Slide1: XXVIIIth General Assembly Of International Union of Radio Science (URSI) Venue: New Delhi, India Date: October 23 – 29, 2005 CISET Report June 13, 2005 CNC-URSI Union of Radioscience International URSI Commissions


CISET ReportJune 13, 2005CNC-URSIUnion of Radioscience International URSI Commissions: CISET Report June 13, 2005 CNC-URSI Union 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


CNC-URSICommittee Structure: CNC-URSI Committee Structure


URSI - STRUCTURE: 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


CNC – URSI BUDGET: CNC – URSI BUDGET


CNC – URSI TRUST ACCOUNT: CNC – URSI TRUST ACCOUNT


CNC – URSI TRUST ACCOUNT Con’t…: CNC – URSI TRUST ACCOUNT Con’t…


CNC – URSI TRUST ACCOUNT Con’t…: CNC – URSI TRUST ACCOUNT Con’t…


CNC – URSI TRUST ACCOUNT Con’t…: CNC – URSI TRUST ACCOUNT Con’t…


USE OF CNC – URSI TRUST ACCOUNT: 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


FUTURE URSI MEETINGS: 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


Slide12: 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). http://www.ursi.ca 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. 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 CNC Annual Reports (1998 – 2005) 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


CNC-URSI STRENGTHS: 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


CNC-URSI THREATS & OPPORTUNITIES: 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