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October 6, 2009 Agenda. |
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Registration Opens 7:30am |
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Introductory Remarks and Keynote |
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| 8:30am - Welcome | Dr. Bill Corso, Deputy Assistant Administrator NOAA Ocean Service Dr. Christopher Parrish, GeoTech Conference Chair |
State of the Potomac Region |
Dr. Barbara Eckstein, President Potomac Region |
9:00am - Keynote "Fusion - Connecting the Pipes" |
Mr. Ernie Reith, Deputy Director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency's (NGA) InnoVision Directorate |
| 9:45am - 10:15am Break | |
Session A: Applications: Coastal Mapping |
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10:15am -Estimation of beach properties and shallow water bathymetry from hyperspectral imagery |
Dr. Charles Bachmann, Head, Coastal Science & Interpretation Section, Coastal & Ocean Remote Sensing Branch, Remote Sensing Division, Naval Research Laboratory |
10:45am - Coastal marsh surface elevation monitoring with terrestrial Lidar |
Dr. Nishanthi Wijekoon, Systems Analyst |
11:15am - Ground-Truth Results of Comparison Airborne Lidar Bathymetry (ALB) in Subtidal Coastal Environments |
Dr. Shachak Pe'eri, Research Assistant Professor, Univ. of New Hampshire Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping |
| 11:45am - 12:45pm Lunch Break / Exhibits | |
Session B: Sensors and Systems |
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12:45pm - Hyperspectral Imagery (HSI) Remote Sensing: Applications and Challenges |
Dr. Ronald G. Resmini, Senior Scientist |
| 1:15pm - Synthetic Aperture Radar: Overview and Applications for the Civil Remote Sensing Community | Dr. Barton D. Huxtable, Chief Scientist User Systems, Incorporated |
1:45pm - 2D and 3D Data Collection, Processing and Interpretation |
Chris Moscoso |
| 2:15pm - 2:45pm Break | |
Session C: Spotlight on Emerging Issues |
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2:45pm - Spatial-Temporal Outliers Detection |
Mr. James Rogers, Associate Technical Director |
3:15pm - Open-source Geospatial Software |
Mr. Jason Beverage, Director of Engineering Pelican Mapping |
3:45pm - Validating new MODIS snow cover indices: A case study for Tibet |
Dr. Cheney Shreve, Technical Applications Engineer ITT Visual Information Solutions |
4:15pm - 4:45pm - Emergency Response & QBS Selection: The Rock River Ice Jam Project |
Mr. Scott R. Perkins. Associate Vice President Wilson & Company, Inc., Engineers & Architects |
| 4:45pm - Conclusion | |