Preliminary Programme
22 January 2026
11:30 - 12:30
Registration
12:30 - 13:00
Opening
- Welcome and general information (Uwe Knauer and Marion Pause – HS Anhalt, Germany)
- Brief self-introduction of the participants
13:00 - 14:30
Advancements in LWIR remote sensing and campaign insights I
- Current state and future developments in LWIR remote sensing (Jean-Philippe Gagnon – Telops, Canada)
- Experiences from the first Hyper-Cam Airborne Mini campaigns (Bastian Sander – HS Anhalt, Germany)
14:30 - 14:45
Coffee break
14:45 - 16:15
Campaign insights II
- Experiences with the Hyper-Cam Airborne Mini (Mariusz Kastek – Military University of Technology, IRTSYS Sp. z o.o., Poland)
- Overview of LWIR remote sensing at the GFZ: Infrastructure, campaign data, and applications in the field of soil. Synergies with VNIR–SWIR as well as current projects and activities (Robert Milewski – GFZ, Germany)
- FLIS – Ten years of experience with a multisensor platform (Jan Hanuš – Global Change Research Institute CAS, Czech Republic)
16:15 - 16:30
Coffee break
16:30 - 18:00
Campaign insights III
- Passive LWIR hyperspectral measurements in the laboratory: Hyper-Cam setup, soil emissivity library, and outlook on soil property mapping and atmospheric correction/TES (Helge Dämpfling – GFZ, Germany)
- Lessons learned during ground and airborne deployment of the Hyper-Cam CH4/LWIR over industry and wetlands (Luke Richardson-Foulger, King’s College London)
18:30
Dinner at the Teehäuschen
23 January 2026
8:30 - 9:30
Next-Generation Hyperspectral Imaging: The Telops Hyper-Cam Airborne Nano (Jean-Philippe Gagnon – Telops, Canada)
9:30 - 9:45
Coffee break
9:45 - 10:45
Discussion of future collaborations I
10:45 - 11:00
Coffee break
11:00 - 12:00
Discussion of future collaborations II
12:00
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