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Science Division, explained NASA's
recent Earth science activities. Prof.
Gilberto Câmara, secretariat director
of the Group on Earth Observations,
explored the future of remote sensing.
Dr. Franz Ming-Chih Cheng, director
of the International Affairs Office,
National Applied Research Laboratories, Sentinel Asia, introduced an
international collaboration in Asian
countries. Figure 2 shows the presentations. Although the time was limited because of the number of events
that day, the four plenary talks deeply
impressed the audience with descriptions of new directions for geoscience
and remote sensing.
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sessions on recent progress in geosci2017 2018
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ence and remote sensing were organized. A total of 13 tutorials (six full
FIGURE 1. The distribution of submission topics showing a major increase in the following
day and seven half day) were run by
four categories: A.4: SAR Imaging Techniques, A.11: Object Detection and Recognition, A.12:
distinguished lecturers in various
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the awards banquet on Thursday evening.
-Ryoichi Sato
Finally, the program was enriched by other events, seminars, and special activities that where available and updatFINANCIAL AFFAIRS
ed for participants in the IGARSS 2019 app. In particular,
the Technology, Industry, and Education (TIE) forum proFINANCE AND REGISTRATION STATISTICS
vided opportunities for panel discussions and other interWe were fortunate that IGARSS 2019 was cosponsored by the
actions on a variety of important topics. The seven techniScience Council of Japan, which allowed for the student regcal committees of the GRSS held their meetings during the
istration fee, in particular, to be less expensive than at past
symposium and warmly welcomed participation from all
interested colleagues. Another new event was the SPRINT
IGARSSs. To obtain sponsors and grants, we actively worked
("shortly presenting interactive content") sessions, which
in cooperation with the sponsorship chair. Figure 4 sumoffered a short oral presentation followed by an interactive
marizes the registrants in different categories; approximately
poster presentation.
2,700 people were registered in total. Once again, thanks to
The members of the IGARSS 2019 Technical Program
all participants for your contribution to IGARSS 2019.
Committee express their thanks and appreciation to the
-Takeo Tadono
theme coordinators, session organizers, invited session organizers, and reviewers of IGARSS 2019 for their extensive
SPONSORSHIP
and persistent hard work in selecting high-quality papers
This conference was cosponsored by the GRSS and the Sciand creating an excellent technical program.
ence Council of Japan. In addition, we received technical
-Irena Hajnsek and Hiroyoshi Yamada
cosponsorship and support from nine organizations, including the Institute of Electronics, Information, and ComPLENARY TALKS
munication Engineers; Society of Instrument and Control
The plenary session was held on the morning of 29 July
Engineers; Atmospheric and Hydrospheric Sciences Section
2019. Dr. Hiroshi Yamakawa, president of the Japan Aeroof Japan Geoscience Union; and Remote Sensing Society
space Exploration Agency (JAXA), discussed space activities
of Japan. We also obtained funds from the National Inin Japan. Sandra Cauffman, acting director of NASA's Earth
stitute of Information and Communications Technology
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