Keynote Speakers
Gilberto Câmara
Dr. Gilberto Câmara is a Brazilian researcher in
Geoinformatics, Spatial Analysis, Land Use Change,
and Nature-Society Interactions, from Brazil’s
National Institute for Space Research (INPE). Dr.
Câmara is currently Secretariat Director for the
Group on Earth Observations (GEO).
Michael Freilich*
Dr. Michael Freilich is an accomplished
oceanographer, microwave remote sensing expert,
educator, and science administrator who directed
NASA’s Earth Science Division from November
2016 through February 2019.
Stephen Volz
Dr. Volz has 26 years of professional experience
in aerospace. He is a leader in the international
Earth observation community, serving as the
NOAA Principal to the Committee on Earth
Observation Satellites (CEOS). Dr. Volz is currently
the NOAA Assistant Administrator for Satellite and
Information Services.
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Sponsored by
Remote Sensing
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joint meeting of the 21st William T.
Pecora Memorial Remote Sensing
Symposium (Pecora 21) and the
38th International Symposium on
Remote Sensing of Environment
(ISRSE-38) will convene in
Baltimore, Maryland, USA from October
6 – 11, 2019. The combined conference will
be hosted by NASA, NOAA and the USGS,
with an overarching theme of
“Continuous
Monitoring of Our Changing Planet: from
Sensors to Decisions.”
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Special Presentation Sessions
• The Challenges of Integration for Arctic Monitoring
• Using Remotely Sensed Data to Map Forest Structure and
Attributes
• Space Agencies Outlook
• Communicating Science Across the Earth Observation Life Cycle
• National Land Cover Database 2016, Offering New Change
Insights Across the Conterminous United States
• Copernicus—Europe’s eyes on Earth: Sustainable and
Continuous Monitoring of our Environment
• Global Hyperspectral Imaging Spectral-library of
Agricultural-Crops (GHISA) in Support of NASA’s Surface
Biology and Geology (SBG) mission
• Climate Science – Challenges and Opportunities for
Fulfilling Global Multilateral Agreements
• Mapping and Monitoring Surface Change: Landslides and
Subsistence
• Copernicus Serving Sustainable Development Goals
• Biodiversity and Conservation Case Studies
• Large Area Land Change Mapping and Monitoring
Investigations
• Sustainable Land Imaging and the Future of Moderate-
Resolution Land Observation
• Women in Remote Sensing
• Earth Observation and Remote Sensing Education Initiatives
• Toward the Assessment and Modeling of a Functional
Relationship of Land Cover and Land Use A Possible New
Path forward – the LCHML (Land Characterization Metal-
Language) A New Proposed ISO Standard
• Open Data Cube: A New Data Technology for Enhancing the
Use of Satellite Data to Address Sustainable Development Goals
• Bathymetry and Near-Shore Investigations
• How No-cost Landsat Data is Reshaping College Level
Remote Sensing Courses (AmericaView Special Session)-
-Land Change Monitoring Assessment and Projection
(LCMAP): New Land Change Science Research and
Development
• New Generation of NOAA Operational Satellites to support
Land, Arctic, and Coastal Waters Applications
• Advances in Soil Moisture and Condition Measurement and
Monitoring
• A Conversation on the Landsat Program and its Data Policy
• Investigations in Support of Human Welfare
• Satellite Interoperability
• NASA Harvest and Other Recent Advances in Remote
Sensing of Agricultural Applications and Food Security
• Collaboration in the Diverse Geospatial Workforce: How
Early Career Professionals Can Bring Innovations to the
Technical Community
• Case Studies in Flood Monitoring and Management
• UAS: Changing the Future of Remote Sensing
• Earth Observation and Agricultural Statistics – Agricultural
and Agri-environmental Monitoring for SDG 2: Zero Hunger
• Processing Strategies for Big Data
• Remote Sensing Investigations of Wetlands and Near-Shore
Issues
• New Technology and Techniques to Increase Scientific and
Applications Access to Satellite Earth Observations
• Applications of Earth Observations for Disaster
Assessments and Management
• Plus many more!
Pecora 21/ISRSE 38
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October 6-11, 2019
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Conference Location
Baltimore Marriott Waterfront
Attendees can book their reservations at the
Baltimore Marriott Waterfront by calling 1-877-212-
5752. A very limited number of rooms are reserved
in the room block at this special rate.
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