In September 19-22, 2012, the III International EARSeL Workshop: "Advances in Remote Sensing for Archaeology and Cultural Heritage Management" will take place in Gent. After the overview provided by the Rome meeting in 2008, the Gent workshop will be focusing on strategical issues which involve not only the knowledge improvement but also the contribution of remote sensing for a sustainable management of cultural resources, not only in Europe but also and mainly in emerging and developing countries of Asia, Africa and Latin America.

The cultural and practical interconnections between environment, culture and territory are the framework of the third EARSeL Workshop in Gent. The organising committee selected some priority themes related to:

• fields of application such as the use of remote sensing for risk management and cultural and natural heritage, interconnection between environmental, climatic changes and dynamics of human frequentation, the aware fruition of material and immaterial witnesses of ancient civilizations;
• methodologies such as development of ad hoc semiautomatic and automatic approach for extracting cultural information, integration and fusion of passive and active remotely sensed data, remote sensing and geospatial analysis for preventive archaeology, palaeoenvironmental investigation and risk management;
• cooperation strategies for the creation of a permanent platform for data and knowledge sharing.