Congress Final Program

Session

ThS1: Advancements in Wildfire Science, Management, and Engagement: Integrating Earth Observation Technologies and Collaborative Development

Time:

Friday, 10-July-2026:

8:30am - 10:00am

Session Chair: Joanne Hall
Session Chair: Tianjia Liu

Location: 713B

125 theatre

Session Topics:

Advancements in Wildfire Science, Management, and Engagement: Integrating EO and Collaborative Development (ThS1)

Presentations

8:30am - 8:45am

Advancing Canadian wildfire technology through onboard processing and on the ground collaboration

Tim Heydrich, Andrew Macdonald, Tanya Harrison, Becca Bonham-Carter, Luis Chavier, Alexis Pascual, Shannon Paul, Saleh Abdelrahman, Scott Brass, Cordy Tymstra, Rob McAlpine, Eric Choi, Yolanda Brown

8:45am - 9:00am

Advancing Wildfire Detection and Characterization Using the Normalized Hotspot Indices (NHI)

Giuseppe Mazzeo, Nicola Genzano, Alfredo Falconieri, Carolina Filizzola, Nicola Pergola, Francesco Marchese

9:00am - 9:15am

Rapid georeferencing of sensor-limited helicopter imagery for wildfire response

Seongyu Kim, Jeonghyo Oh, Jangwoo Cheon, Impyeong Lee

9:15am - 9:30am

Characterizing Wildland-Urban Interface Fire Typology and Climate Associations across California, USA

Huiyi Su, Pingting Cao, Ximei Wu, Lu Liang, Qingqing Xu, Yang Ju, Jiaojiao Diao, Wenchao Ma, Qin Ma