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IHB BULLETIN - NEWSLETTER 2003

CUMULATIVE  ANNUAL TABLE OF CONTENTS

• More to see in Monaco.
  
  

• New Hydrographer of the Republic of Philippines
  Since 15 November 2002.  
  
  

• 52^nd Session  of the IMO Technical Cooperation Committee (TC52)
  and 89^th Session of the IMO Council
  London, UK, 25-29 November 2002
   
  

• Prevention of the Pollution in the Mediterranean Sea: Experts meet 
  in Monaco
  Monaco, 22 January 2003.  
  

FEBRUARY

• 3^rd Meeting of the North Indian Ocean Hydrographic Commission
  Goa, India, 17-19 January 2003.  
  
  

• Second Meeting of the new IHO Strategic Planning Working Group
  Goa, India, 20-22 January 2003.  
  
  

• Safety of  Navigation on Lake Victoria – Steering Committee Meeting
  Arusha, Tanzania, 9-14 February 2003.   
  

• New Hydrographer of the Argentine Hydrographic Office
  From 26 February 2003.  
  
  

• Eighth Session of the IBCCA
  Boulder, Colorado, USA, 3-5 March 2003.

• New Hydrographer of Egypt
  From January 2003.
  
  

• New Hydrographer of the Republic of Korea
  From March 2003.
  
  

• Extraordinary Meeting of the Southern Africa & Islands Hydrographic Commission (SAIHC)
  Pretoria, South Africa, 20 March 2003.  
  
  

• Meso-American Caribbean Sea Hydrographic Commission (MACHC)
  Electronic Chart Working Group
  Biloxi, MS, USA,  24 March 2003.  
  
  

• The Hydrographic Society of America (THSOA) - U.S. HYDRO 2003
  Biloxi, Mississippi, USA,  24-27 March 2003.
  
  

• U.S.  - Canada Hydrographic Commission (USCHC)
  Biloxi, Mississippi, U.S.A.,  25 March 2003.
  
  

• Visit of a Delegation of the Dominican Republic to the IHB
  27 March 2003.  
  
  

• IC-ENC Technical Experts Working Group  (TEWG)
  The Hague, Netherlands, 1-2 April 2003.  
  
  

• Digital Geographic Information Working Group  (DGIWG)
  Vancouver, British Columbia Canada, 7-11 April 2003.
  
  

• EUMEDIS 217 Project MEDChartNet - 1^st Project Steering Committee
  and General Meeting
  IMA, Trieste, Italy, 8-9 April 2003.  
  
  

• South West Pacific Hydrographic Commission (SWPHC)
  Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia, 15-16 April 2003.  
  
  

• Creation of a new IHO Committee: "IHO Capacity Building Committee".
  
  
  

• GEBCO Sub-committee on Digital Bathymetry (SCDB).
  12 April 2003, Monaco.  
  
  

• The Centenary Commemoration of the General Bathymetric Chart 
  of the Oceans  (GEBCO)
  Monaco, 14-16 April 2003.  
  
  

• 5^th Tidal Committee.
  Lima, Peru, 23-25 April 2003.  
  
  

• IHO ENC Security Scheme – Training Session for IHB Personnel.
  IHB, Monaco, 24-25 April 2003.
  
  

• X^th  Meeting of the Hydrographic Committee of the Pan American 
  Institute of Geography and History (PAIGH)
   28-30 April 2003, Viña del Mar, CHILE.
   

• International Chamber of Shipping – Radio & Navigation Subcommittee.
  ICS, London, UK, 29 April 2003.  
  
  

•  Visit to the “Servicio de Hidrografía Naval de la Armada Argentina”
  Buenos Aires, Argentina, 5-8 May 2003.
  
  

• Visit to the « Servico Oceanográfico, Hidrográfico y Meteorológico de
  la Marina de Uruguay”
  Montevideo, Uruguay, 6-7 May 2003.
  
  

• 3^rd Meeting of the Strategic Planning Working Group
  Lima, Peru, 12-14 May 2003.
  
  

• Visit to the I.H. Bureau by a Group of students from the "Università 
  Degli Studi di Genova"  (University of Genoa),  Italy.
  BHI, Monaco, 13 May 2003.  
  
  

• 6^th Meeting of the Commission on Promulgation of Radio Navigational Warnings (CPRNW)
  IHB, Monaco, 13-15 May 2003.  
  
  

• Visit to the IHB of the new Hydrographer of the Republic of Korea, 
  with a Delegation
   20 May 2003.  
  
  

• “The Electronic Chart: Functions, Potential and Limitations of a new 
  Marine Navigation System”
  By H. Hecht, B. Berking, G. Büttengenbach, M. Jonas, L. Alexander.
  Book published by GITC, The Netherlands.
  
  

• Information about new Hydrographers
  (Brazil, Syria, South Africa)
  
  

• 47^th Meeting of the Nordic Hydrographic Commission (NHC)
  Norrköping, Sweden, 6-7 May 2003.
  
  

• TSMAD Sub WG Meeting
  CHS, Ottawa, Canada, 12-16 May 2003.
  
  

• XIII Meeting of the Mediterranean and Black Seas Hydrographic
  Commission (MBSHC)
  Brest, France, 1-4 June 2003.
  
  

• 1st Meeting of the Standardization of Nautical Publications 
  Working Group (SNPWG)
  BSH, Hamburg, 2-4 June 2003.
  
  

• 4th UNICPOLOS
  UN, New York, 2-6 June 2003.
  
  

• Meeting of the FIG/IHO Advisory Board on Standards of Competence
  London, UK, 3-7 June 2003.

• XXVIth Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting (ATCM)
  Madrid, Spain, 09-20 June 2003.
  
  
• XXIInd IOC Assembly
  Paris, France, 23 June - 04 July 2003.
  
  
• 3rd IMA Technical & Scientific Committee Meeting
  Trieste, Italy, 11 July 2003.

• Visit of the "Beautemps-Beaupré" to Monaco
  23-27 July 2003.

• Xth Meeting of the Baltic Sea Hydrographic Commission
  St. Petersburg, Russia, 2-5 September 2003.
  
  
• European Combined Geodetic Network (EGN) Working Group Meeting
  BKG, Frankfurt, Germany, 4-5 September 2003.
  
  
• 3rd Meeting of the IHO Hydrographic Committee on Antarctica (HCA)
  IHB, Monaco, 8-10 September 2003.
  
  
• 1st Meeting of the IHO Capacity Building Committee
  IHB, Monaco, 11-12 September 2003.
  
  
• Electronic Distribution of Cuba's Notices to Mariners
  
  
• New IHO Member State: Union of Myanmar
  
  
• "Electronic Sailing Directions"  by Lt. Cdr. Roberto PEREZ MEDINA, 
  the Head of Geomatics, HIDRONAV, Peru.

• Obituary: Captain ADENOTE, Nigeria
  
  
• The 4th Meeting of the Southern Africa and Islands Hydrographic
  Commission (SAIHC)
  Swakopmund, Namibia, 25-26 September 2003.
  
  
• 4th Meeting of the IHO Strategic Planning Working Group (SPWG)
  Singapore, 9-11 October 2003.
  
  
• 7th South East Asian Survey Congress (SEASC2003)
  Hong Kong, China, 3-7 November 2003.

• 21st  International Cartographic Conference (ICC)
  Durban, South Africa, 10-16 August 2003.
  
  
• New Hydrographer: Republic of South Africa
  September 2003.
  
  
• New Hydrographer: Nigeria.
  September 2003.
  
  
• GLOSS Meeting and Workshop on new Technical Developments
  in Sea and Land Level Observing Systems.
  Paris, France, 13-17 October 2003.
  
  
• ABLOS Activities
  End of October.
  
  
• VIth Meeting of the South East Pacific Hydrographic Commission (SEPHC)
  Lima, Peru, 3-5 November 2003.
  
  
• Visit to the "Instituto Oceanográfico de la Armada del Ecuador" (INOCAR)
  November 2003.
  
  

• New Director of Operations in the Australian Hydrographic Office
  Robert Ward.
  
  
• 8th Conference of the East Asia Hydrographic Commission (EAHC)
  Shangai, China, 11-14 November 2003.
  
  
• Visit to IHB by Mr. Greenland (Chairman of FIG Commission 4 -
  Hydrography.
  14 November 2003.
  
  
• IHB Visit to the National Oceanographic Research Institute (NORI)
  Republic of Korea, 17-18 November 2003.
  
  
• IHB Visit to the Dominican Republic - COCATRAM Meeting
  Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, 17-20 November 2003.
  
  
• IHO Data Protection Scheme Working Group (DPSWG)
  3rd Meeting, IHB, Monaco, 24-25 November 2003.
  
  
• 2nd Meeting of the WEND Task Group
  Monaco, 3 December 2003.
  
  
• 23rd Assembly of the IMO
  IMO Headquarters, London, 24 November - 5 December 2003.