The 26th annual Progress in Electromagnetics Research Symposium (PIERS) will be held in Moscow, Russia, on August 18-21, 2009.  PIERS, sponsored by the Electromagnetics Academy, provides an international forum for reporting progress and advances in the modern development of electromagnetic theory and its new and exciting applications. 

Of particular interest to the ARM community at this year’s symposium is the session on Light Scattering and Radiative Transfer: Theories and Applications. This session will discuss recent advances in:

  • electromagnetic scattering
  • 3D radiative transfer
  • vector radiative transfer simulations
  • fast radiative transfer models for applications to the interpretation of hyperspectral measurements
  • the use of basic light scattering and radiative transfer theories in active and passive remote sensing applications in spectral regimes from ultraviolet to microwave.

The deadline for submission of abstracts is February 20, 2009.  For more information and to submit online, visit the PIERS website.