ForestSAT Virtual Workshop Series

About the Workshops

The Association for Forest Spatial Analysis Technologies (ForestSAT) is excited to present this series of virtual pre-conference workshops as part of a fundraising initiative to support the upcoming ForestSAT 2026 Conference. These workshops are hosted by the ForestSAT Association with the support of the ForestSAT 2026 Executive Committee and community.

This series of virtual workshops runs from October 2025 to April 2026, offering a diverse range of topics and training opportunities.

Each workshop provides hands-on training and practical learning experiences focused on the latest tools, technologies, and methodologies in forestry and remote sensing. Designed and led by experts from around the world, these workshops aim to equip participants with actionable skills and insights that can be directly applied to their research and professional work.

By generously donating their time, knowledge and expertise, each instructor is helping ForestSAT not only advance the goals of the conference but also support the needs of our broader scientific community. We are grateful for their commitment and support.

Registration fees for the workshops are intended solely to support the organization of the conference, which is a non-profit initiative. No personal profit will be made from these workshops. Your participation directly supports the organization of ForestSAT 2026.

Thank you for contributing to and engaging with our global community!

Continuing Education Credits

All workshops offered have been approved for continuing education credits with the Society of American Foresters (SAF) and the Canadian Institute of Forestry.

ForestSAT 2026 Virtual Workshops:

Registration Fees (per workshop): Student $50 / Academic $100 / Industry Professional $150

Choose the workshops that interest you most: Participants may register for one or more workshops individually.

Registration for a workshop closes 2 business days before the workshop. Please note that registration for the March 18th workshop will close on March 9th to allow for procurement of resources needed for the workshop.

All times listed are in Eastern Time, USA

All workshops are delivered live only and will not be recorded; if you cannot attend, please refer to the cancellation policy below or contact us to transfer your registration to another workshop.

Already registered for a workshop and want to add more? If you have already registered and paid for one or more workshops and want to sign up for more, you may run into the issue that your email is already in the registration system. You will need to "edit your registration" in Fourwaves to add a new workshop to an existing registration. Follow these instructions to do so: https://help.fourwaves.com/en/articles/8761228-edit-my-registration

COMPLETED WORKSHOPS

FORTLS: TLS Data Processing and Stand Variable Estimation

October 23, 2025 - 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM (EST)

Duration: 4 hours

Instructors: Juan Alberto Molina-Valero, Adela Martínez-Calvo

3D Radiative Transfer Simulations of Virtual Forest Scenes: from Reflectance, SIF to Photosynthesis

November 10, 2025 - 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM (EST)

Duration: 4 hours

Instructors: Jianbo Qi

PlotToSat: Extraction of Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 time-series at multiple regions

November 13, 2025 - 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM (EST)

Duration: 4 hours

Instructors: Dr. Milto Miltiadou, James Chamberlain, Oliver Appleby

Wall-to-wall forest biomass estimation using Google Earth Engine

January 14, 2026 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM (EST)

Duration: 4 hours

Instructor: Dr. Cesar Alvites

TLS Point Cloud Processing and Leaf-Wood Segmentation Using Open-Source Methods

January 15, 2026 - 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM (EST)

Duration: 4 hours

Instructors: Jinyi Xia

Quantitative Structure Modeling (QSM) from Terrestrial Laser Scanning and Open-Source Tools

January 22, 2026 - 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM (EST)

Duration: 4 hours

Instructors: Jinyi Xia

Integrating GLOBE Observer Tree and Land Cover Data with NASA Earth Observations for Environmental Monitoring

January 29, 2026 - 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM (EST)

Duration: 4 hours

Instructors: Dr. Di Yang, Peder Nelson

NASA’s new PACE mission: introduction to PACE’s hyperspectral, near daily observations of the world’s forest ecosystems

February 5, 2026 - 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM (EST)

Duration: 4 hours

Instructors: Dr. Morgaine McKibben, Dr. Emil Cherrington, Skye Caplan, Dr. Fred Huemmrich

Mapping Forest Attributes Using Airborne Laser Scanning and Artificial Intelligence

February 9, 2026 | Time: 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM (EST)

Duration: 4:00 hours

Instructor: Dr. Cesar Alvites

Dive into TreeAIBox: An Open-Source AI-Driven CloudCompare Plugin for Interactive 3D Forest LiDAR Analysis

February 16, 2026 | Time: 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM (EST)

Duration: 4:00 hours

Instructors: Charumitha Selvaraj, Dr. Dani Degenhardt

Introduction to Airborne Laser Scanning (ALS) and Basic Data Processing in R

February 18, 2026 | Time: 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM (EST)

Duration: 4:00 hours

Instructor: Dr. Jonathan L Batchelor 

ICESat2VegR: An R Package for Accessing, Handling, and Processing ICESat2 ATL08 and ATL03 Data

February 23, 2026 | Time: 1:00 PM - 6:00 PM (EST)

Duration: 4:00 hours

Instructor: Dr. Caio Hamamura, Dr. Cesar Alvites

Deep-learning based tree species mapping with UAV images

March 2, 2026 | Time: 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM (EST) - Please note this is an all-day workshop

Duration: 8 hours

Instructor: Dr. Matheus Pinheiro Ferreira

Wall-to-Wall canopy metrics from Airborne Laser Scanning data using open-source tools

NOTE NEW DATE: March 9, 2026 | Time: 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM (EST)

Duration: 4 hours

Instructors: Dr. Jeff Atkins, Dr. Inacio Bueno

Development of a Google Earth Engine Web-Based App for Forest Monitoring

March 12, 2026 - 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM (EST)

Duration: 4 hours

Instructors: Dr. Cesar Alvites

Introduction to Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar and Its Application in Forestry and Sinkhole Mapping

March 18, 2026 - 8:00 AM - 1:00 PM (EST)

Duration: 4 hours

Instructors: Dr. Chunli Dai, Dr. Changhyun Choi, Dr. Sanduni Disanayaka Mudiyanselage.

Spaceborne lidar for vegetation assessment

NEW DATE: March 24, 2026 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM (EST) (please note this new date as it does not match the date in the detailed description of the workshop).

Duration: 4 hours

Instructors: Dr. Sorin C. Popescu, Justinn J. Jones

Introduction to NASA's GEDI and rGEDI: An R Package for Accessing, Handling, and Processing GEDI Data

NEW DATE: March 27, 2026 - 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM (EST) (please note this new date as it does not match the date in the detailed description of the workshop).

Duration: 4 hours

Instructors: Dr. Caio Hamamura, Dr. Inacio Bueno

Refund Policy

100% refund (minus transaction fee of 3%) for cancellation up until closure of registration(2 business days before workshop).

50% refund (minus transaction fee of 3%) for cancellation after close of registration.

0% refund for non-attendance without cancellation.

If you are unable to attend a workshop and would prefer to switch to another workshop at no cost, please contact us at workshops@forestsat.com