The Geological Remote Sensing Group (GRSG) held its 26th Annual Conference 'Challenges in Geological Remote Sensing' at ESA-ESRIN, in Frascati, Italy from 9 to 11 December 2015.

The conference theme focused on a wide range of remote sensing applications, tools, latest developments and sensors with a particular focus on addressing the challenges faced in the following areas:

• Mineral Exploration and Mining
• Oil and Gas
• Big Data and Thematic Exploitation Platforms
• Planetary science and comparative geomorphology
• Geohazards
• Geological applications (geological mapping, lithological classification, tectonics, seismology)
• Geomorphology
• Terrain, Bathymetry and Elevation models
• Classification, multi-temporal analysis and modelling
• New sensors: Sentinel applications, technological developments, analytical methods and algorithms
• Hyperspectral and Multispectral
• Radar / InSAR

This meeting and social events were made possible by the generous sponsorship received from the geological remote sensing community.