News:

• Mid Term Symposium ISPRS TC VI(3-5,June,2010, @ITC,Enschede, The Netherlands)
  Details will be announced later.
• 4th ISPRS SC Summmer School(13-19,Jul.2009,Warsaw,Poland) has successfully ended.

Our mission:

The main purpose of the WG VI/5 is stimulation to scientific and research work, and promotion of the ISPRS profession to graduate, post-graduate students and young researchers. Furthermore, it presents the main link between the students from different countries and ISPRS. WG VI/5 offers support to the student coordinators of the Student Consortium, which acts within the framework of the WG VI/5. The Student Consortium presents the main student group, who share the same interest in photogrammetry, remote sensing and spatial information sciences, and has been established in the framework of the ISPRS TC VI in 2004.

Terms of Reference:

• Promotion of advances in photogrammetry, remote sensing and spatial information sciences to undergraduate and postgraduate students and young researchers.
• Promotion of international cooperation and social cohesion among the youth
• Creation of adequate conditions and platforms for broader and more efficient involvement of youth into ISPRS activities, including financial aspects, facilitating their ISPRS participation and activities, and support by sponsors
• Promotion and support of the Student Consortium (SC)
• Close cooperation with the SC, advice and support in preparing activity plans, organization of summer schools and other activities defined in the ISPRS SC Statutes. Organisation of youth events, where SC has no local support and main responsibility for organising the technical programme of SC activities during Congresses. Facilitation of the continuity of the SC and provision of an interface to TC VI, Council, other ISPRS TCs and WGs and regional and international organisations, especially sister societies and ISPRS members. Cooperation, especially with the WG VI/6 : The Technology Transfer Caravan.
• Promotion of international mobility for undergraduate and postgaduate students and young researchers, making also use of international funding capabilities, like EU research programmes, and encouragement of relevant organisations to facilitate international student exchange and training programs at various levels.

Technical Commission Officers:

Chair	Co-Chair	Secretary
Emmanuel Baltsavias   Institute of Geodesy and Photogrammetry ETH-Hoenggerberg CH-8093 Zurich Switzerland Tel: +41-44-63 33 042 Fax: +41-44-63 31 101 E-mail: manos@geod.baug.ethz.ch   http: www.photogrammetry.ethz.ch	Nguyen Dinh Duong   Institute of Geography, Department of Environmental Information Study and Analysis,VAST 18 Hoang Quoc Viet Rd., Cau Giay, Hanoi VIETNAM Tel: +84 4 756 2417 Fax: +84 4 836 1192 E-mail: duong.nguyen2007@gmail.com   http:	Shiro Ochi Department of Environment Kinki University 3327-204, Nakamachi, Nara, 631-8505 Japan Tel: +81-742-43 9238 Fax: +81-742-43-15931 E-mail: ochis@nara.kindai.ac.jp   http: www