On behalf of the SilviLaser 2013 Organizing Committee, I cordially invite you to attend the 13th International Conference on LiDAR Applications for Assessing Forest Ecosystems to be held from October 9 to 11, 2013 in Beijing. This is the first symposium in the series to be held in China, and it is my honor to welcome you all to Beijing. SilviLaser 2013 is an international event and will bring together research scientists and practitioners from around the world to share their experience in the development and application of LiDAR for forest assessment and inventory and strengthen and develop new linkages between researchers, data providers and product end-users. I greatly anticipate the success of SilviLaser 2013, and look forward to your participation in Beijing, China.