Workshop

Applied Remote Sensing in Mountain Regions

EURAC, Bolzano, Italy

February, 01. – 02. 2007

Program                                                                                                 

Keynote Speakers are highlighted in bold

Thursday, 01.02.2007

Registration: 12:00 – 12:30

Welcome and opening: 12:30 – 13:00 (1/2 h)

Name	Institution	Title
Michl Laimer Walter Huber	Department of Environment and Energy, Province of Bolzano
Luisa Gnecchi	Department of Innovation and Research, Province of Bolzano
Werner Stuflesser, Stephan Ortner	President of EURAC, Director of EURAC

Introductory keynotes  13:00 – 13:40 (0h40)

Name	Institution	Title
Marco Onida	Alpine Convention, General Secretary	Data demand and future applications from the viewpoint of the alpine convention
Marc Zebisch, Christian Steurer	EURAC	Objectives of the Institute for Applied Remote Sensing
Mario A. Gomarasca	CNR-IREA Milan	Presentation of the 27th EARSeL Symposium  &  Workshops, GEOINFORMATION IN EUROPE

Coffee Break (25 min)

Remote sensing perspectives 14:05 – 15:55 (1h50)                                                                                          Chairman: Lorenzo Bruzzone

Name	Institution	Title
Mathias Schardt	Joanneum Research, Graz, Austria	Opportunities and challenges for remote sensing in mountain areas
Michael Bock	DLR, Germany	The European GMES Initiative: Status and future perspectives
Natália Archinard	Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs	Mountain related applications as cross-cutting activities in GMES
Livio Rossi	Eurimage	Existing and forthcoming sensors: application scenarios
Volkmar Mair	Geological Agency  - Province of Bolzano	Remote sensing and monitoring technologies – a public administration perspective

Coffee Break (25 min)

Remote sensing applications for mountain areas I 16:20 – 18:10 (1h50)                                  Chairman: Thomas Nagler

Name	Institution	Title
Piero Boccardo	Politecnico di Torino, Italy	Remote sensing applications in the field of disaster management
Urs Wegmüller	Gamma Remote Sensing, Gümligen, Switzerland	Alpine landslides monitoring using SAR interferometric techniques
Johannes Zilger	Teledata GeoConsult, Bolzano, Italy	Mapping and Monitoring of Permafrost in the Alps using Differential Radar-Interferometry – PROALP
Alexander Almer	Joanneum Research, Graz, Austria	ASSIST, Alpine Safety, Security &Informational Services and Technologies
Monica Pepe	CNR – IREA, Milano, Italy	Debris-covered ice identification from optical satellite images

18:10 – 19:30 Hotel check in etc.

19:30 – 23:00 Dinner at Castle Runkelstein (free of charge, shuttle service provided)

Friday, 02.02.2007

Data preparation and data interpretation 8:30– 10:15 (1h45)                                                                    Chairman: Michael Bock

Name	Institution	Title
Lorenzo Bruzzone	Dept. Of Information and Communication Technologies, University Trento, Italy	Data Pre-processing and Analysis: Open Issues and Challenges
Mattia Crespi	Università di Roma, Italy	Orthorectification of high resolution satellite imagery for land management in high mountain area: the impact of DEM accuracy
Tatjana Veljanovski	Institute for Anthropological and Spatial Studies, Ljubljana, Slovenia	Impact of atmospheric and topographic pre-processing on Landsat image characteristics
Elisabeth Schöpfer, Stefan Kienberger	Centre for Geoinformatics, Salzburg University	Rapid feature extraction and context mapping
Lukas Mathys	Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL	Mapping Land Cover Continuous Fields using Passive and Active Sensor Data

Coffee Break (30 min)

Remote sensing applications for mountain areas II 10:45 – 12:25 (1h40)                                 Chairman: Piero Boccardo

Name	Institution	Title
Helmut Rott, Thomas Nagler	Environmental earth observation, ENVEO, Innsbruck, Austria	Modeling and forecasting snow melt and glacier runoff using satellite data
Anna Rampini	CNR – IREA, Milano, Italy	AWARE: A tool for monitoring and forecasting Available WAter REsource in mountain environment
Luca Verdi	Laboratory for physical chemistry –Province of Bolzano	Monitoring of particulate matter in the Province of Bolzano
Rodolfo Guzzi	CNR-Bologna and Agenzia Spaziale Italiana, Italy	Advanced Techniques for DTM and Air Quality data fusion
Walter Di Nicolantonio	Carlo Gavazzi Space, Dept. of Earth Observation, Milano, Italy	Evaluating PM2.5 over North Italy using MODIS satellite observations

12:25 – 13:40: Lunch Break (1h15). Lunch is provided free of charge at EURAC

Remote sensing applications for mountain areas III 13:40 – 14:40 (1h)                                                    Chairman: Mathias Schardt

Name	Institution	Title
Heike Bach	VISTA GmbH, Germany	Integrative modelling of water resources and plant production using Earth Observation data
Heinz Gallaun	Joanneum Research, Graz, Austria	Habitat mapping with remote sensing data in alpine areas
Annette Lotz	National Park Berchtesgaden, Germany	Common transnational standards for the application of CIR aerial images within the Alpine Space: the approach of the INTERREG III B project HABITALP

Final discussion and conclusion: future potential of remote sensing applications in mountain regions 14:40 – 15:30 (0h50)

Moderation: Marc Zebisch, Stefan Schneiderbauer (EURAC)   ·          Do current applications meet the user demand? ·          What are the opportunities for future applications? ·          What kind of future developments do we need? ·          Do we need a communication platform for applied remote sensing in mountain regions?

15:30 END

For further questions, please contact:

Marc Zebisch
remote.sensing@eurac.edu
Tel. +39 0471 055 312

Cel. +39 320 462 8172
Fax  +39 0471 055 389