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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.


Important Dates

June 5, 2025 First announcement
July 4, 2025 Official Homepage open
September 5, 2025 Second announcement
November 5, 2025 Open for 4 page paper submission and Registration
January 5, 2026 Deadline for 4 page paper submission
April 6, 2026 Notification of Acceptance for Oral and Poster presentations
April 30, 2026 Deadline for submission of revised 4 page paper
May 7, 2026 Early registration ends, Conference program finalized
July 5, 2026 (Sun) Lidar tutorial, Welcome party
July 6-10, 2026 (Mon-Fri) Conference, Exhibition (Wed afternoon: Excursion, Banquet)

Conference Topics

ILRC32 will cover all lidar-related topics including
  • Advances in lidar techniques and methodologies
  • Current and future space lidar missions
  • Airborne lidar investigations, large scale field experiments
  • Ground-based lidars and networking
  • Lidar studies of clouds, aerosols and their interaction
  • Wind and turbulence measurements
  • Water vapor, temperature, wind measurements for meteorological studies and applications
  • Greenhouse and trace gases monitoring
  • Atmospheric boundary layer and air pollution measurements
  • 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 applications
  • Synergistic use of lidar and other instruments
  • Other lidar applications
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