Welcome and Introduction

Abstract

For many years, in-person SPIE Conferences stimulated active and fruitful discussions regarding the remote sensing, its impressive applications and future directions. This year, digital Conference takes place. Conference Chairs and SPIE Organizing Committee welcome all participates and their valuable contributions. These contributions will be highlighted by invited and contributed presentations during two live-stream sessions arranged on Monday and Tuesday. We encourage all speakers to give condensed talks and reserve time for short discussions. It is expected that total duration of talks and subsequent discussions will not exceed 15 minutes for invited presentations and 10 minutes for contributed presentations. Participants can virtually raise their hands to ask questions or submit them in Q and A box. Several factors, such as different time zones and technical issues associated with unacceptable connections, can represent challenges for the arranged live-stream sessions. Well, let us do our best to manage these sessions smoothly and include networking and live elements to our online meeting.