Call for Papers
Theme: Digital Earth – Modeling, Mapping, and Monitoring.
On behalf of the IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society (GRSS) and the InGARSS 2026 Organizing Committee, we are pleased to invite you to submit your research papers and abstracts to the 2026 IEEE India Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (InGARSS 2026), to be held from 01–04 December 2026 in Hyderabad, India.
As one of the flagship regional conferences of IEEE GRSS, InGARSS 2026 aims to be a premier forum that brings together researchers, practitioners, and industry professionals from India and across the globe to exchange ideas, share recent advances, and discuss emerging trends in geoscience and remote sensing.
All accepted and presented papers at InGARSS 2026 will be considered to submit to IEEE Xplore for publication in IEEE Xplore.
Extended versions of accepted, presented, and published papers will be eligible for submission to a Special Issue of the IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing (JSTARS).
Travel support will be provided to student authors from India and abroad to present their papers/posters at InGARSS 2026 and to attend the entire symposium. The support amount will be determined based on fund availability. The application link will be made available soon.
We warmly encourage you to contribute and be a part of InGARSS 2026, and to help make this symposium a vibrant and impactful scientific event.
Agriculture, Forest and Environment
This track focuses on the application of remote sensing and geospatial analytics for monitoring agricultural systems, forest resources, and environmental processes. It covers crop assessment, forest inventory, ecosystem monitoring, climate impacts, and AI-driven decision support for sustainable resource management.
Digital Mapping & Cartographic Systems
Creation, visualization, and dissemination of spatial maps. Topics include high-resolution topographic and thematic mapping, 3D/4D urban and landscape mapping, semantic mapping & digital twins, Web GIS and interactive spatio-temporal maps, standards and interoperability (OGC, ISO).
Disaster Management & Early Warning Systems
EO and models for hazard assessment and mitigation. Topics include earthquake, landslide, flood, cyclone monitoring, rapid mapping for emergency response, early warning systems and risk communication, resilience planning and recovery analytics.
Future Directions & Innovation
Forward-looking themes shaping the next decade. Topics include quantum computing for geospatial simulation, AI agents in Earth system modeling, next-gen digital Earth platforms, edge computing for real-time monitoring.
Geospatial Data Acquisition & Sensing Technologies
Sensors and platforms for Earth observation. Topics include satellite, UAV, airborne & ground-based sensors, hyperspectral, LiDAR, SAR, multisensor synergies, CubeSats and small satellite constellations.
Machine Learning & AI for Digital Earth
AI/ML for modelling, detection, prediction, and mapping. Topics include deep learning for image classification and segmentation, physics-informed machine learning, AI for SAR and hyperspectral analysis, self-supervised and transfer learning, explainable AI for geospatial applications.
Planetary and Space Sciences
This track focuses on remote sensing techniques for the observation and analysis of planetary surfaces, atmospheres, and interiors, as well as other celestial bodies. It covers data from space missions, imaging and spectroscopic analysis, radar observations, and modeling for planetary science, exploration, and comparative planetology.
Special Scientific Theme: NISAR
This track focuses on science, data products, and applications of the NISAR mission, leveraging L- and S-band SAR observations. It covers interferometry, time-series analysis, surface deformation, ecosystem monitoring, cryosphere dynamics, disaster assessment, and Earth system studies using NISAR data.