1. Introduction

The ISPRS Keynote Speaker Programme provides an opportunity for ISPRS Ordinary Members (OdM), Associate Members (AsM), and Regional Members (RgM) to support events organised under their umbrella by inviting top quality international experts, in order to attract more participants and enhance the scientific quality of the event. ISPRS will financially support a maximum of 10 applications per year on a first-come, first-served basis, limited to one Keynote Speaker per Member.

ISPRS will maintain a web page containing all presentations given in this programme, featuring the date and title of the event, the name of the Keynote Speaker, the presentation title and, provided permission is obtained, the presentation.
 

2. Request for an ISPRS Keynote Speaker

In case of interest, the ISPRS Member sends a request for a Keynote Speaker within this Programme, preferably together with a name of a potential Keynote Speaker together with information concerning the event (link, announcement or similar information), to the ISPRS Secretary General, at least 6 months before the event. Council must approve the Keynote Speaker request. In order to do so, Council may request the Member to provide more information on the suggested Keynote Speaker.

If no Keynote Speaker is suggested or if Council does not approve the suggested name, Council may suggest another name. In this case, the ISPRS Member will decide whether this person is suitable for their event.
 

3. Financial Conditions of the ISPRS Keynote Speaker Programme

ISPRS will cover the Keynote Speaker’s travel expenses and the ISPRS Member will cover accommodation for maximum 3 nights, as requested by the Keynote Speaker, including full board, and will waive the Keynote Speaker’s registration fee.

ISPRS will reimburse the travel expenses directly to the Keynote Speaker (economy airline tickets and most cost-efficient option for ground transportation). Other expenses are not refundable. Reimbursement is subject to written confirmation from the ISPRS Member that the Keynote has been presented. For reimbursement, the Keynote Speaker will send original tickets, boarding passes and payment receipts to the ISPRS Treasurer for all claimed expenses.  
 

4. Communication with the Keynote Speaker

The ISPRS Member requesting a Keynote Speaker is responsible for all communication with the Keynote Speaker, except the reimbursement after the event. This includes discussion about the final date as well as the title and content of the presentation.
 

Application form for an ISPRS Member to request a speaker in the ISPRS Keynote Speaker Programme
in PDF

Supported Presentations

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the programme has unfortunately come to a halt in 2020. Therefore, ISPRS has decided to install a monthly Virtual Keynote Speaker Series!

	Juha Hyyppä Use of mobile laser scanning for forest field reference @ 2022 Virtual Keynote Speaker Series May 31, 2022
	Bruno Vallet Creating digital twins of cities: from data acquisition to 3D modeling and analyses @ 2022 Virtual Keynote Speaker Series April 1, 2022 YouTube video
	Costas Armenakis Geospatial information extraction from EO images using deep learning approaches @ 2022 Virtual Keynote Speaker Series February 25, 2022 YouTube video
	Petra Helmholz Photogrammetry in Allied Health: Two Applications @ 2021 Virtual Keynote Speaker Series November 25, 2021 YouTube video
	Batu Osmanoglu Golden Age of SAR? @ 2021 Virtual Keynote Speaker Series October 28, 2021 YouTube video
	Christian Heipke, Nicolas Paparoditis All you ever wanted to know about the ISPRS Congress in Nice 2022 @ 2021 Virtual Keynote Speaker Series October 5, 2021 YouTube video
	Arzu Çöltekin Human cognition and visuo-spatial information: Experiments in visualization and virtual reality @ 2021 Virtual Keynote Speaker Series September 30, 2021 YouTube video
	Monika Sester Capture and Interpretation of Mobility Data @ 2021 Virtual Keynote Speaker Series June 29, 2021 YouTube video
	Derek Lichti New Network Design Processes to Support 3D Reality Capture with Terrestrial Laser Scanners @ 2021 Virtual Keynote Speaker Series May 27, 2021 YouTube video
	Jan Dirk Wegner Deep learning for global vegetation analysis @ 2021 Virtual Keynote Speaker Series April 27, 2021
	Sultan Kocaman Citizen Science and Geospatial Technologies in Modern Land Management @ International WS Capacity Building & Educ. Outreach in Adv. Geospat. Tech. and Land Mgt. Katmandu Dec. 10-11, 2019
	Sisi Zlatanova On the front line of geospatial research @ Pacific Islands GIS&RS Conference 2019 Suva Nov. 25-28, 2019
	Jaime Hernandez Introdución a Google Earth Engine @ IX Jornadas de Educación en Percepción Remota y SIG para Centroamérica y el Caribe Bogota May 27, 2019