If you are looking for an opportunity to learn more about laser scanning, and/or talk to potential customers, vendors, or employers then it might make sense to attend one of the upcoming, important industry conferences. If you plan ahead, you can hold down the costs and get a lot done in a short amount of time. Blogging is no match for face to face meetings.
The following are in order of occurrence:
February 20 – 23, 2009 ACSM (American Congress of Surveying and Mapping) Conference 2009; Salt Lake City, Utah (Bring the boards). There is an Intro to Mobile Mapping class and Increasing Survey Value with LIDAR.
February 23 – 25, 2009 Trimble Dimensions 2009; Las Vegas, Nevada. There will be numerous presentations involving laser scanning applications.
March 9 -13, 2009 ASPRS (American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing) 2009 Annual Conference; Baltimore, MD. This is the 75th anniversary and it will include a workshop on a Do-It-Yourself Approach to Image Processing, LIDAR for Vegetation Assessment, and numerous technical LIDAR sessions. ASPRS is also the keeper of the LAS data standard. The subcommittee will have a meeting on Tuesday March 10 at the conference.
March 22 – 26, 2009 CAA 2009: Making History Interactive; Williamsburg, VA. This is the 37th annual international conference on Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology (CAA). This appears to be a very hands on, unique conference opportunity that includes many international presenters.
March 30 – April 1, 2009 SPAR 2009; Denver, CO. This conference is completely dedicated to laser scanning. A must attend industry event.
April 17 – 19, 2009 3rd Annual Wildland Fire Litigation Conference; Reno, NV. This conference brings together a diverse group of stakeholders. There is a session on LiDAR.
April 19 -22, 2009 GITA (Geospatial Information and Technology Association) 2009 Geospatial Infrastructure Solutions Conference; Tampa, FL. There is a digital cities seminar and a session on DIAL – Differential Absorption LiDAR, which can be used to detect natural gas pipeline leaks, among other uses. There may be others as it is not clear from some of the session titles whether LIDAR was used on the project.
April 22 -23, 2009 Digital Documentation 2009 ; Glasgow, Scotland. Doug Pritchard, Head of Visualization at the Digital Design Studio, The Glasgow School of Art is the force behind this international event. Ben Kacyra from CyArk will deliver the keynote.
May 12 – 14, 2009 SME – Rapid 2009 Conference and Expo ; Schaumburg, IL. This conference will focus on Rapid and Additive Manufacturing methodologies and be held in conjunction with the 3D Imaging Conference.
June 24 – 26, 2009 Innovative LiDAR Solutions Conference; Toronto, Canada. This will be Optech’s first open to the public LiDAR conference.
June 29 – July 3 LiDAR Summer Institute; Middleton, Nova Scotia Canada. This hands on 4 day airborne LiDAR course is an being offered by AGRG.
July 1 – 3, 2009 9th Conference on Optical 3-D Measurement Techniques; Vienna, Austria. This conference covers a wide range of topics including mobile mapping, robotics and cultural heritage.
July 20 – 24, 2009 CMSC 2009; Louisville, KY. This is the 25th anniversary conference for measurement technology professionals. Laser scanning is one of the key technologies that will be represented.
July 21 -24. 2009 6th International Symposium on Mobile Mapping Technology; Sao Paulo, Brazil. The conference organizers just closed the abstract submissions.
September 1 – 2, 2009 ISPRS Laserscanning ’09; Paris, FR. This is the 6th edition of the International Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing’s conference on the topic.
September 29 – October 1 SME – Aerospace Measurement, Inspection and Analysis, Baltimore, MD. Being held alongside Aero and Defense Test 2009.
September 3 – 4, 2009 ISPRS CMRT ’09 ; Paris, FR. This is the 2nd edition of this conference which will focus on automating object extraction for city models, roads and transportation.
October 3 – 4, 2009 3-D Digital Imaging and Modeling; Kyoto, Japan. This international workshop is sponsored by IEEE conference on computer vision.
October 11 – 15, 2009 CIPA 2009; Kyoto, Japan. This is the 22nd CIPA Symposium on digital documentation, interpretation and presentation of digital heritage. Abstracts will be accepted until May 15, 2009.
October 14-16, 2009 Silvilaser 2009 ; College Station, TX. This is the 8th annual conference on lidar applications for assessing forestry ecosystems.
October 17 – 18, 2009 GSA LiDAR Short Course; Portland, OR. This will focus on the use of LiDAR derived DEMs to study geology.
February 8 – 10, 2010 SPAR 2010; Houston/The Woodlands, TX. This is one of the premier laser scanning industry events.
