INS, baro, radar altimeter, lidar, vision, etc.). GNSS PNT to support emerging navigation functions (e.g. ADS-B surveillance, Ground Proximity Warning Systems, noise abatement procedures, route planning, etc.). Satellite positioning technology applications for Air Traffic Management and airport surface navigation and guidance. Mitigation to GNSS vulnerabilities and risks. PNT requirements for unmanned aerial systems (UAS) into national and international airspace. Alternate PNT systems for aviation use.
Co-chairs:
Ernesto Etienne, Federal Aviation Administration
Dr. Youngsun Yun, Korea Aerospace Research Institute, Republic of Korea

Clock/Timing and Scientific Applications
This session will include papers on developments in clock technologies that will enhance GNSS performance.
Co-chairs:
Marc Weiss, NIST
Phil Bourekas, Symmetricom

Emerging GNSS

Co-chairs:
Dr. Xiancheng Ding, China BeiDou Management Office, China
Hillar Tork, European Commission, Belgium

Emerging GNSS (Galileo, BeiDou, QZSS, IRNSS)
This session welcomes papers on new civil and governmental capabilities and performance, including availability, integrity and accuracy improvement concepts for Galileo, COMPASS and other emerging GNSS. Services provided by these systems are of particular interest including: open and authorized services, search and rescue services and commercial services. Other topics of interest include compatibility, interoperability and performance aspects related to signals and frequencies; constellations design and characteristics; ground control and monitoring segments; performance analysis of new satellites; user equipment architecture and design; integration with regional augmentation systems and use of those new systems to support future applications; programmatic aspects.
Co-chairs:
Dr. Satoshi Kogure, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Japan
Lionel Ries, CNES, France

Geodesy, Surveying and RTK for Civil Applications C
New technology, products, and applications in precise positioning and RTK for civil applications. New receiver algorithms and methods, including multi-constellation RTK. Advanced network RTK functions. Applications for construction, agriculture, survey, infrastructure, OEM, GIS, and other emerging precise positioning. Advances and performance benefits due to multi-GNSS systems use for applications in surveying and geodesy. Monitoring and maintenance of terrestrial reference frames. Links between ITRS and national datums. Advances in instrumentation and observation techniques. Geotechnical monitoring, e.g. crustal deformation, landslides, coastal processes, etc. Sensor fusion for precise positioning.
Co-chairs:
Dr. Samer Khanafseh, Illinois Institute of Technology
Dr. Manuel Hernandez Pajares, Universität Politecnica de Catalunya, Spain

GNSS Algorithms and Methods 1
Advanced GNSS processing techniques and algorithms including multi-constellation and multi-frequency implementations and studies. Methods of exploiting multiple GNSS signals. Enhancements to conventional receiver architectures, as well as innovative vector loops, position domain schemes, multi-antenna spatial processing and signal quality monitoring. Techniques to improve signal processing ensuring better performance in terms of sensitivity, robustness, accuracy and integrity under challenging conditions including multipath, interference and spoofing/meaconing. Improved methods to deal with multipath and model inaccuracies. Enhanced algorithms and methods for GNSS receiver design: nonlinear estimation, optimization, fusion algorithms, analytic methods applied to sensor configuration and feature selection. Performance modeling, prediction, and evaluation of positioning systems in realistic channel conditions.
Co-chairs:
Dr. Martin Unwin, Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd., UK
Dr. Patrick Henkel, Technical University Munich, Germany

GNSS Algorithms and Methods 2

Co-chairs:
Charles Schue, UrsaNav, Inc.
Dr. Stephen Heppe, Telenergy, Inc.

GNSS and the Atmosphere 1
Experimental observations of refractive and diffractive disturbances on GNSS from the ionosphere and the neutral atmosphere (troposphere). Multi-instrument approaches for ionospheric perturbation monitoring and investigation (e.g., higher order ionospheric effects). Ionospheric irregularities and scintillation models, countermeasures and mitigation techniques, prediction and forecasting of ionospheric disturbances on GNSS. Establishment or enlargement of networks for monitoring polar and equatorial ionospheric disturbances on GNSS. Ground-based and space-based GNSS techniques for monitoring the neutral atmosphere. Synergies between numerical weather models and GNSS observable modeling. Impact of atmospheric pressure loading on GPS stations and the reference frame. Modeling and other techniques for ameliorating the effects of the neutral atmosphere on GNSS positioning, navigation, and timing including use of augmentation systems. Impacts upon atmospheric modelling of new GNSS signals.
Co-chairs:
Dr. Alex Cerruti, The MITRE Corporation
Keith Groves, Boston College, Institute of Scientific Research

GNSS and the Atmosphere 2

Co-chairs:
Dr. Sherman Lo, Stanford University
Dr. Di Qiu, Polaris Wireless, Inc.

GNSS Compatibility, Interoperability, and Services
Optimization of GNSS signal structure, codes and data message. Radio-frequency compatibility and interoperability among different systems. Concepts for interchangeability of GNSS constellations. Analysis of the system performance, mutual interference, impact on the noise floor. Protection and coordination of frequencies. Tools for the assessment of RF compatibility, GNSS signal simulators.
Co-chairs:
Dr. Per Enge, Stanford University
Dr. José Ángel Ávila Rodríguez, ESA/ESTEC, The Netherlands

GNSS Ground Based Augmentation Systems (GBAS)
GAST D. Future multi-frequency and multiconstellation solutions. Accuracy, integrity, continuity, and availability performance for various architectures and applications. Requirements, compliance, validation, and data-analysis considerations. User and ground-segment equipment design, reference station siting and commissioning, user integration, and bench, ground, or flight testing. Integrity monitoring techniques and performance, including software tools. Interoperability among augmentation systems (e.g. GBAS with SBAS ranging, GBAS with integrated inertial, transitions between GBAS, SBAS and RAIM/FDE etc.). GBAS systems design, status and plans.
Co-chairs:
James McDonald, Honeywell, Inc.
Dr. Morten Stakkeland, Indra Navia AS, Norway

GNSS Simulation and Testing
This session will cover the design of hardware and software for laboratory and real-world testing of all aspects of GNSS receiver and application performance. It will also include novel approaches to quantifying error contributions of test equipment, estimating limits of characterization accuracy, improving confidence bounds, and design and validation of test suites for time and resource efficiency.
Co-chairs:
Paul Crampton, Spirent Federal Systems
Darren McCarthy, Rohde & Schwarz, Inc.

GNSS Space Based Augmentation Systems (SBAS)
Developments and planned evolutions in SBAS augmentation systems (WAAS, EGNOS, GAGAN, MSAS). Accuracy, integrity, continuity, and availability performance for various architectures and applications, including requirements, compliance, verification, and data-analysis considerations. User and ground segment equipment design, reference station siting, system certification and commissioning, user integration, and ground, sea, and flight testing. Threat modeling. Integrity monitoring techniques and performance, including software tools. Augmentation to support multiple frequencies and multiple constellations (GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, COMPASS, and/or QZSS). Interoperability among augmentation systems (differences in operations, performance).
Co-chairs:
Laurent Azoulai, Airbus, France
Dr. Takeyasu Sakai, Electronic Navigation Research Institute, Japan

GNSS-MEMS Integration
Low cost MEMS sensors can be found in virtually all smartphones and tablets. This session will focus on these devices and their application in consumer products. Possible topics include MEMS technologies for accelerometers, magnetometers, gyros, and pressure sensors; magnetometer issues in buildings (such as soft-iron effects), gyro-compensated magnetometer solutions, step counters, and altimeters. Integrated system architectures using these sensors and any unique applications are also of interest for this session.
Co-chairs:
Dr. Mark Petovello, University of Calgary, Canada
Dr. Michael Veth, Veth Research Associates

GPS and GLONASS Modernization
This session welcomes papers on new civil and military capabilities and performance, including availability, integrity and accuracy improvement concepts for GPS and GLONASS modernization. Services provided by these systems are of particular interest. Other topics may include compatibility, interoperability and performance aspects related to signals and frequencies, modernized constellations characteristics, ground control and monitoring segments; performance analysis of new satellites, user equipment architecture and design; integration with regional augmentation systems and use of those modernized and new systems to support future applications; programmatic aspects.
Co-chairs:
Thomas Stansell, Stansell Consulting
Dr. Grace X. Gao, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

High Integrity Systems
This session provides an update on high-integrity satellite-based augmentation systems in operation or under development. Presentations include system overviews, current and planned characteristics and performance, program and operational implementation status reports, as well as plans for implementing the dual frequency service. Questions from the audience are encouraged.
Co-chair:
Dr. Sergey Karutin, Russian Space Systems, Russia

Indoor Navigation and Timing 1
Novel techniques, sensors, and systems that enable positioning, navigation, and timing in an indoor environment. Vector tracking for improved indoor PNT robustness and sensitivity. Multiagent collaborative indoor positioning. Centralized cloud-based signal tracking and observables processing. Indoor positioning based on the Indoor Messaging System (IMES). Extraction of navigation and timing information from non-GNSS RF signals present in the indoor environment such as Wi-Fi, cellular, femtocells, etc. Fusion of RFbased navigation with vision, inertial, and magnetic field sensors. On-the-fly mapping of indoor spatial and signal landscapes.
Co-chairs:
Dr. Dinesh Manandhar, GNSS Technologies Inc., Japan
Dr. Todd Humphreys, University of Texas at Austin

Indoor Navigation and Timing 2

Co-chairs:
Dr. Andrey Soloviev, Qunav
Dr. Jeffrey Dickman, Northrop Grumman Corporation

Interference and Spectrum Issues 1

Co-chairs:
Mitch Narins, Federal Aviation Administration
Dr. Alan Grant, The General Lighthouse Authorities of the United Kingdom and Ireland

Interference and Spectrum Issues 2
Effects of interference on the GNSS RF bands. Compatibility of GNSS with terrestrial and satellite based services, both for telecommunications (e.g. MSS ATC, potential interference from electronic devices), navigation (pseudolites, repeaters, etc.) and radar. Radio-frequency compatibility assessments between satellite navigation systems (both GNSS and regional systems). Interference detection, characterization, geolocation, mitigation techniques. Effects of interference on GNSS receivers, receiver design tradeoffs, acquisition and tracking performance, robust navigation in the presence of interference and test results. Spectrum management, policy and frequency protection issues.
Co-chairs:
Dr. Christopher J. Hegarty, The MITRE Corporation
Dr. Michael Meurer, German Aerospace Center DLR, Germany

IP Policies Related to GNSS
Intellectual Properties (IP) will play a crucial role in future market deployment of GNSS programs spanning across a multitude of end-user sectors. Representatives from different GNSS administrations will present the IP policies adopted in their development programs -ranging from the emission of radio-waves in space to ground-based receiving equipment and user applications- with a view to singling out similarities and differences, and analysis how they will cope with the rapid development of GNSS technologies. A debate will follow on the need of public measures to facilitate market uptake and mitigate the risk of IPR litigations together with representatives from industry and specialized patent firms. A lively interaction with the audience will be encouraged.
Co-chairs:
David A. Turner, U.S.Department of State
Giancarlo Caratti, Head of IPR and Technology Transfer, European Commission, Belgium

Marine and Land Based Applications A
New developments in offshore PPP applications, tests and implementation of new offshore vertical reference frames; precise navigation in constricted waterways, harbour entrance and approach, port entry and docking; RTK and longrange RTK developments in marine positioning; performance assessment of commercial services; rig monitoring and offshore wind farm positioning; marine navigation and operations in polar regions; GNSS buoy technologies.
Co-chairs:
Dr. Susan Skone, University of Calgary, Canada
Dr. Tsung-Yu Chiou, MediaTek Inc., Taiwan

Multi-Constellation/Portable Navigation Devices C
Design of multi-constellation (GPS/Galileo/ GLONASS/COMPASS/QZSS/IGNSS) user receivers, signal acquisition and tracking design and analysis, and innovative processing (BOC, MBOC, ALTBOC tracking, SQM). Operational concepts for multi-frequency/multi-constellation receivers. Methods, technology and algorithms for digital processing of wideband signals in hardware and software in a multi-constellation context. Emerging hardware /software technologies and risk areas. RF design for various frequencies (antennas and front ends for multiconstellation) and improvements in RF front-end electronics with an emphasis on flexibility, resistance to interference, and coverage of multiple GNSS. Calibration techniques e.g. for multiantenna or inter-frequency biases. Dynamic reconfiguration of receivers upon interference or loss of one constellation. Innovative and efficient hardware/software co-designs for GNSS receivers and markets.
Co-chairs:
Greg Turetzky, CSR Technology
Scott Burgett, Garmin

Multi-Sensor and Integrated Navigation in GNSS-Challenged Environments 1
This session will address multi-sensor software and hardware integration enhancements that provide continuous, accurate, alternate navigation capabilities in indoor or outdoor environments where some or all of GNSS services have been compromised by signal obscuration, jamming, foliage, or other forms of GNSS service degradation.
Co-chairs:
Dr. Satoshi Kogure, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Japan
Capt. Nate Howard, USAF Global Positioning System Directorate, Systems Engineering

Multi-Sensor and Integrated Navigation in GNSS-Challenged Environments 2

Co-chairs:
Patrick Fenton, NovAtel Inc., Canada
Dr. Jon Winkel, IFEN GmbH, Germany

Multi-Sensor Integrated Navigation (FOUO U.S.-Only)

Co-chairs:
Elliott Kaplan, The MITRE Corporation
James Doherty, Institute of Defense Analyses

Networked-Related Navigation (FOUO U.S.-Only)

Co-chairs:
Karl Kovach, The Aerospace Corporation
Jan Anszperger, C.S. Draper Laboratory

New Products
The panel will cover a broad range of new product types and application domains in an interesting and diverse manner, covering such areas as rail operations, intelligent transport systems, civil aviation, unmanned aerial systems, high-precision positioning and machine control, receiver chipset and mobile devices, timing, and military user equipment. Invited speakers representing key players in the GNSS product and service value chain will make seven to ten-minute presentations and then take part in cross-discussions with other panel members and the audience. In addition to providing insight into specific new products and technology development, the discussion will include a thematic approach to the subject, such as challenges to introduction of new products, understanding market and marketing dynamics, volume vs. cost issues, product turnover, need for standards, and succeeding in a global marketplace.
Co-chairs:
Gian Gherrardo Calini, European GNSS Agency, Belgium
Glen Gibbons, Inside GNSS, Gibbons Media & Research LLC

New Products and Commercial Services C
This session will provide vendors and service providers with an opportunity to describe new products and service offerings. Possible topics might include products that advance the art of navigation and location determination, new services offering enhanced reliability, integrity and spoof rejection, and, new location based services. New paradigms for user interfaces, for example in automotive applications, would also be appropriate.
Co-chairs:
Berni Ai-Kuo, Symmetricom, Corporate Development
Franck Boynton, NavtechGPS

Next Generation GNSS Integrity
Novel integrity concept development for multiconstellation GNSS receivers. Implications of GNSS integrity for automated navigation, including aviation, automotive, rail, marine, and other transportation applications. Integrity impact of external threats (spoofing) and GNSS faults (satellite and constellation failure modes). Monitoring, fault exclusion, and protection level algorithms and requirements. Dissemination of integrity support information via data channels characterized by long latency and low bandwidth.
Co-chairs:
Stig Erik Christiansen, Kongsberg Seatesx AS, Norway
Dr. Mathieu Joerger, Illinois Institute of Technology

Plenary Session: Confronting Challenges

Co-chairs:
Dr. Jade Morton, Miami University (Ohio)
Douglas Taggart, Overlook Systems Technologies

Precise Point Positioning
High-precision static and kinematic positioning techniques. Network-based carrier phase estimation of uncalibrated phase bias terms (satellite and receiver), provision of new data products enabling PPP integer ambiguity resolution, functional models and novel numerical approaches. Algorithms and methods for improving the performance of PPP techniques. Combined GPS/GLONASS PPP, estimation and stability of inter-constellation biases, reference frame alignment.
Co-chairs:
Dr. Richard Langley, University of New Brunswick, Canada
Dr. Sunil Bisnath, York University, Canada

Program Updates
This session provides an update on satellite-based navigation systems in operation or under development. A representative for each system will provide a system overview, summarize current or planned characteristics and performance, report recent programmatic events, update schedule and plans, and summarize ongoing interactions with other service providers. Questions from the audience are encouraged.
Co-chair:
Dr. John W. Betz, The MITRE Corporation

Receiver/Antenna Technology
New or improved technologies, methods and algorithms for acquisition or tracking, novel multipath mitigation strategies, new GNSS antenna designs and their impact on receiver performance; acquisition and tracking of new/multiple signals; designs of novel code and carrier tracking loops and front end architectures; interference mitigation and protection; pre-correlation filtering techniques; experimental results, models and analysis of real environments.
Co-chairs:
Dr. Oliver Montenbruck, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Germany
Dr. Shaowei Han, Unicore Communications, China

Remote Sensing with GNSS and Integrated Systems
Concepts and algorithms for remote sensing using GNSS signals to probe the earth’s atmosphere and surface, and the use of GNSS-based positioning to support observations made by other sensors. Topics include: ground-based, airborne, and spaceborne GNSS reflectometry, GNSS radio occultations (GNSS-RO), airborne laser scanning, digital photogrammetry and synthetic aperture radar applications.
Co-chairs:
Dr. James Garrison, Purdue University
Dr. Shaunggen Jin, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Software Receivers
Reconfigurable software-defined receiver architectures for tracking RF signals (GNSS and others) from which navigation and timing information can be extracted. Implementation on various computing platforms: CPU, DSP, FPGA, and GPU. Optimized implementations: multi-threading, vectorization, dynamic FPGA reconfiguration. Real-time aspects: long-term stability, power consumption, number of channels/ correlators. Demanding post-processing applications: position domain tracking, sensor fusion, forward/backward in time processing. Multi-antenna applications: attitude/phased array. Snap-shot receivers. Server-side processing. Flexible front ends. Use of software radio standards and tools (SCA, GNU-Radio). Open source projects. Use in teaching.
Co-chairs:
Dr. Mark Psiaki, Cornell University
Dr. Thomas Pany, IFEN, Germany

Space Applications A
Navigation and scientific applications of GNSS in space missions. Precise orbit determination, formation flight, launch vehicle tracking, and spacecraft attitude determination. HEO/GEO, cislunar, or interplanetary navigation. Gravimetry, timing, radio occultations or reflectometry, and weak-signal detection. Spaceborne receiver and antenna systems. Ground-based validation and performance testing.
Co-chairs:
Frank Bauer, Emergent Technologies
James Simpson, NASA

Standalone GNSS Services in Challenging Environments
This session will cover enhancements to the acquisition and tracking of GNSS signals in GNSS-challenged or denied environments. Topics include hardware and software techniques to improve the availability of GNSS navigation in jammed or obscured environments, multipath mitigation, and other techniques for preserving accuracy and integrity of GNSS services in these harsh environments.
Co-chairs:
Dr. Keith McDonald, The MITRE Corporation
Karl Shallberg, Zeta Associates

Unmanned GNSS

Co-chairs:
Dr. Mikel Miller, U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory
Dr. Frank van Graas, Ohio University

Urban Navigation Technology
This session addresses new or improved technologies, methods and algorithms for providing accurate positioning and navigation in practical indoor scenarios and deep urban canyons using GNSS and other sensors. Experimental results, models and analysis of radio propagation and reflection in real environments; extraction of precise ranging measurements from signals affected by attenuation, multipath and/or changing environmental topology; assisted and highsensitivity GNSS; system architectures and algorithms for data fusion of multi-sensor systems (GNSS, radio, magnetic, inertial, visual); map/database aided positioning and navigation.
Co-chairs:
Dr. Matthew Lashley, NTA, Inc.
Dr. Ali Broumandan, Nexteq Navigation, Canada

Abstract Submission Guidelines

Submit Your Abstract

Abstracts should be submitted via the ION Abstract Management Portal no later than March 8, 2013. If you have not used the portal before, click “Create My Account”. Once signed in, click ION GNSS+ 2013 and complete the form.

Abstracts should describe objectives, anticipated or actual results, conclusions, any key innovative steps and the significance of your work.

Authors will be notified of acceptance after May 10 and provided an electronic author’s kit with presentation and publication guidelines.

Final manuscripts must uploaded to the Abstract Management Portal by August 23, 2013. Corrected manscripts will be accepted through September 30, 2013.

Papers not representative of the original abstract submitted will NOT be included in the conference proceedings, regardless of whether or not they were presented at the conference, and may affect the acceptance of future abstracts.

All authors are required to pay registration fees.

International Participants

We recommend that you apply for a visa at least three to four months in advance. Travelers from all Visa Waiver Program countries must present either a machine-readable passport or a U.S. visa. For general information about visas go to http://www.nationalacademies.org/visas/.

Conference attendees requesting a visa letter to attend a conference must:

1. Submit the Visa Letter Request Form
2. Register and pay the conference registration fees BEFORE a letter of invitation will be sent. Exemptions to this policy apply only to those authors whose papers have been accepted for presentation, company personnel working in the exhibit area or trade associated press.

Registration Information

Register Online

Online registration will be available in Spring 2013.

Full Registration includes all technical sessions, access to the exhibit hall, ION meal functions and events, and a CDROM of the proceedings.

Conference Information

ION GNSS+ 2013 (technical sessions and exhibits) will be held at the Nashville Convention Center in Nashville, Tennessee.

Student Paper Awards

Student Paper Awards will be awarded on a competitive basis. Papers submitted by February 1 will be reviewed for technical content, clarity and presentation by a selection committee. The primary student author of each paper selected for presentation is sponsored by the ION to attend the conference and present his or her paper in one of the many professional technical sessions. Selected student authors receive a travel expense stipend, conference registration and publication of the selected paper in the ION GNSS proceedings.

For information on eligibility and deadlines, contact the ION National Office at 8551 Rixlew Lane, Suite 360, Manassas, VA 20109. Phone: 703-366-2723, Fax: 703-366-2724, e-mail: meetings@ion.org.

Journal Publication

Authors of appropriate papers are encouraged to submit them for possible publication in the ION’s archival journal NAVIGATION. You may submit your paper online at www.ion.org/publications/jsp.cfm.