The Instrumentation and Future Technology Technical Committee’s Second “Summer School”: Auckland, New Zealand [Technical Committees]

The Instrumentation and Future Technologies Technical Committee’s (IFT-TC) second summer school took place in Auckland, New Zealand, from 30 January to 3 February 2023. The IFT Remote Sensing Summer Schools (IFT-R3S) aim to promote future research in remote sensing; connect Master students, junior Ph.D. students, recent graduates, and young professionals with research groups linked to the IFT-TC; and highlight the educational activities of the IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society (GRSS). The IFT-R3S focuses on remote sensing instrumentation with aspirations to develop and foster expertise and capacity in this sector. As the first technical activity after the recent formation of a New Zealand GRSS Chapter, a primary objective was to foster connections within New Zealand and the Oceania Region and to heighten New Zealand’s visibility and ambitions in the Earth-observing sector.