The Tenth International Symposium on High Mountain Remote Sensing Cartography (HMRSC X) will be held in Kathmandu, Nepal from 8-11 September 2008. The subject of High Mountain Remote Sensing Cartography is not new to the Himalayan region. In 1992,when the Second Symposium on High Mountain Remote Sensing Cartography (HMRSC II) was held in Beijing and Lhasa, the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) hosted the oral presentation in Kathmandu. But this will be the first time HMRSC will be held in the southern part of the Himalayas in Nepal. ICIMOD with support from the European Space Agency (ESA), the International Cartographic Association (ICA), the Graz University of Technology (TU Graz), the University of Graz (UNI Graz), GIS Development and GeoConnexion is organising this HMRSC X with the objective of promoting and exchanging experiences on developing and applying remote sensing techniques on high mountain regions. The symposium will have two parts: the first consists of oral and panel expositions of scientific contributions, and the second a field excursion to one mountainous destination in Nepal.

The HMRSC X will cover diverse topics including remote sensing techniques, environmental studies, morphological mapping, monitoring of environmental and global change biodiversity, geology and mining, glacier and glacial lake investigations, ecotourism, mountain cartography, amongst others. These fields are direct applications of remote sensing techniques.

Organiser: ICIMOD
Dates: September 8-11, 2008
Venue: ICIMOD, Kathmandu, Nepal.

Tentative Schedule :

Guidelines for abstracts: No more than one page (A4 size, Arial 10, typed single space).

Email the soft copy versions in Microsoft WORD document to: hmrscx@icimod.org Kathmandu, Nepal.

Note: ICIMOD is also seeking sponsors and partners for this event.