This session will focus on the state-of-the-art and recent progress in fibre optic technologies that can be applied to sense environmental parameters (e.g. temperature, strain, wavefield motion). We will showcase new methods, instrumentation, technological advancements, and a look into the future of fibre optic sensing tools.

This session will focus on applications of fiber optic technologies for real-time monitoring in various natural, urban or industrial environments. Integration of fiber optic sensing device in the monitoring network (e.g. SMART cables)

This session will focus on the benefits and challenges of using fibre optic sensing in environments traditionally difficult for standard field instruments, such as the oceans, high pressure /temperature laboratory experiments, other planets, extremely high temperature boreholes, and discuss potential solutions.

This session will focus on the most recent advanced approaches for sensing natural environments, such as faults, glaciers, volcanoes, forest, rivers…

This session will focus on how fibre optic sensing can improve society's resilience (urban subsurface investigations, early warning systems, health structure monitoring, smart cities).

Before wrapping up the conference, we plan to convene an "Ask Me Anything" session. Questions will be collected from participants during the meeting using an online tool and addressed during this session. Interactive discussions between the scientific panel, industries, stakeholders (e.g., municipalities) and fibre network managers will create a positive feedback loop to develop new applications, solutions and services for the Society.

A panel made of 5 moderators and 5 conveners, one from each session will first summarise the outcomes of the conference and then moderate a final discussion. The proposal for a special issue on Fibre Optic Sensing in Geosciences and/or the launch of a new EGU journal (FOsG) will be discussed.