Community contributed session (CCS) proposals are solicited for the 2025 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS 2025), to be held on August 3-8, 2025, in Brisbane, Australia. Proposers are encouraged to submit proposals on topics that are timely and of interest to the geoscience and remote sensing community, and foster diversity and inclusion within the community. Proposals for CCS are due by Tuesday, October 15, 2024. This deadline will be strictly observed, and no extension will be granted.

All selected sessions will be open to the community for abstract/paper submissions and could be assigned as oral and/or poster sessions, depending upon the number of submissions and room availability. Each CCS proposal is allowed one optional invited presentation that is intended to be a visionary or keynote presentation for the topic.

Each proposal should include:

• Chair and Co-Chair names, affiliations, and contact information, including email
• Session title
• Associated IGARSS 2025 theme and sub-theme (see list here)
• A short abstract with scope and description of session topic with an explanation on its importance to geoscience and remote sensing. Please ensure that the title and description are focused and not too broad.
• A short statement of how the session proposers represent diversity and how they will promote the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Accessibility, and Belonging (DEIAB) values of IGARSS 2025 in developing their session.
• (Optional) List up to one invitee and provide the following information:
  • Please note that the proposals with more than one invitee will be understood to have no invitee
  • Name and affiliation
  • Tentative title of the visionary/keynote presentation
  • Short biosketch
  • Justification for the invitation
  • The CCS proposers should confirm that the invitee is willing to make a commitment to register and deliver a presentation during IGARSS 2025 in Brisbane, should they be accepted into the technical program. The invitee’s information and upon submission, their abstract/paper will be reviewed and approved by the Conference Organizing Committee.

The CCS proposers will be informed of the selection outcome by Friday, 1 November 2024.

Questions regarding Community-Contributed Sessions may be directed to communitysessions@2025.ieeeigarss.org.