Tutorial Chairs

Katarina Doctor, US Naval Research Laboratory
Feng Gao, USDA-ARS Hydrology and Remote Sensing Lab
Christopher Funk, Kitware
Email: tutorials@2026.ieeeigarss.org

We invite proposals for tutorials to be organized in conjunction with the 2026 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS 2026), to be held August 9 – 14, 2026 in Washington D.C., USA. Accepted tutorials will take place on Sunday, August 9th, 2026 and can be either half-day or full-day events.

Tutorials should complement and enhance the scientific program by providing participants with lectures and/or practical training sessions on innovative and emerging topics within the field of Geoscience and Remote Sensing. Tutorials crafted to 1) improve community engagement, and 2) demonstrate the impact of using remote sensing data and modern tools to advance our understanding of Earth processes are highly valuable. Equally important are practical tutorials that address effective communication strategies to help the community improve the skills of communicating research.

The proposal should concisely describe the content of the tutorial and include:

• Title of the tutorial
• Name, affiliation and short biography of the instructor(s)
• Description of the tutorial and relevance to the IGARSS community
• Learning objectives
• Relationship to previous tutorials (at IGARSS or elsewhere)
• Prerequisites of the participants
• List of material to be distributed
• Preference for half-day or full-day tutorial. When the half-day tutorial option is selected, please specify the preference between morning or afternoon.

Proposals for tutorial sessions must reach the tutorial chairs by Saturday, 15 November 2025 Tutorial Proposal deadline. This deadline will be strictly observed, and no deadline extension will be given.

All who submitted tutorial proposals will be informed of the decisions of the tutorial chairs of IGARSS 2026 by email on Tuesday, December 16 2025.

IGARSS 2026 will provide rooms, general presentation equipment for the speakers, and coffee breaks for the tutorials.

Tutorial proposals will be evaluated on the basis of their estimated benefit for the community and their fit within the tutorials program as a whole. Factors to be considered include relevance, timeliness, importance, diversity, and audience appeal; suitability for presentation in a half or full day format; past experience and qualifications of the instructors.

Questions regarding Tutorials may be directed to tutorials@2026.ieeeigarss.org.

Katarina Doctor, Feng Gao, Christopher Funk, IGARSS 2026 Tutorial Chairs