Lena Halounová, Chairperson of the Czech Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, to take part in the 6th International Conference “Earth from Space – the Most Effective Solutions.” Lena Halounová is one of the leading specialists in the field of remote sensing, GIS and cartography representing achievements of the Czech school in these spheres in the international arena.
Since graduation from the Czech Technical University in Prague (Faculty of Civil Engineering), she remained within its walls during her Ph.D. at the Department of Hydrotechnics, and then moved to the Remote Sensing Laboratory of the Department of Mapping and Cartography, which she is heading today. In her research, Lena pays special attention to issues of using optical and SAR remote sensing data and GIS applications for solving problems of water engineering, erosion, reclamations, landslides, land subsidence, detection of vegetation in urban areas, change detection in urban areas. Numerous works and publications of Lena Halounová as well as her lectures in Prague universities are dedicated to these topics.
Along with being appointed the Chairperson of the Czech Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing in 2004, Lena Halounová represented the Czech Republic, the ISPRS ordinary member, where she held the position of the Chairperson of the Financial Commission from 2008 to 2012. During the XXII ISPRS Congress in Melbourne Lena was elected the Director of the 2016 ISPRS Congress, which will be held in Prague, July 12-19, 2016.
In 2005, Lena Halounová joined the European Association of Remote Sensing Laboratories (EARSeL) as a Representative of the Czech Republic and started working in the Association Bureau, where the list of her career achievements was enlarged by a position of Treasurer (2005-2008), Secretary General (2008-2010) and finally Vice Chairperson (since 2010).
Lena Halounová will give a presentation “Maps of the Czech Republic in the 21st century, GIS and web portals” within the frames of the Plenary Session “Global Geospatial Information”, which will be held in the first day of work (1 October 2013) of the 6th International Conference “Earth from Space – the Most Effective Solutions”.
The 6th International Conference “Earth from Space – the Most Effective Solutions” will take place on October 1-3, 2013 at the Moscow Region “Vatutinki” resort hotel. Key topics of the conference are: nature protection and access to space images and near real-time satellite-based monitoring services from civil society in Russia and abroad. Conference organizers are: ScanEx Research & Development Center, Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), NGO Transparent World and the Center for Information Technology Innovations. Conference participation requests can be placed by filling in the registration form at the website: conference.scanex.ru.
