Papers from Chinese and international authors are invited, either as oral presentations or posters. A range of suggested session and paper topics is shown below, and proposals for full sessions on topics of particular interest are welcomed.

Sensors and Platforms

• New lidar and radar sensor development
• Radiometric and geometric correction methods
• Sensor modeling, analysis, and calibration
• New spaceborne and airborne SAR and InSAR systems
• UAV lidar mapping systems
• Mobile lidar mapping systems
• Bathymetric lidar systems

Data Processing Methodologies

• Fusion of multi-sensor and multi-scale data
• Direct georeferencing and lidar point cloud registration
• Lidar point cloud segmentation
• Integration of photogrammetry and lidar techniques
• Object extracting algorithms and pattern recognition based on lidar data
• 3D building reconstruction based on lidar data
• 3D SAR: modeling, algorithms and experimental results
• Multiangle, multipolarization, multifrequency SAR and InSAR
• Inversion and information extraction techniques: despeckling, superresolution and segmentation of SAR images

Innovative Applications

• Coastal zone management
• Coastal zone management
• Forest inventory and vegetation analysis
• Cultural heritage documentation
• Landscape and architectural modeling
• Renewable energy potential mapping (solar, wind, etc.)
• Hazards mapping
• Transportation infrastructure management
• Environmental monitoring and impact assessment
• Risk prevention and disaster management
• Recent projects based on lidar and radar data