Space - the final frontier for biodiversity monitoring?
Symposium on satellite remote sensing and global biodiversity monitoring
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Apr 29, 2016 01:00 AM
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May 29, 2016 01:00 AM |
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| Where | London, UK |
| Contact Name | See meeting website |
| Attendees |
Registered delegates. Early-career researchers are particularly encouraged to attend. |
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This symposium aims to bring together leading experts in biodiversity monitoring and satellite remote sensing to discuss ways to better capitalise on satellite remote sensing technology to monitor biological diversity globally. The event will feature:
- A poster competition with personal feedback provided by the speakers for all entries – deadline for poster submission is 13 April
- A raffle for individual attendees to win a free lunch with all of the individual speakers.
- A workshop on scientific writing offered to all attendees and organised by the journal Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation editorial team.
Confirmed speakers include:
- Mat Disney, UCL
- Doreen Boyd, Nottingham University
- Gary Geller, Group on Earth Observations
- Lucas Joppa, Microsoft Research
- Emily Nicholson, Deakin University
- Nathalie Pettorelli, Institute of Zoology, ZSL
- Duccio Rocchini, Duccio Rocchini, Fondazione Edmund Mach
- Shovonlol Roy, Reading University
- Emma Tebbs, Kings College London
- Martin Wegmann, Würzburg University