2026 Dragon 6 Mid-term Symposium

Rune Floberghagen, Head of Dragon Office

Eric Doyle, Dragon Coordinator

Jenni Tapio, External Relations

Fabrizio Ramoino, Dragon Office

Irene Renis, Dragon Office

Raffaele Rigoli, Dragon Office

Florence Boye, Dragon Office

Gao Xiang, Director General, China Science and Technology Exchange Center

Zhao Shufan, Deputy Director General, CSTEC

Wu Yan, Division Chief, Division of European Affairs, CSTEC

Zou Yingman, Project Officer, Division of European Affairs, CSTEC

Li Zengyuan, China Dragon Coordinator

Gao Zhihai, China Dragon Office

Pang Yong, China Dragon Office

Sun Bin, China Dragon Office

Wang Cangjiao, China Dragon Office

The 2026 Dragon 6 Mid- term Symposium will bring together the project teams that will report on the progress of each project to date including the latest scientific results and in particular:

• Detail the Copernicus Sentinels, ESA, ESA TPM, and Chinese EO data acquired and investigated during the second year of activity
• Detail the in-situ data measurements and requirements particularly joint field visits made to study areas in the last year
• Report on the role and research of the young scientists within the projects
• Outline academic exchange programmes developed
• Outline the progress, status of the cooperation and recommendations within the project.

The symposium will focus around the following themes:

• Atmosphere
• Calibration and Validation
• Climate Change
• Cryosphere and Hydrology
• Data Analysis
• Ecosystem
• Ocean and Coastal Zones
• Solid Earth
• Sustainable Agriculture and Water Resources
• Urbanization and Environment

Please use the online system to:

1. Create a user account
2. Submit your abstract in English
3. Upload your abstract in Chinese

After completion of each of the actions 1 to 3, you should receive auto-generated emails with confirmations.

Oral Session – Principal Investigators and Young Scientists

A joint PI project abstract in English shall be submitted by either the European or Chinese project PI, including project results and young scientists research. A PDF version of the abstract in Chinese should also be uploaded as an attachment. Further details regarding the preparation of the oral presentation will be provided in the Guidelines section.

Poster Session – Young Scientists

All Dragon 6 Young Scientists are kindly required to submit their poster abstract in English for the adjudicated poster session using the same link as above. Further details regarding the preparation of the poster will be provided in the Guidelines section.

• Side events
• Project team meetings
• Opening Plenary
• Four parallel scientific sessions organised by thematic area featuring oral presentations of Dragon project results including research contributions by Young Scientists
• An adjudicated poster session for Young Scientists
• Round table discussions with seed questions prepared by the Dragon coordinators
• Session summaries reporting on each of the thematic area outputs and discussions
• Closing plenary