RSPSoc Conversazione 2015 SAR Workshop & RSPSoc Research Conversazione – 20th March 2015


RSPSoc Conversazione 2015

SAR Workshop & RSPSoc Research Conversazione – 20th March 2015
Featuring the RSPSoc Annual Lecture and Conversazione

Exploiting big data: information extraction from radar interferometric time series

delivered by Professor Ramon HANSSEN, Delft University of Technology

Registration is now open to attend the RSPSoc Annual Lecture and Conversazione 2015, which this year is being held in conjunction with a SAR Workshop at the Department of Geography, University of Durham, South Road, Durham DH1 3LE (building 40 on this map)

The SAR Workshop & RSPSoc Research Conversazione is supported by the Satellite Applications Catapult and Durham University. Please click here for the event programme, which can also be found detailed at the bottom of this page

If you wish to attend the SAR Workshop, RSPSoc Conversazione and/or the RSPSoc Dinner & Evening Reception, which will follow the Conversazione, then please fill in this registration form and send to deodato.tapete@durham.ac.uk by Friday 13th March 2015

The RSPSoc Dinner & Evening Reception will cost £15/£25 for RSPSoc members/non-members respectively and this must be paid in advance using the PayPal option below

Students wishing to attend the workshop may apply for a Student Travel Bursary by sending the completed application form along with a 1-side A4 CV to deodato.tapete@durham.ac.uk no later than Friday 13th March 2015

SAR Workshop & RSPSoc Research Conversazione Programme

09:00-10:30 Radar Tutorial

A tutorial on SAR Interferometry: Theory and Practice

Professor Ramon HANSSEN, Delft University of Technology

10:30-11:00 Registration in the workshop venue

11:00-13:00 SAR Workshop

Keynote: SAR Developments at the Satellite Catapult Event, Nick VECK, Satellite Applications Catapult

Q&A

Thematic session on SAR for Earth’s resources

Zhenhong LI, University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Keith MORRISON, School of Cranfield Defence and Security

Additional speaker TBC

Q&A

13:00-14:00 Lunch

14:00-15:00 Overview of Airborne SAR Campaign 2014

Geoff BURBIDGE, Airbus Defence & Space

Wyn CUDLIP, Satellite Applications Catapult

Ramesh Kumar NINGTHOUJAM, Heiko BALTZER, Kevin TANSEY, University of Leicester

Colm JORDAN, Francesca CIGNA, British Geological Survey

Daniel DONOGHUE, Deodato TAPETE, University of Durham

Speaker (TBC), University of Nottingham

Overview of NovaSAR-S

Rachel BIRD, SSTL (TBC)

Q&A

15:00-15:30 Round table and conclusive remarks of the day

15:30-16:00 Break

16:00-17:30 RSPSoc Annual Lecture and Conversazione 2015

Exploiting big data: information extraction from radar interferometric time series

Professor Ramon HANSSEN, Delft University of Technology

Q&A

18:00-21:00 RSPSoc Dinner & Evening Reception

Hosted by Chair of RSPSoc at Penthouse Suite, Collingwood College, University of Durham 

For more details please visit: http://www.rspsoc.org.uk/index.php/rspsoc-events/conversazione2015.html