On June 13, Jiangxi University of Science and Technology (JXUST) convened the Academic Conference on Surveying, Remote Sensing and Geographic Information alongside the second Siben Forum in Ganzhou, Jiangxi Province. The event, co-organized by the International Association of Chinese Professionals in Geographic Information Sciences (CPGIS) and the Global Chinese Navigation and Positioning Association, brought together academicians, researchers and experts from leading institutions such as Wuhan University, Central South University, Sun Yat-sen University, Hong Kong Polytechnic University and the Chinese Academy of Sciences. They gathered to share cutting-edge work on BeiDou navigation and positioning, geographic information services, and satellite remote sensing, creating an atmosphere of lively intellectual exchange.
The opening ceremony was chaired by Xu Zhonghui, deputy dean of the Faculty of Artificial Intelligence and dean of the College of Low-altitude Technology at JXUST. Liu Zuwen, secretary of the university’s Party committee, welcomed the attendees, outlined JXUST’s history and its distinctive strengths in rare earth disciplines, and underlined that remote sensing for critical minerals like rare earths is integral to the university’s rare earth science ecosystem. He invited the assembled experts to offer guidance on building the university’s remote sensing science and technology programs.
Academician Gong Jianya of Wuhan University congratulated the organizers and delivered a keynote address entitled “Advances in Global Geographic Information Service Technologies.” Professor Lin Hui, an academician of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences from Jiangxi Normal University, shared his research on the evolution of map language and cultural computing. Chen Liangfu, a researcher at the Aerospace Information Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, traced the history, current state and future trajectory of China’s satellite remote sensing for atmospheric monitoring. Yuan Yunbin of the Innovation Academy for Precision Measurement Science and Technology presented on BeiDou/GNSS satellite positioning and space atmospheric effects, while Chen Junping of the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory offered a systematic account of BeiDou spatiotemporal reference service technologies and their development.
More than 100 experts and scholars from universities, research institutes and enterprises delivered specialized presentations. Faculty members from JXUST’s College of Low-altitude Technology, including professors Liu De’er and Li Hengkai, presented their latest findings. Participants then broke into parallel sessions and thematic discussions on frontier topics in surveying, remote sensing and geographic information, deepening cross-institutional academic collaboration.
The closing ceremony, chaired by Zhong Yihong, Party secretary of the College of Low-altitude Technology, announced the host of the next forum and featured the ceremonial handover of the conference flag. Organizers noted that the gathering has significantly raised the national and international profile of the college’s surveying, geoinformation and remote sensing disciplines and is set to spur their further development.
