Plenary Session / Opening Ceremony

Opening Ceremony & Plenary Session Program

Mon, 4 Aug, 08:00 - 11:45
BCEC Venue - Great Hall
Time Event
Opening Ceremony
8:00 - 8:10 Welcome to Country, Smoking Ceremony & Didgeridoo Performance
8:10 - 8:20

Welcome by General Chair: Xiuping Jia, IEEE Fellow, The University of New South Wales, Canberra, Australia
8:20 - 8:30

Overview by Technical Chair: Jun Zhou , Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia
8:30 - 8:40 IEEE President Introduction - Kathleen Kramer
8:40 - 8:50 GRSS President Introduction - Saibun Tjuatja
8:50 - 9:00 Earth Observation Australia Introduction - Sabastian Robertson (President)
9:00 - 9:45

IEEE & GRSS Major Awards Session
Master of Ceremony - Prof. Dr. Alberto Moreira
Awards presented by IEEE GRSS President Prof. Saibun Tjuatja and IEEE President Prof. Kathleen Kramer

  • IEEE Fellows
  • IEEE GRSS Outstanding Service Award
  • IEEE GRSS Education Award
  • IEEE GRSS Fawwaz Ulaby Distinguished Achievement Award
  • IEEE GRSS Industry Leader Award
9:45 - 10:15 Coffee Break - Exhibition Hall
Plenary Session
10:15 - 10:45 Plenary Speaker 1 - Dr. Marta Yebra: Remote Sensing Solutions for Living with Fire in the Age of Megafires
10:45 - 11:15 Plenary Speaker 2 - Dr. Karen Joyce: Mapping Coral Reefs in a More Connected World
10:45 - 11:45 Plenary Speaker 3 - Dr. Xiaoxiang Zhu: AI for Earth Observation: From Petabytes to Actionable Insights