The conference will be hosted by Leicester University, and held at their Oadby Campus (http://www.le.ac.uk/conference/) from 8th-11th September 2009

The local organising committee, headed up by Dr Kevin Tansey, will include staff from the Department of Geography and the Space Research Centre at Leicester University.

Further details will follow shortly.

The workshop will be held at Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel and will bring together scientists, students, decision makers, end users, industries, and commercial companies that are using this key technology.

The focus of the workshop will be on environmental applications based on inter- disciplinary research making use of different data sources. Other IS applications are also welcome.

Please visit the active URL address of the conference at http://www.earsel6th.tau.ac.il

The topics of the workshop are:

Potential applications of satellite IS sensors
Existing and future IS missions (e.g., CHRIS, EnMAP, Hyperion)
Existing and future airborne IS sensors (e.g., ARES, AVIRIA, APEX)
Lessons learned from 20 years of IS remote sensing
Terrestrial ecosystem remote sensing
Commercial utilization of IS technology for geology and agriculture applications
Limnology and hydrology using IS technology
Ecology and Environmental issues using IS technology
Climate change and IS technology
Requirements for different applications (spatial resolution, radiometric performance, spectral and temporal coverage,…
IS data fusion with other sensors (e.g., LIDAR)
All kinds of economic aspects of the IS technology
Methods and data processing
Atmosphere
Electro-optics and technical issues
Toward commercialization of the IS technology for environmental applications
New algorithms for IS image processing
Data compression
On-board processing
Global cal/val activities
Coordination of global data archival and distribution
Near real-time analysis
Basic and advanced spectroscopy
Quantitative mapping applications
Moving from pure science to active business
Ground (laboratory and field) Imaging spectroscopy applications
Others

Student scholarships

A limited number of scholarships for students to attend the workshop will be available. Eligibility: students who will present a paper (oral or poster).

Workshop program

The program of the workshop will include invited and free sessions, field trips, and social events. The workshop will be dedicated to honor Prof. Klaus Itten for his outstanding contribution to the European IS community over the years; a special session devoted to that end will be organized. Two field trips are planned at the end of the workshop: to the Dead Sea and Makhtesh Ramon, Southern Israel.

Abstracts

You are invited to submit an abstract (200 words) electronically through the website of the conference, which will be available soon. Please indicate in your abstract your presentation preference: oral or poster.

Important dates:
First announcement: November 9, 2007
Abstract submission deadline: October 11, 2008
Notification of acceptance: December 12, 2008
Early registration: January 17, 2009
Final submission of full paper: March 16, 2009

Its mission, therefore, will be to encourage the geospatial family and the society at large to function in ways that protect the Earth’s natural environment and its capacity to provide for the needs and aspirations of present and future generations.

THEME: GEOSPATIAL TECHNOLOGY FOR SUSTAINABLE PLANET EARTH

The International Lidar Mapping Forum is the premier event for the LiDAR industry attracting professionals from all over the world looking to invest in and benefit from LiDAR technology and services. The next event is scheduled for January 26 – 28, 2009 in New Orleans, USA.

The last ILMF, in February 2008, saw record growth in attendance which reflects the growing importance of LiDAR to the world’s mapping industries as the key way to acquire massive amounts of high resolution digital data in an extremely cost effective manner. More than 580 delegates registered from 32 countries (up from approximately 250 the year before).

The Conference Technical Committee is seeking papers and work-in-progress reports on all aspects of airborne and bathymetry LiDAR with a particular emphasis on papers that address the key commercial and technical issues facing the industry.

To submit a paper visit http://www.lidarmap.org/papers

If you are interested in exhibiting, please email versha.carter@lidarmap.org

Kind regards
ILMF Team

Abstract submission deadline March 31, 2008

Sub-Theme 1: Ecosystem Assessment
Coastal and Marine Ecosystem
Water Resources
Oceanography
Forestry
Grassland /Savanna /Semi-arid Ecosystem
Agricultural and Pastoral Systems
Urban Ecosystems

Sub-Theme 2: Non-Renewable Resources Exploitation
Geology
Mineral Exploration
Mining and Sustainable Development of the Communities
Mining Landscape Renewal
Earth Resources Data Integration and Modelling

Sub-Theme 3: Disaster Management & Early Warning Systems
Desertification and drought
Floods
Earthquakes
Volcanic Eruption
Landslides
Biodiversity degradation
Waste management
Coastal erosion
Early warning systems
Users needs requirements and technology Development
Data integration and knowledge Discovery
Disaster Risk Reduction

Sub-Theme 4: Monitoring Human Security Mapping and GIS:
For improving Primary Education
For Food Security
For Improving Health and combating HIV/AIDS, Malaria and other parasitic Disease
For water and Sanitation Improvement
To support peace keeping operations
To facilitate humanitarian action

Sub-Theme 5: Land Administration and Sustainable Development
Urban Land Administration
Rural Land Administration for improving Long-term investment
Mapping for Land use and Conflict Resolution

Sub-Theme 6: Capacity Building, Global Trade and Partnerships/Regional Co-Operation
Capacity building initiatives in Earth Observation and Geoinformation Science
Partnerships and Regional/Sub-Regional Cooperation for Mapping and GIS Capacity Building
Trade Issues: GIS for Meeting Export Standards

Sub-Theme 7: Earth Mapping Systems and Governance
Integrating Spatial Data Infrastructure and Information & Communication Technology
Global Earth Observation Systems
Emerging Remote Sensing and Photogrammetric Equipment and Techniques

Sub-Theme 8: Micro-Satellites: Case Studies and Experiences
Mapping Applications
Feature Extraction and Data Fusion
New Advances and Users

See attached flyer and the conference website for more details.
AARSE_call_for_Abstract.pdf

As Infoterra is the sole distributor for ERDAS imaging software across the UK and Ireland, the conference will include ERDAS product development updates and on-site training, as well as new software demonstrations and industry specific case study presentations. Also the conference will feature speakers from the military, oil and gas, central government, environmental and commercial arenas, together with application focused breakout sessions and workshops.

Register before June 30th and receive a special early bird rate of £65.00pp, which includes a full 2-day conference pass, all meals and overnight accommodation. After this date the standard rate of £100.00pp will apply. For more information or to register for this event, please e-mail the conference organiser – sharon.dean@infoterra-global.com

The subject is a high-priority topic in the Mediterranean region. Risk reduction using remote sensing techniques may be very helpful in various applications. Identification of relevant space-based and airborne information for Disaster Management Support and Emergency Response is a major issue.
The conference is to provide an international forum bringing together experts from different remote sensing and GIS branches as well as from disaster management. The conference will cover several stages in risk management, such as knowledge, prevention, warning, management of emergency situations, post-analysis of crisis, environmental rehabilitation, etc.

For further announcements visit http://www.earsel.geosat.hr or http://www.earsel.org/?target=announce/earselevents

FIRST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON REMOTE SENSING TECHNIQUES IN DISASTER MANAGEMENT AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE IN THE MEDITERRANEAN REGION

22-24 September 2008
Zadar, Croatia

On behalf of the Organisers, we invite you to participate in the above mentioned conference, organised by the European Association of Remote Sensing Laboratories (EARSeL), the Scientific Council for Remote Sensing of the Croation Academy of Sciences and Arts (HAZU), the University of Zagreb, and GEOSAT Ltd., Zagreb.

The organisers of the conference would be grateful if you would note and forward on, as appropriate, the following information:

The new abstract deadline date for the conference is

29th FEBRUARY 2008

The conference subject “Disaster Management and Emergency Response” is a high-priority topic in the Mediterranean region. Risk reduction using remote sensing techniques can be very helpful in various applications.
Identification of relevant space-based and airborne information for Disaster Management Support and Emergency Response is a major issue.

The conference covers risk management, such as knowledge, prevention, warning, management of emergency situations, post-analysis of crisis, environmental rehabilitation, etc.

Papers are welcome for the following topics: – Forest Fires – Earthquakes – Floods – Land Degradation (soil erosion, desertification) – Landslides/mudflows – Storm Damage – Sea pollution/Oil-spill detection – Man-made and other relevant aspects

***IMPORTANT DATES:*****

The conference will offer paper presentations and poster sessions, and provide an international forum for sharing your ideas, exploring the on-going research, future development, including the state-of-the-art applications, and networking with the professionals from academies, industry and government, who are interested in Disaster Risk Reduction in the Mediterranean Region.

After the conference, a study boat trip to the fire site on the Kornati islands is planned.

For further information please visit

Looking forward to receiving your contributions and to welcoming you in Zadar,

Background:
In recent years there has been rapid development and use of laser systems in inventorying, assessing, and monitoring of forests. Applications of laser technology have included the estimation of forest biophysical parameters (including carbon) at the individual tree or stand level as part of local, regional and even national forest inventory. In addition, laser data have been used to monitor forest change, model susceptibility to wind or fire damage, and map wildlife habitat. Laser systems can operate on ground-based, airborne and satellite platforms. They are categorised as scanning or profiling systems supplying range or waveform information per laser pulse. This distinction is, however, becoming increasingly blurred as laser systems evolve.

Aims of Silvilaser 2008:
SilviLaser 2008 will be the 8th international conference in a series focussing on applications of laser systems for forest assessment and inventory. Previous conferences have taken place in Canada, Australia, Sweden, Germany, USA, Japan and Finland.

SilviLaser 2008 aims to bring together research scientists and practitioners from around the world to share their experience in the development and application of LiDAR for forest assessment and inventory. We strongly encourage presentations across all forms of laser system, from all possible platforms, and across a full range of forest applications. The conference will discuss the state-of-the-art in laser systems and data processing techniques in order to meet a range of information needs. The conference aims to encourage new and stronger linkages between LiDAR practitioners, and in particular between researchers, data providers and end-users of derived products.

Topics for presentation:
The conference will encourage papers on terrestrial, airborne and space-borne LiDAR data (discrete return and waveform) for the following forest related topics:

• Forestry applications & inventory
• Forest monitoring & change detection
• Ecological applications & habitat mapping
• LiDAR data fusion (ground-based, airborne, satellite)
• Data fusion (in-situ, aerial photos, hyper-spectral)
• Algorithm & techniques development
• System & intensity calibration
• Large-scale & operation applications of LiDAR
• New technologies

There will be a special session on ecological applications for forest habitat assessment, sponsored by the British Ecological Society.

Keynote speakers are Professor Ralph Dubayah (University of Maryland), Dr Wesley Newton (U.S. Geological Survey) and Dr Richard Lucas (University of Wales Aberystwyth).

For further information please see: http://www.forestresearch.gov.uk/Silvilaser2008

Conference Co-Chairs
Ross Hill (Bournemouth University)
Juan Suárez (Forest Research)

Highlights:
First class social events in the idyllic surroundings of the Cornish coast
High-quality, research-led technical programme
On-site accommodation
Commercial sessions and exhibition

Technical sessions will include:
Remote sensing and climate change
Data assimilation and uncertainty
Water quality in inland and coastal waters
Spatial-spectral-temporal signatures in RS data
Calibration & validation of Earth observation data

Plus we welcome input from the wider community on other special sessions of interest

The first call for papers was made in January 2008.
For the latest news on the conference and registration please visit: http://www.rspsoc2008.org

Please feel free to distribure this flyer. RSPSoc2008flyer1.pdf

9 – 11 September 2008

Hosted by the
Department of Archaeology, Faculty of Arts
University of Ljubljana

• Proposals for sessions, papers and posters are invited**

The following sessions have been proposed, for which offers of papers are welcome:
Aerial Archaeology in the Mediterranean; New Projects; Postgraduate research;
Airborne Thematic Mapping/Airborne Laser Scanning; An archaeology of natural places … from the air; Aerial photography in context – recording landscape and urban areas.

11 September Conference Day 3
Field Trip

Note: session titles are provisional and all papers and session proposals are welcome.

Oral papers should usually be 20 minutes duration, and equal weighting is given to poster presentations.

Closing date for abstracts is 31st May 2008.

Address for conference correspondence:

Dave Cowley
RCAHMS
16 Bernard Terrace
Edinburgh, EH8 9NX
Scotland

Email dave.cowley@rcahms.gov.uk
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STEFANO CAMPANA
LANDSCAPE ARCHAEOLOGY
UNIVERSITY OF SIENA

Email campana@unisi.it

WEB SITES http://www.lapetlab.it but also http://www.3darchaeology.org

Director of the LANDSCAPE ARCHAEOLOGY & REMOTE SENSING LABORATORY-LAP&T
SIENA LAB

Via Roma 56, 53100 Siena – Italy

Phone/Fax ++(0)577-234733/234601

GROSSETO LAB
Convento Clarisse, via Vinzaglio 28, 58100 Grosseto – Italy
Phone/Fax ++(0)564-441212/13

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The organising committee of the Sixth World Archaeology Congress (WAC-6) are delighted to now invite colleagues from across the globe to come to University College Dublin, Ireland from June 29-July 4, 2008 for this spectacular archaeological conference. We are planning a varied and engaging thematic programme and a wide range of social events that will provide opportunities to experience the cultural and social life of Dublin and Ireland and to sample this island’s
outstanding archaeological heritage.

WAC is committed to diversity and to redressing global inequities in archaeology through conferences, publications and scholarly programs. It has a special interest in protecting the cultural heritage of Indigenous peoples, minorities and peoples from a range of countries. WAC-6 will continue the established practice of previous international congresses in facilitating the participation and empowerment of indigenous peoples and researchers from economically disadvantaged countries.

This first announcement is a call for themes, sessions, papers and posters. See http://www.ucd.ie/wac-6 for details of application, programme, accommodation, costs and grant opportunities.

Deadline for theme proposals: September 30 2007
Deadline for session proposals: November 1 2007
Final announcement: early December 2007
Confirmation of acceptance of paper & posters: March 14 2008
Early registration: up to March 30 2008
NB: join WAC for cheaper registration!

How can we turn the tide? How can we interest people in starting a career in, for example, land surveying, electronic charting, remote sensing, positioning or hydrographic surveying? As a publisher, we think this can be accomplished with a magazine, and associated website, focussed on young people at precisely that time when they are making decisions about their future career.

The central question addressed is: What makes Geomatics so appealing? And why is a career in Geomatics so interesting?

The magazine hopes to achieve this through easy accessible and entertaining articles on a variety of topics: e.g. experiences of students from all over the world, exciting and adventurous internships/jobs, interesting facts about geomatics, etc.

We are currently looking for students or young professionals who have (or had) an interesting internship or job (such as surveying the Chinese Wall, Dredging the Amazon River, etc.) and
who would like to write about these experiences.

Furthermore, we would like an article about the “tips and tricks” of choosing the right school. In other words, the article should answer questions like why should a student choose a career in geomatics, how do you choose the right university, how do you choose the right Major, how do you know whether geomatics is right for you? What can you expect at school (which courses? Which courses are important/fun/adventurous, etc…? Is it a very practical study?)

The question to you is, would you be interested in writing a story for us? Or do you perhaps have any other interesting article suggestions? Do you want to participate?
Then contact:
Victor van Essen: victor.van.essen@reedbusiness.nl
Marjan de Vries: marjan.de.vries@reedbusiness.nl

The magazine and website will be available for students at the start of the study year (September 2008).

Young Geo Professional Magazine is published by Reed Business Geo.

SilviLaser 2008 will be the 8th international conference in a series focussing on applications of laser systems for forest assessment and inventory

Post-graduate students researching a relevant topic are encouraged to apply for an ESRI student sponsorship by submitting the following details to Dr Ross Hill (rhill@bournemouth.ac.uk) before the closing date of July 31:
•your name and affiliation
•your supervisor(s) name and details
•research project title
•500 word project description.

In addition your application should be supported by an email submitted by your supervisor.

For further information on SilviLaser 2008 please see: http://www.forestresearch.gov.uk/Silvilaser2008

Download SilviLaser_2008_student_sponsorship.doc

• New applications in project management, orthophoto QC/QA
• New integrated visualisation and elevation analysis
• New automated ingest & dissemination of data
• Demonstrations of latest software
• Update on development trends and projects
• Latest developments in digital sensor technologies
• New solutions for the ‘digital workflow’

In addition, there will be informative User Presentations, demonstrations and hands on opportunities.

To register for this event, please contact Intergraph UK on 01793 492567