INTERNATIONAL LASER RADAR CONFERENCE (ILRC) HAS RUN UNDER THE AUSPICES OF INTERNATIONAL COORDINATING GROUP FOR LASER ATMOSPHERIC STUDIES (ICLAS) SINCE 1968. IT HAS BEEN TYPICALLY HELD ON A BIANNUAL BASIS OVER THE RECENT YEARS. ILRC IS THE ONLY LIDAR CONFERENCE DESIGNED TO DISCUSS ALL ASPECTS OF THE TECHNOLOGIES THAT GO INTO LASER INSTRUMENTS FOR RANGING AND PROFILING AND THE SCIENCE AND APPLICATIONS THAT COMES FROM THE MEASUREMENTS THAT THESE INSTRUMENTS PRODUCE. THE ILRC MEETINGS TYPICALLY DRAW THE WORLDS EXPERTS FROM ACADEMIA GOVERNMENT AND INDUSTRY AND PROVIDE A BROAD VENUE FOR INTERACTION AND EXCHANGE OF IDEAS AND FINDINGS BETWEEN US SCIENTISTS AND STUDENTS AND THE INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY. THIS IS CRITICAL TO ADVANCEMENT OF ACTIVE REMOTE SENSING SCIENCE AND APPLICATIONS IN THE US. THIS PROPOSAL SEEKS CRITICAL NASA SUPPORT FOR TRAVEL TO THE CONFERENCE FOR STUDENTS AND YOUNG SCIENTISTS FROM US INSTITUTIONS AS WELL AS SUPPORT FOR ON-LINE AND OPEN-ACCESS PUBLICATION OF THE ILRC 29 CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS AT THE EPJ WEB OF CONFERENCES AS WITH THE PAST ILRC PROCEEDINGS.

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