CONFERENCE COMMITTEE

Prof. Dr. Chen Xi (Chair), Director, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences  
Prof. Dr. Tahpolat Tiyip (Co-Chair), Rector of Xinjiang University
Prof. Dr. Shao Yun, Head of Microwave Remote Sensing Laboratory, Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth, Chinese Academy of Sciences   
Odil Akbarov MSc - Head of Land Tenure Development Center, Tashkent Institute of Irrigation and Melioration (TIIM), Uzbekistan 
Dr. Aizhan Assylbekova- Deputy Dean, Faculty of Geography and Environmental Sciences, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Kazakhstan
Prof. Dr. Bao Anming, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Dr. Akylbek Chymyrov - Head, Department of Geodesy and GeoInformatics, KSUCTA,Kyrgyzstan
Prof. Dr. Philippe De Maeyer, Universiteit Gent, Belgium 
Prof. Dr. Feng Zhaodong, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Stefano Ghielmetti M.S. - Trimble Navigation Ltd
Prof. Dr. Ümüt Halik, Guest Professor for Ecosystem Research, Faculty of Mathematics and Geography Catholic University of Eichstaett-Ingolstadt
Prof. Dr. Mehmet Rüştü Karaman, Gaziosmanpasa University, Turkey
Prof. Dr. Milan Konecny - Head of Geoinformatics and Cartography, Masaryk University Brno, Czech Republic 
Prof. Dr. Alishir Kurban - Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Prof. Dr. Bela Markus - University of West Hungary  
Assoc.Prof. Dr. Gulnara Nyussupova - Al-Farabi Kazakh National University
Prof. Dr. Gernot Paulus - School of Geoinformation, UAS Carinthia, Austria
Dr. Shahnawaz - Z_GIS, University of Salzburg, Austria
Prof. Dr. Alexander Simonov - Head of Department at the State Research Institute INFORMIKA, Russia 
Academician Prof. Dr. Josef
Strobl - Head of Z_GIS, University of Salzburg, Austria  
Prof. Dr. Tang Guoan - Head of GIS, School of Geographic Science, Nanjing Normal University, China
Prof. Dr. Vladimir
Tikunov - Faculty of Geography, Moscow State University
Prof. Dr. Yang Degang, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Prof. Dr. Ümüt Halik, Guest Professor for Ecosystem Research, Faculty of Mathematics and Geography Catholic University of Eichstaett-Ingolstadt 
Prof. Dr. Qiming Zhou, Hong Kong Baptist University  


ORGANISING COMMITTEE 

Dr. Alishir Kurban (Chair) - Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences 
Dr. Bao Anming, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Dr. Ümüt Halik, Faculty of Mathematics and Geography,Catholic University of Eichstaett-Ingolstadt
Dr. Akylbek Chymyrov - Head, Department of Geodesy and GeoInformatics, KSUCTA (Advisor from ACA*GIScience, Program & Publication Coordinator)
Dr. Ainura Nazarkulova - Docent, Geodesy and GeoInformatics Department KSUCTA and senior scientist at Z_GIS, University of Salzburg, Austria (Media Coordinator)

Committee’s secretary and contact person - Dr. Alishir Kurban