The Civil Commercial Imagery Evaluation Workshop will be held
March 31 - April 2, 2009
at the Marriott Fairfax at Fair Oaks, Fairfax, Virginia.

The intent of the workshop is to exchange information regarding the characterization and application of commercial imagery used by the government. This workshop is designed to cover all civil medium and high resolution commercial imagery used by the Government.

This workshop is sponsored by the Joint Agency Commercial Imagery Evaluation (JACIE) team, a collaborative group of representatives from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the United States Geological Survey (USGS).

Who Attends 
Individuals involved in commercial imagery characterization, science, and applications research, as well as people interested in the management and effectiveness of government-sponsored data purchase programs are invited to attend and participate. The workshop is intended for government personnel and government-funded researchers and contractors. Representatives from industry, working with the associated datasets and applications, will also participate.

How to Participate
Attendees can participate by making an oral presentation during one of the workshop sessions, or by presenting via a poster session, or by being present and interacting at the workshop.

Attendees wishing to present the use of high spatial resolution commercial satellite imagery, medium resolution commercial satellite imagery, or commercial aerial digital imagery in their science or applications research are invited "To Submit Abstract" as discussed no later than Monday, February 4, 2008.

Abstracts will be reviewed by the JACIE team no later than Monday, February 18, 2008 and results of the abstract review will be e-mailed to the submitter. Because a large number of abstracts are received, the review team may suggest that presentations be presented as posters; therefore, specify in your abstract as to whether you can support an oral presentation, a poster presentation, or both.

Workshop sessions are as follows:

Government Session: This session includes updates and overviews of commercial remote sensing activities within the Government. This session includes a key note address speaker plus speakers from USGS, NASA, NGA, NOAA, DHS, and USDA, as well as other speakers.

Industry Overview Session: This session includes updates and overviews of commercial remote sensing activities within the industry. This session will include briefings from commercial industry companies, such as DigitalGlobe and GeoEye.

High Resolution Satellite Characterization and Applications Session: This session includes results of geopositional accuracy, image quality, radiometric accuracy assessments and associated applications of high spatial resolution satellites.

Medium Resolution Satellite Characterization and Applications Session: This session includes results of geopositional accuracy, image quality, radiometric accuracy assessments and associated applications of medium spatial resolution satellites.

Aerial Digital Imagery Characterization and Applications Session: This session includes results of geopositional accuracy, image quality, radiometric accuracy assessments and associated applications of airborne imaging systems.

Posters will be displayed throughout the workshop to highlight commercial remote sensing data characterization, science and applications work.

Proceedings 
An electronic version of workshop proceedings will be compiled following the workshop. The proceedings will be distributed on compact disc to each workshop attendee. All speakers are asked to provide electronic versions of their presentations and posters for inclusion in the proceedings. Electronic copies will be collected during the workshop.

For more information about the Civil Commercial Imagery Evaluation Workshop, contact Bill Hughes at 228-688-3001 or bill.hughes-2@nasa.gov or Karen Hoselle at 228-688-2751 or karen.a.hoselle@nasa.gov.

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