Agro-geoinformation, the agricultural-related geo-information, is the key information in the agricultural decision making and policy formulation process. As a branch of geoinformatics, agro-geoinformatics is the science and technology about for handling digital agro-geoinformation, such as collecting (including field visits and remote sensing), processing, storing, archiving, preservation, retrieving, transmitting, accessing, visualization, analyzing, synthesizing, presenting, and disseminating agro-geoinformation. Recent advances in geoinformatics have created new opportunities and challenges in applying agro-geoinformatics to agriculture monitoring and assessment.

The International Conference on Agro-Geoinformatics is an ideal venue for professionals and students to exchange ideas, research results, professional experiences, to obtain the information about the latest developments and future vision in the fields of geoinformation science, remote sensing, and their applications in agriculture. The Second First International Conference on Agro-Geoinformatics (Agro-Geoinformatics 2013) will be organized and hosted by the Center for Spatial Information Science and Systems (CSISS) of George Mason University (GMU), will be held in Fairfax, USA on August 12-16, 2013.

The conference will include plenary, oral, and poster sessions. The topics of the conference are listed HERE (http://www.agro-geoinformatics2013.org/theme.html).

Interested authors are encouraged to submit a 2-4 page extended abstract following the instructions published at HERE (http://www.agro-geoinformatics2013.org/submission.html). One author may present a maximum of two papers. Important dates are listed as follows:

December 10, 2012: Abstract Submission System Open
March 15, 2013: Abstract Submission Deadline
April 10, 2013: Abstract Acceptance Announcement & Registration Open
June 15, 2013: Early Registration Deadline
June 25, 2013: Author Registration Deadline
June 25, 2013: Full Paper (4-6 pages) Submission Deadline
August 12-16, 2013: Agro-Geoinformatics 2013

All extended abstracts will be peer-reviewed to maintain high quality presentations. Conference proceedings will be published at EI indexed IEEE Xplore. Only papers presented at the conference by one of the listed authors, duly registered for the conference, will be retained in the proceedings. The extended version of selected papers will be published as special issues at SCI indexed journals.