Questions on the idea of the conference, the program and everything related to content are to be addressed to me :) For me, the conference is an inspirational meeting of wonderful people, shining in the eyes of participants, new ideas and cooperation.

This summer I attended the conference SCGIS International; I am inspired by the international community and confident that it is very important to develop the Society for Conservation GIS in Russia. Responsible for the most difficult and important part of the organization of the conference - the search for the venue and funding.

Once I got acquainted with the international society for Conservation GIS, I realized that they are people from different countries, united by a common idea - geoinformation technologies for nature protection. After that, I really wanted to share this feeling of the community with specialists in Russia. The SCGIS conference is not quite standard - beside being able to talk about your projects and learn about others' projects in a new format, it's an opportunity to meet colleagues, learn something new and discuss those issues that are interesting to the participants. And most importantly, we form the community ourselves, it depends on us how it will be in Russia.

The conference of the Society for Conservation GIS and Greenpeace in 2013 became a powerful impulse in my development and study of GIS and remote sensing. I learned about the existence of the international SCGIS, and so far my colleagues (from Greenpeace and other environmental organizations) are my main source of inspiration. Now I work in the department of Satellite Monitoring SRI of RAS, where scientific and applied research of vegetative cover is conducted. I will be glad to share my experience with space imagery. My contribution to our conference is the organization of a webcast, so that those who could not come personally could join us.