19-20 September 2024, Milan, Italy
Remote Sensing of Forest Fires:
Lessons learned and future challenges
under a changing climate
!! NEW submission deadline 15 April 2024 !!
The 13th EARSeL Forest Fires Special Interest Group Workshop
Wildfires are attracting significant attention from both the public and the local managers for their increasing impacts on the biosphere. In the recent years, we have witnessed a large number of extreme fire events all around the globe: Hawaii, California, Greece, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Turkey, that have significant impacts on both the environment and humans.
The EARSeL Forest Fires Special Interest Group (FF SIG) was created in 1995 and fosters interaction among scientists and managers who are interested in using remotely sensed data and techniques to improve the traditional methods for fire monitoring.
The Special Interest Group is chaired by Dr. Daniela Stroppiana from the Italian National Research Council (Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, CNR), Italy, who welcomes scientists, researchers, managers, experts, sponsors interested in the thematic field of fires to the FF SIG Workshop.
Conference overview
The Forest Fire workshop is a bi-annual appointment that gathers together scientists and managers in the field of wildfire monitoring and specifically addressing the use of Earth Observation data.
The workshop is organized over two days with plenary oral and poster sessions. Contributions in either of the two forms are more than welcome. All submitted abstracts will undergo revision by the scientific committee.
Workshop topics
Earth Observation (EO) regional and global algorithms and products
Multi-scale and multi-sensor approach for fire monitoring and mapping
Integration of SAR & Optical data
Burned areas, active fires, fire radiative power, burn severity
Fire risk, fire danger
Modelling and assessment of fire and climate relationship (impacts on the atmosphere, fire emissions, impacts of climate change on fire regimes, fuel consumption)
Modelling and monitoring fuel characteristics and conditions
Post-fire monitoring of vegetation regrowth and vegetation regeneration
Validation and accuracy assessment of EO products
Organizing committee
Local organizer is the Institute for Electromagnetic Sensing of the Environment of the Italian National Research Council (IREA CNR), the University of Idaho (Department of Forest, Rangeland and Fire Sciences) and the European Association of Remote Sensing Laboratories (EARSeL) in collaboration with the CNR’s Institute of Methodologies for Environmental Analysis (IMAA CNR).
Members
- European Association of Remote Sensing Laboratories (EARSeL)
- Daniela Stroppiana (CNR IREA, Italy)
- Pietro Alessandro Brivio (CNR IREA, Italy)
- Gloria Bordogna (CNR IREA, Italy)
- Mirco Boschetti (CNR IREA, Italy)
- Paola Carrara (CNR IREA, Italy)
- Simone Lella (CNR IREA, Italy)
- Luigi Boschetti (University of Idaho, USA)
- Rosa Lasaponara (CNR IMAA, Italy)
- Nicola Afflitto (CNR IMAA, Italy)
Scientific committee
An international group of experts in remote sensing of wildfires will be available as part of the scientific committee of the workshop.
Members
- Clément Albergel (ESA, UK)
- Vincent G. Ambrosia (California State University – Monterey Bay (CSUMB))
- Bachisio Arca (CNR IBE, Italy)
- Davide Ascoli (University of Turin, Italy)
- Valentina Bacciu (CNR IBE, Italy)
- Sergey Bartalev (Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia)
- Enrico Borgogno Mondino (University of Turin, Italy)
- Gloria Bordogna (CNR IREA, Italy)
- Mirco Boschetti (CNR IREA, Italy)
- Pietro Ceccato (JRC, Italy)
- David Chaparro (CREAF, Spain)
- Emilio Chuvieco (Universidad de Alcala, Spain)
- Pierpaolo Duce (CNR IBE, Italy)
- Federico Fierli ( EUMETSAT, Germany)
- Federico Filipponi (CNR IGAG, Italy)
- Davide Fornacca (Dali University, China)
- Magi Franquesa (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científcas, Spain)
- Ioannis Gitas (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece)
- Amin Khairoun (Universidad de Alcalá, Spain)
- Nikos Koutsias (University of Patras, Greece)
- Riccardo Lanari (CNR IREA, Italy)
- Rosa Lasaponara (CNR, IMAA, Italy)
- Florent Mouillot (CEFE/CNRS, France)
- Patricia Oliva (Universidad de Alcalá, Spain)
- Duarte Oom (JRC, Italy)
- Grazia Pellizzaro (CNR IBE, Italy)
- Antonio Pepe (CNR IREA, Italy)
- Antonello Provenzale (CNR IGG, Italy)
- Nemesio Jose Rodriguez-Fernandez (CNRS, France)
- Jesus San-Miguel-Ayanz (JRC, Italy)
- Michele Salis (CNR IBE, Italy)
- João Neves Silva (University of Lisbon, Portugal)
- Erika Cristina Solano Romero (Universidad de Alcala, Spain)
- Kevin Tansey (University of Leicester, UK)
- Debora Voltolina (CNR, Italy)
- Marta Yebra (Australian National University, Australia)
Abstract submission
Abstracts shall be submitted via the online conference system ConfTool between 1st February to 31st March 2024.
Step 1: You create your user account without payment, or you re-use your former user account from another EARSeL event. Then you can proceed with the abstract submission.
Following the reviewing phase, go to:
Step 2 (not yet possible): Complete your registration as a participant, which forms an order liable to pay costs. Following registration, your personal invoice is available for download and printing.
During the abstract submission process, you will be asked to select topic(s). Then the presentation format needs to be chosen, and all authors, titles, and at least one keyword (up to five keywords possible) must be entered. The abstract text is to be directly filled into the abstract template. The filled template needs to be uploaded!
We are looking forward to your abstracts! Please be aware that the number of submissions is limited to two (2) per submitting author (a single author can submit maximum two abstracts, but she/he can be co-author of contributions submitted by other authors)
All accepted contributions of registered authors will be published in a digital book of abstracts before the workshop (early September 2024). For further information please contact Gloria Bordogna (bordogna.g@irea.cnr.it). For publication in the digital book of abstracts author registration must be done before early registration deadline 15 July 2024.
Authors registration
Registration to the Workshop should be done with the conference management system ConfTool (follow the link).
Access as registered user with user name and password (Registered users) or create user account (Register new)
Complete registration as a workshop participant, which leads to an order liable to pay costs (an invoice is available for download and printing).
Registration will open in May 2024!!
REGISTRATION FEES
| Early registration fees (by 15 July 2024) | |
| Non-members EARSeL € 390 | |
| Members EARSeL € 280 | |
| Y.Sc. (<32 years old) non-members EARSeL € 200 | |
| Y.Sc. (<32 years old) Members EARSeL € 150 | |
| Full registration fees (after 15 July 2024) | |
| Non-members EARSeL € 495 | |
| Members EARSeL € 340 | |
| Y.Sc. (<32 years old) non-members EARSeL € 280 | |
| Y.Sc. (<32 years old) non-members EARSeL € 210 | |
| Dinner social event (19 September 2024) | |
| Participants/Accompanying person € 55 | |
| Y.Sc. (<32 years old) € 30 |
Registration fee does not include dinner social event (to be paid separately)
Registration fee includes: coffee breaks, lunch catering, wifi connection
European Journal of Remote Sensing special collection
Authors whose work has been selected for an Oral or Poster presentation are encouraged to submit an article to the European Journal of Remote Sensing (EuJRS). EuJRS is an Open Access and international peer-reviewed academic journal (SCIE with a 2022 impact factor of 4.0). It is published by Taylor & Francis on behalf of the Italian Association of Remote Sensing (AIT). Full paper submissions will be considered for publication in a Special Collection entitled ‘Remote Sensing of Forest Fires: Lessons learned and future challenges under a changing climate’.
Thanks to the agreement signed between EARSeL and Taylor&Francis, participants of the 13th EARSeL SIG Workshop on Forest Fires will be entitled to a discount of 65% on the standard article publishing charge (APC). APC will be 420 € (the rest being covered by EARSeL) that will have to be paid by authors as soon as the paper has been accepted by Taylor&Francis and before publication.
The discount code for the APC can be obtained from the EARSeL Head Office (secretariat@earsel.org) after the Workshop.
Deadline for article submission: 15 January 2025
How to Submit your Manuscript
Papers should be submitted online to the European Journal of Remote Sensing’s Submission Portal. Authors should follow the Instructions for Authors providing guidelines on paper formatting and submission procedure. Please choose Research or Review article in the first page. In the next page please select that the paper is for a Special Issue/Article Collection and from the drop-down menu choose ‘Remote Sensing of Forest Fires: Lessons learned and future challenges under a changing climate’.
We look forward to your contributions. Please do not hesitate to contact the Guest Editors and Patrizia Rossi, administrator of EuJRS, for questions regarding submission portal (patrizia.rossi@unifi.it).
Guest Editors:
Dr. Daniela Stroppiana (CNR IREA, Italy)
Dr. Pietro Alessandro Brivio (CNR IREA, Italy)
Dr. Luigi Boschetti (University of Idaho, USA)
Dr. Federico Filipponi (CNR IGAG, Italy)
SAVE THE DATE
| Open abstract submission 01 February 2024 | |
| Deadline abstract submission | |
| Abstract reviewing | |
| Notification of acceptance 31 May 2024 | |
| Early registration deadline 15 July 2024 |
Keynote speaker
Louis Giglio (University of Maryland, USA)
Research Professor, Department of Geographical Sciences, University of Maryland. Research interests include remote sensing of active fires and burned area, global fire emissions, and satellite direct broadcast applications.
Keynote speaker
José M.C. Pereira (University of Lisbon, Portugal)
Full Professor at the Department of Natural Resources, Environment, and Land, of the School of Agriculture (ISA), University of Lisbon, where he teaches fire ecology and management, and environmental remote sensing. He leads the Forest Research Centre. Research interests: pyrogeography, remote sensing of fire, fire risk mapping, and anthropogenic vegetation burning.
Day 1 – Thursday 19 September 2024
| 08:30 | Registration |
| 10:00 | Opening Ceremony |
| 10:30 | Keynote day-1 |
| 11:00 | Coffee Break & posters |
| 11:30 | Oral session 1 |
| 13:00 | Lunch Break & posters |
| 14:30 | Oral session 2 |
| 16:00 | Coffee Break & posters |
| 16:30 | Oral session 2 |
| 17:30 | Closing |
Day 2 – Friday 20 September 2024
| 09:15 | Welcome |
| 09:30 | Keynote day-2 |
| 10:00 | Oral session 3 |
| 11:00 | Coffee Break & posters |
| 11:30 | Oral session 3 |
| 13:00 | Lunch Break & posters |
| 14:30 | Oral session 4 |
| 16:00 | Coffee Break & posters |
| 16:30 | Discussion |
| 17:00 | Closing workshop |
Detailed program of the workshop will be available after the reviewing phase of authors’ contributions (after 01 June 2024)
Workshop venue
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR)
Area Territoriale della Ricerca Milano 1
Via Alfonso Corti 12, 20133, Milan, Italy
Green EARSeL
Welcome to the EARSeL Forest Fires Special Interest Group workshop in Milan. We all agree that it is a great opportunity to have in-person attendance, to gather, socialize and share knowledge and experience face-to-face. Our scientific community can greatly benefit from in-person networking especially for young attendees and scientists.
However, we have to be aware of the potential carbon footprint that an in-person meeting could generate and minimize it with an environmentally friendly behaviour. During this workshop, we’ll minimize our footprint with regard to travel to and within Milan, accommodation, catering, venue, information media, badges, signage, printed programs, welcome bags, and other items or activities. We are all committed in our work to protect the environment and our workshop will be a further opportunity to show it.
Sustainable science: minimizing carbon footprint at our scientific workshop!
We encourage participants to make personal commitments to lower their carbon footprints. Let’s take small steps towards sustainability to ensure a greener future. Our goal is to make our scientific workshop a shining example of environmental awareness.
Sustainable Transportation
- Travel: We encourage participants to travel by train to Milan whenever possible
- Public Transport: Milan presents a public transportation network consisting of buses, metros, and trams that we can use during the workshop
- Walking could be a transportation options to explore the city
- Car: If you can’t avoid travelling by car, consider offering a lift
Catering
- We will use reusable and/or compostable cups and encourage participants to bring their own multi-use coffee mugs for their coffee(s) to go
- We will make use of local caterers for lunch and coffee breaks. Food served at the venue will include vegetarian options, be mostly seasonal, and, wherever possible, come from regional sources
- We base our decisions for catering partners also on their efforts to reduce packaging waste to a minimum
Workshop material
- We will provide most programs and resources through digital materials
- Name badges will consist of 100% FSC or recycled paper, printed with water colours
- There will be no welcome gift bags, sorry!
We are committed to energy conservation and use green energy sources whenever possible, we are committed to monitoring and managing energy consumption throughout the workshop to promote efficient resource use
Sponsors
Gold sponsorship
The European Space Agency (ESA) is Europe’s gateway to space. Its mission is to shape the development of Europe’s space capability and ensure that investment in space continues to deliver benefits to the citizens of Europe and the world (video link).
ESA is an international organisation with 22 Member States. By coordinating the financial and intellectual resources of its members, it can undertake programmes and activities far beyond the scope of any single European country.
Silver sponsorship
Bronze sponsorship
If you are interested in sponsoring this event, please contact Gloria Bordogna (bordogna.g@irea.cnr.it) of the Organizing Committee
CONTACTS
Workshop chair person and local organizer: Dr. Daniela Stroppiana: stroppiana.d@irea.cnr.it
EARSeL Head Office: secretariat@earsel.org