Tickets for The 40th International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment (ISRSE-40) are now available to purchase.
Taking place at the Farnborough International Exhibition and Conference Centre, Hampshire, UK, from 17 to 21 March 2025, the Symposium is a global summit for world-renowned experts to share crucial, emerging knowledge in pursuit of protecting the planet and its people from harm.
ISRSE-40 Tickets:
Early bird tickets for the five-day event are available from £285 for students (saving £190) of and £760 (saving £235) for industry and academic professionals until 9 January 2025. In the New Year, tickets will increase to £475 for students and £995 for industry and academic professionals.
ADS Group members and SMEs (under 250 employees) tickets are priced at £685. All prices include VAT.
Tickets include:
- 4-day access to the ISRSE-40 conference
- 1-day off-site tours (optional, more details to be announced)
- Entry to workshops and special sessions (by application)
- Breakfast, lunch and tea refreshments each day
- Entry to ISRSE-40 Welcome Reception
- Entry to Farnborough International Space Show (FISS)
- Entry to FISS Welcome Reception
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ISRSE-40 is calling for contributions that push boundaries, explore synergies between EO and emerging technologies, and address the pressing challenges of the 21st century.
Submissions of innovative research, case studies, and technological advancements are requested for ISRSE-40, where academia and industry will break new ground by bridging the worlds of academia, industry, private sector, NGOs, and government bodies.
Submit an abstract.
The 40th International Symposium on Remote Sensing of the Environment (ISRSE-40), taking place 17-21 March 2025, has opened its call for papers.
Titled ‘Synergy in Sight: Harnessing Earth Observation for Sustainable Development’, the world-renowned symposium will explore the synergies between emerging technologies, interdisciplinary collaboration, and global partnerships to foster a deeper understanding of Earth-system dynamics and their applications.
We are calling for contributions that push boundaries, explore synergies between EO and emerging technologies, and address the pressing challenges of the 21st century.
Key themes include:
- Climate Change and Environmental Monitoring: EO applications for tracking and mitigating climate change impacts.
- Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security (Agroeconomy Focus): How EO can revolutionize global agriculture, enhance food security, and support the transition to a sustainable bioeconomy. Special attention will be given to smallholder farmers and innovative financial tools such as parametric insurance.
- Resilient Urban and Infrastructure Systems: EO’s role in developing smart cities, monitoring urban growth, and strengthening urban resilience.
- Innovative EO Technologies: AI, machine learning, CubeSats, and other emerging technologies transforming EO data analysis and decision-making.
- Sustainable Land and Marine Resource Management: Innovations in monitoring forests, biodiversity, marine ecosystems, and water resources using EO. –
- Carbon Sequestration and Renewable Energy: EO-enabled carbon accounting for forests, renewable energy projects, and carbon offset programs.
- Interdisciplinary and Cross-Sectoral Collaboration: Case studies and strategies for effective collaboration between academia, industry, NGOs, and government stakeholders.
- EO for adaption and mitigation: Earth observation technology can provide data to aid climate mitigation and adaptation.
We invite you to submit your innovative research, case studies, and technological advancements for ISRSE-40, where we will break new ground by bridging the worlds of academia, industry, private sector, NGOs, and government bodies.
Submissions close Thursday 9 January 2025, midnight GMT.
Submit a paper
Please note: You will be asked to create a login for Oxford Abstracts to submit your abstract.
ISRSE-40 STUDENT SUPPORT PACKAGES AVAILABLE
Student packages to support attending ISRSE-40 will be made available through funding from international space agencies.
The packages will provide an opportunity for the next generation of Earth scientists to attend the symposium, while also promote the importance of Earth observation for understanding and addressing global challenges to the wider space community.
Packages will be provided to those who have been successfully selected for an abstract or poster.
If you are interested in applying for a student support package, please register your interest here, with your submitted abstract title.
Convening upstream & downstream
Taking place in the UK for the first time in its 62-year history, ISRSE-40 will be co-located with the inaugural Farnborough International Space Show (FISS) 2025, which has been designed to pioneer the commercial space age and advance space domain defence.
The convergence of the two events will create the only opportunity for the global space industry to access the whole ecosystem – upstream and downstream – in one place, at the same time, at this scale in the UK.
This milestone will convene global leaders from across academia, industry, government, and non-governmental organizations to explore how EO can drive sustainable development and resilience across multiple sectors.
The UK will host the 40th International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment (ISRSE-40) at the Farnborough International Exhibition and Conference Centre, Hampshire, from 17 to 21 March 2025. ISRSE-40 will run alongside the inaugural Farnborough International Space Show, an event which will pioneer the commercial space age.
Convened biennially since 1962, the Symposium is a global summit for world-renowned experts to share crucial, emerging knowledge in pursuit of protecting the planet and its people from harm.
The Symposium will host multiple international agencies including NASA and ESA, leading scientists, researchers, policymakers, and practitioners all dedicated to the advancement of remote sensing technologies and the data analysis pivotal to Earth observation capabilities and space applications.
Titled ‘Synergy in Sight: Harnessing Earth Observation for Sustainable Development’, the symposium will emphasise the integration of scientific and technological disciplines through Earth observation to promote sustainability, as well as nurturing the next generation of space professionals in the sector.
Organised by the International Committee for Remote Sensing of Environment (ICORSE), the biennial symposium will run alongside the Farnborough International Space Show 2025 thereby uniting key constituents of the international space community. Collaboration will foster innovation across the fields of remote sensing, Earth observation, and the wider international space ecosystem to drive sector advancements and accelerate new technologies.
A partnership between a consortium of UK-based organisations, including Farnborough International, National Centre for Earth Observation and Space South Central, and ICORSE, the event will foster international collaboration, drive innovation, and address key global challenges including climate change, resource management, and disaster response. Figures from ADS Group indicate significant growth to the UK space industry which directly employs 48,800 people, delivering high value jobs for a highly skilled workforce, and supports 2,300 apprentices across the sector. Turnover growth continues to increase year on year, reaching £17.5 billion in 2022 and adding £7 billion to the UK economy, with space exports valued £5.9 billion to the UK in 2022.
Discussing the announcement, John Latham, President, International Centre for remote Sensing of the Environment, said: “Hosting ISRSE40 offers a pivotal moment for the UK to affirm its leadership in the global space community, driving forward our commitments to innovation, education, and sustainable development. We are poised to deliver a conference that not only addresses today’s challenges but also inspires solutions for the future.”
Gareth Rogers, CEO of Farnborough International, said: “We are thrilled to be the host venue of this monumental event, alongside the launch of the Farnborough International Space Show. For decades, the UK, and Farnborough in particular, has been a catalyst for pioneering new technologies and forging powerful relationships, so to convene the global space industry on our historic site is an invaluable opportunity to cement the UK’s position at the forefront of the international space market for academia, manufacturing and innovation.”
Steve Volz, from NOAA Federal, added: “NOAA is very impressed with the breadth and depth of the UK proposal to host ISRSE-40 alongside the Farnborough International Space Show next March.
“There is increasing demand across all scales of decision making for critical Earth observations and remote sensing information to help us understand our changing climate, manage our natural resources, and prepare and respond to natural hazards. At the same time, the rapid pace of technological advancement and a growing commercial space sector are changing the way we collect and exploit earth observations. ISRSE-40 will bring together the scientists, applied users, and space industry to advance innovation through enhanced collaboration, helping us all take action for people, the planet and prosperity. NOAA receives important contributions from all of these participants.”
The Farnborough International Space Show is the UK’s largest international event pioneering the commercial space age and advancing space domain defence. The inaugural annual exhibition and conference is a catalyst for the future of international space innovation, connecting the space ecosystem across industry, defence, government and academia on a global scale.
Register your interest in ISRSE-40 here