34th International symposium on remote sensing of environment (ISRSE)
The Symposia series is guided by the international committee (ICRSE) comprising experts in the field of remote sensing who represent most of the world’s national space agencies. ISRSE has become one of the main forums for programmatic discussions on remote sensing components of the ‘Global Earth Observation system of Systems- GEOSS”, currently being implemented through the Group on Earth Observation (GEO), which (at the time of preparation) is composed of 80 member countries, 58 participating organizations and 5 observers.
Sydney, Australia’s largest city is strategically positioned with excellent access to Asia Pacific countries. This ensures that a significant number of remote sensing scientists from this region will be able to attend. The symposium will provide a platform for countries with established and emerging earth observation programs to report on their progress, as well as new initiatives in the remote sensing arena. As well, the 10-year Implementation Plan of the Group on Earth Observation (GEO) is well underway and therefore the symposium provides an important opportunity for GEO members and task teams to present details of progress of their work. The local organising committee will aim to host key people from GEO.
Attendances at past ISRSE have been increasing with a large attendance of over 800 at the 2009 meeting in Stresa Italy. It is expected that a large contingent from overseas will attend this conference. Key topics covered are:
- Climate change and atmosphere
- Agriculture: food crisis and reducing poverty and hunger
- Forests, Ecosystems and Biodiversity
- Disaster reduction and response
- Coastal and Marine resources
- Water: a limited and degraded resource
- Urban environments and Cultural heritage, – monitoring and mitigation
- Health and wellbeing
- Regional, international programs and applications
- Airborne remote sensing applications and technologies
- Data and Information systems: spatial data infrastructures emerging technologies
- Societal benefits of earth observations: applications and assessment methodologies