The Australian Space Summit & Exhibition is returning for a transformative two-day event, hosted in partnership with principal partner Space Centre Australia.
Award-winning space leader Sang-Ho Yun, director of the Earth Observatory of Singapore – Remote Sensing Lab, will deliver a keynote at the Australian Space Summit & Exhibition 2025.
Yun will be joined by an impressive speaker line-up, including Scott Morrison, former prime minister of Australia; Ted Mercer, CEO of the Virginia Spaceport Authority; and NASA chief technologist A.C. Charania at the summit.
Yun’s keynote will share insights into how next-generation SAR technologies are shaping the future of disaster monitoring, climate resilience, sustainable agriculture, and urban flood management.
Satellite Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) and Interferometric SAR (InSAR) have revolutionised disaster response, enabling rapid assessment of damage and flooding in the aftermath of earthquakes, tropical cyclones, wildfires, volcanic eruptions, landslides, and other crises.
With the ability to penetrate cloud cover and operate day and night, SAR provides unparalleled situational awareness for emergency management.
Over the past 15 years, Yun has supported over 200 major disaster response efforts globally using satellite Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data.
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During this time, he was involved in the disaster responses for the Super Typhoon Haiyan, the Türkiye-Syria earthquake, and the Beirut explosion, assisting agencies such as FEMA, the World Bank, the UN World Food Programme, and Sentinel Asia.
At the Australian Space Summit & Exhibition, Yun will draw on his experience navigating some of the world’s most significant disaster responses to highlight the latest advancements in SAR-based rapid disaster mapping and operational integration into emergency response frameworks.
In his current role, Yun is the director of Singapore’s Earth Observatory (EOS) – Remote Sensing Lab (EOS-RS).
Speaking on the role of the EOS, Yun told Sentinel Asia: “As Singapore experiences relatively few natural hazards and disasters, it provides a stable environment for reliable operations and data gathering.
“That puts EOS in an ideal position for implementing rapid discovery and access to relevant satellite data and processing and disseminating value-added geospatial information for decision-making.
“EOS-RS was established in late 2021 and since then we have been building our team and undertaking a variety of research projects while supporting disaster response efforts in the region.
“Also, we are actively collaborating and in the process of building collaborative relationships with other institutions, including NUS and CRISP, as well as with industry.”
Prior to EOS, Yun served as a geophysicist and radar scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) for 14 years.
Yun has received numerous accolades for his contributions to the sector, including the 2018 NASA Exceptional Public Achievement Medal and the 2014 NASA Early Career Achievement Medal for his innovative use of satellite SAR data in support of rapid post-disaster response.
In addition to his role at Earth Observatory of Singapore, Yun is also an Associate Professor at the Asian School of the Environment (ASE) and the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE) at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore.
To hear from Sang-Ho Yun on the evolution of SAR technologies, come along to the Australian Space Summit & Exhibition 2025.
The Australian Space Summit & Exhibition will be held on 27 and 28 May at the ICC, Sydney.
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