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

Website Management Committee

  • Abdallah Al-Bizreh, United Arab Emirates University, UAE
  • Khaula Alkaabi, United Arab Emirates University, UAE
  • Mohamed Yagoub, United Arab Emirates University, UAE
  • Saied Pirasteh, University of Waterloo, Canada

Publicity Committee

  • Iman Arebi, China
  • Somayeh Mollaee, University of Waterloo, Canada
  • Ghalia Alahbabi and her team, United Arab Emirates University, UAE
  • Shaimaa Ahmed Shareifi, United Arab Emirates University, UAE

Publication Chairs

  • Saied Pirasteh, University of Waterloo, Canada
  • Rongrong Ji, Xiamen University, China

Finance Committee

  • Ahmed Osman Ahmed, CHSS-finance office, United Arab Emirates University,UAE
  • Athheba Hasan Al Ahbabi, United Arab Emirates University,UAE
  • Leila Farzinpur WIDM, Canada

Industry Liaison and Sponsor Committee

  • Khaula Alkaabi, United Arab Emirates University, UAE
  • Mohamed Yagoub, United Arab Emirates University, UAE
  • Ahmed Ali Murad, United Arab Emirates University, UAE
  • Saif Khalifa Al-Shaali, United Arab Emirates University, UAE
  • Hafsa Al Ali, United Arab Emirates University, UAE
  • Aysha Alkaabi, United Arab Emirates University, UAE
  • Dalal Sultan Al Maamari, United Arab Emirates University, UAE

Social Activities Committee

  • Naeema Al Hosani, United Arab Emirates University, UAE
  • Khalid Hussein, United Arab Emirates University, UAE
  • Abul Salam Abdul Mannan, United Arab Emirates University, UAE
  • Mohamed Alnuaemi, United Arab Emirates University, UAE
  • Jassim Mohd Al Harmoodi, United Arab Emirates University, UAE

Exhibition Committee

  • Abdelgadir Abuelgasim, United Arab Emirates University, UAE
  • Aysha Alkaabi, United Arab Emirates University, UAE

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Important Dates

Submission of abstracts: 30 September 2015

Notification of acceptance: 15 October 2015

Full papers submission: 31 October 2015

Registration Dates

Early bird registration extended to: 31 October 2015

Registration Deadline: 30 November 2015


Conference Documents

PDF   Conference Announcement

PDF   Call For Papers

PDF   Call For Sponsors - English

PDF   Call For Sponsors - Arabic

Oct 24, 2015