The International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS) is the flagship conference of the IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society (GRSS). It is aimed at providing a platform for sharing knowledge and experience on recent developments and advancements in geoscience and remote sensing technologies, particularly in the context of earth observation, disaster monitoring and risk assessment.

Key Dates (till abstract submission)

Community Contributed Session Proposal Deadline 18 October 2022 Community Contributed Session Proposal Results 14 November 2022 Abstract Submission System On-Line 18 November 2022 Tutorial Proposal Deadline 14 November 2022 Tutorial Proposal Results 15 December 2022 Abstract Submission Deadline 13 January 2023 Student Paper Competition Deadline 13 January 2023

Location: Pasadena, CA USA

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The 45th COSPAR Scientific Assembly will be held in Busan, South Korea 13 – 21 July 2024. Information on the scientific program and other relevant links will be posted as they become available at https://www.cospar-assembly.org/, and the Call for Papers/Announcement will be published in the August 2023 issue of Space Research Today. The Local Organizing Committee (LOC) website, for information on registration, accommodation and other matters, is open at http://www.cospar2024.org/.

The International Association for Landscape Ecology (IALE) is excited to announce the 2023 IALE World Congress will take place in Nairobi, Kenya, from 10th – 15th, July 2023.  The IALE World Congress occurs every four years and is the premier event for landscape ecologists worldwide to address topics in landscape ecology that range from local to global in scale. During the World Congress, landscape ecologists from public, private, and non-profit sectors will address a broad spectrum of environmental challenges and their potential solutions. The 2023 World Congress will be a hybrid (online/in person) event and it is for the first time being hosted in the Global South. 

The World Congress theme is ‘Transboundary Resource Management, Climate Change and Environmental Resilience’.  The World Congress will include plenaries, symposium, oral sessions, posters sessions, a social dinner, and field trips. It is jointly hosted by Kenyatta University (KU), Regional Center for Mapping of Resources for Development (RCMRD), National Museum of Kenya (NMK), Institute of Climate Change and Adaptation Institute, University of Nairobi (UON), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and in collaboration with the African-Chapter of IALE (Africa-IALE).

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The EGU General Assembly 2023 brings together geoscientists from all over the world to one meeting covering all disciplines of the Earth, planetary, and space sciences. The EGU aims to provide a forum where scientists, especially early career researchers, can present their work and discuss their ideas with experts in all fields of geoscience.

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The 2023 IALE-North American Annual Meeting will be held Sunday, March 19 - Thursday, March 23, 2023 in Riverside, California.

Call for Symposia Proposals: Closed; Organized Symposia Announced
Call for Workshops: Closed
General Call for Abstracts: Opens November 1; Deadline December 16

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The 22nd William T. Pecora Memorial Remote Sensing Symposium (Pecora 22) will convene in Denver, Colorado, USA from October 23 – 28, 2022. The conference will be hosted by NASA and the USGS, with an overarching theme of Opening the Aperture to Innovation: Expanding Our Collective Understanding of a Changing Earth, which embraces both the innovations and discoveries that resulted from 50 years of Landsat Earth observations, and also current and future innovations in science and technology that are contributing to our ability to improve our understanding and better manage the Earth’s environment.

The overall Pecora 22 Conference Program will be organized around the following four session themes:

Observing the earth for the benefit of all. This theme is inspired by the title borrowed from Department of the Interior Secretary Stewart Udall’s 1966 announcement of Project EROS and explores the role of Earth observations (EO) in understanding and managing the changing Earth with a focus on science and applications in agriculture, forestry, land cover, urban and regional studies, water resources, geology, hazards, public health, etc.  This includes applications-oriented topics that influence decision making processes at international, federal, state, local, tribal and territorial levels.

A half-century of discovery: The scientific discoveries and technical innovations enabled by Pecora’s vision.  William Pecora argued that “if our ability to find and efficiently utilize resources does not accelerate…., the industrial civilization that we enjoy will crumble within a few decades.” This theme explores the major breakthroughs and trends evolving from the beginning of the civil remote sensing era to today’s collaborative world of multi-mission synergy.  Consider the analogy that Landsat is the original civilian EO tree, which has given rise to a forest of other “trees” that include the European Copernicus Program, especially Sentinel-2, and other international EO programs, and a growing number of commercial missions.  This theme specifically focuses on what we know now that we did not know before 1972, and what new discoveries are awaiting.

Exploring the state of the art.  This theme focuses on the technical evolution of the EO trees and branches due to current and emerging breakthroughs in EO science and technology, such as cloud computing tools for efficient management and processing of geospatial data (e.g., Google Earth Engine, Amazon Web Service); novel artificial intelligence and machine learning algorithms; data synergy and intercalibration between satellite constellations (e.g., Landsat-Sentinel Harmonization products); Analysis Ready Data from state-of-the-art sensors (multispectral, spectrometer, radar, lidar); scaling from field to airborne and satellite observations; near real-time, large-area EO-derived data products (e.g., Global Forest Watch); and novel web-based tools and user-friendly interfaces that are facilitating the efficiency and effectiveness of researcher-stakeholder engagement.

The next 50 years. This theme addresses the future and considers the next steps in widening the aperture to innovation and expanding the benefits of EO through investigations of critical societal issues, including climate change, population growth, and public health challenges.  Scientific, technical and policy topics will be explored that enables growing strong branches on the EO tree that fosters collaboration and ultimately enables expanding the impact of US, international, and commercial EO programs. Of special interest are NASA Earth System Observatory concepts that serve as pathfinders for the future.

We are currently accepting proposals for conference sessions that address one or more of the four themes described above.

Session proposals will be due August 27, 2021 and the Call for Abstracts will follow. Special sessions are an appropriate way to organize around a special topic or interest group or highlight significant accomplishments by teams. We also encourage other session proposals that deal with issues and advances in the broader field of Earth observation. All proposals will be considered in the context of the overall structure of the meeting and availability of time slots for proposed sessions.

Special Sessions information: https://pecora22.org/call-for-sessions/

Cancelled due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Location: Pasadena Convention Center - Pasadena, CA

Who Should Attend: Scientists that are interested in using NISAR data after it launches in late 2023 for their science and are interested in finding out more about observations that NISAR will provide. Scientists currently using SAR data for Earth Science that are interested in engaging with others on recent advances in their field.

The NASA ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) Science Workshop will be an in-person event organized by NASA and UNAVCO to bring together the science community in solid earth, ecosystems, cryosphere, hydro-geodesy and other areas of science that will benefit from the NISAR mission.

With launch planned in late 2023, NISAR will be the first radar of its kind in space to map Earth using two different frequencies (L-band and S-band). Its systematic mapping will provide consistent time series observation of our planet’s surface deformation and changes.

This 2.5 day workshop will inform the community about the upcoming mission, its planned science data products and upcoming funding opportunities to work on NISAR related science. Breakout sessions, poster sessions and plenary science talks provide a forum for building collaborations and discussing future directions for SAR data analysis, science and applications. The program will also include information on available data analysis tools, computing resources and training opportunities.

For more information on the NISAR NASA/ISRO SAR Mission, visit https://nisar.jpl.nasa.gov/

More information: https://www.iemss.org/news/iemss-2022/

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For the 2022 Annual Conference, we invite panels to consider different land governance instruments, approaches, and trends. We suggest panels that address the ways instruments and approaches engage with power differences and various forms of structural, cultural/discursive, and direct violence. We encourage panels that reflect on the way land governance has been conceptualised over the past decade and propose alternative frames. Finally, we welcome panels that reflect on knowledge construction at the intersection of academia, private sector, and civil society.

Against this background, the following thematic streams for panel proposals are suggested (not exclusive):

• Ethics, due diligence, and responsible investment: What lessons can be drawn from a decade of attempts to regulate land-based investment? What track records do we find in different contexts, rural or urban, conflict- or disaster-affected? What is the scope for “responsible” investment in an unequal world?

• Consultation, participation, and how to make it real: We have seen too many instances where consultation is a mere ritual and participation just instrumental. What is there to learn about places where things went right? What promises do emancipatory approaches hold?

• Protecting the land rights of the poor: The past decade has seen an upsurge in land registration and formalisation projects (many of them using “pro-poor” approaches). What evidence do we have that these interventions provide the desired protection against encroachment and land grabbing (big or small)? What have we learnt about the challenges and risks involved? How do on the ground initiatives relate to (changes in) land laws?

• Advocacy and shrinking civic space: Civil society organizations in defence of land rights and the environment are increasingly under pressure. Civic space in many countries is shrinking, authoritarian regimes undo earlier forms of protection, and violence (sometimes lethal) against activists continues to rise. Do we understand enough of how this works? Do we have any answers?

• Climate justice: It is now evident that the climate agenda implies additional pressures on resources and space on a global scale. In view not only of climate change, but also of mitigation measures and the energy transition: How can we deal with climate change in a just way?

Deadline for abstracts: 11 February 2022. Learn more and register….

Building on our previous efforts to share curricula for major courses important in environmental sciences, a team of educators from Michigan State University (MSU), George Washington University (GWU), University of South Dakota (USD), University of Maine, and Pace University will deliver an intensive workshop with junior faculty members in rural Kazakhstan universities. The workshop will be co-organized at the Korkyt Ata Kyzylorda University during June 20–30, 2022. The focus will be on seven courses with hands-on exercises in the classroom and in the field, and through a hybrid of in-person and online lectures:

1) Community Ecology, with field exercise (Dr. W. Fang, Pace)
2) Rangeland Ecology, with field exercise (Dr. C. Knight, Maine)
3) Landscape Ecology, with field exercise (Dr. G. Allington, GWU)
4) Urban Ecology and Sustainability (Dr. P. Fan, MSU)
5) Remote Sensing of Environment & UAS Applications, with field exercise (Dr. R. John, USD)
6) Sustainable Development in a Disrupted Global Economy (Dr. N. Graham, MSU)
7) Global Change Science (Dr. J. Chen, MSU)

Three thematic topics (renewable energy, global changes, and air quality) for upper undergraduate and graduate courses will be emphasized. Twenty junior faculty members from five regional partner universities in Kazakhstan, ten faculty members from the host, and ten from other local universities in Kyzylorda will be invited to participate in the workshop. Partner universities are Zhetysu State University, International Kazakh-Turkish University, Aktobe Regional University, South Kazakhstan University, and Kazakh National Agrarian Research University.

The workshop will also be available online for the indoor lectures only. Interested students, faculty members, resource managers, and policy makers throughout Central Asia can participate through online registration at project webpage. Check back in March on the CARIN website for updates.

For program details, please contact Dr. Jiquan Chen (jqchen@msu.edu).
For logistical questions, please contact Gulnaziya Almakhanova (gulnaziyaalmakhanova@gmail.com; phone (+77025105084). A project webpage is under the development and will be announced in March, 2022.

The Second CARIN virtual workshop will be held online May 12-13, 2022. All Working Group reports of the IPCC 6th Assessment have now been released.  It is fair to say that Central Asia remains a bit of mystery to the international community of scientists, scholars, and policymakers. Our objective in the workshop will be to identify how these knowledge gaps can be addressed through collaborative efforts facilitated by CARIN. Please join us both for talks by regional and international scholars and for the working groups aimed to identify and enable collaborations.

Questions? Email henebryg@msu.edu or castner1@msu.edu

 Please register in advance using this link: https://msu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMkcO6qrjwrGtJhgU-6yRhXVk7f9wY6Z3oL

Agenda for the Second CARIN virtual workshop

Note: the language of the workshop will be English; interpretation will not be available.

Day One: Thursday May 12, 2022

START: 0800 EDT (Berlin 1400; Ashgabat/Dushanbe/Tashkent 1700; Bishkek/Nursultan 1800; Ulaanbaatar 2100)

Opening remarks by Dr. Geoff Henebry, CARIN US coordinator

Dr. Garik Gutman (NASA HQ/LCLUC Program) on NASA LCLUC Program

Dr. Krishna Vadrevu (NASA LCLUC Program) on GOFC-GOLD Regional Networks

Dr. Geoff Henebry (Center for Global Change and Earth Observation, Michigan State University) Central Asia and the IPCC AR6: Toward a Gap Analysis

Dr. Xin Xi (Michigan Tech. U.) What Can We Learn about Central Asian Climate from Recent Extreme Dust Storms?

Dr. Mamanbek Reimov (Tashkent Institute of Irrigation and Agricultural Mechanization Engineers) Geoinformation Analysis and Mapping of Ecosystem Services in Protected Areas

END: 1100 EDT (Berlin 1700; Ashgabat/Dushanbe/Tashkent 2000; Bishkek/Nursultan 2100; Ulaanbaatar 0000)

Day Two: Friday May 13, 2022

START: 0800 EDT (Berlin 1400; Ashgabat/Dushanbe/Tashkent 1700; Bishkek/Nursultan 1800; Ulaanbaatar 2100)

Day 2 opening: Dr. Mirasil Mirzoev (CARIN regional coordinator, Tajik Agrarian Univ)

Dr. Zheenbek Kulenbekov (CARIN regional coordinator, American University of Central Asia) “Addressing IPCC Knowledge Gaps in Central Asia: Paths Forward”

Dr. Sarah Robinson (Justus Liebig University) Ranchers or Pastoralists? Farm Size, Specialization, and Production Strategy among Cattle Farmers in SE Kazakhstan

Dr. Eldiiar Duulatov (Institute of Geology, National Academy of Sciences of the Kyrgyz Republic) Defining Soil Loss and Sediment Yield in the Upper Naryn Basin, Kyrgyzstan

Dr. Saltanat Mambetova (University of Central Asia, Khorog, TJ) Phenotypical and Morphological Characterization of Potato (Solanum tuberosum) Diseases in Gorno Badakshan Autonomous Oblast, Tajikistan

Dr. Michael Brody (George Mason University) GEWEX & Climate Science in Central Asia

Dr. Geoff Henebry (MSU) on emerging issues for CARIN

Dr. Garik Gutman (NASA HQ, LCLUC Program) closing remarks

END: 1100 EDT (Berlin 1700; Ashgabat/Dushanbe/Tashkent 2000; Bishkek/Nursultan 2100; Ulaanbaatar 0000)

Questions? Email henebryg@msu.edu or castner1@msu.edu

Download the schedule here

Researchers, students and professionals from Earth and environmental sciences that work with imaging spectroscopy data or field and laboratory spectroscopy are cordially invited to attend the 12th EARSeL Workshop on Imaging Spectroscopy in Potsdam 2022. The workshop consists of oral and poster sessions around a set of workshop topics. A pre-workshop day with tutorials and demonstrations is planned. In its 12th edition, the workshop would like to explore new grounds in two respects: first, new session formats, including round tables, short impulse talks and more prominent poster presentations; and second, the organizers would like to decrease the environmental impacts of the workshop and related travel and consumption.

More information: https://is.earsel.org/workshop/12-IS-Potsdam2022/

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Scientifically based solutions to overcome the impact of climate change and ensure sustainable development are significant for the countries of Central Asia and for regional cooperation. Understanding how climate change affects political, socio-economic and environmental conditions depends on availability of climate data, as well as the ability to analyze and consequently understand which measures are appropriate to take. Climate change impact clearly needs to be considered when taking decisions related to water management, energy production, food and agriculture, and sustainable transport.

For sustainable economic development in the Central Asian countries, it is necessary to use an innovative and scientific approach to address a wide range of social and environmental issues, especially when facing climate change impact. Within the framework of the 'Green Central Asia' Initiative, the Kazakh-German University is organizing an international conference - "The Silk Road of Knowledge: Science Meets Green Policy". The conference will contribute to the exchange of existing scientific knowledge in the region, thus supporting the development of policy proposals for decision makers in the region.

Objective of the conference: the conference aims at providing innovative solutions for the five Central Asian economies (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan) by:

• presenting and discussing policy proposals on innovative science-based solutions for the economic and political development of Central Asia in order to mitigate the impact of climate change;

• informing on decision-making processes based on scientific research in the field of integrated water and land resources management, food security, infrastructure development, water and climate security, and energy efficiency practices in Central Asia;

• presenting innovation for development;

• involving youth in scientific research and decision-making processes.

Conference sessions: The online conference covers a wide range of issues and is divided into pre-sessions, panel discussion and thematic sessions each considering the impact of climate change on the Central Asian countries and presenting proposal including necessary adaptation measures. The pre-sessions have been conducted on December 9-10, 2021, including youth and posters session (see below). The panel discussion and thematic sessions is taking place on February 23-25, 2022 (see the agenda). 

Full conference information: http://conference.academic-waters.org/

Space Week Nordeste 2021 is an event aimed at all those interested in technologies and advances in the area of ​​space science. The event aims to promote the exchange of knowledge between regional, national and international institutions, contributing to the dissemination and development of the aerospace industry and in the training of human resources.

For more info please visit: http://www.spaceweeknordeste.com.br/

CESS has held an annual conference hosted by universities across North America since 2000. The Annual Conference regularly features up to 70 panels and attracts approximately 300 scholars from around the globe.

The 21st CESS Annual Conference will be held at The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH. Originally scheduled to be held in October 2020, the conference was postponed in light of Covid-19. Please see the Update on CESS conferences (May 2020) for further details.

In 2022, the CESS Annual Conference will be held at Indiana University, Bloomington, IN.

https://www.centraleurasia.org/conferences/annual/

This workshop will build from an online survey on climate change in Central Asia that GEWEX and START recently initiated with assistance from the American University of Central Asia (AUCA) in Bishkek. The survey report can be found here.  

An important outcome of this workshop will be to collaboratively identify key priorities for research and capacity development, regionally based individuals who can provide provisional leadership, and a plan for mobilizing resources that builds towards a GEWEX Regional Hydroclimate Project (RHP), and that serves to inform the emerging WCRP RIFS (Regional Information for Society) core project.  

The Workshop is set up to provide ample opportunity for discussion and input and will also include a short demonstration of an existing modeling and data systems developed by Princeton Climate Institute (PCI)  that represent the hydrological and water resource systems in the region, including agricultural water use and the impacts of hydrological variability. 

The workshop will provide simultaneous translation services from English to Russian and vice versa. For more information about the workshop and the preliminary agenda click here.

There will be NO Registration Fee!

This course provides PhD candidates and early-career scholars with exciting concepts and methods to enhance the potential of their research to beneficially contribute to society and the environment. Early bird registration deadline: 15 June

This course will run in person in Wageningen, Netherlands.

It spans 2 weeks (20 September to 1 October, including 36 hours of live sessions + 20 hours of self study). If Covid-19 circumstances do not permit in person sessions, we will transition to an online setting, with 12 half-day sessions.

Target group: PhD students (although MSc and post-docs may also enrol) – both WUR based and internationally based; We explicitly also invited PhD candidates with a more technical background to apply.

More information: `https://www.wur.nl/en/activity/Transformative-research-for-global-social-environmental-challenges.htm?s=09

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Registration for conference participation including signing up for masterclasses is open until 15 August 2021 (flyer)

Call for post-conference workshops and for marketplace booths is open until 15 July 2021

Landscape 2021 will bring together scientists from across disciplines with key actors to explore whether and how diversity and diversification can contribute to a more sustainable and resilient agriculture. Promising approaches reduce trade-offs between high productivity and use of external resources, the provisioning of ecosystem services, biodiversity and soil health as well as robust economic perspectives, social justice, cultural values and recreational opportunities. We hypothesise that while diversification provides sustainable solutions at different scales, it is the landscape or territoriales scale where synergies and trade-offs between social and environmental objectives become tangible. Conference contributions will include research from natural and social sciences, inter- and transdisciplinary approaches on topics related to the diversification of crop and livestock production systems across scales.

More information: https://www.landscape2021.org/frontend/index.php