14th IAIN World Congress: International Association of Institutes of Navigation

Concorde El Salam Hotel

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The biennial International Association of Insitutes of Navigation (IAIN) World Congress will take place in Cairo, Egypt from October 1 to October 3, 2012, in conjunction with MELAHA 2012, the 6th Arab Institute of Navigation conference and exhibition.

The conference venue is the Concorde El Salam hotel in the tranquil Helipolis suburb, a 10 minute drive from the airport

The theme is "Seamless Navigation: Challenges and Opportunities."

Just before the conference, on September 30, two workshops will be offered for graduate students and researchers with knowledge of GPS who are new to the mobile mapping field:

• Multi-constellation GNSS Precise Point Positioning with Ahmed El-Rabbany, professor of geomatics engineering at Ryerson University, Canada
• GNSS/INS Integrated Navigation Systems– State of the Art and Future
  Trends in Mapping and Navigation Applications with Naser El-Sheimy, professor and Canada Research Chair, Department of Geomatics Engineering, University of Calgary.

For information about the scientific program, email Ahmed El-Rabbany,

The conference chair is Refaat Rashad, president of IAIN and the Arab Institute of Navigation.