It is a great pleasure for us to welcome you to EUSAR 2024 in Garching near Munich. This is the 15th European Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar, which has been held every two years since 1996. Over the years EUSAR, the first dedicated conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar, has become the leading international event gathering world-class scientists and engineers working in the fields of SAR techniques, technology, and applications. EUSAR has accompanied the worldwide developments in high resolution imaging radar and has helped to establish an international community of SAR experts. We look forward to welcoming leading experts from various disciplines and from more than 35 countries to present almost 280 papers. It is the open spirit of this conference that will provide an excellent forum for exchanging information and discussions on a wide variety of SAR-related topics and latest developments.
SAR systems are today an indispensable data source for high-resolution 2D and 3D mapping, environmental and disaster monitoring as well as security related applications. Over the years, the number of SAR missions has increased significantly and there are currently more than 50 operational SAR satellites in orbit. Current SAR missions are operational and, in addition to their scientific exploitation, SAR data and products have gained a considerable share of the commercial EO markets. SAR techniques and information extraction have matured in various domains, enabling operational applications and services, like for example in the European Copernicus programme. Beyond the various sessions on current and future missions, SAR technology as well as imaging and processing techniques, the technical program also includes a number of sessions on data evaluation and applications in various fields.
The Science Congress Center Munich is located at the Garching campus of the Technical University of Munich. Via the local public transportation it is directly connected to the city centre of Munich. Munich - the capital of Bavaria - is a city with 850 years of history, full of culture, music, natural beauty, charm and hospitality. With a total population of around 1.6 million people Munich is the third largest city in Germany after Berlin and Hamburg. The city boasts attractive architecture, with palaces and churches, museums, theatres, nearby fairytale castles and idyllic mountain resorts in the Bavarian Alps. Munich is also a centre of high-tech science and home to four universities, research institutes, software companies, aerospace industry and various international companies, making it an ideal location for EUSAR 2024.
We look forward to welcoming you in Munich during EUSAR 2024.
Andreas Reigber and Manfred Zink, DLR
EUSAR 2024 General Chairmen
