A special exhibition called “Using Satellite and Social Media to Create a Safe and Secure Society – Glocal Monitoring Project -” was held from August 20 to September 23 at the entrance of the second floor of the new building of the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. Many people were able to enjoy the exhibition. We would like to thank everyone involved.

Professor Kohei Cho gave the keynote lecture at the SPAR 2020 J the 16th 3D Measurement Forum, which was held online on September 28, 2020, with the theme of “Efforts for Glocal Monitoring.” One participant said, “It made me very interested in the use of social media in normal times and in times of disaster.” Other comments included, “I thought it was very effective as a means to quickly and accurately identify the extent of damage,” and “It was interesting how combining different types of information—global and local—can be useful and improve accuracy.”

Forum program outline: http://www.sparj.com

Video of keynote lecture: “Efforts for Glocal Monitoring” by Kohei Cho

Professor Kohei Cho gave a lecture on glocal monitoring with remote sensing and SNS as a guest speaker at the webinar, “Addressing the Climate and Environmental Crisis,” which was held in commemoration of the 80th birthday of NASA’s Dr. Josefino Comiso.

Webinar URL: https://hilatitudecouplings.wixsite.com/jccomiso80

Lecture outline: https://hilatitudecouplings.wixsite.com/jccomiso80/speakers