AARSE 2008 International Remote Sensing Conference

15 October 2008, 9:24am

The 7th International Conference of the African Association of Remote Sensing of the Environment (AARSE)-2008

Accra, Ghana - 27-31 October 2008

AARSE conferences are well attended by professionals, researchers, educators, and students from African countries as well as different parts of the world.

Participants shall discuss the role of Earth Observation technologies and Geoinformation Sciences in production of affordable geospatial data sets for good governance driven development and environmental sustainability

The Major Theme of AARSE 2008 International Remote Sensing Conference is:

Application of Earth Observation and Geoinformation for Governance in Africa

Sub-themes include:

Sub-Theme 1: Ecosystem Assessment

Coastal and Marine Ecosystem
Water Resources
Oceanography
Forestry
Grassland /Savanna /Semi-arid Ecosystem
Agricultural and Pastoral Systems
Urban Ecosystems

Sub-Theme 2: Non-Renewable Resources Exploitation

Geology
Mineral Exploration
Mining and Sustainable Development of the Communities
Mining Landscape Renewal
Earth Resources Data Integration and Modelling

Sub-Theme 3: Disaster Management & Early Warning Systems

Desertification and drought
Floods
Earthquakes
Volcanic Eruption
Landslides
Biodiversity degradation
Waste management
Coastal erosion
Early warning systems
Users needs requirements and technology Development
Data integration and knowledge Discovery
Disaster Risk Reduction

Sub-Theme 4: Monitoring Human Security
Mapping and GIS:

For improving Primary Education
For Food Security
For Improving Health and combating HIV/AIDS, Malaria and other parasitic Disease
For water and Sanitation Improvement
To support peace keeping operations
To facilitate humanitarian action

Sub-Theme 5: Land Administration and Sustainable Development

Urban Land Administration
Rural Land Administration for improving Long-term investment
Mapping for Land use and Conflict Resolution

Sub-Theme 6: Capacity Building, Global Trade and Partnerships/Regional Co-Operation

Capacity building initiatives in Earth Observation and Geoinformation Science
Partnerships and Regional/Sub-Regional Cooperation for Mapping and GIS Capacity Building
Trade Issues: GIS for Meeting Export Standards

Sub-Theme 7: Earth Mapping Systems and Governance

Integrating Spatial Data Infrastructure and Information & Communication Technology
Global Earth Observation Systems
Emerging Remote Sensing and Photogrammetric Equipment and Techniques

Sub-Theme 8: Micro-Satellites: Case Studies and Experiences

Mapping Applications
Feature Extraction and Data Fusion
New Advances and Users

Special Sessions:

Disaster Management & Early Warning System (Within the framework of the University Network for Disaster Risk Reduction in Africa -UNEDRA & UN-SPIDER)

Supporting African efforts towards an African Water Observation System (within the framework of Tiger)

GEO-AFRICA Sessions I & II

Advancing ICT for Disaster Risk Management in (AiDA)

Youth Forum

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AARSE 2008 International Remote Sensing Conference

Geo: International