International Conference on Advanced Remote Sensing (ICARS 2025)

Name: International Conference on Advanced Remote Sensing (ICARS 2025)
Start: 2025-03-25T23:00:00
End: 2025-03-27T23:00:00

Shaping Sustainable Global Landscapes

Remote Sensing, Satellite, UAV, SDGs, Land Use and Land Cover LULC, Artificial Intelligence, Image Processing and Pattern Recognition, Data Fusion and Data Assimilation, Change Detection

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Join us in vibrant Barcelona, Spain, from March 26–28, 2025, for a groundbreaking conference on the future of remote sensing. Chaired by esteemed experts Prof. Dr. Fabio Tosti, Prof. Dr. Andrea Benedetto, and Prof. Dr. Luis Ángel Ruiz, ICARS 2025 promises insightful discussions and innovative solutions for a sustainable world. Don't miss your chance to be part of this pivotal gathering—mark your calendar today!

Welcome from the Chairs

Dear Colleagues,

We are delighted to announce the 1st International Conference on Advanced Remote Sensing – Shaping Sustainable Global Landscapes (ICARS 2025), to be held in Barcelona, Spain, from March 26–28, 2025.

Hosted by leading experts and supported by the global remote sensing community, ICARS 2025 will offer a comprehensive platform for exploring how advanced remote sensing is revolutionizing our understanding and management of global landscapes and sustainability.

The conference will focus on how advanced remote sensing technologies are transforming our approach to global challenges. Over  three days, we will explore innovations in Earth and environmental sciences, engineering advancements, and practical applications in biological and agricultural fields.

Our sessions will cover the latest developments in sensor technologies, data acquisition, and analysis methods, as well as their impact on climate change, environmental management, and urban planning. We will also discuss how remote sensing is enhancing our understanding of ecosystems, agriculture, and infrastructure.

The Summit “Space Agenda for Tomorrow” will bring together international organizations, scientists, space agencies, and industry representatives from the Remote Sensing community with the aim to debate prominent points at the top of the agenda for the sector and identify key global challenges of tomorrow consistent with sustainability and the Sustainable Development Goals. With an eye on the present and walking the path to 2030, the Summit will cover critical issues such as climate change, landscape protection and infrastructure assessment, food security, biodiversity, sustainable ocean economy, pollution, and natural hazards.

We invite you to participate in this dynamic, interdisciplinary forum by submitting  abstracts for posters or short talks  related to these themes. ICARS 2025 promises a stimulating environment where you can present your research, engage in insightful discussions, and connect with fellow experts.

We look forward to welcoming you to Barcelona.

Sincerely,

Prof. Dr. Fabio Tosti, Prof. Dr. Andrea Benedetto & Prof. Dr. Luis Ángel Ruiz
ICARS 2025 Chairs

Conference Secretariat

Mr. Cédric Spinnler
Ms. Mina Marjanović
Ms. Surayya Rehman
Email: icars2025@mdpi.com

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Event Chairs

Prof. Dr. Fabio Tosti

School of Computing and Engineering, University of West London, UK - Website,
The Faringdon Research Centre for Non-Destructive Testing and Remote Sensing, University of West London, UK

Prof. Dr. Andrea Benedetto

Department of Civil Computer Science and Aeronautical Technologies, University Roma Tre, Rome, Italy - Website

Prof. Dr. Luis Ángel Ruiz

Department of Cartographic Engineering, Geodesy and Photogrammetry, Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV), Valencia, Spain - Website

Event Committee

Prof. Dr. Angelo De Santis

National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV), Rome, Italy

Dr. Giorgos Mallinis

Laboratory of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (PERS Lab), School of Rural and Surveying Engineering, The Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTh), Greece

Dr. Javier Marcello

Institute of Oceanography and Global Change, University of Las Palmas of Gran Canaria (ULPGC), Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain

Prof. Dr. Chung-Ru Ho

Department of Marine Environmental Informatics, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung, Taiwan

Dr. Domenico Velotto

Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research: Bremerhaven, Bremen, Germany

Prof. Dr. Yuji Murayama

Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan

Sessions

S1. Hyperspectral Remote Sensing and Imaging Spectroscopy
S2. Urban Remote Sensing
S3. Remote Sensing for Environmental Sustainability
S4. Remote Sensing for Agriculture, Water and Food Security
S5. Advancements in Remote Sensing through Drone Technology
S6. Remote Sensing for LULC and Land Management
S7. Remote Sensing for Forests and Carbon
S8. Big Data Analytics, Machine Learning, Cloud Computing and Artificial Intelligence

Instructions for Authors

Abstract Submission:

ICARS 2025 will accept abstracts only. The accepted abstracts will be available online on Sciforum.net during and after the conference. Moreover, participants will have the opportunity to contribute a full manuscript to a Special Issue related to the conference in the open-access journal Remote Sensing.

The conference will be held fully in person; it is not possible to participate online. Please note that abstract submission and conference registration are two separate processes. Please use your institutional email address for both processes.

To present your research at the event

Create an account on Sciforum if you do not have one, then click on ‘New Submission’ in the upper-right corner of the window; or, click on ‘Submit Abstract’ at the top of this webpage.
Choose a session that is best suited for your research.
Submit an abstract in English—the word limits are a minimum of 150 words and a maximum of 300 words.
The deadline to submit your abstract is 24 November 2024. You will be notified about its acceptance by 23 December 2024.
Upon submission, you can select if you wish to be considered for oral or poster presentation (or both). Following assessment by the Chairs and Scientific Committee, you will be notified by 23 December 2024 whether your contribution has been accepted for oral or poster presentation.
Please note that, in order to finalize the scientific program in due time, at least one registration by any of the authors, denoted as Covering Author, is required to cover the presentation and publication of any accepted abstract. Covering Author registration deadline is 9 February 2025. Your abstract will be withdrawn if your registration is not complete by this date.

Oral presentations

Invited talks will be 30 minutes long, including questions (25 minutes oral presentation + 5 minutes Q&A). Short talks will be 15 minutes long, including questions (10 minutes oral presentation + 5 minutes Q&A). Please ensure that your slides are formatted in widescreen (16:9) aspect ratio.

Poster presentations

Each presenter will be provided with a vertical poster board. Maximum poster size is limited to A0: 84 x 120 cm / 33 x 47 in (width x height) in the vertical orientation (portrait). Please print your poster prior to the conference. A plan for the poster session will be circulated later.

Publication Opportunities

All accepted abstracts will be available online in Open Access form on Sciforum.net during and after the conference.
Additionally, we are pleased to offer further publication opportunities. Authors of accepted abstracts will have the option to submit a full conference paper (approximately 3-6 pages) to Engineering Proceedings.
Furthermore, there will be an opportunity to submit a full manuscript to a Topics of the conference, with a discount on the publication fee.

Proceeding Papers

We welcome you to submit a proceeding paper to Engineering Proceedings journal after the conference. Publication of the proceedings will be free of charge and the submission deadline is 31 May 2025.

Authors are asked to disclose that it is a proceeding paper of the ICARS 2025 conference paper in their cover letter. Please read the requirements outlined in the Instructions for Authors on the journal’s website and ensure that your submission adheres to these guidelines.

Details regarding these additional publication options will be announced soon. Stay tuned for more information!

Registration

The conference will be held fully in person; it is not possible to participate online. The registration fee includes attendance at all conference sessions, morning/afternoon coffee breaks, lunches, a conference bag, and a program book. Participation in the conference is considered final only once the registration fees have been paid. The number of participants is limited: once the number of paid registrations reaches the maximum number of participants, unpaid registrations will be canceled.

When registering, please provide us with your institutional email address. This will accelerate the registration process.

Important Information

Please note that abstract submission and conference registration are two separate processes. During registration, please provide us with the same email address you used to submit your abstract(s). Otherwise, leave us a comment in the registration form, providing the email address used during the submission process. In addition, please use your institutional email address for both processes. If you are registering several people under the same registration order, please do not use the same email address for each person but their individual institutional email addresses. Thank you for your understanding.

In order to finalize the scientific program in due time, at least one registration by any of the authors, denoted as the Covering Author, is required to cover the presentation and publication of any accepted abstract. The Covering Author registration deadline is 9 February 2025. Your abstract will be withdrawn if your registration is not complete by this date.

Participants of the event will be able to download an electronic Certificate of Attendance by accessing their dashboards on Sciforum.net once the event is concluded. The certificates will be found under the "My Certificates" category.

Partnering Societies

Members from partnering societies are granted a 20% discount on all registration fees. Please make sure to provide us with proof that you are part of one of our partnering societies. Are you part of a society that isn't partnering with the conference? Contact us to discuss a possible partnership!

Group Registration

Groups of five or more attendees are offered a 10% discount on the registration fees. To enjoy this discount, you need to complete one multiple registration by selecting the number of people attending in each category (type of registration) during the first step of the registration process. Please note that no other discounts will be applicable.

Reduced fees

If you are affiliated with a university in a low- or middle-income country, you are automatically eligible for a price reduction. However, please note that the reduced price will only be added to your registration when it is processed. This means that you do not have to pay the stated price immediately upon registration, and you will receive an invoice with the price adjustment after registering. The list of low- and middle-income countries eligible for reduced prices can be found by clicking on the button below.

Registration Fees

	Early Bird Until 28th January 2025	Regular Until 11th March 2025	Late From 12th March 2025	Supported documents
Academic	550.00 EUR	650.00 EUR	750.00 EUR
Student	400.00 EUR	400.00 EUR	500.00 EUR	Scanned copy or photograph of your current student ID is required.
Early Career Researchers	440.00 EUR	440.00 EUR	540.00 EUR	Proof of graduation date (scanned copy of diploma, university profile page screenshot, etc.) is required.
Editorial Board Members of Remote Sensing	450.00 EUR	550.00 EUR	650.00 EUR
Author/Reviewer of Remote Sensing	510.00 EUR	610.00 EUR	710.00 EUR
Non-Academic	800.00 EUR	900.00 EUR	1000.00 EUR
Chairs, Invited Speakers, MDPI Guests	Free	Free	Free

Active discounts

Group of 5: 10% discount

Note: Group size refers to the number of registered attendees in the same registration order.

Cancellation policy

Cancellation of paid registration is possible under the terms listed below:
> 2 months before the conference	Full refund but 100 CHF is retained for administration
> 1 month before the conference	Refund 50% of the applying fees
> 2 weeks before the conference	Refund 25% of the applying fees
< 2 weeks before the conference	No refund

Disclaimer

In the unlikely event that MDPI deems it necessary to cancel the conference, all pre-paid registration fees will be reimbursed. MDPI shall not be liable for reimbursing the cost of travel or accommodation arrangements made by individual delegates.

Insurance

The organizers do not accept liability for personal accident, loss, or damage to private property incurred as a result of participation in ICARS 2025. Delegates are advised to arrange appropriate insurance to cover travel, cancellation costs, medical, and theft or damage of belongings.

MDPI Conference Admissions Policy

All registered conference delegates are asked to always wear their badges throughout the conference.
Conference sessions, the catering area, and the poster area are solely restricted to badge holders. Any person attending these areas without a badge will be asked to leave the premises.
Badge holders must not allow their badges to be worn by anyone else. Any failure to do so is likely to lead to the badge holder and the person wearing the badge being removed from the premises.
Press badges are restricted to publishers, editors, journalists, broadcasters, and web bloggers associated with the conference subject area. Members of the press may be asked to produce accreditation in the form of a photocopy of a recognized press or media card, a business card, a letter from the editor, or an official web address linking to a press release in order to verify their position.
Photographs and videos may be taken during the conference. Anyone attending the conference consents to such photography and filming without compensation and confirms that the Organizers shall be entitled to use such photographs and videos, which may include photographs and videos of visitors, for the purpose of marketing the conference in the future and for exploitation in any and all media, without liability.

Payment methods

Wire transfer, Credit card

Currencies accepted by this event

Swiss francs (CHF) , Euros (EUR) , US dollars (USD) , Pounds sterling (GBP) , Japanese yen (JPY) , Canadian dollars (CAD) and Singapore dollars (SGD)

Visa Information

Please note that you must apply for your own visa application. MDPI is not responsible for any visa application. However, MDPI can provide a Visa Support Letter. To be eligible for such a document, the criteria below must be fulfilled.

Visa Support Letter

Applicants must have paid for registration and submitted an abstract in order to get a letter of support.
Applicants must provide us with a scan of their valid, in-date passport that contains a photo of them.
Applicants must provide us with a letter of support from their institution to confirm that they support the delegate attending the meeting.
This must be carried out in good time before the meeting; "last minute" requests will not be processed

More useful information on visa application

Venue, Travel and Accommodation

Venue

Barcelona

Barcelona is the capital and largest city of Catalonia and is Spain's second-largest city, with a population of over one and a half million people.

Located on the northeastern Mediterranean coast of Spain, this city has a rich and diverse history, with its roots dating back to Roman times. The fruitful medieval period established Barcelona's position as the economic and political center of the Western Mediterranean. The city's Gothic Quarter bears witness to the splendor enjoyed by the city from the 13th to the 15th centuries.

The 20th century ushered in widespread urban renewal throughout Barcelona city, culminating in its landmark Eixample district, which showcases some of Barcelona's most distinctive Catalan art-nouveau, or modernista, buildings. The Catalan Antoni Gaudí, one of the most eminent architects, designed buildings such as La Pedrera, the Casa Batlló, and the Sagrada Família church, which have become world-famous landmarks.

In 1992, Barcelona gained international recognition by hosting the Olympic games, which brought about a massive upturn in its tourism industry. For visitors, this has translated into the very modern yet incredibly old city you see now in the 21st century, where new elements work to both preserve and celebrate the city’s heritage and origins.

Barcelona has plenty of outdoor markets, restaurants, shops, museums, and churches. The city is also very walkable, with an extensive and reliable Metro system for more far-flung destinations.

For a complete overview, see wikitravel.org or visit barcelonaturisme.com.

Casa Convalescència

Casa Convalescència is located in a vibrant zone of the city, near Sagrada Familia, with easy access to urban and suburban areas of the city. It is part of the Sant Pau Art Nouveau Site. Designed by the architect Lluís Domènech i Montaner, it was built between 1905 and 1930. After housing the Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau (one of Europe's oldest healthcare centers) for more than eight decades, a restoration project commenced on the old pavilions in 2009. This process has restored the beauty of one of the iconic works of Catalonia's home-grown art nouveau, modernism.

Address: C/ de St. Antoni Maria Claret, 171, Barcelona

Travel

By plane:

The international airport of Barcelona is called Barcelona-El Prat and is located 10 km from the city center. The airport is well connected to airport hubs in Europe and several locations around the world. For more information about the airport and flights, please visit the official website at https://www.aena.es.

Once you get to the airport, you have several options to reach the city center.

To the city center:

By shuttle bus: AEROBUS (https://aerobusbarcelona.es). This bus connects Barcelona Airport (Terminal 1 and Terminal 2) with the city center (Pl. Espanya / Pl. Catalunya) in 35 minutes. It runs every day of the year with departures every 5 minutes and costs EUR 6.75.
By train: TRAIN R2 NORD (https://rodalies.gencat.cat). This train connects Terminal 2 of the airport with the city center (Barcelona–Passeig de Gràcia). It runs every day of the year with departures every 30 minutes and costs EUR 4.60.
By taxi: Taxis just outside the arrival area. The taxi from the airport to the city center (Plaza Catalunya) costs approximately EUR 30–35. Public taxis in Barcelona can charge four types of fares. These fares must be visible inside the taxi and are usually printed on a sticker over the window. Finally, the amount payable must be indicated on the taximeter. VTC apps that work in Barcelona are Bolt and Cabify and might offer cheaper rates.

To the conference venue:

By train: TRAIN R2 NORD (https://rodalies.gencat.cat). You should get off at “Barcelona Sants” station. From there, you can take METRO L5 (get off at Sant Pau | Dos de Maig). Alternatively, you may take a taxi just outside the station. The train from the airport costs EUR 4.60, and the metro costs EUR 2.55. You can buy the tickets at the train station and metro stops, respectively. The taxi from the train station to the conference venue costs about EUR 10.
By metro: LINE L9 (https://www.tmb.cat). This metro line connects Barcelona Airport (Terminal 1 and Terminal 2) with the city (get off at Collblanc). From here, you can take METRO L5 (get off at Sant Pau | Dos de Maig). The metro from the airport costs EUR 5,50 and the city metro EUR 2,55.
By taxi: Taxis just outside the arrival area. The taxi from the airport to the conference venue costs approximately EUR 30–35. VTC apps that work in Barcelona are Bolt and Cabify and might offer cheaper rates.

By train:

Barcelona Sants station is Barcelona's largest train station and provides rail services both in and around Barcelona and for the whole of Spain and beyond. For more information about the station and train service, please visit the official website at https://www.renfe.com.

Once you get to the station, you have the following options to reach the conference venue:

By metro: LINE L5 (https://www.tmb.cat).
By taxi: Taxis just outside the station. The taxi from the station to the conference venue costs about EUR 10.

Accommodation

We want your stay in Barcelona during the conference to be as comfortable as possible. To make your choice of accommodations easier, we are currently in the process of negotiating discounts with several hotels. We are excited to announce that a list of partnering hotels offering special rates for all ICARS 2025 attendees will be shared with you soon. Please stay tuned for more details!

Beware of unauthorized registration and hotel solicitations

Note that Sciforum is the only official registration platform to register to ICARS 2025 and that we are not associated with any hotel agency (other than those listed on the conference website). While other hotel resellers and travel agencies may contact you with offers for your trip, they are not endorsed by or affiliated with ICARS 2025 or Sciforum. Beware that entering into financial agreements with non-endorsed companies can have costly consequences.

Event Awards

To recognize the outstanding works presented during our conference, we are excited to announce four awards for our participants. Sponsored by the journal Remote Sensing, we will offer a Best Oral Presentation Award and a Best Poster Award. Additionally, two awards will specifically recognize Early Career Researchers.

The award winners will be selected by the Selection Committee after evaluation of all selected talks and posters presented at the conference.