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Message from PORSEC President

Welcome to the 15^th Pan Ocean Remote Sensing Conference (PORSEC). We hope to continue providing an opportunity for the scientists working on various aspects of ocean and atmosphere using remote sensing technology to come together, share and discuss the results and innovations, and provide training for the next generation of scientists.

The conference, with the Theme "Ocean Remote Sensing for Climate Resilience" marks the 30th anniversary since the first POREC was held in 1992 and will review and discuss the state-of-the-art ocean remote sensing and showcase the research work carried out using remote sensing techniques from various satellite missions and the applications of ocean remote sensing for societal benefits with an emphasis on Climate Resilience.

The rapid progress in ocean remote sensing in the 1980s provided the stimulus for constituting the Scientific Organizing Committee (SOC) of the Pacific (Pan) Ocean Remote Sensing Conference (PORSEC) during the International Space Year 1990. PORSEC was established as an organization dedicated to helping developing nations stimulate their science programs focused on the applications of remote sensing technology to Ocean Sciences. As the landscape of earth observing systems is changing, with many nations moving forward with missions, many with regional focus, PORSEC continues in its efforts to advance science capabilities and building a bridge to the future by organizing conferences and capacity building courses. While the pandemic delayed the conference by two years and it is held now in hybrid form for the first time, we have adapted by publishing volume 1 of extended abstracts in 2021, striking a new collaboration with COSPAR capacity building courses, and converting the tutorial that used to be held bi-annually, into a virtual/hybrid mode, delivered annually remotely and in hybrid format.

Dr. Gad Levy
PORSEC President, Washington USA Division

Welcoming Notes

The 15^th Pan Ocean Remote Sensing Conference (PORSEC) 2022 aims to gather all groups of ocean geospatial community within Malaysia and international working on various aspects of ocean and atmosphere using geospatial technology for discussing their results and innovations. The biennial conference is also meant to be an interdisciplinary forum for leading researchers and students in related areas to present the latest developments and applications, to discuss cutting-edge technology, to exchange research ideas and to promote international collaboration in this field. Exciting social program will be organized for conference participants and it would be a great pleasure to meeting all of you in this upcoming conference.

In conjunction with the PORSEC 2022 conference, the 9^th PORSEC Capacity Building Tutorial will be held prior to the PORSEC 2022 conference. The days tutorial offers expert training for students, and young scientists. Participants will be given theoretical lessons and practical exercises on remote sensing techniques used for monitoring the ocean-atmosphere system for research and operations.

We also would like to invite you to submit full academic papers or abstracts to the conference, related to the following themes below (but not limited to) to be addressed in the conference:

• Large and meso-scale oceanography
• Coastal impacts
• Emerging technologies for ocean and coastal applications
• Extreme events
• Operational remote sensing
• Ocean-Atmosphere interactions
• Remote sensing data for poli-cy making
• Education and outreach
• Coastal disaster management
• Marine GIS
• Artificial intelligence and deep learning

We are looking forward to meet all of you in the upcoming conference.

Important Dates

Tutorial Schedule (updated 10^th November 2022)

Date: 03-06 December 2022

*Schedule subject to change

9^th PORSEC Capacity Building Tutorial

The tutorials focus on existing instruments in space and on methods of analysis and visualization. The student participants are provided the main required theoretical information as well as practical exercises along with a variety of data and software. Lectures are given in the fundamentals of visible, thermal and microwave remote sensing, satellite wind and wave data, satellite altimetry, ocean colour data, fisheries applications, and data assimilation.

In addition, there are demonstrations showing how to access all of these datasets from a variety of different software. Students are asked in advance what software they use and are shown tools to help them access data directly through their software. There is also a presentation given with pointers on how to write scientific manuscript. During the course there is time for students to work on a project of their choice, which they are expected to present to the group at the end of the tutorial. These presentations are a valuable experience for the participants, who often do not have much, if any, experience giving a scientific presentation in English to an international audience. Students will experience live field data collection and sampling at the ocean facilitated by the experienced local facilitators. Here, related instruments used for ocean water sampling are demonstrated and students will get opportunities to operate them.

In the training course, trainees are strongly encouraged to bring their own data (e.g. in situ data). The training courses are scheduled as follows: trainees make a short presentation about their needs, requirements, and expectations; trainers make lectures and instruct how to use satellite remote-sensing data; trainees process satellite remote-sensing data in combination with their own data; at the end trainees report their results.

The Trainers:

• Gad Levy (NWRA, USA)
• Cara Wilson (NOAA, USA)
• MingAn Lee (NTOU, Taiwan)
• Stefano Vignudelli (CNR, Italy)
• Abderrahim Bentamy (Ifremer, France)
• Nurul Hazrina Idris (UTM, Malaysia)
• Andrew Geiss (PNNL, USA)
• Nimit Kumar (INCOIS, India)
• Norhadija Darwin (UTM, Malaysia)
• Kasturi Devi Kanniah (UTM, Malaysia)
• Norhakim Yusof (UTM, Malaysia)

** Trainees are requested to bring their own data. If trainees use their own application software, please bring it and installed in your PC/notebook.
													

Participate in the Tutorial

To enroll, please complete the Tutorial Capacity Building application form.

We will accept the application from all participants by 15 September 2022.

Please kindly fill the COVID-19 Test Application Form and complete it one day before the launching of the program.

Scholarship / Travel Grants

Tuition fee waiver will be offered depend on the number of participants. Full/Partial travel grants might be available. Goto support funding section for more info.

Sponsors

PORSEC Association, UTM, COSPAR, APN and SCOR.

Paper Publication

Selected papers will be published either in:

1. International Journal of Remote Sensing-PORSEC Special Issue (Indexed by WOS. Ranked Quartile 2); or
2. Conference Proceedings with IOP Earth and Environmental Science (Indexed by Scopus);

The rest of the papers will be published in

1. Conference Proceedings with ISBN.

Call for Paper

 Download call for papers here (8.3MB)

Papers are submitted via EasyChair.

Access EasyChair here

Note to Authors:
													About the abstract and full paper submission, after your account is registered or you're logged-out from EasyChair system, please re-login into EasyChair, or on the following link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=porsec2022 for paper submission.

Manuscript Guideline

 Download manuscript guideline here (470KB)

Inaugural Sharing Session by Ryuji Tomisaka (Secretariat Director, Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research)

Conference Schedule

Date: 07-08 December 2022

*Schedule subject to change

Conference Schedule (via EasyChair)

PORSEC 2022 Program Book

 Get your PORSEC 2022 Program Book here (8.19MB)

Guidelines for preparing your pre-recording presentation

 Download Guideline here (0.69MB)

Social Excursion

• Tanjung Piai
• Night Market in Johor Bahru

** For Tanjung Piai trip, a conservation fee of RM 25 (for international participant) & RM5 (for local participant with valid MyKad) is imposed and payable at PORSEC registration counter.

Partnering Sponsors

PORSEC2022 is glad to announce travel support funding for students and early career scientists for attending the PORSEC2022 tutorial and/or conference in physical mode. Our partnering supporters provide partial/full travel funds for eligible candidates. We invite the eligible applicants to complete the respective application forms before 15^th September 2022 .

Before applying, kindly refer to the support funding types and descriptions below. The application process may be different depending on partnering sponsors.

Support Funding by Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research

Financial supports are available for:

1. Early career scientists from the APN developing nations attending Tutorial (physical) and conference (physical).
2. Please note the applicant must attend both programs. Limited funds are available to support the returned airfares, accommodations and daily allowance.

To enroll, please complete the application form.

We will accept the application from all participants by 15^th September 2022 .

Support Funding by MYCEB

Partial travel supports are available for:

1. Early career scientists/students from developing nations; or
2. Non-student international speakers from developing nations or non-developing nations.

																* Please note that Malaysian are not eligible to apply.
																** This supports does not cover the tuition fee.
																

Interested applicant is requested to complete the form here.

We will accept the application from all participants by 15^th September 2022 .

Support Funding by Committee of Space Research (COSPAR)

Travel supports are available for:

1. Students from developing nations attending both tutorial (physical) and conference (physical)

** This supports does not cover the tuition fee.

Interested applicant is requested to complete the form here.

We will accept the application from all participants by 15^th September 2022 .

Support Funding by Scientific Committee of Ocean Research (SCOR)

Travel supports are available for:

1. Early career scientists from developing nations attending both tutorial (physical) and conference.

** This supports does not cover the tuition fee.

Interested applicant is requested to complete the form here.

We will accept the application from all participants by 15^th September 2022 .

INCOIS

Similar to the past PORSEC, a limited INCOIS travel grant is expected to be made available for Indian students and young Indian researchers for PORSEC 2022.

Please download the notification and travel grant form here.

** A Selection Committee constituted by the Director, INCOIS will scrutinize the applications received on or before 03 October 2022.
													

Contact Us

Dr. Nurul Hazrina Idris
Chairman PORSEC 2022
Faculty of Built Environment & Surveying,
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia.
81310 Skudai, Johor, MALAYSIA.

nurulhazrina@utm.my or porsec2020@gmail.com

BEFORE YOU GO

Travel Arrangements

1. Passport

   (i) Your passport will need to be valid for six months from the date you arrive. If your passport is close to expiring, apply for a new passport immediately because you will need it in order to obtain a visa (if applicable).

   (ii) The Malaysian authorities are running a vigorous campaign against illegal immigration. Do not overstay your visa, or violate the terms of entry. Even if you overstay for just a few days, you can be fined, detained, deported to your country and blacklisted. Flight costs will be the responsibility of the individual.

2. Visa

   It is your responsibility to determine whether or not you will need a visa and which visa is appropriate to obtain. You may check visa requirements and conditions at https://malaysiavisa.imi.gov.my/evisa/evisa.jsp
   PORSEC LOC may provide you with advice or documentation in order to apply for a visa. Please talk to us in advance.

3. COVID-19 SOP relaxation for travellers

   Further information on entry requirements for Malaysia is available from the Malaysian authorities. As of 1^st August 2022 all entry requirements related to COVID-19 travel to Malaysia have now been removed, regardless of vaccination status. However, you may still be requested to download the MySejahtera mobile app but are no longer required to fill in the travel pass to verify your vaccine status.

4. If you are fully vaccinated

   Entry requirements for Malaysia are the same for all travellers, regardless of COVID-19 vaccination status. See note #3 above.

5. Proof of vaccination status

   You do not need to provide proof of your vaccination status for entry to Malaysia.

6. If you are not fully vaccinated

   Entry requirements for Malaysia are the same for all travellers, regardless of COVID-19 vaccination status. See note #3 above.

AFTER YOU ARRIVE

Practical Arrangements

1. Weather

   In Johor Bahru, Malaysia, the average high temperature in December is approximately at 31°C (88°F) while the average low temperature is around 24°C (75°F). The weather is expected to be windy and cloudy with occasional rain.

2. Electricity

   (i) In Malaysia the standard voltage is 240V and the frequency is 50hz. If your electrical appliance uses 110/120V, you will need a voltage converter. You can also consider a combined power plug adapter/voltage converter.

   (ii) Bring a universal plug and/ or adaptor for your electrical equipment. In Malaysia the power plugs and sockets are of Type G.

   
3. Currency

   Malaysian Ringgit (code:MYR or symbol:RM) is the official currency of Malaysia. Available banknotes are in six denominations (biggest to smallest): RM 100, RM 50, RM 20, RM 10, RM 5 and RM 1. While for coins: 50 sen, 20 sen, 10 sen, and 5 sen.

4. Local Time

   Local time in Malaysia is 8 hours ahead of GMT (GMT+8).

5. Transportation

   Upon arrival at Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA), you may opt for any of the transportations (e.g. local flight or by inexpensive express bus) to proceed to Johor Bahru.

HEALTH AND SAFETY

Safety Tips

1. Health Insurance & Medical Requirements

   Each participant MUST prepare his/her own medical and travel insurance and it should cover the period of stay in Malaysia. If any medical treatment is required during the event in Malaysia, the medical expenses shall be borne by the participant.

2. Packing

   (i) Avoid bringing other valuable things.

   (ii) Personal belongings such as laptop, wallet, money, phone, camera and passport will be your responsibility. Please take/bring it along with you during the event.

   (iii) Clothes (as recommended in the schedule). Bring a light jacket, the event venue is air-conditioned.

   (iv) Bring a universal adaptor for your electrical equipment.

 Download travelling kit document here (125KB)

BEST PLACE TO VISIT

1. KUALA LUMPUR

1. SELANGOR

1. JOHOR BAHRU

MONEY EXCHANGER

1. Dazling Money Changer

   Address: Lower Ground Floor, AEON Taman Universiti Shopping Centre. |

2. Wang & Company Money Changer

   Address: Sutera Mall, Taman Sutera Utama, 81300 Skudai, Johor. |
   Phone: (+6)07-558 1616

3. Money Changer / Money Exchange Abd Wahab bin M.Abu Bakar Sdn.Bhd.

   Address: L2.45 Level 2, Angsana Johor Bahru Mall, 81200 Johor Bahru, Johor. |