Agro-geoinformation, the agricultural-related geo-information, is the key information in the agricultural decision making and policy formulation process. The Agro-Geoinformatics, a branch of 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 First International Conference on Agro-Geoinformatics (Agro-Geoinformatics 2012), to be hosted by Shanghai Jiao Tong University and George Mason University (GMU), will be held in Shanghai, China on August 2-4, 2012. The conference will include plenary, oral, and poster sessions. The topics of the conference include, but are not limited to:

Agricultural ecosystem monitoring, assessment, conservation, and service sustainability
Geospatial information for stratification and sampling
Crop acreage estimation, growth and yield modeling, and progress and condition monitoring
Cropland evapotranspiration, soil moisture, and drought monitoring and assessment
Agro-biomass estimation, energy crop inventory and distribution
Water resource planning and management, Irrigation and water usage
Remote-sensing based agricultural disaster monitoring, assessment, and mitigation
Agricultural subside and crop insurance compliance inspection
Agricultural product tracking and food security
Crop, forest, and grass land inventory and land-cover/land-use change
Wildfire and burnt area mapping
Remote sensing monitoring and modeling on Agricultural greenhouse gases
Weather information representation, analysis and application for agriculture
Data assimilation, validation, and ground truths
Agricultural environment and public health
Invasive spices monitoring, tracking and assessment
Crop/plant disease detection, monitoring and assessment
Crop residual, Tillage practice monitoring and assessment
Chemical and pesticides monitoring and tracking
Soil run-off and water pollution
GIS in government agricultural policy make and decision support
Geoinformation and GIS for agricultural emergency response
Integration of RS, GIS and GPS (3S)
New trends of technologies and research in GIS community
Geospatial sensor web and its application in agriculture and resource management
Cloud computing in geospatial applications
Geospatial web services and portal
Virtual globes and their application to agricultural production and scientific research
Wireless and mobile GIS for agricultural field work
Interoperability and standards in agricultural information systems
Automated object extraction and database updates from imagery
Processing and application of high-resolution imagery
Agricultural decision support systems
Representation and visualization of geospatial data
Spatial data uncertainty analysis
Acquisition, processing, and information extraction of remotely sensed data
Global climate and environment change and its impacts on agriculture and food security
Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS)
Agro-geoinformatics education and outreach
Agro-geospatial data policy

Interested authors are encouraged to submit a 2-4 page extended abstract following the instructions published at: http://www.agro-geoinformatics2012.org. One author may present a maximum of two papers. Important dates are listed as follows:

Abstract Submission Deadline: March 31, 2012
Notification of Abstract Acceptance: April 30, 2012
Full Paper Submission Deadline: June 15, 2012
Conference Date: August 2-4, 2012