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European Frequency and Time Forum
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PURPOSE
The European Frequency and Time Forum (EFTF) is an international conference and exhibition, providing information on recent advances and trends of scientific research and industrial development in the fields of Frequency and Time.
The fact that time can be measured so precisely, far better than any other physical parameter, represents a technological asset of great importance. Many space programmes and terrestrial applications require some form of stable timing for successful operation. Typical examples are digital network synchronisation, spread spectrum communication, range and range-rate determination, navigation and position location, very long baseline interferometry, scientific research (gravity and relativity experiments), time transfer by satellites, Earth observation and geodesy.
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EFTF MEETINGS SINCE 1987 - PROCEEDINGS
The Forum has been taking place every year since 1987:
Year
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Location
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| 1987 to 1991 |
alternatively in Besançon (France) and Neuchâtel (Switzerland) |
| 1992 |
Noordwijk, The Netherlands |
| 1993 |
Neuchâtel, Switzerland |
| 1994 |
Munich, Germany |
| 1995 |
Besançon, France |
| 1996 |
Brighton, United Kingdom |
| 1997 |
Neuchâtel, Switzerland |
| 1998 |
Warszawa, Poland |
| 1999 |
Besançon, France (with IEEE-FCS) |
| 2000 |
Torino, Italy |
| 2001 |
Neuchâtel, Switzerland |
| 2002 |
St-Petersburg, Russia |
| 2003 |
Tampa, USA |
| 2004 |
Guildford, United Kingdom |
| 2005 |
Besançon, France |
| 2006 |
Braunschweig, Germany |
Proceedings of EFTF meetings can be ordered from the permanent EFTF secretariat.
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PERMANENT EFTF ORGANIZATION - CONTACT
Executive Committee
Claude Audoin, retired, ex-LHA / CNRS, Orsay (France)
Elio Bava, IENGF, Torino (Italy)
Raymond J. Besson, LCEP / ENSMM, Besançon (France)
Marcel Ecabert, FSRM, Neuchâtel (Switzerland)
Vincent Giordano, LPMO-CNRS, Besançon (France)
Lute Maleki, JPL, Pasadena CA (USA)
Fritz Riehle, PTB, Braunschweig (Germany)
Giorgio Santarelli, SYRTE, Paris (France)
Bernard Schlueter, FSRM, Neuchâtel (Switzerland)
Pierre Thomann, Observatoire Cantonal de Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel (Switzerland)
Michael Underhill, University of Surrey, Guildford (United Kingdom)
Secretariat
The permanent EFTF secretariats are held by
FSRM, contact Suzanne Schwendener and
SFMC, contact Isabelle Coutrot
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