• This will be the 8th symposium to deal specifically with remote sensing applications in polar environments. It will provide an international forum for  the discussion of work currently being carried out in the circumpolar regions of the world in the following topic areas:

                           • Environmental monitoring
                           • Wildlife management and habitat protection
                           • Arctic vegetation
                           • Land and water management
                           • Pollution control
                           • Snow and ice
                           • Climatology
                           • Oceanography
                           • Geology
                           • Mineral and oil and gas exploration
                           • Archaeology
                           • Data processing
                           • Geographic information system 

• There will be an International Polar Year in 2007/2008. It has been approved by the UN and a number of countries have already formed organizing committees. During the symposium, a special session will be planned  to discuss  on how earth observation and especially our scientific group
could be involved in this Polar Year. Discussion could include such things as a special symposium, involvement of more remote sensing scientists from circumpolar countries, the use of more earth observation technologies in the various scientific projects planed for the polar year, etc.

 • This symposium will be of interest to scientists, scholars, and industry and government professionals involved in renewable and non-renewable resource management in polar environments. The symposium will provide a forum for the exchange of current applied international research, the presentation of new technology, and the advancement of internal co-operation in the circumpolar regions of the world.

1 - End of August 2003 : call for paper, Web site on line
2 - November 1, 2003, begining for sending  :

abstract or poster proposals
registration form

3 - March 15, 2004 : deadline for submitting an abstract or a poster proposal.
4 - April 8, 2004, establishing :

  the list of accepted papers
  the conference programm

5 - April 15, 2004 : deadline for Symposium participation
6 - May 15, 2004 : deadline for inclusion of full-lengh papers in the conference book
7 - June 8 - 12, 2004 : Conference at Chamonix
8 - The dead line for submission to Remote Sensing of Environment Journal will be given for the conference