Program
Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | |
Morning | GIScience Workshops & Tutorials |
Keynote 1 Session 1 Session 2 |
Keynote 2 Session 5 Session 6 |
Afternoon | GIScience Workshops & Tutorials |
Session 3 Session 4 |
Session 7 Session 8 Session 9 |
Evening | Ice Breaker | Conference Dinner |
Registration is possible on all days from 08:00 till 16:00. But please note that on Tuesday, the registration will be at a different venue than the ice breaker event – see the venue page for details!
A PDF program suitable for printing is available here and you will also get a printed program at the conference.
Tuesday, 23 September 2014
GIScience workshops and tutorials
Please see the GIScience website for details.
18:00–20:00
Ice breaker event
Takes place at the conference venue (2nd floor).
Wednesday, 24 September 2014
08:30–09:35
Opening and Keynote 1
15'
Introduction presentation file
50'
The relevance of habitat quality for biodiversity and ecosystem service policies
09:35–10:00
Session 1: User requirements and operational examples for monitoring I
20'
User Needs, Possibilities and Limitations of Remote Sensing for Natura 2000 Habitat Monitoring - Results from the European MS.MONINA Project presentation file
5'
Mapping of habitat type and quality with the Natura 2000 habitat monitoring service of North Rhine-Westphalia (Germany) presentation file
Coffee break 30'
10:30–12:10
Session 2: User requirements and operational examples for monitoring II
20'
The EAGLE data model - concept for parameterized data collection on habitat characteristics presentation file
20'
Monitoring and Mapping for biodiversity using remote sensing: a case study from Norfolk presentation file
20'
Nature without barriers – Natura2000 sites as Green Infrastructure in the Austrian-Hungarian transborder region Fertö-Hansag-Neusiedlersee presentation file
20'
Semi-automated mapping for the National Inventory of Landscapes in Sweden (NILS) using Landsat and LiDAR data presentation file
20'
Airborne Optical Imaging in Support of Habitat Ecological Monitoring of the Austrian Reed Belt of Lake Neusiedl presentation file
Lunch break 70'
13:20–15:30
Session 3: Developing remote sensing tools for habitat mapping I
15'
Reed Qualification Based on Airborne Laser Scanning presentation file
15'
Vegetation Mapping in Tisza-lake Using Airborne Hyperspectral and LiDAR Data
20'
Mapping of grass species using airborne hyperspectral data
20'
Using of MODIS NDVI Time Series for Grassland Habitat Classification and Assessment presentation file
20'
Categorizing grassland vegetation in lowland hay meadows with full-waveform airborne LIDAR: a feasibility study for Natura 2000 presentation file
20'
Monitoring the distribution and dynamics of an alien invasive grass in tropical savanna habitats with airborne LiDAR
20'
Modelling of soil properties in a NATURA 2000 habitat site in the Carpathian Basin presentation file
Coffee break 30'
16:00–17:35
Session 4: Developing remote sensing tools for habitat mapping II
15'
Tree Species Mapping Using Airborne Hyperspectral Remote Sensing presentation file
20'
The NEWFOR single tree detection benchmark – A test of LIDAR based detection methods using a unique dataset of different forest types within the alpine space presentation file
20'
Estimation of vertical forest layer structure based on small-footprint airborne LiDAR presentation file
20'
Mapping old natural forest habitat using airborne laser scanning presentation file
20'
Monotoring of instream habitats with focus on morphological dynamics based on Airborne Laser Bathymetry presentation file
Thursday, 25 September 2014
08:30–09:30
Keynote 2
Beyond Copernicus: New remote sensing approaches to habitat quality mapping and monitoring presentation file
09:30–10:00
Session 5: Developing remote sensing tools for habitat mapping III
15'
Quantitative Assessment of the Restoration Progress in the Shirvan National Park using Multi-Temporal Remote Sensing and GIS Analysis presentation file
15'
Perspectives: Remotely Sensing the Buried Past of Present Vegetation presentation file
Coffee break 30'
10:30–11:40
Session 6: Innovative sensors and infrastructure for mapping biodiversity I
20'
UAS based laser scanning for forest inventory and precision farming presentation file
15'
Unmanned aerial vehicles in airborne environmental monitoring presentation file
20'
Gimme my vegetation map in an hour! Towards operational vegetation classification and mapping: an automated software workflow
15'
Intertidal Habitat Characterization of Rocky Shores Using Terrestrial Laser Scans
Lunch break 80'
13:00–14:00
Session 7: Innovative sensors and infrastructure for mapping biodiversity II
20'
3-D Modeling of Marine Ecosystem Engineers – a Framework for Studying Their Ecological Impact
20'
Remote sensing for aquatic habitat quality mapping and EU Water Framework Directive (EU-WFD) reporting
14:00–15:30
Session 8: From ecological principles to habitat quality in GIS I
20'
What Remote Sensing Can Do and What Not for Habitat Mapping and Quality Assessment – Lessons from the “ChangeHabitats2” Project presentation file
20'
Can airborne laser scanning or satellite images, or a combination of the two, be used to predict the abundance and species richness of birds and beetles at a patch scale? presentation file
15'
Monitoring of Habitat Quality in Fruit Orchards – a promising Example for the Application of Remote Sensing and GIS presentation file
15'
Comparing instructions to assess Natura 2000 Habitat conservation status across borders presentation file
15'
Natura 2000 Habitat Quality monitoring in a Pannonic salt steppe from full-waveform Airborne Laser Scanning presentation file
Coffee break 35'
16:00–17:30
Session 9: From ecological principles to habitat quality in GIS II
20'
eHabitat: Large scale modelling of habitat types and similarities for conservation and management of protected areas presentation file
20'
Towards an integrated assessment of protected riparian forests using EO-based indicators presentation file
20'
A Natura 2000 Monitoring Framework – Using Plant Species Gradients for Spectral Habitat Assessment presentation file
Wrap-up and final discussion presentation file
20:00–22:00
Conference dinner
Takes place in the basement of the city hall. See venue page for address.