Industry Workshops

Session Title:

Next-Generation Satellite Capabilities for Wildfire Monitoring, Prediction and Management: Advancing Earth Observation

Sponsor:

EarthDaily Analytics

Overview:

This session brings together experts from fire services, academia, government agencies, and Earth observation specialists to examine how advanced satellite technologies enhance wildfire monitoring and management. Panelists will discuss innovations in temporal resolution, spectral capabilities, and data integration supporting early detection and response systems. The session will highlight the development of sovereign Australian Earth observation capabilities and their contribution to national wildfire resilience, while drawing valuable lessons from international approaches and implementations. Presentations will address how improved satellite technologies and AI-driven analytics contribute to more effective fire behavior prediction, risk assessment, and emergency response coordination, with particular attention to Australia's unique environmental challenges.

Panelists will include representatives from fire services, USGS, SmartSat CRC, Geoscience Australia, EarthDaily Analytics, and leading research institutions. Details to be announced soon.

Session Title:

Operational Mapping of Vegetation - Local to Continental Scales- What Are We Really Mapping and How Can We Improve It?

Sponsor:

Queensland and New South Wales Joint Remote Sensing Research Program

Overview:

The workshop will profile and discuss operational vegetation mapping and monitoring from vegetation composition, to clearing and carbon markets. The focus will be Queensland and New South Wales state, national and global vegetation mapping products and programs.

We will offer for critical assessment two of the longest running satellite image mapping and monitoring programs in the world, which have also been through significant legal and scientific scrutiny and public debate.

The workshop will provide a comprehensive overview of existing programs, including methods and data being used for regional to continental scale vegetation mapping products and programs, along with their main challenges. This will not only enhance understanding but also foster discussions on future collaborative efforts, particularly in the realm of multi-sensor approaches.

Who should attend:

Anyone involved in any stage of producing maps of vegetation attributes for baseline inventory, though to measuring changes and modelling environmental properties. These include vegetation, geospatial and data scientists, ecosystem service and natural capital assessors, local/state national environmental managers, community/not-for profit conservation managers; indigenous rangers/managers, private industry measuring and mapping vegetation.

What will you get from this?

• An overview of state of the art in the data sets and processing approaches for measuring, mapping and monitoring vegetation using satellite image data, with a focus on Australia.
• Connections and networking with a wide range of people working in this area.
• Contribution to collective discussion on capabilities and needs for remote sensing of vegetation properties.

We believe that this workshop will be highly beneficial for IGARSS 2025 attendees, offering valuable insights and opportunities for collaboration.