XXVIIIth General Assembly

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XXVIIIth General Assembly Of International Union
of Radio Science (URSI) Venue New Delhi,
India Date October 23 29, 2005 CISET
ReportJune 13, 2005CNC-URSIUnion of
Radioscience InternationalURSI Commissions
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CISET ReportJune 13, 2005CNC-URSIUnion of
Radioscience International URSI Commissions

• Electromagnetic Metrology 40 Canadian Members
• Fields Waves 110
• Signals And Systems 50
• Electronics And Photronics 110
• Electromagnetic Noise And Interference 30
• Wave Propagation And Remote Sensing 70
• Ionospheric Radio And Propagation 40
• Waves In Plasma - 50
• Radio Astronomy - 50
• Electromagnetics In Biology And Medicine - 40

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CNC-URSICommittee Structure
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URSI - STRUCTURE

• Board President, 4 Vice Presidents, Treasurer,
  Secretary
• Council Board Member Council Chairs
• Commissions (10) National Commission
  Representatives
• Vice Chair, Chair
• The Radio Science Bulletin Commission Vice
  Chairs Are Editors
• Notes General Assembly Held Once Every 3 Years
• Canada Has Category 4 Membership With 8 Votes
• During The GA There Will Be 4 Council Meetings
  And 20 Commission Meetings For Canadian
  Delegates to Attend

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CNC URSI BUDGET
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CNC URSI TRUST ACCOUNT
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CNC URSI TRUST ACCOUNT Cont
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CNC URSI TRUST ACCOUNT Cont
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CNC URSI TRUST ACCOUNT Cont
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USE OF CNC URSI TRUST ACCOUNT

• Seed Money For Conference Centres
• Start Up Money For Conference Partnerships
• Travel To Decision Meetings To Bring
  International Conferences To Canada
• Awards For Best Student Presentations

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FUTURE URSI MEETINGS

• Ottawa 2004 URSI CNC/ANTEM Radio Science
• St. Malo 2005 July URSI CNC/ANTEM Radio
  Science
• New Delhi 2005 Oct 23-29 URSI General Assembly
• Canada 2006 URSI CNC/ANTEM Radio Science
• Ottawa 2007 July 15-18 URSI CNC/NARS/US-NC Mtg

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Welcome to the URSI Canadian National Committee
(CNC) Through the National Research Council of
Canada (NRC), Canada participates in URSI with
direct contributions and through the Canadian
National Committee (CNC).

• CNC Annual Reports (1998 2005)

• NRC Services for URSI CNC
• CNC Membership CNC Chairs Present and Past Y.
  Antar G. Delisle           CNC
  Secretary/Treasurer - Vallée
• CNC Representatives (list)
• Antar,Y. Delisle,G. Georgieva-Nikolova,N.
  James,G. Krzymien,W. Laurin,J.J.
  Mishra,S. Nadeau,B. Prato,F.
  Routledge,D. Staples,G. Vallée,J.P. Wittke,P.

• Why you should join URSI-Canada?
• Choose a radio commission, contact your CNC rep
  URSI Canadian National Committee Your
  place in the URSI world Brief History of the
  URSI CNC (1952-1999)

• URSI homepage in Belgium

• Past and future CNC international activities
  Ottawa 2007 URSI-Joint NARS/US-NC internat.
  symposium Canada 2006 URSI-CNC/ANTEM radio
  science (tentative) St.Malo 2005
  URSI-CNC/ANTEM radio science (tentative)
  Ottawa 2004 URSI-CNC/ANTEM radio science
  Columbus 2003 URSI-NARS/IEEE-APS internat.
  symposium Victoria 2001 URSI Comm. B internat.
  symposium Toronto 1999 URSI General Assembly
  Montréal 1997 URSI-JointNARS/IEEE-APS internat.
  symposium

http//www.ursi.ca
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CNC-URSI STRENGTHS

• Strong Leadership In Chair And Secretary/Treasurer
  Position
• Canadian Representation At The International
  Level
• Organizational Structure
• Feed Back To Members
• Trust Account
• HIA Support
• NRC CorpSer Support
• Student Prizes
• North American Scientific Meetings

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CNC-URSI THREATS OPPORTUNITIES

• Threats
• Loss Of Trust Account
• Reduced Support From NRC CorpSer
• Difficulty In Replacing Chair
• Opportunities
• Increase Scientific Canadian Leadership
• Attract Strong Chair
• Stronger Support From NRC CorpSer