IAGA Scientific Assemblies

IAGA holds an Ordinary General Assembly every 4 years in conjunction with each Ordinary General Assembly of IUGG. Between the Ordinary General Assemblies, IAGA holds a Scientific Assembly, often meeting with one of the other Associations of IUGG.

Through its Assemblies IAGA provides global forums for scientists to present and discuss their latest research results, share knowledge, establish standards, resolve issues, and to promote international studies and cooperation. Much of this is achieved through the meetings of the IAGA Divisions and Commissions and their Working Groups.

At the Assemblies, meetings called "Conferences of Delegates" are convened where reports on IAGA activities are given to the National Delegates, who take decisions on matters of IAGA scientific, administrative and financial policy, according to the voting rules set out in the IAGA Statutes and By-Laws. It is at the meetings of the Conference of Delegates that IAGA Resolutions are considered and Executive Committee members are elected. These meetings, usually held close to the start and the end of the Assemblies, are open to all scientists registered at the Assembly and all are encouraged to attend and participate in the discussions.


Future Assemblies

The 11th IAGA Scientific Assembly will be held in Sopron, Hungary, 23-30 August 2009.

Contact details are given below.

IAGA 2009 Sopron LOC
Geodetic and Geophysical Research Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
H-9400 Sopron, Csatkai u. 6-8., Hungary
Tel: (+36) 99 508 340
Fax: (+ 36) 99 508 355
Email: iaga_2009_sopron@ggki.hu


Past Assemblies

2007 The XXIVth IUGG General Assembly was held in Perugia, Italy, 2-13 July 2007 (website)

2005 - 10th IAGA Scientific Assembly, Toulouse, 18-29 July 2005 (held together with the International Commission on the Middle Atmosphere (ICMA) a Commission of the International Association of Meteorology and the Atmosphere (IAMAS).) (Details on the Toulouse Assembly as made available before the event, and reports from the Assembly after its conclusion.)

2003 - XXII IUGG General Assembly, Sapporo, 30 June - 11 July 2003 (Information on IAGA activities in Sapporo)

2001 - Joint Scientific Assembly with IASPEI, Hanoi, 18-30 August 2001

1999 - XXII IUGG General Assembly, Birmingham, UK, 19-30 July, 1999

1997 - 8th IAGA Scientific Assembly, Uppsala, Sweden, 4-15 August 1997 (with ICMA and SCOSTEP)

1995 - XXI IUGG General Assembly, Boulder, USA, 2-14 July 1995.