ISPRS Congress News, Monday, 6 June 2022
Chen Jun (China), 2012–2016 ISPRS President, was elected as ISPRS Honorary Member by the Congress Opening Ceremony participants.
During the ceremony, Li Deren (China) was also remotely presented the 2020 Brock Gold Medal, sponsored by the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing.
ISPRS General Assembly elected the new Technical Commission presidents for the period 2022-2026:
COMMISSION I Sensor Systems
President TANG Xinming, China
Vice President Antonio Maria Garcia Tommaselli, Brazil
COMMISSION II Photogrammetry
President Alper Yilmaz, USA
Vice President Jan Dirk Wegner, Switzerland
COMMISSION III Remote Sensing
President Laurent Polidori, France
Vice President Alessandra Gomes, Brazil
COMMISSION IV Spatial Information Science
President Sisi Zlatanova, Australia
Vice President Maria Antonia Brovelli, Italy
COMMISSION V Education and Outreach
President Gay Jane Perez, Philippines
Vice President Josefino Comiso, USA
The General Assembly approved seven new ISPRS Fellows:
- Kohei Cho (Japan)
- Songnian Li (Canada)
- Marguerite Madden (USA)
- Charles K. Toth (USA)
- George Vosselman (The Netherlands)
- Jon Mills (UK)
- Sisi Zlatanova (Australia)