Plenary Session Speeches and Presentations

Akira Hirose, General Chair
Audience in Main Hall
Toshio Fukuda, IEEE President-Elect
Paolo Gamba, IEEE GRSS President
Hiroshi Yamakawa, JAXA President

Sandra Cauffman, NASA Acting Director of the Earth Science Division
Gilberto Câmara, Secretariat Director, GEO
Franz Ming-Chih Cheng, International Affairs Director, NARL
Alberto Moreira, Master of Awards Ceremony, IEEE GRSS Former President
Hiroyoshi Yamada, Akira Iwasaki, Irena Hajnsek, TPC Co-Chairs
Opening ceremony and Reception

Akira Hirose, General Chair

Paolo Gamba, IEEE GRSS President
Juichi Yamagiwa, President, Science Council of Japan
Toshio Fukuda, IEEE President-Elect

His Majesty The Emperor
Takuya Hirai, Minister of State for Sci.&Tech. Policy
Yuji Kuroiwa, Governor of Kanagawa Prefecture
Fumiko Hayashi, Mayor of the City of Yokohama

Hiroyoshi Yamada, Tech. Prog. Comm. Co-Chair
At the reception
Tutorial, Ice breaker, Exhibition, Education/Outreach, Oral/Poster sessions and Banquet

Tutorial by Mihai Datcu, Feng Xu and Akira Hirose
(photo of Mihai Datcu speaking)


2019年7月28日(日)-8月2日(金)、第39回地球科学・リモートセンシング国際会議(IGARSS)をIEEE地球科学・リモートセンシングソサイエティおよび日本学術会議がパシフィコ横浜で開催し、廣瀬明がその組織委員長・実行委員長を務めた。56の国と地域から2,500名を超える参加者があり、これまでで最も大規模なIGARSSとなった。29日(月)には天皇皇后両陛下をお迎えし、開会式を行った。天皇陛下から地球環境の保全に関する有効な対策を打ち出すためには、できるだけ詳細かつ正確なデータの把握と解析が不可欠であり、リモートセンシングなどの技術は、大変重要な手段となる旨のお言葉を賜り、この分野の重要性と研究者の責任の重さを新たにした。また式後に行われたレセプションでは、両陛下と技術面を中心に和やかで楽しい歓談のひと時を過ごした。
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From July 28 (Sun) to Aug 2 (Fri), IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society (GRSS) and Science Council of Japan (SCJ) held the 39th International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS) at PACIFICO Yokohama. Akira Hirose served as the General Chair. The Symposium received over 2,500 participants from 56 countries and areas, resulting in the record attendee number in the IGARSS history. On Monday 29, Their Majesties The Emperor and Empress attended at the Opening Ceremony with His Majesty The Emperor's address "... it is indispensable for us to have detailed and accurate data and their analyses.  ... ." The attendees renewed their responsibility in the science and technology in this field. The following reception with Their Majesties was very enjoyable and harmonious with discussion on the state-of-the-art technology.
Address by His Majesty the Emperor (2019), Imperial Household Agency

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