CGSIC Bulletin: Virtual Attendance Links: 63rd meeting of the U.S. Civil GPS Service Interface Committee (CGSIC)

63rd meeting of the U.S. Civil GPS Service Interface Committee (CGSIC)

On the 11th and 12th of September 2023, the 63rd meeting of the U.S. government’s Civil GPS Service Interface Committee (CGSIC) will be hosted by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) and the U.S. Coast Guard Navigation Center (NAVCEN) in the Hyatt Regency Denver at Colorado Convention Center.

Passcode is the same for all virtual rooms and is: CGSIC63

Each USDOT ZoomGov virtual room will open 30 minutes before the session begins and it will automatically allow participants to enter the virtual room.

On Monday, September 11th, the Subcommittees of the CGSIC for Timing, International Information, and Survey, Mapping, and Geosciences will hold their meetings.  To remotely attend the subcommittee meetings, use the following links:

International Information Subcommittee – Chair: Mr. John Wilde, CEO, Spacekey
11SEP2023 – 9:00AM MDT
https://faavideo.zoomgov.com/j/1606674981
Timing Subcommittee – Chair: Dr. Patricia Larkoski, MITRE
11SEP2023 – 2:00PM MDT
https://faavideo.zoomgov.com/j/1618722833
Surveying, Mapping & Geosciences Subcommittee – Chair Mr. John Galetzka, CORS Branch Chief, NGS
11SEP2023 – 2:00PM MDT
https://faavideo.zoomgov.com/j/1600615477

The Keynote speaker for this year’s CGSIC Plenary Session will be Dr. Robert Hampshire, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology, Chief Science Officer, U.S. Department of Transportation.  Agendas for the CGSIC Subcommittee and Plenary sessions will include presentations on the operational status and modernization of the GPS constellation of satellites, U.S. space-based Position, Navigation and Timing (PNT) policy, GPS augmentation systems, information related to U.S. engagement with other international Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) as well as a variety of interesting applications and use of GPS. To remotely attend the Plenary Session of the CGSIC, use the following link:

63rd Meeting of the Civil GPS Service Interface Committee Plenary
12SEP2023 – 9:00AM MDT
https://faavideo.zoomgov.com/j/1618759614

An agenda for the CGSIC meetings in Denver is available at  http://www.gps.gov/cgsic/meetings/2023   As a reminder, all CGSIC meetings are free and open to the public so please come by for an interesting couple of days’ briefings on the U.S. civil GPS program.

To learn more about the Coast Guard Navigation Center, visit www.navcen.uscg.gov