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ISPRS International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing

ISPRS Mission: why we exist • … to advance the photogrammetry, remote sensing and spatial information sciences through international cooperation in research, development and education for the benefit of society and for environmental sustainability. (from ISPRS Strategic Plan 2010)

ISPRS Vision: where we want to go • … to be the foremost scientific society in its field and for the Society at large, • to speak for all people working in the field, • to provide the necessary resources to develop the field. (from ISPRS Strategic Plan 2010)

The beginning • Founded on July 4, 1910 in Vienna on the initiative of Prof. Eduard Dole žal : Inter- national Society of Photogrammetry (ISP) • Oldest international umbrella organisation in its field • Name change in 1980 to include Remote Sensing • Today, ISPRS activities include acquisition, modelling, analysis, DB management and visualisation of geospatial data in different E.Dole žal , a professor for applications with a focus on imagery: practical geometry Information from Imagery at Vienna University of Technology

ISPRS Membership • Ordinary members (92) – representing a country or region as a whole • Associate members (16) – representing a community not represented by the Ordinary Member organization • Regional members (15) – multi-national association promoting regional cooperation • Sustaining members (58) – connection to the commercial world • Individual members

ISRPS Structure (2016 – 2020) The council Commission presidents

Commissions and Working Groups • Each Commission is responsible for approx. 10 working groups (approx. 60 in total) • WGs cover dedicated topics – “this is where the actual work is done”, e. g. • Benchmark tests • common theoretical and experimental investigations • editing of special journal issues • organisation of focussed workshops, tutorials, seminars • Inter-commission WGs ensure collaboration • New WG setup every 4 years

ISPRS Student Consortium • … the next generation leaders of ISPRS • students and young professionals • SC founded in 2004, Chair: Sheryl Rose Reyes (Philippines)

The ISPRS Foundation • ... organizes fund raising to help support the activities and to reach the goals of ISPRS • … provides grants, scholarships, awards , training supplies etc. to qualified individuals and organizations, especially those in developing countries

General meeting schedule • ISPRS Congress for all in „Summer Olympic years” (2000 – 3000 participants) • ISPRS Geospatial Week in odd years – approx. 500 participants • One Symposium per Commission in “Soccer World Cup Years” (approx. 300 participants each) • Smaller Workshops , organised by WGs 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Congress Congress GSW Wuhan Symposia GSW Dubai Prague Nice

ISPRS Midterm Symposia 2018 No. Theme Date Location Innovative sensing – from Sensors Oct. 9-12 Karlsruhe, GER I to Methods and Applications Riva del Garda, Towards photogrammetry 2020 June 3-7 II ITA Developments, Technologies and III May 7-10 Beijing, China Applications in Remote Sensing IV Geospatial Information Science Oct. 1-5 Delft, NL Pixel to People - through Education Nov. 27-30 New Delhi, IND V ISPRS Congress 2020, Nice, France

ISPRS publications: Web site and eBulletin www.isprs.org

ISPRS publications: The flagship ... one of the top journals in remote sensing and photogrammetry worldwide, impact factor 2016: 6.387

ISPRS proceedings: Annals and Archives Annals : double blind peer-reviewed full paper proceedings Archives : proceedings based on abstract review

Priorities for 2016 - 2020 • Improve scientific excellence on internat. level • Enhance public recognition of photogrammetry, remote sensing and spatial information science for benefit of humankind and sustainability of environment • Increase relevance to members , expand membership • Increase cooperation with sister societies • Increase role in education and capacity building in collaboration with international partners

Benefits of ISPRS membership • Access to international scientific network • Online publications and other web-resources, in particular educational material • eBulletin and other information • Support from ISPRS Foundation • Right to host Commissions and Congress and vote in GA … and many more …

Thank you 107 years of serving society with information from imagery … … and still going strong See you in Dubai for the Geospatial Week 2019? See you in Nice for the XXIV ISPRS Congress 2020?