From July 25 to 28, the 11th International Conference on Agro-Geoinformatics, hosted by the National Research Center for Geographic Information System Engineering Technology, the International Society for Agricultural Information Science and Engineering and the Center for Spatial Information Science and Systems of George Mason University, was held through a combination of online and offline methods. The conference summarized the latest achievements in the field of remote sensing and geographic information technology in agriculture at home and abroad, with 19 thematic sessions on agricultural big data processing and storage, agricultural digital twin, agricultural decision support system, etc. More than 200 experts and scholars from universities, research institutes, enterprises and institutions from many countries, such as the United States, Turkey, Belgium, Canada, Nepal, Germany, Serbia shared their views on agricultural geo-information science and engineering technology for smart and sustainable agriculture.

Meng Ran, a professor from the College of Resources and Environment and Macro Agricultural Research Institute of Huazhong Agricultural University, was invited to give a keynote speech on "Combining multiple spectral enhancement features for improving spectroscopic early detection and severity classification of southern corn leaf blight" in the session. At the same time, Prof. Meng Ran was invited to organize a session on "Advances in Remote Sensing and IoT Technologies in Smart Farming" to share the latest scientific breakthroughs and engineering innovations in the field of agricultural geo-information with other famous experts and young scholars. The conference provided an opportunity for experts and scholars to share the latest scientific breakthroughs and engineering innovations in the field of agricultural geo-information. This conference provides a platform for experts and scholars to exchange scientific research results, promotes the exchange of the latest achievements in the field of remote sensing and geo-information technology in agriculture at home and abroad, and strengthens the cross-fertilization of cutting-edge disciplines.

Written by Luhan Yang