<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:12px"><div class="" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal" class=""><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal" class=""><span style="font-size:22.0pt" class="">2015
African Geophysical Society Conference<o:p class="" style=""></o:p></span></i></b></div><div class="" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal" class=""><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal" class=""><span style="font-size:22.0pt" class="">1<sup class="" style="">st</sup>
– 5<sup class="" style="">th</sup> June 2015, NAIROBI, Kenya<o:p class="" style=""></o:p></span></i></b></div><div class="" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal" class=""><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal" class=""><span style="font-size:22.0pt" class=""><o:p class="" style="">&nbsp;</o:p></span></i></b></div><div class="" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span class="" style=""><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal" class=""><u class="" style=""><span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:blue" class=""><a href="http://www.afgps.org/" class="" style="">www.afgps.org</a><o:p class="" style=""></o:p></span></u></i></span></div><div class="" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span class="" style=""><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal" class=""><u class="" style=""><span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:blue" class=""><o:p class="" style=""><span style="text-decoration:none" class="">&nbsp;</span></o:p></span></u></i></span></div><div class="" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span class="" style=""><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal" class=""><u class="" style=""><span style="color:blue" class="">Final Announcement &amp; Call for Participation</span></u></i></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal" class=""><br style="mso-special-character:line-break" class="">
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<!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal" class=""><o:p class="" style=""></o:p></b></i></div><div class="" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma" class="">The African Geophysical Society AGS is accepting
application for her Second Annual Conference holding at the </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB" class="">Kenya Institute
of Curriculum Development, Nairobi, Kenya. This is the </span><span class="" style=""><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal" class=""><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal" class="">Final Announcement &amp; Call for Participation.</i></b></span><span style="font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma" class=""><o:p class="" style=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph" class=""><span style="font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;" class=""><o:p class="" style="">&nbsp;</o:p></span></div><div class="" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;mso-outline-level:3"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal" class=""><span style="font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;color:blue;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB" class="">Background<o:p class="" style=""></o:p></span></i></div><div class="" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB" class="">The </span><span style="font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma" class="">African Geophysical Society AGS </span><span style="font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;" class="">is
a dynamic, innovative, and interdisciplinary scientific association committed
to the pursuit of understanding of Earth and Space for the benefit of mankind.
It was formally established on </span><span style="font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-US" class="">Thursday 15<sup class="" style="">th</sup> November 2012 </span><span style="font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;" class="">during the first Chapman Conference on Space
Weather in Africa, organized by the American Geophysical Union AGU at Addis
Ababa, Ethiopia, between 12<sup class="" style="">th</sup> and 16<sup class="" style="">th</sup> November 2012. The
venue of the maiden Chapman conference on Space weather was the </span><span style="font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-US" class="">Conference
Center of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia. <o:p class="" style=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph" class=""><span style="font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;" class="">The fundamental
objectives of AGS are to: (i) Promote the study of the Earth, other planets and
Space; and their environments in Africa, (ii) Promote cooperation between
scientists and among scientific organizations involved in geophysics and
related disciplines, (iii) Initiate and participate in research programs in
Earth sciences, space science and related disciplines, (iv) Advance the various
relevant disciplines through scientific discussion, publication, and
dissemination of information and (v) Encourage programmes and research in
geophysics, space science and other related disciplines that will advance
economy development and sustainable growth in the African region. <o:p class="" style=""></o:p></span></div><div class="" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;" class=""><o:p class="" style="">&nbsp;</o:p></span></div><div class="" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1428886152266_100772"><strong class="" style=""><span style="font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;;font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold" class="">AGS
has many sections which reflect the fields of relevance to the Society, viz:
Solid Earth Science (geology, geodesy, geophysics, geochemistry,
biogeosciences; Atmospheric Science (Small scale and local wind systems, air
pollution,<span style="mso-spacerun:yes" class="">&nbsp; </span>mesoscale processes, global
wind systems, cyclones, weather forecasting,<span style="mso-spacerun:yes" class="">&nbsp;
</span>atmospheric chemistry, global climate and its change, meteorology)</span></strong><strong class="" style=""><span lang="JA" style="font-family:&quot;MS Mincho&quot;;mso-ascii-font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;;mso-hansi-font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;;font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold" class="">;</span></strong><strong class="" style=""><span style="font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;;font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold" class="">Ocean Science (Estuarine and
costal oceanography, ocean circulation, marine biogeochemistry,
paleoceanography, marine geology, and<span style="mso-spacerun:yes" class="">&nbsp;
</span>atmosphere-ocean coupling; Astronomy and Planetary Science (interior,
surface, magnetosphere, ionosphere, and upper<span style="mso-spacerun:yes" class="">&nbsp;
</span>atmosphere of solar system bodies other than earth, cosmology); Solar
and Terrestrial (sun, interplanetary medium, heliosphere, the<span style="mso-spacerun:yes" class="">&nbsp; </span>magnetosphere, ionosphere, and upper
atmosphere of planet earth, space<span style="mso-spacerun:yes" class="">&nbsp;
</span>weather) Hydrological Science (Hydrometeorology, Surface Water
Hydrology, Ground Water Hydrology, Water Resources Planning and
Management,<span style="mso-spacerun:yes" class="">&nbsp; </span>Hydro-informatics).<o:p class="" style=""></o:p></span></strong></div><div style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1428886152266_100773"><strong class="" style=""><span style="font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;;font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold" class=""><o:p class="" style="">&nbsp;</o:p></span></strong></div><div style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1428886152266_100775"><span style="font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1428886152266_100774">AGS is at present
forging strong partnership with other regional and academic societies of
equivalent objectives viz: <strong class="" style=""><span style="font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;;font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold" class="">American Geophysical Union AGU,</span></strong><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal" class=""> </b><strong class="" style=""><span style="font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;;font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold" class="">Asia-Oceania Geosciences Society
AOGS,</span></strong><strong class="" style=""><span style="font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;" class=""> </span></strong>European
Geosciences Union EGU, IUGG, <strong class="" style="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1428886152266_100777"><span style="font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;;font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1428886152266_100776">Royal Astronomical Society, URSI,
WMO, Japan Geosciences Union JpGU, etc. In October 2014, a memorandum of
understanding was signed with the American Geophysical Union AGU. <o:p class="" style=""></o:p></span></strong></span></div><div class="" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1428886152266_100778"><span style="font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB" class="">The first AGS annual conference took place in Abuja, Nigeria between 2<sup class="" style="">nd</sup>
and 6<sup class="" style="">th</sup> June 2014. It was a successful conference with </span><strong class="" style="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1428886152266_100780"><span style="font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1428886152266_100779">overwhelmed subscription from which only One hundred
and twenty one applicants were invited. The participants spread over 11 African
Countries, UK, Japan, and India. Ninety Seven papers were accepted and
classified as 43 orals, 46 posters and 8 <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1428886152266_100782">plenary
papers<span style="color:blue" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1428886152266_100781">. This second conference promises to be better. </span></i>As
at now, 81 applications have been received from different African countries and
other continents.<i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal" class=""><span style="color:blue" class=""><o:p class="" style=""></o:p></span></i></span></strong></div><div class="" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1428886152266_100778"><strong class="" style=""><span style="font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold" class=""><br></span></strong></div><div class="" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;mso-outline-level:3" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1428886152266_100785"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal" class=""><span style="font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;color:blue;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB" class="">Conference
Programme<o:p class="" style=""></o:p></span></i></div><div class="" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1428886152266_100787"><span style="font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1428886152266_100786">The Conference Programme will consist of a series of Sessions with
technical presentations, plenary presentation, panel discussions and working
group meetings. The programme may also include a field trip and a social events
programme for all Conference participants. <o:p class="" style=""></o:p></span></div><div class="" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1428886152266_100787"><span style="font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB" class=""><br></span></div><div class="" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal" class=""><span style="font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;color:blue;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB" class="">Technical Sessions<o:p class="" style=""></o:p></span></i></div><div style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph" class=""><span style="font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;" class="">The following scientific
sessions have been scheduled by the appropriate conveners:<span style="mso-spacerun:yes" class="">&nbsp; </span><o:p class="" style=""></o:p></span></div><div class="" style="margin-left:63.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;text-indent:-63.0pt;mso-text-indent-alt:-34.65pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:40.5pt"><!--[if !supportLists]--><strong class="" style=""><span style="font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;;font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold" class=""><span style="mso-list:Ignore" class=""><span style="font:7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;" class="">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span>(i).<span style="font:7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;" class="">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></span></span></strong><!--[endif]--><strong class="" style=""><span style="font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;;font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold" class="">Solid Earth Science (geology,
geodesy, geophysics, geochemistry, biogeosciences); Convener: Anifowoshe, A. O.
B.<o:p class="" style=""></o:p></span></strong></div><div class="" style="margin-left:63.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;text-indent:-34.65pt;tab-stops:40.5pt"><strong class="" style=""><span style="font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;;font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold" class=""><o:p class="" style="">&nbsp;</o:p></span></strong></div><div class="" style="margin-left:63.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;text-indent:-63.0pt;mso-text-indent-alt:-34.65pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:40.5pt"><!--[if !supportLists]--><strong class="" style=""><span style="font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;;font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold" class=""><span style="mso-list:Ignore" class=""><span style="font:7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;" class="">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span>(ii).<span style="font:7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;" class="">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></span></span></strong><!--[endif]--><strong class="" style=""><span style="font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;;font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold" class="">Atmospheric Science (Small scale
and local wind systems, air pollution, mesoscale processes, global wind
systems, cyclones, weather forecasting, atmospheric chemistry, global climate
and its change, meteorology)<o:p class="" style=""></o:p></span></strong></div><div class="" style="margin-left:63.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;text-indent:-34.65pt;tab-stops:40.5pt"><strong class="" style=""><span style="font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;;font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold" class=""><o:p class="" style="">&nbsp;</o:p></span></strong></div><div class="" style="margin-left:63.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;text-indent:-63.0pt;mso-text-indent-alt:-34.65pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:40.5pt"><!--[if !supportLists]--><strong class="" style=""><span style="font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;;font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold" class=""><span style="mso-list:Ignore" class=""><span style="font:7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;" class="">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span>(iii).<span style="font:7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;" class="">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></span></span></strong><!--[endif]--><strong class="" style=""><span style="font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;;font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold" class="">Ocean Science (Estuarine and
costal oceanography, ocean circulation, marine biogeochemistry,
paleoceanography, marine geology, and<span style="mso-spacerun:yes" class="">&nbsp;
</span>atmosphere-ocean coupling);<o:p class="" style=""></o:p></span></strong></div><div class="" style="margin-left:63.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;text-indent:-34.65pt;tab-stops:40.5pt" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1428886152266_100788"><strong class="" style=""><span style="font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;;font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold" class=""><o:p class="" style="">&nbsp;</o:p></span></strong></div><div class="" style="margin-left:63.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;text-indent:-63.0pt;mso-text-indent-alt:-34.65pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:40.5pt" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1428886152266_100790"><!--[if !supportLists]--><strong class="" style=""><span style="font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;;font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold" class=""><span style="mso-list:Ignore" class=""><span style="font:7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;" class="">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span>(iv).<span style="font:7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;" class="">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></span></span></strong><!--[endif]--><strong class="" style="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1428886152266_100789"><span style="font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;;font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold" class="">Astronomy and Planetary Science
(interior, surface, magnetosphere, ionosphere, and upper atmosphere of solar
system bodies other than earth, cosmology);<o:p class="" style=""></o:p></span></strong></div><div class="" style="margin-left:63.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;text-indent:-34.65pt;tab-stops:40.5pt"><strong class="" style=""><span style="font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;;font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold" class=""><o:p class="" style="">&nbsp;</o:p></span></strong></div><div class="" style="margin-left:63.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;text-indent:-63.0pt;mso-text-indent-alt:-34.65pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:40.5pt"><!--[if !supportLists]--><strong class="" style=""><span style="font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;;font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold" class=""><span style="mso-list:Ignore" class=""><span style="font:7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;" class="">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span>(v).<span style="font:7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;" class="">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></span></span></strong><!--[endif]--><strong class="" style=""><span style="font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;;font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold" class="">Solar and Terrestrial Science
(sun, interplanetary medium, heliosphere, the magnetosphere, ionosphere, and
upper atmosphere of planet earth, space<span style="mso-spacerun:yes" class="">&nbsp;
</span>weather): Convener – A. B. Rabiu; T. Emad<o:p class="" style=""></o:p></span></strong></div><div style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:120.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;text-indent:-35.45pt;mso-list:l0 level4 lfo2" class=""><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;" class=""><span style="mso-list:Ignore" class="">a.<span style="font:7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;" class="">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;" class="">Equatorial
ionospheric dynamics<o:p class="" style=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:120.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;text-indent:-35.45pt;mso-list:l0 level4 lfo2" class=""><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;" class=""><span style="mso-list:Ignore" class="">b.<span style="font:7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;" class="">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;" class="">Space
weather <o:p class="" style=""></o:p></span></div><div class="" style="margin-left:120.5pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;text-indent:-35.45pt;mso-list:l0 level4 lfo2;tab-stops:40.5pt"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold" class=""><span style="mso-list:Ignore" class="">c.<span style="font:7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;" class="">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;" class="">VarSITI:
SCOSTEP new scientific activity<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight:bold" class=""><o:p class="" style=""></o:p></span></span></div><div class="" style="margin-left:63.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;text-indent:-34.65pt;tab-stops:40.5pt"><strong class="" style=""><span style="font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;;font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold" class=""><o:p class="" style="">&nbsp;</o:p></span></strong></div><div class="" style="margin-left:63.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;text-indent:-63.0pt;mso-text-indent-alt:-34.65pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:40.5pt"><!--[if !supportLists]--><strong class="" style=""><span style="font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;;font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold" class=""><span style="mso-list:Ignore" class=""><span style="font:7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;" class="">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span>(vi).<span style="font:7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;" class="">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></span></span></strong><!--[endif]--><strong class="" style=""><span style="font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;;font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold" class="">Hydrological Science
(Hydrometeorology, Surface Water Hydrology, Ground Water Hydrology, Water Resources
Planning and Management, Hydro-informatics)<o:p class="" style=""></o:p></span></strong></div><div class="" style="margin-left:63.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;text-indent:-34.65pt;tab-stops:40.5pt"><strong class="" style=""><span style="font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;;font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold" class=""><o:p class="" style="">&nbsp;</o:p></span></strong></div><div class="" style="margin-left:63.0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;text-indent:-63.0pt;mso-text-indent-alt:-34.65pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1428886152266_100793"><!--[if !supportLists]--><strong class="" style=""><span style="font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;;font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold" class=""><span style="mso-list:Ignore" class=""><span style="font:7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;" class="">&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span>(vii).<span style="font:7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;" class="">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></span></span></strong><!--[endif]--><strong class="" style="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1428886152266_100792"><span style="font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Segoe UI Light&quot;;font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1428886152266_100791">Space weather effects on GNSS application at equatorial latitudes (The
equatorial ionosphere is known to have a very dynamic behavior in terms of
variability. It has the largest effect in terms of errors on GNSS systems. We
need to more understand it behavior to improve models results in the African
sector of longitude. How a magnetic event taking place at the sun level affects
a GNSS system on Earth. What are the implications for technology systems on
which our lives rely? The physical processes based on the solar, the
interplanetary medium and the ionospheric parameters should clearly appear in
the works to be presented. We are welcoming also, presentations that report
GNSS applications implemented at country of regional level. How the population
can benefit from the implementation of such application. How it impacts the
development of that area? Since IHY – 2007 program launch under the umbrella of
UNOOSA in 2005 in Dubai, a considerable progress has been made to spread space
science equipment on the African continent. The scientists are encouraged to
present their recent works using data collected on the continent. – Conveners:
Obrou, O. K.; Bolaji, O. S.<o:p class="" style=""></o:p></span></strong></div><div class="" style="margin-left:63.0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><strong class="" style=""><span style="font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Segoe UI Light&quot;;font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold" class=""><o:p class="" style="">&nbsp;</o:p></span></strong></div><div class="" style="margin-left:63.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;text-indent:-63.0pt;mso-text-indent-alt:-34.65pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:40.5pt" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1428886152266_100796"><!--[if !supportLists]--><strong class="" style=""><span style="font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;;font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold" class=""><span style="mso-list:Ignore" class=""><span style="font:7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;" class=""><span style="mso-spacerun:yes" class="">&nbsp;</span></span>(viii).<span style="font:7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;" class="">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></span></span></strong><!--[endif]--><strong class="" style="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1428886152266_100795"><span style="font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;;font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1428886152266_100794">Earth &amp; Space Science
Informatics ESSI (Description: Earth system and space science applications on
current and emerging high performance computing architectures, Community-driven
challenges and solutions dealing with Informatics, New approaches to digital
environmental models, Citizen-empowered science and crowdsourcing in the
geosciences, Multi-disciplinary challenges and solutions across the Earth and
Space Sciences, Innovative Evaluation and Prediction for Large Earth Science
Datasets, Earth science on Cloud, HPC and Grid; International cross-project
collaboration and interoperability of data management systems, Metadata, Data Models,
and Semantics , Open Access to Research Data and Public Sector Information:
perspective, drivers, and barriers , Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) for
Geoinformatics and Geosciences , Platforms, Sensors and Applications with
Unmanned Aerial Systems in the geosciences, High Resolution Topography in the
Geosciences: methods and applications, Visualization for scientific discovery
and communication, Techniques and tools for effective visualization and
sonification in the geosciences, State of the Art in Earth Science Data
Visualization, Communication of uncertain information in earth sciences: data,
models and visualization). Convener: Gbobaniyi, E. O.<o:p class="" style=""></o:p></span></strong></div><div class="" style="margin-left:63.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;tab-stops:40.5pt"><strong class="" style=""><span style="font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;;font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold" class=""><o:p class="" style="">&nbsp;</o:p></span></strong></div><div class="" style="margin-left:63.8pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;text-indent:-63.8pt;mso-text-indent-alt:-45.8pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1428886152266_100798"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;" class=""><span style="mso-list:Ignore" class="">(ix).<span style="font:7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;" class="">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b class="" style=""><span style="font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;" class="">Science
and Applications of SBAS/EGNOS in Africa </span></b><strong class="" style=""><span style="font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;;font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold" class="">(Description:
</span></strong><span style="font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1428886152266_100797">Satellite-Based
Augmentation System (SBAS) is a regional system designed to improve Global
Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) in terms of accuracy, integrity,
availability and continuity. <em class="" style=""><span style="font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;" class="">EGNOS</span></em>
(<em class="" style=""><span style="font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;" class="">European Geostationary Navigation
Overlay Service)</span></em> is the European SBAS system that augments the US
GPS satellite navigation system and makes it suitable for safety critical
applications such as flying aircraft or navigating ships through narrow
channels. Researches have shown that, among other factors, atmosphere is a
major source of error to SBAS system due to its dynamism. Therefore, the
science of the atmosphere is one of key factors to consider in order to have
successful operation of the SBAS/EGNOS system most especially in a complex
atmospheric region like equatorial region in which more than 70% of Africa
continent falls. Contributions are welcome from participants to this session).
Convener: S. M. Radicella and E. O. Abe <o:p class="" style=""></o:p></span></div><div class="" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;tab-stops:40.5pt"><strong class="" style=""><span style="font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;;font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold" class=""><o:p class="" style="">&nbsp;</o:p></span></strong></div><div class="" style="margin-left:63.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;tab-stops:40.5pt"><strong class="" style=""><span style="font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;;font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold" class=""><o:p class="" style="">&nbsp;</o:p></span></strong></div><div class="" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB" class=""><o:p class="" style="">&nbsp;</o:p></span></div><div class="" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;mso-outline-level:3"><a name="Japan2015_Application" class="" style="" href=""></a><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal" class=""><span style="font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;color:blue;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB" class="">Application Form<o:p class="" style=""></o:p></span></i></div><div style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph" class=""><span style="font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB" class="">Online application to participate in the Workshop will be accepted until
1<sup class="" style="">st</sup> May 2015. Visit: <span style="mso-spacerun:yes" class="">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-family:Tahoma;mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma" class=""><a href="http://www.afgps.org/" class="" style="">www.afgps.org</a>/conference<o:p class="" style=""></o:p></span></div><div class="" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB" class=""><o:p class="" style="">&nbsp;</o:p></span></div><div class="" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal" class=""><span style="font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;color:#3366FF;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB" class="">Conference Fees<o:p class="" style=""></o:p></span></i></div><div class="" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1428886152266_100799"><span style="font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB" class=""><o:p class="" style="">&nbsp;</o:p></span></div><div class="" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB" class="">Members, Scientists, professionals: 70 US dollars<o:p class="" style=""></o:p></span></div><div class="" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:Times;mso-fareast-language:EN-US" class="">Students</span><span style="font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB" class="">: 50 US dollars<o:p class="" style=""></o:p></span></div><div class="" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB" class="">Payable on arrival at the conference in Nairobi or
through our webpage at <a href="http://www.afgps.org/" class="" style="">www.afgps.org</a><o:p class="" style=""></o:p></span></div><div class="" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB" class=""><o:p class="" style="">&nbsp;</o:p></span></div><div class="" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal" class=""><span style="font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;color:#3366FF;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB" class="">Hotel rates, Transport from Airport and Other Logistics<o:p class="" style=""></o:p></span></i></div><div class="" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB" class="">Hotel rates in Nairobi ranges between 60 and 200 US
dollars per night.<o:p class="" style=""></o:p></span></div><div class="" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:-2.8pt;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1428886152266_100801"><span style="font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB" class="">The LOC
has arranged a block reservation of about 280 US dollars for the four nights of
meeting including meals at the rate of 70 US dollars</span><strong class="" style=""><span style="font-family:Tahoma;mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold" class=""> Full Board per night</span></strong><span style="font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB" class="">. You can also make the payment through our webpage.</span><strong class="" style=""><span style="font-family:Tahoma;mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold" class=""> You are expected to inform the local organizing
committee to make reservations for you. Those intending to pick a taxi from the
airport are advised that the average fare from the airport to town is about </span></strong><strong class="" style=""><span style="font-family:Tahoma;mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma" class="">Ksh 3000</span></strong><strong class="" style=""><span style="font-family:Tahoma;mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold" class=""> or just about </span></strong><strong class="" style=""><span style="font-family:Tahoma;mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma" class="">US$ 40.</span></strong><span style="font-family:Tahoma;mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;color:black" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1428886152266_100800"> For enquiry
regarding the Hotel reservation and directions from airport to the AGS
conference venue, please contact the local organizing committee i.e <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal" class="">Mr. Ochieng<span style="mso-spacerun:yes" class="">&nbsp;
</span>Adero</b> : <a href="mailto:aderoconstant@gmail.com" class="" style="">aderoconstant@gmail.com</a>
; Cell-phone:+254-726117704.</span><strong class="" style=""><span style="font-family:Tahoma;mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold" class=""> The
weather in June is normally chilly with temperatures ranging from 12<sup class="" style="">0 </sup><span style="mso-spacerun:yes" class="">&nbsp;</span>- 20<sup class="" style="">0</sup> C and participants are
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countries whose citizens do not need visa to enter Kenya , one is advised to
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Research and Development Agency, Nigeria<o:p class="" style=""></o:p></i></div><div class="" style="margin-left:120.5pt;text-indent:-120.5pt"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal" class="">Prof. Paul Baki, Technical University of
Kenya<o:p class="" style=""></o:p></i></div><div class="" style="margin-left:120.5pt;text-indent:-120.5pt"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal" class="">Prof. Florence D’Ujanga, Makerere
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