Conference Committee

Conference Chairs

Khaula Alkaabi, United Arab Emirates University, UAE
- Chair of Geography and Urban Planning Department
Mohamed Yagoub, United Arab Emirates University, UAE
- Former Director of Master Program of Remote Sensing and GIS
- Former Chair of Geography and Urban Planning Department
Jonathan Li, University of Waterloo, Canada
- Chair of ISPRS ICWG I/Va on Mobile Scanning and Imaging Systems
- Vice Chair of ICA Commission on Mapping from Remote Sensor Imagery
- Vice Chair of FIG Commission on Hydrography
Saied Pirasteh, University of Waterloo, Canada
- Director of WIDM
- Secretary, ISPRS VIII/5 Energy & Geological Applications: Officers of WG VIII/5
- Editor in Chief, International Geoinformatics Research and Development Journal

Regional Coordinators

S. Mohd. A. Rizvi, Aligarh Muslim University, India, South Asia
Mohamed Yagoub, United Arab Emirates University, UAE, Middle East
Mahdi Sabzevari, Waterloo Institute for Disaster Management, Canada, North America

Scientific Committee

Chair: Jonathan Li, University of Waterloo, Canada
Co-Chair: Emilio Chuvieco, Universidad de Alcalá , Spain
Co-Chair: Liqiu Meng, Technische Universität München , Germany
Co-Chair: Xianfeng Zhang, Peking University , China
Abderrazak Bannari, Arabian Gulf University, Kingdom of Bahrain
Alexander Braun, Queen's University, Canada
Alexander Brenning, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Germany
Antonio M. G. Tommaselli, São Paulo State University, Brazil
Cheng Wang, Xiamen University, China
Chris Lakhan, University of Windsor, Canada
Emilio Chuvieco, Universidad de Alcalá, Spain
Fawu WANG, Shimane University, Japan
Fayez Elessawy, United Arab Emirates Universitry , UAE
Georgia Fotopoulos, Queen's University, Canada
Graciela Metternicht, University of New South Wales, Australia
Guoxiang Liu, Southwest Jiaotong University, China
Hossein Arefi, University of Tehran, Iran
Hyo Choi, Gangneung-Wonju National University, South Korea
Ismail Rakip Karas, Karabuk University, Turkey
Jocelyn Chanussot, Grenoble Institute of Technology, France
Jon Mills, Newcastle University, UK
Jonathan Li, University of Waterloo,Canada
Julian Smit, University of Cape Town,South Africa
Karel Pavelka, Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic
Lena Halounová, Czech Technical University,Czech Republic
Mahdi Motagh,GFZ German Research Center for Geosciences, Germany
Marguerite Madden, University of Georgia, USA
Maria Antonia Brovelli, Polytechnic of Milan, Italy
Mir Abolfazl Mostafavi, Laval University, Canada
Mohamed Bualhamam, United Arab Emirates University , UAE
Nazmi Zeidan Saleous,United Arab Emirates University , UAE
Nitin Kumar Tripathi, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand
Odhiambo George Oliech, United Arab Emirates University , UAE
Orhan Altan, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey
Peijun Li, Peking University, China
Quazi K. Hassan, University of Calgary, Canada
Rao Divi, Kuwait University, Kuwait
Saied Homayouni, University of Ottawa, Canada
Salem Mohammad Essa, United Arab Emirates University , UAE
Shankar Lal Gargh, Institute of Disaster Management, India
Timothy Warner, West Virginia University, USA
Uwe Stilla, Technische Universität München, Germany
Wooil M. Moon, University of Manitoba,Canada
Xianfeng Zhang, Peking University, China
Xiaojun Yang, Florida State University, USA
Yeqiao Wang, University of Rhode Island, USA
Yuhong He, University of Toronto, Canada

Local Organizing Committee

Chair: Khaula Alkaabi , United Arab Emirates University, UAE
- Chair of Geography and Urban Planning Department
Co-Chair: Mohamed Yagoub , United Arab Emirates University, UAE