Symposium Program

Preliminary Program of the Canadian Symposium on Remote Sensing
 
Date: Monday, 16/June/2025
9:00am
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12:00pm
Workshops: Morning Workshop
Location: Cedar Ballroom
Proposal Writing Workshop
9:00am
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4:30pm
Full Day Workshops - Google Earth Engine
Location: Birch Ballroom
Google Earth Engine
1:00pm
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4:30pm
Workshop PM: Afternoon Workshop
Location: Cedar Ballroom
Combining Deep Learning with Editing Tools for 3D Individual-Tree Analysis
3:00pm
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7:30pm
Registration
Location: Sandman Lobby
6:00pm
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8:00pm
Ice Breaker
Location: Galt Museum

 
Date: Tuesday, 17/June/2025
8:30am
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9:00am
Symposium Welcome and Opening Remarks
Location: Birch and Cedar Ballrooms
9:00am
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9:50am
Keynote 1: Dr. Leroy Little Bear
Location: Birch and Cedar Ballrooms
9:50am
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10:40am
Keynote 2: Isabelle Tremblay
Location: Birch and Cedar Ballrooms
10:40am
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11:00am
Health Break
Location: Aspen Ballroom
11:00am
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12:00pm
Panel 1:Pilot mentorship initiative
Location: Birch and Cedar Ballrooms
12:00pm
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1:00pm
Lunch
Location: Aspen Ballroom
1:00pm
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2:20pm
Active Snow & WR: Active remote sensing of the snowpack for water resources
Location: Birch Ballroom
Chair: Dr. Brandi Newton
Chair: Dr. Celeste Barnes
Agriculture 1: Agriculture
Location: Cedar Ballroom
Chair: Dr. Angela Kross
Ecosystem: Ecosystem
Location: Antons Ballroom
Chair: Dr. Xulin Guo
RS human Disturbance: Learnings and practical applications of remote sensing for mapping and recovery characterization of human disturbance features
Location: Poplar III
Chair: Jennifer Nicole Hird
Chair: Dr. Greg McDermid
2:20pm
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2:40pm
Health Break
Location: Aspen Ballroom
2:40pm
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4:20pm
3-Minute Thesis Competition Organized by IEEE GRSS IDEA
Location: Birch Ballroom
Chair: Hamid Jafarzadeh
4:20pm
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5:40pm
Poster Session 1:
Location: Aspen Ballroom

 
Date: Wednesday, 18/June/2025
8:30am
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9:30am
Keynote 3: Dr. Catherine Champagne
Location: Birch and Cedar Ballrooms
9:30am
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10:30am
Panel 2: Agriculture Technology
Location: Birch and Cedar Ballrooms
Chair: Dr. Késhav Singh
Chair: Prof. Derek R. Peddle
10:30am
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10:50am
Health Break
10:50am
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11:50am
Industry Discussion Session:
Location: Birch and Cedar Ballrooms
Chair: Prof. Derek R. Peddle
Industry Discussion Session
11:50am
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1:00pm
Lunch
Location: Aspen Ballroom
1:00pm
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2:40pm
Agriculture: Crop growth and soil moisture monitoring using microwave and optical remote sensing.
Location: Birch Ballroom
Chair: Dr. Hongquan Wang
Chair: Dr. Amir Chegoonian
Natural Resources: Natural Resources
Location: Cedar Ballroom
Chair: Subir Chowdhury
Wildfire: Wildfire
Location: Antons Ballroom
Chair: Dr. Laura Chasmer
Chair: Dr. Linda Flade
Digital Twins - Urban: Advancing Digital Twins for Urban Environments: Approaches to Mapping, Monitoring, and Management
Location: Poplar III
Chair: Prof. Shabnam Jabari
2:40pm
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3:00pm
Health Break
Location: Aspen Ballroom
3:00pm
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4:40pm
RS Human - Beyond Maps: Learnings and practical applications of remote sensing in human disturbance mapping: going beyond map product development
Location: Birch Ballroom
Chair: Jennifer Nicole Hird
Chair: Dr. Mir Mustafizur Rahman
Forestry: Forestry
Location: Cedar Ballroom
Chair: Prof. Richard Fournier
Water: Water
Location: Antons Ballroom
Chair: Dr. Ben DeVries
Radar: Radar
Location: Poplar III
Chair: Prof. Kalifa Goïta
4:40pm
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5:40pm
Poster Session 2:
Location: Aspen Ballroom
6:30pm
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10:00pm
CRSS-SCT Awards Ceremony and Banquet
Location: Aspen, Birch, Cedar

 
Date: Thursday, 19/June/2025
8:30am
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9:30am
Keynote 4: Dr. Alain Pietroniro
Location: Birch and Cedar Ballrooms
9:30am
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10:30am
ISPRS Panel: Panel 3: ISPRS Discussion
Location: Birch and Cedar Ballrooms
Chair: Dr. Derek Lichti
10:30am
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10:50am
Health Break
Location: Aspen Ballroom
10:50am
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12:30pm
EO Water: Earth observation and mapping of lakes, wetlands, and aquatic ecosystems
Location: Birch Ballroom
Chair: Dr. Mina Nasr
Chair: Prof. Chris Hopkinson
Applications: Applications
Location: Cedar Ballroom
Chair: Prof. Derek R. Peddle
Large Area: Large Area Mapping
Location: Antons Ballroom
Chair: Dr. Brigitte B. Leblon
RS-Engineering/Sensors: RS-Engineering/Sensors
Location: Poplar III
Chair: Prof. Craig Coburn
12:30pm
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1:30pm
Lunch
Location: Aspen Ballroom
1:30pm
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3:10pm
Wildland Fire: Remote Sensing Tools, Technologies, and Applications in Wildland Fire
Location: Birch Ballroom
Chair: Dr. Laura Chasmer
Chair: Dr. Linda Flade
AG-2: Agriculture-2
Location: Cedar Ballroom
Chair: Dr. Bing Lu
Arctic: Arctic
Location: Antons Ballroom
Chair: Dr. HPeter White
Urban: Urban
Location: Poplar III
Chair: Prof. Shabnam Jabari
3:10pm
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3:30pm
Health Break
Location: Aspen Ballroom
3:30pm
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5:00pm
Closing Session, Society Members Meeting and Symposium Awards
Location: Birch and Cedar Ballrooms