The Central Theme of the Conference is:

The major scientific sub-Themes covered in the Conference are:

1. PROCESSING, INTEGRATION AND MODELING
• Radar remote sensing.
• Optical remote sensing.
• Hyperspectral remote sensing.
• Lidar remote sensing.
• Image Processing and Information Extraction.
• Micro-Satellites: Case Studies and Experiences.
• Data integration and Modeling.
• Geographic Information Science.




2. ECOSYSTEMS MANAGEMENT, AND ENVIRONMENTAL APPLICATIONS
• Coastal, marine ecosystem and Wetlands.
• Agro ecosystems.
• Forest and Vegetation.
• Forests resources -biodiversity.
• Land management, Topography and space geodesy.
• Urban and Built-up Environment.




3. RESSOURCES MAPPING & ASSESSMENT
• Geological resources: mining, petroleum exploration, geomaterials.
• Water resources management.
• Fishery resources.
• Renewable energy resources.




4. GEOHAZARDS AND DISASTER MANAGEMENT
• Geological hazards: Earthquakes, Landslides…
• Erosion, soil vulnerability and Flood.
• Biodiversity degradation, Desertification and drought.
• Forest fires, industrial accidents, Pollution and Contamination.
• Early warning system and disaster risk reduction.




5. HUMAN SECURITY AND HEALTH
• Food security.
• Uses water and sanitation.
• Health and communicable diseases.
• Humanitarian action.





6. CLIMATE CHANGE VARIABILITY IMPACT
• Climate and extreme weather events.
• Water resources issues and climate change.
• Climate change impacts on coastal region.
• Strategies - measures of reductions and adaptations to climate change.
• Current systems of earth observation, space Meteorology.