• Opening Address
  • Nobuyoshi Maeno
• Welcome Address
  • Sakuei Matsumoto

Keynote speech

• Applications of GIS and remote sensing technology for agro-environmental issues in less developed regions
  • Andrew K. Skidmore
• Applications of remote sensing technology for agro-environmental issues
  • Tsuyoshi Akiyama

Session 1 Development of global data sets and models for agro-environmental sciences

• USGS experience in constructing a global database
  • Bradley C. Reed
• Global data production for earth sciences and technology research
  • Tamotsu lgarashi
• Applications of GIS for global environmental studies: a platform for integrating models and database
  • Ryosuke Shibasaki
• Spatial database development for estimation of emission of greenhouse gases using remote sensing and GIS in Sumatra Island, Indonesia
  • Genya Saito and Lilik Budi.Prasetyo
• Historical changes of forest area in Thailand: a case study of Mae Klong Watershed Research Station, Lintin, Kanchanaburi
  • Masahiro Amano et al.
• GIS in fisheries resources research: current situation and prospects
  • Tsutomu Nishida and Kiyoshi ltoh

Session 2 Applications of GIS for agro-environmental issues in various developing regions

• Role of ICIMOD in promoting GIS in HKH region
  • Pramod Pradhan
• Development and utilization of agro-ecological zones in Indonesia using GIS
  • Kusumo Nugroho et al.
• Development of soil and fertilizer information system in China
  • Weili Zhang et al.
• Applications of GIS for the evaluation of agro-environment in the semi-arid areas of Pakistan
  • Shahid Ahmad et al.
• Geo-coded field studies in Mongolia grasslands
  • Yoshiaki Honda
• Use of GIS in land resources management in the Colombian Orinoco region
  • Nathalie Beaulieu et al.
• Land use analysis in Thailand through GIS
  • Supan Karnchanasutham
• Climatic changes and grain production in China
  • Qingbo Zhou and Youqi Chen
• GIS studies at JIRCAS in collaboration with foreign institutes
  • Yukiyo Yamamoto and Satoshi Uchida
• Multi-scale characterization of land use pattern and its changes in China
  • Youqi Chen et al.

Session 3 Education and training in the field of GIS

• Research and training activities in the field of GIS at AIT
  • Kiyoshi Honda
• Extension of GIS through poverty mapping: the use of unit-level census data
  • Gregoire Leclerc et al.
• Education and training in the field of geographic information systems in Indonesia
  • Muhammad Dimyati et al.
• JIRCAS experience in remote sensing and GIS training in collaborative research programs
  • Satoshi Uchida and Yukiyo Yamamoto

Summary of Sessions and General Comments

• Summary of Session 1
  • Nathalie Beaulieu
• Summary of Session 2
  • Bradley C. Reed
• Summary of Session 3
  • Yoshiaki Honda
• General Comment 1
  • Andrew K Skidmore
• General Comment 2
  • Gregoire Leclerc
• General Comment 3
  • Tadao Hamazaki
     
• Closing Remarks
  • Grant M. Scobie