32nd International Laser Radar Conference

The 32nd International Laser Radar Conference (ILRC32) will be held in Hiroshima, Japan, July 5-10, 2026.
The ILRC is held biannually under auspices of the International Coordination Group on Laser Atmospheric Studies (ICLAS), a working group of the International Radiation Commission (IRC), International Association of Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences (IAMAS).
The ILRC32 will be hosted by the Laser Radar Society of Japan (LRSJ) with the cooperation of Research Institute for Applied Mechanics, Kyushu University, the National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES), the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), European Space Agency (ESA), and other partners and enterprises.
The venue will be the Hiroshima International Conference Center in Peace Memorial Park.
ILRC32 will be held entirely in a face-to-face format.

Important Dates

Conference Topics

• Advances in lidar techniques and methodologies
• Space-based lidar applications in Earth science and planetary exploration and studies
• Airborne lidar investigations, large scale field experiments
• Ground-based lidars and networking
• Lidar studies of clouds, aerosols and their interactions
• Coherent and incoherent wind lidar technologies and applications
• Water vapor, temperature, wind measurements for meteorological studies and applications
• Greenhouse and trace gases monitoring
• Measurements of troposphere and air pollution
• Lidar observations in the stratosphere, mesosphere, and thermosphere
• Model validation and data assimilation using lidar
• Signal processing and AI/ML techniques for lidar data analysis
• Quantum and superconducting technologies for lidar applications
• Forest, ocean, land surface, and biological lidar applications
• Synergistic use of lidar and other instruments
• Other lidar applications