THE PANEL SESSION ON “CONSIDERING THE ROLES OF THE INTERNAITONAL ACADEMIC SOCIETIES UNDER THE PANDEMIC CRISIS” ORNGAIZNED ON NOVEMBER 20, 2020 DURING ACRS2020

Outline: The international academic societies such as ISPRS, GRSS and AARS are facing difficult situations under the pandemic crisis. Many international and domestic conferences, workshops, meetings were canceled.  However, we cannot stop the activities of the academic societies. For the past several months, we have learned how to manage the situation by effectively utilizing internet technologies. In this panel session, the panelists discussing about the difficulties and possible solutions of the international academic societies against the pandemic crisis.

THE 41ST ACRS WAS SUCCESSFULLY ORGANIZED ONLINE DURING NOVEMBER 9 TO 11, 2020.

The 41se Asian Conference on Remote Sensing(ACRS) was successfully organized in Deqing, China. Considering the corona virus situation. the ACRS2020 was organized online for the first time in the 41years history of ACRS. The Local Organizing Committee of China mainly consisted of CNCRS members worked so hard to realize the online conference. Total of 805 persons registered from 44 countries and regions. Total of 248 papers were presented at the