International Conference on Advanced Remote Sensing (ICARS 2025)
International Conference on Advanced Remote Sensing (ICARS 2025)
Shaping Sustainable Global Landscapes
15th December 2024
22nd January 2025
27th January 2025
12th March 2025
16th February 2025
21st March 2025
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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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
Ms. Mina Marjanović
Ms. Michelle Schuchert
Mr. Cédric Spinnler
Email: icars2025@mdpi.com
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Event Chairs
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. Tosti is a registered Chartered Engineer, a Professor of Civil Engineering at the School of Computing and Engineering, University of West London (UWL), London, U.K., and the Director of “The Faringdon Research Centre for Non-Destructive Testing and Remote Sensing” at UWL. His research interests include the development of new algorithms, methodologies, and models for geoscience applications and the non-destructive and remote sensing assessment of civil and green infrastructure, and cultural heritage. He has authored/co-authored over 210 research publication records and delivered numerous keynotes and invited lectures. Prof. Tosti was a recipient of the ECSs Award by the European Geosciences Union (EGU) in 2017 and several Best Paper Awards at international conferences, including the TSP 2020, IEEE AGERS 2021 and GIRST 2023. He was the General Co-Chair of the 3rd and 2nd Int. Workshop on Signal Processing Techniques for GPR Applications (SPT4GPRA) in 2022 and 2020, respectively, and he has led technical sessions in 50+ international conferences. He is the Founding Editor-in-Chief of NDT (MDPI), and an Associate Editor of various international peer-reviewed journals.
Department of Civil Computer Science and Aeronautical Technologies, University Roma Tre, Rome, Italy - Website
Andrea Benedetto is a Full Professor in Civil Engineering at the University of Roma Tre, Italy. He has developed relevant research in the field of planning, design, safety sustainability and development of transport infrastructure. He is the author of pioneering studies on NDT and remote sensing applied to infrastructure monitoring and maintenance, which are published and cited internationally. He has coordinated numerous international research projects and served as Editor, Associate Editor and Reviewer of the most important and prestigious international journals. He played also prominent institutional roles as international consultant for EU research programmes, national expert supporting ministries and director of the Department of Engineering at University of Roma Tre.
Department of Cartographic Engineering, Geodesy and Photogrammetry, Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV), Valencia, Spain - Website
Dr. Luis A. Ruiz is a professor of remote sensing and digital image processing and co-director of the GeoEnvironmental Cartography and Remote Sensing group (http://cgat.webs.upv.es/) at Polytechnic University of Valencia. He has been visiting lecturer at Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences and a visiting researcher at LARSE (OSU), RSGAL (UW), USFS Missoula Fire Sciences and Pacific Wildland Fire Sciences labs. From 2013 to 2023 was editor in chief of the Spanish Journal of Remote Sensing, and since 2022 president of the Spanish Association of Remote Sensing. His research interests are focused on forest structure and fuel characterization using LiDAR, multispectral satellite and aerial imagery; developing object-based image analysis methods for LULC change detection and geodatabase updating; and the analysis of spatio-temporal metrics from LULC maps for urban growth characterization, developing new data processing tools for application in wildfires, fuels, forestry, and agriculture.
Event Committee
I am a geophysicist, former INGV Director of Research, former EGU EMRP Division President, presently INGV Associate of Research Emeritus and Professor of PhD courses at Sapienza University on Earth Magnetism & Natural Disasters. Specialist in Geomagnetism & Seismology, Spherical Harmonic models, Earthquakes prediction & forecasting.
Cartographic and Land Engineering Department, Higher Polytechnic School of Avila, University of Salamanca, Avila, Spain - Website
Received a B.Sc. degree in Surveying Engineering and a M.Sc. degree in Geodesy and Cartography Engineering from Salamanca University, Spain, in 1999 and 2001, respectively. He was a Research Assistant at INRIA, Grenoble, France, in the Institute of Computer Vision and Robotics, where he also performed his Ph.D. research on 3D reconstruction from a single view, graduating in 2005. He has authored over 370 research articles in international journals and conference proceedings. Co-inventor of 11 patents and 32 intellectual properties (software). Based on his PhD results, he has received 9 international awards from the International Societies of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS/ASPRS). In 2005, he founded the research group TIDOP (https://tidop.usal.es) (Geotechnologies for the 3D digitization and modelling of complex objects) at the University of Salamanca. He is Full Professor and Head of the Geotechnologies Master and PhD Program at the University of Salamanca, co-founder and CEO of the start-up ITOS3D (Image TO Smart 3D). In 2015 the Royal Academy of Engineering recognised his efforts and work in the field of engineering and in particular in the democratization of photogrammetry. In 2020, the ISPRS recognized his special, personal and meritorious contributions in the field of photogrammetry, being the second Spanish to get this award from its origin in 1996.
Department of Physics and Earth Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan - Website
Yukiharu Hisaki received the B.S. degree in earth science in 1988 and the M.S. degree in physical oceanography in 1990, both from the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, and the Ph.D. degree in physical oceanography in 1996 from the Tohoku University, Sendai-shi, Japan. He is currently a Professor in the Department of the Physics and Earth Sciences, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan. He has authored and coauthored over 60 journals, books, and conference papers. His research interests are the development of the method to estimate ocean wave spectra from HF radar, observation of surface currents using HF radar, and radio wave scattering from the sea surface. Prof. Hisaki is a member of the Oceanographic Society of Japan, the Meteorological Society of Japan, the American Meteorological Society, and the American Geophysical Union.
Department of Marine Environmental Informatics, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung, Taiwan - Website
Prof. Dr. Ho obtained his Ph.D. at the University of Delaware, USA. His expertise is in environmental telemetry, ocean physics, ocean climate change, and geographic information systems. Professor Ho's research interests are South China Sea internal waves, ocean climate change, ocean thermal structure, and ocean geographic information systems.
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Memorial University, St. John’s, Canada - Website
I received my B.Sc., M.Sc. in radio physics (radio wave propagation and antenna) and a PhD in space physics from the School of Electronic Information at Wuhan University in 1995, 1997, and 2001, respectively. I also completed an additional M.Eng. and a three-year post-doctoral fellowship in electrical and computer engineering at Memorial University of Newfoundland (MUN) in 2004 and 2007, respectively. From 2008 to 2010, I was a Design Engineer with Rutter Technologies, St. John's, NL, Canada. Since 2010, I have been with the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, Memorial University, where I became a Full Professor in 2019 and the department Deputy Head during 2020-2023. I have authored over 260 research papers. My past and present research interests include the mapping of oceanic surface parameters and targets via high-frequency ground wave radar, X-band marine radar, global navigation satellite systems, and synthetic aperture radar, digital image processing and applied electromagnetics. I was a Member and the Co-Chair of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Evaluation Group for Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Discovery Grants, from 2018 to 2021. I was a recipient of a Post-Doctoral Fellowship from the Memorial University of Newfoundland, the Discovery Accelerator Supplements Award from NSERC in 2017, and IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society 2019 Letters Prize Paper Award as well as some other teaching and research awards.
Lab-STICC (Research laboratory in information and communication science and technology), CNRS, UMR 6285, ENSTA Bretagne, France - Website
Ali Khenchaf received the M.S. degree in statistical data processing from the University of Rennes I, Rennes, France, in 1989 and the Ph.D. degree in electronic systems and computer networks from the University of Nantes, Nantes, France, in 1992. From 1989 to 1993, he was a Researcher with the IRCCyN (UMR CNRS 6597) Laboratory, Nantes, and was an Assistant Professor from 1993 to 2001. Since September 2001, he has been with ENSTA Bretagne (Ex. ENSIETA), Brest, France, where he is currently a Full Professor and, from 2001 to 2011, Head of the E3I2 Laboratory (EA 3876). Since 2012, he has been with the Lab-STICC, UMR CNRS6285, Brest, where he was, from 2012 to 2020, head of PIM team (propagation and multi-scale interaction), and since January 2021 he has been head of SyPH Center (Photonic and Microwave Systems) which brings together two teams. He joined, in January 2012, the laboratory Lab-Sticc UMR CNRS 6285, where he is co-responsible of "Propagation and Interaction Multi-scales" team. His research interests include radar applications, radar wave scattering, microwave remote sensing, electromagnetic wave propagation, scattering in random media, monostatic and bistatic scattering of electromagnetic waves, target Radar Cross Section, sea clutter, Radar Imagery, target parameter estimation and GNSS applications. He has edited or co-edited two books and authored or co-authored over 390 scientific articles. He assumed responsibility of more than 55 scientific projects contracted in partnership with industry and other organizations. He also supervised over 46 students ‘PhD. thesis. In addition, Pr. Dr. Khenchaf has been a member of the Editorial Board of 4 scientific journals. He is an Expert with several agencies and organizations in France and abroad.
Laboratory of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (PERS Lab), School of Rural and Surveying Engineering, The Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTh), Greece - Website
Dr. Georgios Mallinis (1976) is a Professor in the School of Rural and Surveying Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki-AUTh, Greece. His research is focused on the field of Remote Sensing and GIS for mapping and monitoring terrestrial ecosystems, biodiversity and disaster management. His work has been published in peer-reviews journals, books, and international conferences. He has published more than 61 articles indexed in the ISI Web of Science. He has coordinated and participated in a significant number of EU and nationally funded research projects (>41). He currently serves as the Section Editor-in-Chief of Forests (Natural Hazards and Risk Management Section) and as an Editor of the Journal of Environmental Management.
Institute of Oceanography and Global Change, University of Las Palmas of Gran Canaria (ULPGC), Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain - Website
Professor Javier Marcello received his M.S. degree in Telecommunications Engineering from the Technical University of Catalonia (UPC), Barcelona, Spain, in 1993, and his Ph.D. from the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC), Spain, in 2006. Between 1992 and 2000, he worked at the Spanish Aerospace Defense Administration (Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial), where he served as Head Engineer at the Canary Space Center, overseeing various programs such as Cospas-Sarsat, TT&C, MINISAT, and CREPAD. In January 1994, he joined the Department of Signal and Communications at ULPGC. Since then, he has taught primarily in the areas of satellite and radio communications at the Telecommunication School. His research at the Institute of Oceanography and Global Change (ULPGC) focuses on multisensor and multitemporal remote sensing image processing using satellites and drones, with a particular emphasis on image segmentation, classification, fusion, and the generation of oceanographic and land products. Regarding scientific production in remote sensing, he has published more than 40 articles in high-impact indexed journals and more than 100 conference papers.
Yuji Murayama is Professor Emeritus, Adjunct Researcher at the University of Tsukuba, Japan. He has served as Representative Director & Vice-President of Tokyo Geographical Society (2023-present), Vice-President of Asian Geographical Association (2019-present), President (2018-20), Chairperson (2016-18) and Director (2010-14) of the Association of Japanese Geographers, Member of Science Council of Japan (2005-2020), Director of Tokyo Geographical Society (2011-17), IGU Steering Committee Member of Transport Geography Commission (2008-16) and Urban Commission (2000-08), and President of GIS Association of Japan (2006-08). He was awarded IGU Lauréat d’Honneur in 2022.
Institute of Methodologies for Environmental Analysis, National Research Council (IMAA/CNR), Italy - Website
Filomena Romano received the M.S. degree in physics from the University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy, in 1990. In 1992, she joined the Institute of Methodologies for Environmental Analysis, Tito Scalo, Italy, where she got experience on experimental and theoretical studies in atmospheric remote sensing. She collaborated in studies concerning retrieval of atmospheric aerosol from solar spectra at ground level. She has currently specialized in satellite data handling for meteorological and climatological studies. Her main research interests include cloud detection, cloud clearing, and cloud microphysical retrieval of infrared and microwave radiance from spaceborne sensors are her main activities
Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research: Bremerhaven, Bremen, Germany - Website
Dr. Pietro Tizzani is a Senior Researcher CNR IREA and serves as the Scientific Coordinator of the CNR - GAIA iLAB. He is also the President of the EGU - Geosciences Instrumentation and Data Systems (GI) Division. Holding a Ph.D. in Geophysics and Volcanology (2001) from Università degli Studi di Napoli - FEDERICO II. His research emphasizes the integration of multiplatform remote sensing technologies for Earth Observation, combining satellite, UAV, and ground-based systems. Dr. Tizzani is a leader in using differential interferometry (InSAR) integrated with GPS, EDM, LiDAR, thermal imaging. In the last years is focused on integration of the magnetometry, ground-penetrating radar (GPR), and electro-magnetometry on UAV based-systems. Dr. Tizzani has contributed significantly to the study of active volcanic areas, including Campi Flegrei, Yellowstone, and Mauna Loa, focusing on their deformation and thermal state. Currently, he is actively engaged in planetary geosciences research at CNR, applying integrated remote sensing to study terrestrial analogs and extreme environments.
Francesco Soldovieri is Director of the Institute for Electromagnetic Sensing of the Environment of CNR. He was the General Chair of the International Workshop on Advanced Ground Penetrating Radar 2007. He was Editorial Board member of IEEE-GRSL and IEEE-TCI, now of IEEE-TGRS and Remote Sensing of Environment. He is Editor in Chief of HERITAGE, a MDPI journal devoted to Cultural and Natural Heritage. He has been the Scientific Coordinator of the FP7 projects ISTIMES and AMISS and the Technical manager of the H2020 Project HERACLES. He has been the President of the Division on Geosciences Instrumentation and Data Systems of European Geosciences Union. His research interests include radar imaging, data processing for GPR, indoor surveillance, through-wall imaging, passive radars, geophysical data integration for civil engineering and cultural heritage monitoring. He is the co-author of about 260 papers on national and international Journals and about 400 conference proceedings.
Maria Libera Battagliere is part of the Strategic Coordination Office under the Italian Space Agency (ASI) Presidency, serving as a Space Economy expert. Her main responsibilities include strategic planning, project coordination, and oversight, as well as monitoring and reporting activities. Since 2021, she has also served as an Advisor for the Italian Delegation at the ESA Programme Board for Earth Observation (PB-EO). She is a Senior Aerospace Engineer with 20 years of experience as a consultant, researcher, mission engineer, and project manager. She spent more than 14 years at ASI, including her role as Head of the Pilot Projects Office within the Downstream and Application Services Department (2020–2024). In this role, she led the Innovation for Downstream Preparation (I4DP) initiative, focusing on market-oriented solutions. She supervised competitive tenders, promoted partnerships with academia, industry, and private sectors, and fostered innovation trends within Italy’s Earth Observation (EO) ecosystem. Since 2022, she has overseen the PRISMA Science Programme, managing 15 projects leveraging data from Italy’s PRISMA Hyperspectral Mission across sectors such as agriculture, forestry, air quality monitoring, and cultural heritage. Previously, she led the EO Mission and Data Management Office (2018–2020) and the COSMO-SkyMed Data Exploitation Office (2016–2018). From 2014 to 2020, she was Deputy Mission Manager for the COSMO-SkyMed mission, a dual-use SAR constellation, and had been involved in the program as a Mission Engineer since 2010. She holds a Master's degree (2004) and a Ph.D. (2009) in Aerospace Engineering from Sapienza University of Rome, where her Ph.D., supported by ASI, focused on small satellites for research and Earth monitoring. She also conducted research in space systems, designing payloads and subsystems for microsatellites and passive attitude stabilization systems.
Keynote Speakers
My central research theme is remote sensing of environmental distributions, with particular focus on spatial and temporal scales of observation, methods of land cover characterization, and application to ecological problems, specializing in forest environments. I joined Mary Immaculate College in 2022, after 15 years as a lecturer/senior lecturer at the University of Nottingham, and 7 years in a research leadership position as Professor of Geography at Edge Hill University. and further afield, including MSc Environmental Science at Central European University in Hungary, guest lecturing to Master's students in Chile and China, and delivering postgraduate summer schools for the International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing in Ethiopia and Poland. I have contributed to the discipline via a broad range of academic service activities, currently engaged as the Editor-in-Chief for Land (Observation and Monitoring Section) and on the editorial boards for ISPRS Journal for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment, and Sensors.
Clement Atzberger received his PhD in 1997 on Crop growth modeling and remote sensing data assimilation. From 2010 to 2024 Prof. Atzberger was head of Institute and Full Professor in Remote Sensing at BOKU, Vienna. Clement is a Remote Sensing expert with long-lasting experience from various research projects within Europe, Africa and South America. His main interests are: time series analysis (in particular, filtering of data in near-real-time), drought monitoring, radiative transfer modeling (direct and inverse problem) for deriving vegetation biophysical variables, pattern recognition and chemometric techniques, land use and land cover mapping.
Mattia Crespi received his degree in Civil Engineering Summa cum Laude in 1987 at Politecnico di Milano (Milan, Italy) and his PhD in Geodesy and Surveying in 1992 at Politecnico di Torino (Turin, Italy). He is professor of Positioning and Geomatics at the Sapienza University of Rome since 2005 (where he was Associate Professor in the same disciplines since 1998), and director of the Sapienza School for Advanced Studies (since 2021), where he is senior fellow (since 2015) and was coordinator of the Academic Class in Science and Technology (2018-2021). He is coordinator of the National PhD Course in Earth Observation (since 2022). He is research associate at Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (since 2024). He is author and co-author of more than 300 publications (more than 130 internationally peer-reviewed). His investigation topics are: computational problems in geodesy and photogrammetry; geodetic positioning, navigation and monitoring; GNSS seismology, ionosphere sounding and meteorology; optical and SAR image processing; 3D objects and terrain modeling; geodesy and Earth observation for geohazards; geospatial big data analysis; geomatics versus other sciences (urban climatology, glaciology, archaeology).
Cartographic and Land Engineering Department, Higher Polytechnic School of Avila, University of Salamanca, Avila, Spain - Website
Received a B.Sc. degree in Surveying Engineering and a M.Sc. degree in Geodesy and Cartography Engineering from Salamanca University, Spain, in 1999 and 2001, respectively. He was a Research Assistant at INRIA, Grenoble, France, in the Institute of Computer Vision and Robotics, where he also performed his Ph.D. research on 3D reconstruction from a single view, graduating in 2005. He has authored over 370 research articles in international journals and conference proceedings. Co-inventor of 11 patents and 32 intellectual properties (software). Based on his PhD results, he has received 9 international awards from the International Societies of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS/ASPRS). In 2005, he founded the research group TIDOP (https://tidop.usal.es) (Geotechnologies for the 3D digitization and modelling of complex objects) at the University of Salamanca. He is Full Professor and Head of the Geotechnologies Master and PhD Program at the University of Salamanca, co-founder and CEO of the start-up ITOS3D (Image TO Smart 3D). In 2015 the Royal Academy of Engineering recognised his efforts and work in the field of engineering and in particular in the democratization of photogrammetry. In 2020, the ISPRS recognized his special, personal and meritorious contributions in the field of photogrammetry, being the second Spanish to get this award from its origin in 1996.
Department of Earth & Environment, Center for Remote Sensing, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA - Website
Dr. Magaly Koch is a remote sensing geologist with 30 years of experience in applied environmental research, including groundwater resources (in drylands), land degradation problems (soil salinization), geohazards and human impact in environmental change. She is particularly interested in projects addressing global water scarcity/flooding problems as related to extreme weather conditions through an interdisciplinary approach. Dr. Koch is an expert in optical/hyperspectral and SAR remote sensing applications in natural and applied sciences and has extensive managerial experience in conducting international and multidisciplinary research projects in many parts of the world. Her recent research work is on integrating earth and disaster science to enable sustainable adaptation and mitigation of coastal zones. The U.S. Geologic Survey, the National Science Foundation, and the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency have funded her research.
Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC), University of Twente, The Netherlands - Website
Monika Kuffer is working as a Professor at the Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences (BMS) as well as at the Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC, University of Twente). "My research focuses on sustainable development (SDGs), in particular poverty (deprivation), living quality, and economic development in urban/rural environments using remote sensing, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), and AI-based methods. I co-chair an international network on deprivation area mapping IDEAMAPS and (co) lead several research projects on urban deprivation and environment, e.g., IDEAtlas, SPACE4ALL, IDEAMAPS Ecosystem, and ONEKANA. I am the project director of two NUFFIC-funded training grants (IDeAMapSudan - Capacity strengthening for gender-responsive and sustainable urban development and DATA4HUMANRIGHTS, Nigeria). I am a Steering Committee Member of the Joint Urban Remote Sensing Event (JURSE), the Dutch representative of the European Association of Remote Sensing Laboratories (EARSeL), SIG chair for Developing Countries, and a member of the Steering Committee: EO for Sustainable Cities and Communities Toolkit."
Department of Science, Technology and Society (STS), University School for Advanced Studies (IUSS), Pavia, Italy - Website
Dr. A. Taramelli is Faculty Professor at IUSS Pavia, reader in Remote Sensing and Surface Coastal Process Science at the Institute for Environmental Protection and Research Rome, Adjunct Research Scientist at Eucentre and Lecturer at UME School, Pavia. His research interests are on processes linking climate and geomorphology with remote sensing and geophysics analysis, from the potential impacts of future climate change on surface process, to the study of how continental-scale weather patterns influenced the surface process development. Lead (Poc) of the Group of Earth Observation – DI-01-C2: Geohazards Monitoring, Alert, & Risk Assessment. Member of the working Group: Marine Sciences For Society. Member of the Group of Earth Observation GEO 2012-2015 Societal Benefit Area (SBA) EC-01-C2: Operational Monitoring of Key Ecosystems & Related Services. Member of the Group HOs – European Hydrographic Offices and European Commission representatives – to build up a business case study on coastal mapping using Lidar Bathymetry and Hyperspectral airborne acquisition with BSH (Germany), SMA (Sweden) and SHOM (France). Specialties: Topography and surface change, Remote sensing, Natural Hazard, GIS.
Forest Biometrics and Remote Sensing Lab (Silva Lab), School of Forest, Fisheriers and Geomatics Science, University of Florida, FL, USA - Website
Carlos Alberto Silva is an Assistant Professor of Quantitative Forest Science in the School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences (FFGS) at the University of Florida (UF) where he directs the Forest Biometrics and Remote Sensing Lab (Silva Lab). He is interested in understanding how forest ecosystems changes over time due to natural and anthropogenic disturbances and their impact on the carbon cycle. His core research consists of developing statistical frameworks and cutting-edge open-source tools for remote sensing data processing and forest resources monitoring. He is particularly interested in using lidar (light detection and ranging) data combined with multi- and hyperspectral satellite data and advanced statistical methods to address ecological questions related to forest ecosystem structure, function, and composition dynamics at a variety of spatial scales.
Francesco Nex received his master degree in Environmental Engineering (2006) and his PhD degree (2010) from the TU Turin (Italy). From 2011 to 2015 he was with the 3DOM unit of FBK (Italy) working as Marie-Curie Post-Doc from 2011 to 2014 and then as Researcher. In 2015, Francesco moved to the University of Twente, where he worked as Assistant and then Associate Professor at the faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC). His research focuses on fusing elements from photogrammetry , deep learning and robotics to develop innovative solutions for Geomatics applications. Francesco is author of over 150 publications in international journals and conferences. He is/was involved in several European and national research projects dealing with UAV data processing. He is leading the UAV centre of the ITC Faculty. He is the Chairman of the ICWG I/II (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles: sensors and applications) of the ISPRS (International Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing) and he was the PI of three ISPRS scientific initiatives. He has been serving in different roles on the Editorial boards of three indexed journals. In 2020, he was awarded with the ISPRS President’s Honorary Citation and the E.H. Thomson Award.
Expert Panelists
Alessandro Coletta, received his M.Sci. in physics at University La Sapienza in Rome. He has been the Operative Scientific Manager of the Italian High Energy Astrophysics Mission BeppoSAX (X-ray and Gamma-ray astronomy) and currently he is the Mission Director of the Italian X-Band SAR Satellites Constellation COSMO-SkyMed at the Italian Space Agency. He was co-awarded by the American Astronomical Society with the Bruno Rossi Prize 1998 for the Beppo SAX discovery of the X-ray and optical afterglow of the Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRB) phenomenon, a discovery which made possible the solution of the more than 30 years long-lasting problem of GRB sources distances. He is the author of the first popular book on Gamma-Ray Bursts “Il Secondo Big-Bang” (CUEN, 2000) and of the Encyclopedic Atlas of Terrestrial Impact Craters (SPRINGER 2019), the first book explaining the genesis and evolution of impact known craters on Earth based on X-Band SAR images.
Juan Carlos Cortes has extensive experience in the aerospace sector, beginning his career in 1990. After working in the private sector, he joined the National Institute of Aerospace Technology (INTA) as a flight test engineer, contributing to the "Eurofighter" Program, drone development, and at the Logistics Center for Armament and Experimentation (CLAEX) of the Air Force. He has held prominent roles, including head of the Spanish Delegation at ESA, vice-president of the ESA, and chair of the 2019 Seville Space Ministerial Meeting Committee. Currently, he serves as a delegate on the Board of the European Space Agency (ESA), a representative of Spain on the Horizontal Management Committee of the European Space Programme (EU 21-27) and is a member of the Board of Directors at Hispasat SA. Academically, Cortes is an Aeronautical Engineer from the Polytechnic University of Madrid (UPM), with a specialization in aircraft and motor propulsion. He also holds a master’s degree in business administration, completed the Management Development Program at IESE, and is a graduate of the National Defense Course from CESEDEN. Additionally, he has earned diplomas in program management and innovation. Cortes has played a key role in promoting Spain's contribution to space programs since 2004. As Director of Space and Major Scientific Infrastructures at CDTI, he has strengthened Spain's technological leadership, promoted dual technologies, and launched the Aeronautical Technology Plan (PTA). He also managed Spain’s participation in EU R&D programs and promoted technological cooperation in Europe and Latin America.
Department of Science, Technology and Society (STS), University School for Advanced Studies (IUSS), Pavia, Italy - Website
Dr. A. Taramelli is Faculty Professor at IUSS Pavia, reader in Remote Sensing and Surface Coastal Process Science at the Institute for Environmental Protection and Research Rome, Adjunct Research Scientist at Eucentre and Lecturer at UME School, Pavia. His research interests are on processes linking climate and geomorphology with remote sensing and geophysics analysis, from the potential impacts of future climate change on surface process, to the study of how continental-scale weather patterns influenced the surface process development. Lead (Poc) of the Group of Earth Observation – DI-01-C2: Geohazards Monitoring, Alert, & Risk Assessment. Member of the working Group: Marine Sciences For Society. Member of the Group of Earth Observation GEO 2012-2015 Societal Benefit Area (SBA) EC-01-C2: Operational Monitoring of Key Ecosystems & Related Services. Member of the Group HOs – European Hydrographic Offices and European Commission representatives – to build up a business case study on coastal mapping using Lidar Bathymetry and Hyperspectral airborne acquisition with BSH (Germany), SMA (Sweden) and SHOM (France). Specialties: Topography and surface change, Remote sensing, Natural Hazard, GIS.
Sessions
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
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 Topics related to the conference in the open-access journal Remote Sensing and to submit a full conference paper (approximately 3-6 pages) to Engineering Proceedings.
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 15 December 2024. You will be notified about its acceptance by 22 January 2025.
- 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 22 January 2025 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 16 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 abstract 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.
More details regarding 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 16 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 ask the society representative for a discount code to activate your registration discount, or ensure that you provide us with proof of your membership in 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
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Early Bird Until 27th January 2025 |
Regular Until 11th March 2025 |
Late From 12th March 2025 |
Supported documents | |
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| 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
Society Discount: 20% 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
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.
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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:
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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.
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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.
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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:
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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.
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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.
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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:
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By metro: LINE L5 (https://www.tmb.cat).
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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.
With that in mind, we have agreed on a discount with several hotels to make your choice of accommodations easier. Please book your accommodation online and contact the hotels directly with any issues or requests related to accommodation bookings.
We are delighted to announce that the following hotels will offer a discounted price for all ICARS 2025 attendees:
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Oriente Atiram and Meson Castilla Atiram: Located in Las Ramblas, they have a fantastic central location next to Plaza Catalunya and the famous Boqueria market, 20–25 minutes away (by metro) from the conference venue. Arenas Atiram: The Arenas Atiram Hotel offers a highly personalized service together with very friendly, elegant facilities, 30–40 minutes away (by metro or bus) from the conference venue. Tres Torres Atiram: Located in the center of one of Barcelona's best residential neighborhoods, next to the distinguished commercial and leisure districts, Diagonal Avenue, it is 30–40 minutes away (by metro or bus) from the conference venue. |
Click the button below to make your booking and add the 10% discount code ‘MDPI25’.
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The Social Hub Barcelona is situated in the lively Poblenou district and welcomes digital nomads, students, and travelers. Its unique community-focused concept merges a boutique hotel, student and extended-stay rooms, a restaurant, a coworking space, a bar, a gym, terraces, solariums, and a Rooftop Bar and pool with panoramic city views. It is 30–35 minutes away (by metro or bus) from the conference venue. |
Click below to make your booking with the special rates during the conference days. Don't forget to add a discount code ‘MDPI25’.
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Located a few streets away from the Sagrada Familia, in a central neighbourhood and just 15 minutes on foot from the conference venue. |
Click the button below to make a reservation with a 10% discount in one of the Catalonia hotels and don't forget to use the code "CATALONIABCN".  |
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Located by the gardens of Baix Guinardó, just a few streets away from the Sagrada Familia and 15 minutes on foot from the conference venue. |
Click below to book a room during the conference dates with preferential rates.
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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.
The Awards
Number of Awards Available: 1
Prize: EUR 400
Number of Awards Available: 1
Prize: EUR 400
Number of Awards Available: 2
1st prize: EUR 600
2nd prize: EUR 200
Partnership Opportunities
Sponsoring
As organizers, we are excited to create an immersive and insightful conference, and we invite you to be a vital part of ICARS 2025. Your support is instrumental in making this event a success. Explore our sponsorship opportunities and join us in shaping the future of materials-related research and innovation.
Find the perfect sponsorship package tailored to your budget and desired exposure in our sponsorship brochure. Simply click on the icon below to access it.
If you have any questions, feel free to contact us via email at icars2025@mdpi.com. We appreciate your consideration!
Society Collaboration
Are you part of a society that isn't partnering with the conference? Contact us via email at icars2025@mdpi.com to discuss a possible partnership! Noteworthy detail: Members from partnering societies are granted a 20% discount on all registration fees.
Sponsors and Partners
Organizers
Partnering Societies
Media Partners
