By Orhan Altan, president

The Centenary Celebrations of the International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS) will take place in its birthplace, Vienna Austria, on 4 July 2010, together with associated events from 2 July 2010 to 7 July 2010. This event will celebrate the achievements of Eduard Dolezal in founding ISPRS (then ISP) on 4 July 1910 and the major contributions of the many professionals who have played a role in its development over the past 100 years.

The program has now been further developed as described below.

 1-3 July 2010 - 3-Ländertagung Conference, a geoinformatics conference attended by representatives from the three German speaking countries of Austria, Germany and Switzerland

 2 July 2010. Book launch and press declaration will be held in the UN Office of Outer Space Affairs in Vienna (UN-OOSA) for the booklet being produced by the Joint Board of Geospatial Information Societies (JBGIS) on Geo-information for Disaster and Risk Management-Examples and Best Practices. The schedule will be as follows:

 10.00 Presentation of the booklet to permanent diplomatic missions in Vienna
 11.00 A press conference to media

 3 July 2010. An Open Business Meeting will be held from 13.00 to 17.00 at the Technical University of Vienna to consider a number of issues relevant to the future of ISPRS as follows:
1. Congratulation speeches by ISPRS members
2. Achievements of the ISPRS Regional Representatives
3. The role of the permanent ISPRS committees - ISAC, IPAC and ICORSE
4. ISPRS publications
5. Current Structure of ISPRS Commissions
6. Organization of ISPRS Events (Workshops, Symposia. Congress etc)
7. Other important items

 4 July 2010. The ISPRS Centenary Celebrations

 Centenary General Assembly
 Unveiling of a Plaque of Eduard Dolezal at the Technical University of Vienna
 Afternoon lectures from 2pm to 4pm will given by:
• Gottfried Konecny, Emeritus Professor Leibniz University Hannover
• Lawry Jordan, Director of ESRI Imagery Enterprise Solutions
• Norbert Pfeifer Professor of Photogrammetry Technical University Vienna Technical University

 A Gala Dinner at the Vienna Town Hall (Rathaus). Prof. Dr. F. J. Radermacher from Ulm University in Germany, world-renowned expert in the fields of globalization, innovation, overpopulation and global sustainable development, will speak on his visions for the future of world population.

 5-7 July 2010. Technical Commission VII (Thematic Processing, Modelling and Analysis of Remotely Sensed Data) Symposium. Commission President Professor Wolfgang Wagner from the Vienna Technical University is planning a high quality mid-term Symposium, with outstanding international keynote speakers and peer reviewed presented papers.

I welcome you to Vienna, Austria, the site of the foundation of ISPRS to celebrate its extraordinary achievements over the past 100 years during the week of events planned for 2 July 2010 to 7 July 2010. Please do not forget to mark these dates and register trough the website