BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Asia/Shanghai BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:19910915T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0900 TZOFFSETTO:+0800 TZNAME:CST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20241207T072922Z UID:B6BC908F-09FA-4356-9977-F586A0D54CDA DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20240626T090000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20240626T110000 DESCRIPTION:The IEEE GRSS Wuhan Student Branch invited Dr. Samir Belabbes f rom the United Nations Satellite Centre (UNOSAT) in Switzerland to deliver an insightful lecture titled “Satellite Imagery for Emergency Response: A Deep Dive into the Collaboration Between UNOSAT and Wuhan University. ”\n\nDr. Samir Belabbes\, an Associate Programme Officer at UNOSAT\, spe cializes in the processing and interpretation of remote sensing data for a pplications in environmental and biomass degradation\, natural disasters\, and risk assessment\, particularly in tropical and subtropical regions. H e also served as a key lead in rapid mapping operations. UNOSAT plays a cr itical role in global emergency response efforts. Its Emergency Mapping Se rvice (EMS) is a core component\, dedicated to disaster response and human itarian aid by providing timely geospatial information through remote sens ing and GIS. The collaboration between UNOSAT and Wuhan University has fur ther enhanced these capabilities by integrating advanced satellite data pr ocessing and innovative GIS methodologies. This partnership includes joint research with the State Key Laboratory of Information Engineering in Surv eying\, Mapping\, and Remote Sensing (LIESMARS)\, focusing on nighttime li ght applications. UNOSAT emphasized its commitment to strengthening its pa rtnership with Wuhan University to better support those in need.\n\nKey Hi ghlights of the Event:\n\n1. An introduction to the fundamental structure and main research areas of the United Nations Satellite Centre in Switzerl and.\n\n2. A presentation on the collaboration in satellite imagery applic ations\, particularly in nighttime light research.\n\n3. A discussion on t he future outlook and work plans for the partnership between UNOSAT and Wu han University in leveraging satellite imagery for emergency response.\n\n Wuhan\, Hubei\, China LOCATION:Wuhan\, Hubei\, China ORGANIZER:haonanguo@ieee.org SEQUENCE:4 SUMMARY:Trailblazers Tales:Satellite Imagery to Support Emergencies–Insig hts on the UNOSAT URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/450521 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><div data-version="3.0.0" data-hash="0da4c5a8 7447a23c4e09bceb07fe4b76">&nbsp\;</div>\n<div class="document">\n<div clas s="section">\n<p class="paragraph text-align-type-justify"><span data-font -family="微软雅黑">The IEEE GRSS Wuhan Student Branch invited Dr. Sami r Belabbes from the United Nations Satellite Centre (UNOSAT) in Switzerlan d to deliver an insightful lecture titled &ldquo\;Satellite Imagery for Em ergency Response: A Deep Dive into the Collaboration Between UNOSAT and Wu han University.&rdquo\; </span></p>\n<p class="paragraph text-align-type-j ustify"><span class="image-wrapper"><img id="87907c8d" style="margin-left: 0px\; margin-top: 0px\; width: 472.976px\; height: 788.059px\;" src="http s://events.vtools.ieee.org/vtools_ui/media/display/11b5b02d-fa4a-403c-8302 -816e0807b63e" width="472.976" height="788.059"></span></p>\n<p class="par agraph text-align-type-justify"><span data-font-family="微软雅黑">Dr. Samir Belabbes\, an Associate Programme Officer at UNOSAT\, specializes in the processing and interpretation of remote sensing data for applications in environmental and biomass degradation\, natural disasters\, and risk a ssessment\, particularly in tropical and subtropical regions. He also serv ed as a key lead in rapid mapping operations. UNOSAT plays a critical role in global emergency response efforts. Its Emergency Mapping Service (EMS) is a core component\, dedicated to disaster response and humanitarian aid by providing timely geospatial information through remote sensing and GIS . The collaboration between UNOSAT and Wuhan University has further enhanc ed these capabilities by integrating advanced satellite data processing an d innovative GIS methodologies. This partnership includes joint research w ith the State Key Laboratory of Information Engineering in Surveying\, Map ping\, and Remote Sensing (LIESMARS)\, focusing on nighttime light applica tions. UNOSAT emphasized its commitment to strengthening its partnership w ith Wuhan University to better support those in need. </span></p>\n<p clas s="paragraph text-align-type-justify"><span data-font-family="微软雅黑 ">Key Highlights of the Event:</span></p>\n<p class="paragraph text-align- type-justify"><span data-font-family="微软雅黑">1. An introduction to the fundamental structure and main research areas of the United Nations Sa tellite Centre in Switzerland. </span></p>\n<p class="paragraph text-align -type-justify"><span data-font-family="微软雅黑">2. A presentation on the collaboration in satellite imagery applications\, particularly in nigh ttime light research. </span></p>\n<p class="paragraph text-align-type-jus tify MsoNormal">3.&nbsp\; <span data-font-family="微软雅黑">A discussi on on the future outlook and work plans for the partnership between UNOSAT and Wuhan University in leveraging satellite imagery for emergency respon se.</span></p>\n<p class="paragraph text-align-type-justify">&nbsp\;</p>\n </div>\n</div> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR