The 2^nd International Conference on Airborne Research for the Environment (ICARE 2017) was held at DLR, the German Aerospace Research Center, in Oberpfaffenhofen near Munich, from 10 to 13 July 2017. GEO-CRADLE Partner TAU participated in the meeting and Prof. Eyal Ben Dor gave a presentation entitled „Spectral Imaging of Soils: past, present and future“.