BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Australia/Canberra BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20261004T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:+1000 TZOFFSETTO:+1100 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=10 TZNAME:AEDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20260405T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+1100 TZOFFSETTO:+1000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=4 TZNAME:AEST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260719T110239Z UID:051F52ED-DDB5-43E2-A03B-D047C77F6A1E DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Canberra:20260721T190000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Canberra:20260721T200000 DESCRIPTION:Title: Synthetic Aperture Radar in Australia: missions\, applic ations and the future\n\nWhen: Tue 21-Jul-26 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM\n\nWhere: h ttps://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_YmZkOWE1NWUtMDc1OC00 OTA3LWFhZGQtMzA5Njg2MDU0Y2Jj%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%223ff6c fa4-e715-48db-b8e1-0867b9f9fba3%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%2254161dc0-27a7-4593-b94 3-bf35a0e00257%22%7d\n\nSpeaker: Dr Matt Garthwaite\, CSIRO\n\nAbstract:\n \nOptical satellite imaging has been the mainstay of Australian remote sen sing research and applications development for decades\, but when optical satellites are blinded by cloud cover or bushfire smoke\, Synthetic Apertu re Radar can provide an uninterrupted view of the ground. In this talk Mat t will examine how satellite radar technology has evolved from a niche sci entific tool into a sovereign strategic necessity that Australia can no lo nger ignore. Key themes will include\n\n· SAR data access in Australia an d future needs\n\n· Real Australian use cases (e.g. disaster management\, environmental monitoring\, Antarctic applications)\n\n· How SAR data is actually used in practice at organisations like CSIRO\n\n· How Australia collaborates internationally in SAR and EO (e.g. working with internationa l missions\, data sharing\, partnerships with overseas agencies/industry)\ n\n· Future directions and skill sets needed in Australia (what kinds of engineers/data scientists are in demand)\n\nBio: []https://people.csiro.au /g/m/matt-garthwaite\n\nMatt is an Earth Observation scientist with expert ise in Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) and Interferometric SAR (InSAR) appl ications. His research interests include geodetic and geophysical applicat ions of SAR\, SAR interferometry\, and SAR calibration/validation techniqu es and infrastructure.\n\nMatt joined the CSIRO Centre for Earth Observati on (CCEO) in the Space & Astronomy research unit in 2022 leading the SAR a pplication research and capability development team\, which includes opera tion of the NovaSAR National Facility. Matt was previously with Geoscience Australia from 2012 to 2022\, where he led the development of a national- scale capability to leverage Sentinel-1 InSAR for generating ground moveme nt products over large areas in Australia.\n\nMatt has successfully delive red projects for the state government of NSW\, assessing ground subsidence effects from coal seam gas and longwall mining in the Sydney basin\, and for the Victorian state government's Melbourne Metro Rail project. Matt wa s responsible for designing a new geodetic infrastructure network funded b y AuScope\, which yielded the Queensland Corner Reflector Array that has b ecome an internationally significant infrastructure for calibrating orbiti ng SAR sensors.\n\nMatt obtained a Masters degree in geology and geophysic s from the University of Leicester\, UK\, in 2005 and completed his PhD at the University of Leeds\, UK\, in 2011\, before moving to Australia in 20 12.\n\nVirtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/568634 LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/568634 ORGANIZER:l.qiao@unsw.edu.au SEQUENCE:5 SUMMARY:IEEE AESS ACT seminar Synthetic Aperture Radar in Australia: missio ns\, applications and the future URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/568634 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p><strong><span style="font-size: 10.0pt\; c olor: black\; mso-color-alt: windowtext\; background: white\;">Title: </sp an></strong><span style="font-size: 10.0pt\; color: black\; mso-color-alt: windowtext\; background: white\;">Synthetic Aperture Radar in Australia: missions\, applications and the future</span></p>\n<p><strong><span style= "font-size: 10.0pt\; color: black\; mso-color-alt: windowtext\; background : white\;">When: </span></strong><span style="font-size: 10.0pt\; color: # 424242\; background: white\;">Tue 21-Jul-26 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM</span></p>\n <p><strong><span style="font-size: 10.0pt\; color: black\; mso-color-alt: windowtext\; background: white\;">Where: </span></strong><a href="https:// teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_YmZkOWE1NWUtMDc1OC00OTA3LWF hZGQtMzA5Njg2MDU0Y2Jj%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%223ff6cfa4-e71 5-48db-b8e1-0867b9f9fba3%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%2254161dc0-27a7-4593-b943-bf35a 0e00257%22%7d"><strong><span style="font-size: 10.0pt\; background: white\ ;">https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_YmZkOWE1NWUtMDc1 OC00OTA3LWFhZGQtMzA5Njg2MDU0Y2Jj%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%223 ff6cfa4-e715-48db-b8e1-0867b9f9fba3%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%2254161dc0-27a7-4593 -b943-bf35a0e00257%22%7d</span></strong></a><strong><span style="font-size : 10.0pt\; color: black\; mso-color-alt: windowtext\; background: white\;" > </span></strong></p>\n<p><strong><span style="font-size: 10.0pt\; color: black\; mso-color-alt: windowtext\; background: white\;">Speaker: Dr Matt Garthwaite\, CSIRO</span></strong></p>\n<p><strong><span style="font-size : 10.0pt\; color: black\; mso-color-alt: windowtext\; background: white\;" >Abstract: </span></strong></p>\n<p><span style="font-size: 10.0pt\; color : black\; mso-color-alt: windowtext\; background: white\;">Optical satelli te imaging has been the mainstay of Australian remote sensing research and applications development for decades\, but when optical satellites are bl inded by cloud cover or bushfire smoke\, Synthetic Aperture Radar can prov ide an uninterrupted view of the ground. In this talk Matt will examine ho w satellite radar technology has evolved from a niche scientific tool into a sovereign strategic necessity that Australia can no longer ignore. Key themes will include</span></p>\n<p style="margin-left: 36.0pt\; text-inden t: -18.0pt\; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1\; tab-stops: list 36.0pt\;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 10.0pt\; font-family: Symbol\; m so-fareast-font-family: Symbol\; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol\;"><span sty le="mso-list: Ignore\;">&middot\;<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman '\;">&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; </span></span></span><!--[ endif]--><span style="font-size: 10.0pt\; color: black\; mso-color-alt: wi ndowtext\; background: white\;">SAR data access in Australia and future ne eds</span></p>\n<p style="margin-left: 36.0pt\; text-indent: -18.0pt\; mso -list: l0 level1 lfo1\; tab-stops: list 36.0pt\;"><!-- [if !supportLists]- -><span style="font-size: 10.0pt\; font-family: Symbol\; mso-fareast-font- family: Symbol\; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol\;"><span style="mso-list: Ig nore\;">&middot\;<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman'\;">&nbsp\;&nbs p\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span s tyle="font-size: 10.0pt\; color: black\; mso-color-alt: windowtext\; backg round: white\;">Real Australian use cases (e.g. disaster management\, envi ronmental monitoring\, Antarctic applications)</span></p>\n<p style="margi n-left: 36.0pt\; text-indent: -18.0pt\; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1\; tab-sto ps: list 36.0pt\;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 10.0p t\; font-family: Symbol\; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol\; mso-bidi-font- family: Symbol\;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore\;">&middot\;<span style="f ont: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman'\;">&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 10.0pt\; color : black\; mso-color-alt: windowtext\; background: white\;">How SAR data is actually used in practice at organisations like CSIRO</span></p>\n<p styl e="margin-left: 36.0pt\; text-indent: -18.0pt\; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1\; tab-stops: list 36.0pt\;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style="font-siz e: 10.0pt\; font-family: Symbol\; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol\; mso-bi di-font-family: Symbol\;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore\;">&middot\;<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman'\;">&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\ ;&nbsp\; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 10.0pt \; color: black\; mso-color-alt: windowtext\; background: white\;">How Aus tralia collaborates internationally in SAR and EO (e.g. working with inter national missions\, data sharing\, partnerships with overseas agencies/ind ustry)</span></p>\n<p style="margin-left: 36.0pt\; text-indent: -18.0pt\; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1\; tab-stops: list 36.0pt\;"><!-- [if !supportList s]--><span style="font-size: 10.0pt\; font-family: Symbol\; mso-fareast-fo nt-family: Symbol\; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol\;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore\;">&middot\;<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman'\;">&nbsp\;& nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><spa n style="font-size: 10.0pt\; color: black\; mso-color-alt: windowtext\; ba ckground: white\;">Future directions and skill sets needed in Australia (w hat kinds of engineers/data scientists are in demand)</span></p>\n<p><stro ng><span style="font-size: 10.0pt\; color: black\; mso-color-alt: windowte xt\; background: white\;">Bio: </span></strong><a name="OLE_LINK3"></a><sp an style="font-size: 10.0pt\; color: black\; mso-color-alt: windowtext\; b ackground: white\;"><a href="https://people.csiro.au/g/m/matt-garthwaite"> https://people.csiro.au/g/m/matt-garthwaite</a> </span></p>\n<p><span styl e="font-size: 10.0pt\;">Matt is an Earth Observation scientist with expert ise in Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) and Interferometric SAR (InSAR) appl ications. His research interests include geodetic and geophysical applicat ions of SAR\, SAR interferometry\, and SAR calibration/validation techniqu es and infrastructure.</span></p>\n<p><span style="font-size: 10.0pt\;">Ma tt joined the CSIRO Centre for Earth Observation (CCEO) in the Space &amp\ ; Astronomy research unit in 2022 leading the SAR application research and capability development team\, which includes operation of the NovaSAR Nat ional Facility. Matt was previously with Geoscience Australia from 2012 to 2022\, where he led the development of a national-scale capability to lev erage Sentinel-1 InSAR for generating ground movement products over large areas in Australia. </span></p>\n<p><span style="font-size: 10.0pt\;">Matt has successfully delivered projects for the state government of NSW\, ass essing ground subsidence effects from coal seam gas and longwall mining in the Sydney basin\, and for the Victorian state government's Melbourne Met ro Rail project. Matt was responsible for designing a new geodetic infrast ructure network funded by AuScope\, which yielded the Queensland Corner Re flector Array that has become an internationally significant infrastructur e for calibrating orbiting SAR sensors.</span></p>\n<p><span style="font-s ize: 10.0pt\;">Matt obtained a Masters degree in geology and geophysics fr om the University of Leicester\, UK\, in 2005 and completed his PhD at the University of Leeds\, UK\, in 2011\, before moving to Australia in 2012.< /span></p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR