The issue on climate change induced by global warming has raised a worldwide attention.  The situations of the world’s great destruction for the days after tomorrow have become closer and closer. “The Earth Observations Plans” sponsored by the United Nations are well under way around the world. Integrating the academics and intellectuals, monitoring the environmental information of the Earth, initiating the way of solving the derivative disaster of climate change, are the responsibilities of those who are today’s Earth citizens. We, as being a member of the Earth village, are obviously cannot and will not be able to stay out.    

In response to the 2002 World Summit on sustainable development, a formal organization, Group on Earth Observations (GEO), of the United Nations was initiated; meanwhile, the 10-year Implementation Plan of the Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS) was subsequently promoted by the organization; namely, the Taiwan Group on Earth Observations (TGEO) was established in the year of 2010.  In 2011, with the assistance of National Taiwan Ocean University (NTOU), the 1st International Conference on Earth Observations and Societal Impacts (ICEO&SI) was initiated. Later, in 2012~2017, the 2nd ~ 7th ICEO & SI had been held on National Taiwan University, National Cheng Kung University, National United University, National Kaosiung Marine University, NTOU, National Ilan University. Up to this time, more than 1200 academics, researchers, engineers and students from over 22 countries of 4 continents had fruitful and pleasant experiences at the previous ICEO&SI conferences. Also, more than 608 papers (349 oral papers and 259 posters) and 30 keynote speeches have been delivered with many of them published in the special issues of prestigious journals, including Remote Sensing, Atmospheric Research, and TAO. Continuously, in 2018, during the period of July 1 ~ 3, at the campus of Minghsin University of Science and Technology, the 8th ICEO&SI will be convened. The theme of the conference is set primarily on the “Earth Observation Data Opening and Sharing”.