ISCGM 2014 - 2014 International Symposium on Crop Growth Monitoring (ISCGM2014)

INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON CROP GROWTH MONITORING
ISCGM 2014
September 13-16, 2014 Nanjing, China
Non-destructive monitoring of crop growth is critical for assessing growth status, guiding precision management and predicting productivity. Significant progress has been achieved in recent years involving different aspects in growth monitoring, such as the emergence of various low-altitude sensing systems and the availability of vast amount of satellite imagery (e.g., Landsat and MODIS) for croplands. The main goals of this symposium are to exchange information on the state-of-the-art of current approaches to growth monitoring and related fields, and to discuss future directions and opportunities for collaboration, leading to practical applications with advanced products and systems. Submitted papers will be reviewed and published in a book after the symposium.
SUBJECTS
The topics of this symposium may focus on, but are not limited to:
- New platforms and sensors for crop monitoring
- Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) based crop imaging
- Ground-based hyperspectral crop sensing
- Field sensing network
- Satellite sensing of agricultural crops
- Real-time diagnosis of crop water and nutrition status
- Time series analysis of crop growth cycle
- Detection of pre-visual stress in crops
- Estimation of crop biophysical/biochemical parameters
- Crop cover classification and cropland mapping
- Crop yield forecasting
IMPORTANT DATES
April 30, 2014
Abstract submission deadline
May 31, 2014
Notification of acceptance and registration open
July 15, 2014
Early registration deadline
August 15, 2014
Full paper (four pages) submission deadline
August 15, 2014
Author registration deadline
September 13-16, 2014
ISCGM 2014
ORGANIZER
National Engineering and Technology Center for Information Agriculture
CO-ORGANIZERS
- China Association of Agricultural Science Societies
- Chinese Society for Agricultural Machinery
- Chinese Society of Agricultural Engineering
- Nanjing Agricultural University
- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Remote Sensing and Information System, Zhejiang Province, China
- Key Laboratory of Modern Precision Agriculture System Integration Research, Ministry of Education
SPONSORS
- ESRI China Information Technology Co., Ltd
- LICA United Technology Limited
- Zolix Instruments Co., Ltd
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Dr. Damiano Gianelle, Research & Innovation Centre, Italy
Dr. Martine Guerif, INRA, France
Dr. Neil Hubbard, JRC-IES, European Commission
Dr. Yoshio Inoue, NIAES, Japan
Dr. Arko Lucieer, University of Tasmania, Australia
Dr. Susan Ustin, UC Davis, USA
Dr. Zhengwei Yang, USDA NASS, USA
SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
Prof. Weixing Cao, National Engineering and Technology Center for Information Agriculture, China
Dr. Tao Cheng, Nanjing Agricultural University, China
Dr. Reza Ehsani, University of Florida, USA
Dr. Damiano Gianelle, Fondazione Edmund Mach, Italy
Dr. Martine Guérif, INRA, France
Dr. Jingfeng Huang, Zhejiang University, China
Dr. Raymond Hunt, USDA-ARS, USA
Dr. Yoshio Inoue, NIAES, Japan
Dr. Weiming Ju, Nanjing University, China
Dr. Yubin Lan, Texas A&M University, USDA-ARS, USA
Prof. Minzan Li, China Agricultural University, China
Dr. Peijun Li, Peking University, China
Dr. Arko Lucieer, University of Tasmania, Australia
Dr. Ronghua Ma, NIGLAS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Prof. Shaobing Peng, Huazhong Agricultural University, China
Dr. Arturo Sanchez-Azofeifa, University of Alberta, Canada
Dr. Susan Ustin, University of California, Davis, USA
Dr. Brett Whelan, University of Sydney, Australia
Dr. Zhengwei Yang, USDA NASS, USA
Dr. Pablo J. Zarco-Tejada, Institute for Sustainable Agriculture (IAS), National Research Council (CSIC), Spain
Dr. Chunjiang Zhao, NERCITA, Beijing, China
Prof. Yan Zhu, Nanjing Agricultural University, China
CONFERENCE LANGUAGE
English
REGISTRATION FEES
The registration fees are $300 for regular attendees and $150 for students.
SYMPOSIUM AGENDA
Saturday, September 13, 2014 Registration and gathering
Sunday, September 14, 2014 Plenary presentations
Monday, September 15, 2014 Oral and poster presentations
Tuesday, September 16, 2014 Local tour and see off
PRESENTATION GUIDELINE
The duration of a presentation will be 25 minutes in plenary sessions and 15 minutes in regular oral sessions. Each presenter is allowed 5 minutes for questions or discussion. In addition, a poster session will be arranged during the symposium.
GENERAL INFORMATION
Venue
Hanyuan Mansion: 1 Tongwei Road, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210095, P. R. China
More information on the hotel is available online at www.hanyuanhotelnjau.com or by phone at +86 25 8439 3988.
Contact
For any questions about the symposium, please visit the website at http://iscgm2014.netcia.org.cn or contact the Secretariat:
Mr. Yu (Tony) Zhang:
Phone: +86 25 8439 6265 (O); +86 139 1301 5266 (M);
E-mail: zhangyu-AT-njau.edu.cn