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Final Programme

Welcome to the 33rd ISRSE….. The enclosed program of the ISRSE-33 is testimony to the vitality and commitment of the international Earth observation community. It contains a broad variety of oral and poster presentations, key technological exhibits and a host of challenging and exciting side events. ISRSE-33 takes place at a time when there is growing global concern about our ability to properly manage the Earth’s environment and enhance the security of its citizens. Presentations made this week will provide up-to-date scientific and technical contributions that will address these concerns directly. The Symposium will also review a series of international programmes that are designed to bring together public policy makers, users, investors, scientists and remote sensing practitioners to assess the progress that is being made toward these objectives. The close working relationship between the ISRSE International Programme Committee and the GEO Intergovernmental Group has allowed the Symposium to engage many new actors in the international space community. The large number of students and young scientists who are also joining us is an encouraging sign of continuity in this area of science and technology. The International Programme Committee and the Local Organizing Committee have done their best to accommodate all requests for participation and thereby allowed many the opportunities to present their work, join in discussions and share their experience with new colleagues. This has been the purpose of ISRSE since its beginnings in 1962. We are convinced that this 33rd instalment of the ISRSE in Stresa will be yet another significant opportunity for furthering the use of space and airborne observations for sustainable development. Stresa is a world-renowned convention venue: it offers superb facilities, beautiful scenery and it can be the starting point of relaxing cruises on the majestic lakes of the region or rewarding excursions into the Alps that frame its dramatic setting. You can be assured that the City of Stresa and its Palazzo dei Congressi will do everything possible to render your stay most fruitful and enjoyable. We take this opportunity to thank the sponsors of the Symposium and all the individuals who have contributed a vast amount of effort to its preparation. We wish you a most fruitful and enjoyable week in Stresa.

Jean-Paul Malingreau General Chair of the ISRSE-33 Organising Committee

Palazzo dei Congressi Stresa, Italy 4-8 May 2009 Host Organisor

The Final Programme is also available on the Internet at http://isrse-33.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ Official working language for the symposium: English Final Programme published in April 2009.

Table of Contents Acknowledgements.........................................................................................................................................

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General Symposium Information.......................................................................................................... Introduction..................................................................................................................................................... The Venue......................................................................................................................................................... Symposium Themes, Special Sessions and Side Events........................................................... Registration...................................................................................................................................................... Name Badges. ................................................................................................................................................. ISRSE 33 Exhibition (Ground Floor, First Floor and Mezzanine Level). .............................. Refreshment Breaks.................................................................................................................................... Official Language of the Symposium................................................................................................... Secretariat........................................................................................................................................................ Information for Speakers.......................................................................................................................... Information for Poster Sessions. ........................................................................................................... Attendance Certificates.............................................................................................................................. Official Symposium Transport................................................................................................................. Social Events for Delegates and Accompanying Persons.......................................................... Hotel Information..........................................................................................................................................

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Map of Palazzo dei Congressi................................................................................................................... 10 ISRSE 33 Themes.............................................................................................................................................. 13 ISRSE 33 Exhibitions...................................................................................................................................... 19 List of Exhibitors............................................................................................................................................ 19 Map of Exhibitors........................................................................................................................................... 19 Pre-Symposium Workshops & Meetings.......................................................................................... Information. ..................................................................................................................................................... Meetings............................................................................................................................................................. Workshop Programme. ...............................................................................................................................

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Technical Programme.................................................................................................................................... Monday 4 May 2009..................................................................................................................................... Tuesday 5 May 2009.................................................................................................................................... Wednesday 6 May 2009............................................................................................................................. Thursday 7 May 2009.................................................................................................................................. Friday 8 May 2009.........................................................................................................................................

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Side Events............................................................................................................................................................ 93 GEO Committee Events & Other Meetings...................................................................................... 97 GEO Committee Meetings......................................................................................................................... 97 Other Meetings............................................................................................................................................... 98 Tourist Information, Travel Tips and Tour Options................................................................... 99 About Stresa.................................................................................................................................................... 99 Public Transport............................................................................................................................................. 99 Pre-booked Tours.......................................................................................................................................... 100 2009 Organising Committee..................................................................................................................... 101 2009 Technical Programme Committee............................................................................................ 103 ISPRS International Committee on Remote Sensing of Environment........................ 106

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Acknowledgements The Host Organizers, the European Commission Joint Research Centre (EC- JRC), the International Society of Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing (ISPRS) by the International Committee on Remote Sensing of Environment (ICORSE), and the International Center for Remote Sensing of Environment (ICRSE) would like to express their appreciation to the sponsors who have contributed to the success of the Symposium, with particular thanks to European Commission (EC) European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT) European Space Agency (ESA) Italian Space Agengy (ASI) Italian Space Industry (Telespazio and Thales Alenia Space) National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Additional thanks to ESA Education that has offered financial support to students attending the conference, including funding towards transportation and registration fees.

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General Symposium Information Introduction This booklet contains arrangement and program information for the 33rd International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment, which is being held at the Palazzo dei Congressi in Stresa, Italy from 4-8 May 2009. The ISRSE 33 week (4-9 May) comprises 62 technical sessions and 15 poster sessions across 1 themes, as well as a large number of special sessions and side events and 5 pre-symposium workshops on Sunday 3 May.

The Venue The Symposium venue is the Palazzo dei Congressi located at Piazzale Europa 3, Stresa, Italy. The meeting rooms for the 33rd ISRSE are located on the ground and first floors of the Palazzo dei Congressi. See also pages 10 and beyond for a map of the various meeting rooms. The room assignments for the various technical sessions are indicated in the Technical Programme.

Symposium Themes, Special Sessions and Side Events The ISRSE 33 themes are: Theme 1:

Integrating Climate Change/Atmosphere Considerations into Sectoral Decision-making

Theme 2:

Agriculture: Food Crisis- Reducing Poverty and Hunger

Theme 3:

Forest and Ecosystems: Reversing the Current Trend

Theme 4:

Disaster Reduction and Response Management

Theme 5:

Focus on Africa: Strategies for Sustainable Development

Theme 6:

Energy Management: Contributions of Earth Observations to the Energy Sector

Theme 7:

Marine Resources and Dynamics: Observational Capabilities and Application

Theme 8:

Water Resources: Precious but Scarce and Degraded Public Good

Theme 9:

Observing Environmental Factors that Affect Human Health and Well-being

Theme 10:

Data and Information Systems: Spatial Data Infrastructures & Emerging Technologies

Theme 11:

Societal Benefits of Earth Observation

Theme 12:

Airborne Remote Sensing

Theme 13:

National, Regional, International Programmes and Applications

Special Sessions and Side Events (during the week): – – – – – – –

COSMO-Skymed: An innovative System for Operational Applications Reinforcing Europe’s Contribution to GEO International Earth Observation Activities in Africa UAS Demonstration GEO Call for Proposals – Information Session: EO in Decision Support GMES Global Land Workshop NASA Public Forum

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Pre-Symposium Workshops (3 May 2009): WS 1: Interactive Training on Satellite Earth Observations for Air Quality WS 2: IEEE GEOSS Workshop XXVI - Towards a Global Forest Carbon Monitoring System: From Research to Operations WS 3: GEOBene Consortium: Assessing the Socio-economic Benefit of GEOSS WS 4: Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) for Earth Remote Sensing WS 5: An Introduction to Waveform-Recording Lidar 

Registration Registration for the Sunday 3 May 2009 Pre-Symposium Workshops will take place in the Regina Palace Hotel from 08:00 to 10:30. The Registration Desk for the Symposium will be located in the foyer on the ground floor of the Palazzo dei Congressi according to the following schedule:

Sunday 3 May 16:00 to 20:00 Monday 4 May 08:00 to 17:30 Tuesday 5 May 08:00 to 17:00 Wednesday 6 May 08:00 to 17:00 Thursday 7 May and Friday 8 at the Secretariat Office

Name Badges Name badges and information packets will be handed to all delegates and accompanying persons when registering. Name badges are required for entry to all Symposium events: the Plenary, Technical Sessions and Side Events; the Exhibits and Poster Sessions (including the Refreshment Breaks), the Ice Breaker Reception and other special events. Attendees of the pre-Symposium workshops must wear their name badges during these events. For the optional Symposium Banquet please bring your admission voucher or ticket.

ISRSE 33 Exhibition (Ground Floor, First Floor and Mezzanine Level) The Official Opening of the Exhibition will be at the Icebreaker Reception on Monday 4 May at 6:30 p.m. on the ground floor. The exhibits on the ground, mezzanine and first floors can be visited every day from Monday 3 May to Thursday 7 May from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and on Friday 8 May from 9:00 a.m. to 12 noon.

Refreshment Breaks Coffee, tea and pastries will be served outside the amphitheatre on the ground floor of the Palazzo dei Congressi. (I thought Roberto talk about having several areas for coffee. Coffee should be in all floors with exhibits)

Official Language of the Symposium The working language of the Symposium will be English.

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Secretariat The Secretariat office is located in the foyer of the Palazzo dei Congressi on the ground floor. The opening hours are as follows:

Sunday 3 May Monday 4 May Tuesday 5 May Wednesday 6 May Thursday 7 May Friday 8 May

16:00 08:00 08:00 08:00 08:00 08:00

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18:00 19:00 18:00 18:00 18:00 13:30

Information for Speakers A Speakers’ Centre will be set up in the Internet area. Hours of operation are as follows:

Monday 4 May Tuesday 5 May Wednesday 6 May Thursday 7 May Friday 8 May

08:00 08:00 08:00 08:00 08:00

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18:30 18:00 18:00 18:00 12:00

A technician will be available during these hours to assist speakers with their presentations. Speakers are urged to visit the room the day before their presentations to virus scan any USB drives, set up slides, overheads, videotapes, or PowerPoint presentations. Please complete the bio data sheets and copyright forms at the speaker’s preparation room if you have not already done so. All speakers are requested to meet with the session chairs at the assigned presentation room of the session fifteen minutes prior to the start of the sessions for a briefing. Speakers please note: –A  ll electronic presentations should be provided in MS PowerPoint. –T  he presentations should be named in following format: Technical session number_last name. For example, TS1_Smith.ppt. – The files should be written on flash/USB drives or CD-R discs. –T  he speakers are strongly recommended to check in and hand over their files to the monitor in the speaker’s desk for rewriting onto PC the day before their presentation. –T  he speakers are allowed 12 minutes for presentations. –S  ession chairs will give 2-minute warning to wrap things up.

Information for Poster Sessions Authors are requested to check in with the Poster Session Monitor in the Poster area on the first floor for placement assignment, supplies and other information. Authors are requested to mount and remove their posters at the specified times as follows:

Monday, May 4

Mount posters

Remove posters

09:00

18:30

Tuesday, May 5

08:30

17:30

Wednesday, May 6

08:30

17:30

Thursday, May 7

08:30

17:30

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Poster panels are 2.5m by .90m. Posters must be affixed to the panels by tape. The Poster Session Monitor will prepare poster panels by affixing the session and poster number to the top of each panel. Authors should be present at their poster displays during breaks, 11:30 to 12:00 and 16:30-17:00 on Monday and 10:30 to 11:00 and 15:30 to 16:00 Tuesday to Thursday.

Attendance Certificates Attendance certificates will be available from the Secretariat room throughout the Symposium.

Official Symposium Transport A shuttle service will be organized from Milan MALPENSA Airport to Palazzo dei Congressi, Stresa according to time schedule given below. The meeting point at Malpensa airport will be at TERMINAL 1 Arrivals. At Exit 7 look for an Airpullman Bus with JRC logo. Date of Transportation

May 2

May 3

May 4

Departure Time

18:00

08:45

09:00

20:00

17:00

11:00 20:00

At the end of the Symposium, there will be a shuttle service Palazzo dei Congressi, Stresa to Milan MALPENSA Terminal 1 at the following times: Date of Transportation

May 8

May 9

Departure Time

18:00

08:00

Transfer between the airports and Stresa for other times can be booked via Stresa Congressi www.stresacongressi.it at the following rates: Malpensa - Stresa

Linate - Stresa

car € 110,00

car € 160,00

minivan 5 persons €180,00

minivan 5 persons €210,00

minibus 16 persons €265,00

minibus 16 persons €370,00

Contact Stresa Congressi on site or via: [email protected] Tel. +39 0323 30389 Fax +39 0323 33281

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Social Events for Delegates and Accompanying Persons Sunday 3 May, 13:00 at Regina Palaca Hotel Early bird social lunch Early bird wine and lunch standup social. Come as you are, get together with organizers and staff, exhibitors, workshop participants and meet other early bird conference attendees. Taste Regina Palace wine, along with sandwiches, panini and other Italian snacks.

Monday 4 May, 19:00 at Palazzo dei Congressi di Stresa Ice-breaker reception

Wednesday 6 May, 20:00 at Regina Palace Hotel Banquet

Hotel Information For those delegates staying at hotels, please settle your accounts directly with the hotel on departure. Check-out time varies from hotel to hotel but is usually around 10:00 a.m. Special arrangements must be made with the hotel concierge to have your luggage stored for late check-out.

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Map Mapof ofPalazzo Palazzodei deiCongressi Congressi

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ISRSE 33 Themes Theme 1 Integrating Climate Change/Atmosphere Considerations into Decision-making The UN’s seventh Millennium Development Goal is to “Ensure environmental sustainability” Clearly ISRSE-33 takes place at an important moment in time. In addition to the UN goal, the identified issues for ISRSE include perhaps the most important issue of the present time, climate change. This important issue links and concerns all countries, be they developed or developing. Our understanding of climate change has made enormous strides as a result of innovations in technology be it for instrument development, satellite sensors, airborne remote sensing platforms and especially improvements in climate models. Governments throughout the developed and developing world are struggling with the policy implications of climate change and related adaptive and preventive strategies. The decisions that will be made in the next decade will have generational impacts. It is critical that policy makers have the most credible and up to date data and derived information on climate change as possible. Much of this data will come from a variety of remote sensing platforms, be it space or airborne. The theme sessions include: 1.1. 1.2. 1.3.

Remote Sensing of Clouds, Albedo, and Atmospheric Parameters Remote Sensing of Droughts, Aerosols, Pollutants and Carbon Black Remote Sensing of Surface Changes and the Role of Carbon

Theme 2 Agriculture: Food Crisis – Reducing Poverty and Hunger The first Millennium Development Goal is: Eradicate extreme poverty & hunger. Beyond simply increasing agricultural production, there are two other paths that can be pursued simultaneously to work toward this goal. The first is to improve our ability to predict agricultural production for cropped areas so that we might better anticipate where surpluses and deficits are likely to occur and thus be able to mitigate problems early. Steps are being taken to achieve this through large-scale (often global) efforts of directly monitoring cropped area and crop performance using a blend of satellite data products. Models are also being developed that take remote sensing data and predict crop performance. A second approach is to develop tools that will allow farmers to grow crops more efficiently by providing them with information (e.g. plant stress resulting from disease or insect stress; differential properties of soils; location of salt affected soils) that allows them to make timely management decisions. Sessions themes include: 2.1a 2.1b 2.2 2.3a 2.3b

Agriculture Monitoring (1/2) Agriculture Monitoring (2/2) Agriculture: Crop Modeling Agriculture: Crop Management (1/2) Agriculture: Crop Management (2/2)

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Theme 3 Forests and Ecosystems: Reversing Current Degradation Trends The ISRSE-33 Symposium welcomed papers on monitoring, understanding and managing the world's natural resources and environment. Papers addressing the measurement and analysis of progress towards the UN Millennium Development Goals were particularly encouraged. For this particular theme “Forests and Ecosystems”, papers are intended to cover methodological improvements from Earth observations data which can contribute to the monitoring, conservation and management of terrestrial ecosystems with a particular attention to forested ecosystems and biodiversity. The papers which have been selected take stock of progress made during this first decade of the 21st Century in the development and use of Earth observation technologies and information systems. Oral and poster presentations on new analytical techniques, results and applications will be made in the following ten sub-sessions grouped into two themes Theme 3A “Forests Ecosystems” and Theme 3B “Other Terrestrial Ecosystems”: Theme 3A. Forests Ecosystems 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5

Global Forest and Land Cover Monitoring Assessments of Boreal and Temperate Forests Tropical Forest Monitoring for REDD Assessment of Tropical Forests from Radar Imagery Biophysical Parameters

Theme 3B. Other Terrestrial Ecosystems 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 3.10

Ecosystems and Biodiversity Wetlands Degradation of Ecosystems New Land Cover Applications at Global to National Scales New Techniques for Ecosystem Assessment

Note that sub-sessions on forests and ecosystems will also be organized in Theme 5: Focus on Africa.

Theme 4 Disaster Reduction and Response For this particular theme “Disaster Reduction and Response”, the oral and poster presentations are intended to cover the state-of-the-art in methodologies, systems and applications that make use of earth observation data in order to contribute to disaster risk reduction, to enhance disaster early warning, and to respond more effectively to disasters, including mitigation. The oral and poster presentations in the following five sub-sessions cover the full disaster management cycle, from risk reduction and preparedness to response and recovery/reconstruction, including organizational and technical aspects of disaster management from space. The presentations also cover the integrated use of of remote sensing, information, mobile and GIS technologies to deliver systems to support disaster risk management and disaster early warning. Theme sessions: 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5

Disaster Management from Space Disaster Risk Reduction Disaster Early Warning Disaster Emergency Response and Damage Assessment International and Regional Initiatives on Disaster Response with Earth Observation

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Theme 5 Focus on Africa: Strategies for Sustainable Development The technical sessions in Theme 5 will focus on the use of Earth observations and other information technologies to address environment and natural resource issues in Africa. Presentations cover water, land, crops, forest, biodiversity, health and the overall issue of information management for sustainable development. Theme sessions: 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5

Earth Observation for Sustainable Development/Urbanisation Biodiversity and Ecosystems Forest Management Water, Desertification and Land Degradation Science for Health and Well-being

Theme 6 Energy Management: Contributions of Earth Observations to the Energy Sector Energy is one of nine Societal Benefit Areas of GEO and the focus of the Energy Community of Practice. The objectives of the Energy CoP are found at http://www.geoss-ecp.org/. Relevant areas include: • • • • • • •

Siting of power plants and facilities including environmental and sociological issues Optimized design of power systems and facilities Yield estimation and resource monitoring based on historic information Yield forecast based on near real time weather and forecasting Trading and monitoring of power and environmental credits Environmental monitoring of impacts Economic analyses

Theme 7 Marine Resources and Dynamics: Observation Capabilities and Applications For the theme “Marine resources and dynamics”, papers are intended to cover methodological improvements and applications of Earth observation data, together with modelling and data assimilation of in situ and satellite data, with a particular attention to ocean and ecosystem dynamics, marine resources and water quality applications, coastal zones, and maritime traffic and oil spill monitoring. The advancements proposed by the session presentations and posters concern mainly the development of more accurate retrieval algorithms and the satellite monitoring of the physical, biological and biogeochemical marine environment state variables. Theme sessions: 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4

Ocean and Ecosystem Dynamics Marine Resources and Water Quality Applications Coastal Zones Maritime Traffic and Oil Spill Monitoring

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Theme 8 Water Resources: Precious but Scarce and Degraded Public Good Access to fresh and clean water is vital for socio-economic prosperity, human health and all ecosystems. The World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) in 2002 identified water as a key priority (“No Water, No Future”) for immediate action in particular for developing countries faced to water scarcity and to a rapid population growth. The ISRSE-33 Symposium welcomed papers on the understanding of the complex water cycle processes and on the monitoring and management of the world's water resources at local, regional and global scales. The Session 8 on Water Resources addresses several important issues for which Space Earth observations in combination with in-situ observations and associated to improved models increasingly contribute, ranging from monitoring and management to predictions or forecasting. The papers which have been selected take stock of progress made during this first decade of the 21st Century in the development and use of Earth Observation technologies and modern information systems. Oral and poster presentations on new analytical techniques, results and applications will be made in the following six sessions: Session Session Session Session Session

8.1a&b 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5

Water Cycle Strategy and Water Resource Management Drought and Desertification Snow Cover, Glaciers and Ice Caps Evapotranspiration and Soil Moisture Water Quality

It should be noted that a Session on Water Resources will also be organized in the Track “Focus on Africa”.

Theme 9 Observing Environmental Factors that Effect Human Health and Well-being The increasing types of Earth observations and availability of data have led to increased interest in applying observations relative to issues concerning human health. The ISRSE-33 Symposium welcomed papers examining the use of Earth observations to support assessments of environmental hazards, exposure, and effects on human health. Oral and poster presentations are presented in four sessions – traditional and innovative approaches to the Track structure and sessions are designed to encourage discussion. Two sessions address perspectives on air quality – one addressing monitoring capabilities and one addressing GEOSS and information systems. A third session examines the emergence of diseases using observations of land characteristics. In a broader fourth session, novel ideas are highlighted regarding health, Earth observations, and public policy issues. A common objective is to share new work and support end-user health communities with effective monitoring and decision-support tools. Collectively, the papers selected in this track include a wide range of regional approaches and applications, monitoring systems, and methodologies. Theme sessions: 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4

Regional Capabilities for Forecasting and Monitoring Air Quality Air Quality and GEOSS: Status, Issues and Panel Discussion Health: Land Use / Condition & Emerging Disease Monitoring Special Topics: Novel Ideas in Remote Sensing & Human Health

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Theme 10 Data and Information Systems: Spatial Data Infrastructures and Emerging Technologies The more we understand the complexity of interactions and inter-dependencies between environmental and socio-economic phenomena at different levels the more we need dynamic and internationally standardized information systems to provide reliable, accurate, timely, openly accessible and interoperable information at the relevant geographic and temporal scales. In order to be easily accessible data should be properly collected and organized. A Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) is a framework of data and related thematic information, standards, polices and services that facilitate access and sharing of spatial data in an efficient and flexible way. Data and information from both satellite and in situ platforms are increasingly being integrated into spatial data infrastructures, using currently available OGC and ISO standards. This facilitates and improves cross-sectoral thematic analysis capacities and provides a better support to all levels of decision making. It is expected that there will be a large increase in the volume and diversity of earth observation data from inhomogeneous data sources during the next decade. Data and service interoperability become a key factor to access data stored in distributed data bases but in order to use we should be able to understand different semantics, address problems related to different scales and accuracy, fill gaps though modelling and, quite importantly, ensuring appropriate institutional mechanisms to support SDI development and maintenance. The six related sessions provide a very good overview of current SDI capacities and challenges to be addressed in relation to: • • • • • •

Creation of cross-cutting global data sets, Discovery of and access to existing data, Address different semantics and standards, Facilitate integration of remotely sensed and in situ data, Best practices for data and information management, Setting-up interoperable geospatial web services.

Theme sessions: 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.5 10.4 10.6

SDI: Global Cross-cutting Data Sets SDI: Portals , Catalogues and Clearinghouses SDI: Data Management SDI: Interoperability and Semantics Sensor Web Technologies and In Situ Networks SDI: Architecture and Services

Theme 11 Societal Benefits of EO: Applications and Assessment Methodologies Global Earth observations may be instrumental to achieve sustainable development, but until recently there has been little work on integrated assessments of their economic, social and environmental benefits. It is therefore vital to be able to demonstrate and to value the actual societal benefit of EO and GEOSS. The ISRSE-33 Symposium welcomed papers which on the one hand show tools and methodologies which can be used to assess the societal benefits of EO and GEOSS in a quantitative manner as well as applications which demonstrate qualitatively the societal benefits of EO Systems.

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The theme is divided in two sessions. The first one deals with tools and methodologies for benefit assessments of EO and the second one with EO applications which demonstrate their societal benefit. Theme sessions: 11.1 11.2

Societal Benefits of EO: Assessment Methodology Societal Benefits of Earth Observation: Applications

Theme 12 Airborne Remote Sensing Sensors aboard airborne platforms have played a key role in the evolution of earth observations since before the first earth observing satellite was launched. Indeed, the 1st International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment (ISRSE) in 1962 was devoted exclusively to studies using data from airborne platforms. Today, manned and unmanned aircraft continue to provide platforms for sensor development, data support to satellite observations and data for airborne science studies. At this 33rd ISRSE, delegates from airborne programs throughout the world will discuss state-of-the-art activities in airborne remote sensing. Session themes include: 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 12.5

Airborne Platforms Airborne Science Airborne: Unmanned Aircraft Systems Platforms Airborne: UAS Science Airborne Science Programs

Theme 13 National, Regional, International Programmes and Applications This last theme will provide an overall perspective on current, planned and proposed satellite missions and ground segments to address regional and global issues as well as services and applications in support of the sustainable development in the coming decade. Session Themes: 13.1 13.2 13.2 13.4 13.5 13.6

New Space Missions National, Regional and International Applications GMES Services GMES Space Component VGT3/PROBA UNESCO

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ISRSE 33 Exhibitions



Monday 4 May:

09:00 – 20:30



Tuesday 5 - Thursday 7 May:

09:00 – 17:30



Friday 8 May:

09:00 – 13:30

List of Exhibitors (alphabetical) ASI (Italian Space Agency) COMPUSULT DG RTD (EC Research Directorate General) DLR ERG Health SBA ESIP Federation ESA (European Space Agency) ESRI EUFAR EUMETSAT European Space Imaging GEO Portal Demo GMES Bureau, EC (European Commission) GMES Land Information Services HYVISTA IRIDIUM JRC (EC Joint Research Centre) Lockheed Martin NASA NSC & KSAT Scanex Springer Telespazio Thales Alenia Space UAV - Aermatica VITO

Map of Exhibitors See map of Palazzo dei Congressi from page 10 onwards. 19

Pre-Symposium Workshops & Meetings

Information The registration fee for Sunday workshops is €30. 13:00: Early bird wine and lunch standup social. Come as you are, get together with organizers and staff, exhibitors, workshop participants and meet other early bird conference attendees. Taste Regina Palace wine, along with sandwiches, panini and other Italian snacks. Cost: €35.

Meetings Sunday 3 May (10:00 – 14:00) at Regina Palace Hotel GEOBene Consortium Internal meeting Sunday 3 May (14:00 – 18:00) at Regina Palace Hotel Side meeting ICCAGRA-EUFAR

Workshop Programme

Sunday 3 May 2009 10:00 – 16:00 Workshop 1

Regina Palace Hotel Interactive Training on Satellite Earth Observations for Air Quality

In cooperation with the Symposium Committee, USA/NASA proposes to organize a half-day training session on satellite tools and applications for air quality. This computer-based training will use scenarios, real data, and on-line resources to teach the participants about the benefits and challenges to accessing data and using space-based tools to assess air quality. Satellite Earth observations are providing important new means to monitor air pollution and support air quality forecasts and management. This training session will present an overview of satellites and sensors, case studies on interpretation of satellite observations for air pollution, limitations of satellite observations, and on-line resources to acquire data for your own program or project. The training will be interactive so attendees will have an opportunity to assess actual air quality events and use on-line data sources to increase understanding of these sensors and their applicability. The training will cover methods to locate and download satellite-based remote sensing data in formats optimal to the needs. The training is especially focused on aerosol events with discussion of ozone and ozone precursors. A laptop computer is required. Knowledge of air quality principles and policy would be beneficial to the attendees. A primary goal of this professional level training is to allow applicationsoriented users to better apply these data sets to their specific topics of interest and regions of concern. Contact: Lawrence A. Friedl ([email protected])

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Sunday 3 May 2009 10:00 – 18:00 Workshop 2

Regina Palace Hotel IEEE GEOSS Workshop XXVI - Towards a Global Forest Carbon Monitoring System - From Research to Operations

The major theme of the workshop is "From Research to Operations”. It will provide a forum for discussions related to interoperability and consistency in satellite data supplies, and, importantly, the need to consolidate the methods appropriate for multi-sensor processing, which can satisfy global, wall-to-wall operational forest change monitoring, for use in national and regional level forest monitoring programs. The workshop will briefly describe the GEO forest observation-related tasks, including thenew GEO forest carbon tracking task, as well as the GEO forest community of practice, which is addressing user engagement in the GEOSS. Workshop Objectives This workshop will describe GEO forest observation tasks and review progress of the carbon tracking task within the broader context of GEOSS and the GEOSS forest efforts. It will: −





Review existing and planned GEO efforts in forest monitoring, carbon observation, associated modeling and use of these tools for timely provision of observations required for their routine use world-wide. Are the tasks adequate to provide the observational data, tools and products needed as input for broad-scale forest carbon tracking? Are there further opportunities for coordination? Seek to consolidate processing approaches for national and regional scale annual forest-change monitoring. A key question to be addressed is whether such approaches can fulfill the operational needs of international environmental agreements and assessments? Identify national and regional reference test sites around the globe where such approaches can be tested and verified against in-situ forest inventory and carbon estimates. Are there locations where both remotely sensed and in situ forest data are adequate?

The workshop will include a series of presentations on the above topics. These topics will be further examined in small discussion groups during breakout sessions. The workshop results will be documented and feedback provided to the GEO community. Contact: Francoise Pearlman at IEEE ([email protected]) 10:00

Welcome and introduction to workshop objectives Francoise Pearlman

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Introduction to GEOSS and overview of the GEO program (work plan, portals, registries, committees) Giovanni Rum (GEOSec)

10:15

Operational forest observation needs for scientists, modellers and decision makers Gary Richards (ADCC)

10:30

Overview of forest observation tasks in the GEO work plan, including Forest carbon tracking (FCT) Michael Brady (NRCan) & Per-Erik Skrovseth (NSC)

10:45

Results of FCT task workshop at Canberra, April 09 Alex Held (CSIRO)

Open discussion

11:00 11:30

Technical approaches and methods for mapping and monitoring forest area change Frederic Achard (JRC)

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Challenges in setting up a forest cover monitoring system - initial experiences from the global Forest Resources Assessment Remote Sensing Survey Adam Gerrand (FAO) 23

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Open discussion

12:30

Lunch – No Host (optional early bird conference social lunch for 35 Euros)

13:30

Optical data sets available for FCT Tom Loveland (USGS)

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SAR data sets available for FCT Ake Rosenqvist (JRC)

14:00

Example of an end-to-end FCT system Masanobu Shimada (JAXA)

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Synthesis: Technical options for integration of observation types for operational FCT Peter Caccetta (CSIRO) & Christiane Schmullius (GOFC-GOLD)

14:30

Current approaches for coordination of test sites Frank-Martin Seifert (ESA)

14:45

Status of national forest monitoring in Brazil (INPE)

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Status of national forest monitoring in Indonesia (MoF)

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Charter to Breakout Groups Jay Pearlman Refreshment Break

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Breakout Groups Multiple groups (about 10 people per group maximum)

17:50

Reports of Breakouts

18:20

Conclusions and Workshop Summary Michael Brady and Alex Held Workshop ends

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Sunday 3 May 2009 14:00 – 17:30 Workshop 3

Regina Palace Hotel GEOBene Consortium: Assessing the Socio-economic Benefit of GEOSS

The aim of the Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS) is to improve the information available to decision-makers, at all levels, relating to human health and safety, protection of the global environment, the reduction of losses from natural disasters, and achieving sustainable development. Specifically, GEOSS proposes that better international cooperation in the collection, interpretation and sharing of Earth Observation information is an important and cost-effective mechanism for achieving this aim. At this side event a number of applications of the socioeconomic benefit of Earth observation and GEOSS in particular will be presented. Moreover, results from the EU sponsored project "GEO-BENE" Global Earth Observation - Benefit Estimation: Now, Next and Emerging (www.geo-bene.eu) will be shown and discussed. Results from the GEO-BENE project (www.geo-bene.eu) will include methodologies and analytical tools to assess societal benefits of GEOSS. The side event is open to further input from other scientist working in a similar field. Contact: Steffen Fritz at IIASA ([email protected]) and Florian Kraxner ([email protected]) 14:00

Optimal Forest Management with Stochastic Prices & Endogenous Fire Risk - The Merits of Earth Observations. Jana Szolgayova, Sabine Fuss, Michael Obersteiner (IIASA, Austria)

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Will GEO Work? - A Economist’s View. Alexey Smirnov, Michael Obersteiner (IIASA, Austria) Modelling of the Socio-economic and Environmental Determinants of Subjective Happiness and Well-being. Dimitris Ballas (University of Sheffield, UK), Steffen Fritz (IIASA, Austria), Mark Tranmer (University of Manchester, UK) The Value of Observations for Reduction of Earthquake-Induced Loss of Life on a Global Scale. Nikolay Khabarov, Andriy Bun, Michael Obersteiner (IIASA, Austria) International Cooperation on Earth Observation in the Course of GEOSS; an Evaluation Based on Game Theoretic and Economic Concepts. Christine Heumesser (University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Austria), Michael Obersteiner (IIASA, Austria) Benefits of Global Earth Observation for Conservation Planning in the Case of European Wetland Biodiversity. Jantke, Schleupner, Schneider (Research Unit Sustainability and Global Change, University of Hamburg, Germany) Coffee break The Role of GEOSS in Monitoring Ecosystems and Their Services. Belinda Reyers Integrating Biodiversity and Human Health: A Multidisciplinary Research and Policy Initiative. Montira Pongsiri, Gary Foley (US EPA, USA) The Value of Observations in Determination of Optimal Vaccination Timing and Threshold. Elena Moltchanova (National Institute for Health and Welfare Helsinki, Finland) & Zuzana Chladna (Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia) Valuing Climate Change Uncertainty Reductions for Robust Energy Portfolios. S. Fuss , N. Khabarov, J. Szolgayova, M. Obersteiner (IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria) Improvement in Optimal Forest Management through Earth Observations A Global Integrated Analysis Considering Fire Risk. Michael Obersteiner, Sabine Fuss, Jana Szolgayova (IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria)

Sunday 3 May 2009 10:00 – 17:00 Workshop 4

Regina Palace Hotel Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) for Earth Remote Sensing

The objective of this workshop is to disseminate information on the use of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), an emerging remote sensing tool for Earth science and disaster management. The workshop will include an overview of UAS platforms and systems, sensor and communications technologies, and operations. Descriptions of past, current and potential missions will highlight science and civil applications. Emphasis on forest fire and forest management will serve as focus for discussing operations from flight planning to data and image analysis. A European UAS manufacturer and a local UAS user will provide examples of recent successful missions. The US Wildfire Research and Applications Program (WRAP) team will also present use of the sensor web from recent wildfire missions. The workshop will be led by UAS experts and scientists from NASA, the United States Forest Service and NOAA, and European UAS industry and researchers. Contact: Dr.Susan Schoenung ([email protected])

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Sunday 3 May 2009 10:00 – 17:00 Workshop 5

Regina Palace Hotel An Introduction to Waveform-recording Lidar

Laser altimetry (also referred to as lidar) is used to generate precise and accurate location information on surface structures, including land, ice and ocean surface topography and vegetation structure. Laser systems generally fall into two categories: those that utilize medium-large (>10m wide) footprints and digitally record the shape of the returning laser pulse to characterize the 3-dimensional nature of the overflown terrain, or small-footprint (