The International Summer School GISLERS is dedicated to the theme of "Bridging GIS, Landscape Ecology and Remote Sensing for Landscape Planning" and is hosted by Salzburg University's Centre for Geoinformatics (Z_GIS < http://www.uni-salzburg.at/zgis>). In a set of lectures, group work and practicals participants focus on using Geographic Information Systems and Spatial Analysis techniques to model spatially explicit processes, and develop reliable models for scenario output. The course emphasises on spatial patterns, landscape management and resource protection while considering the spatial distribution and flow of substances, materials, energy and individuals in the environment - and in consequence the distribution of landscape features. The Summer School will provide an insight into leading edge developments of GIS and Object Based Image Analysis (OBIA). Participants have the opportunity to attend sessions at the Geoinformatics Forum 2010 < http://www.gi-forum.org/> and AGIT symposium < http://www.agit.at>.