Subject: [SLR-Mail] No.2709: Professor Yaoheng Xiong retired From: 李语强 2021-05-11 Dear Colleagues, Professor Yaoheng Xiong officially retired this year. He led the team to achieve space debris laser ranging and lunar laser ranging at Kunming Station, thanks to his contribution to the development of satallite laser ranging at Yunan Observatories. We thank all colleagues for your concern and support to our station, we will continue to work with you in the field of satellite laser ranging. Due to the continued threat of the current pandemic, the 22nd International Workshop on Laser Ranging has been postponed to next year. We look farward to meeting in Kunming next year. Best Regards, Yuqiang Li 李语强 Yuqiang Li ========================================================== 中国科学院云南天文台 Yunnan Observatories,CAS 邮编：650011 Postcode: 650011 地址：云南省昆明市东郊凤凰山 ADD:Phoenix Mt,East Suburb,Kunming,Yunnan 电话: 0871-63920402 PH.: +86 871 63920402 传真: 0871-63920599 FAX: +86 871 63920599 手机: 15925157733 MOB: +86 15925157733 Email:lyq@ynao.ac.cn Email: lyq@ynao.ac.cn ========================================================== 发件人： Pearlman, Michael R. (Mike) via ilrs 发送时间： 2021-04-10 03:20:24 收件人： SLRMail; ilrs 抄送： 主题： [ilrs] Postponement of Upcoming Laser Workshops Dear Colleagues, In view of the continued threat of the current pandemic, the ILRS and the members of the Kunmimg Station have decided that it would be best to postpone the 22nd International Workshop on Laser Ranging until 2022. We know that it is a disappointment to skip another year, but we really have no choice. The date for the 2022 workshop at Kunming has yet to be decided. Plans are being formulated to have another program of virtual station tours, with perhaps some virtual talks on pertinent ILRS subjects in late 2021, in place of the workshop. As a consequence, the Technical Workshop scheduled for Arequipa will also be postponed another year until 2023. We thank both the Kunming and Arequipa teams for their patience and preparation to date. We know that both workshops will be great successes. Looking on the bright side, our community should have much to report when these workshops are finally held. We hope that you and your community will continue to act with safety. With best wishes, MIke Pearlman Director, ILRS Central Bureau