IEEE-International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium 2017
(IGARSS 2017)
July 23-28, 2017
Texas, USA

Hosted by the IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society, the International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium 2017 (IGARSS 2017) will be held from July 23-28, 2017, at the Fort Worth Convention Center in Fort Worth, Texas, USA. The conference theme, International Cooperation for Global Awareness, underscores the need to work together to find global solutions to our most-pressing problems. On behalf of the IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society and the IGARSS Organizing Committee we invite you to participate to IGARSS 2017, the world’s premier symposium on the subject of remote sensing.We look forward to meeting you and talking to you in Fort Worth during IGARSS 2017.

Technical Program
IGARSS is a premier event in remote sensing and provides an ideal forum for obtaining up-to-date information about the latest developments, exchanging ideas, identifying future trends and making networking with the international geoscience and remote sensing community. The IGARSS 2017 technical program will include the following themes:

Topics:

• Data Analysis Methods
  
• Atmosphere
  
• Cryosphere
  
• Oceans
  
• Land
  
• Missions, Sensors and Calibration
  
• Data Management and Education

In addition, special scientific themes will be addressed, including:

• Mission involving international cooperation
  
• Emerging industry remote sensing activities
  
• Remote sensing for energy applications
  
• Remote sensing and Internet of Things (IOT)
  
• Geoscience and remote sensing (GRS) and our living environment
  
• Student Paper Competition

IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing student members are invited to submit a paper to the IGARSS Student Paper Competition. The selection of the finalist papers will be done by a committee of experts and the selected students will present their papers during a special session at the symposium.

Publication of proceedings

Accepted papers will be published in the proceedings on IEEE Xplore only if presented at the Symposium by one of the listed authors duly registered.

Abstract Submission

Authors who wish to give a presentation are requested to submit an abstract (minimum of two pages; maximum of four pages). A link to submit an abstract online will be available on the conference website beginning November 7, 2016.

Important Dates:

• Invited Session Proposal Deadline 7 October 2016
  
• Invited Session Notification 7 November 2016
  
• Abstract Submission System Open 7 November 2016
  
• Tutorial Proposal Deadline 11 November 2016
  
• Tutorial Proposal Acceptance Notification 9 December 2016
  
• Abstract Submission Deadline 9 January 2017
  
• Travel Support Application Deadline 9 January 2017
  
• Student Paper Competition Full Paper Application Deadline 9 January 2017
  
• Abstract Status Available Online 23 March 2017
  
• Registration Open 23 March 2017
  
• Full Paper (4 pages) Submission Deadline 26 May 2017
  
• Early Registration Deadline 26 May 2017
  
• Online Registration Deadline 14 July 2017