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Dear friends and colleagues,<div><br></div><div> I am happy to inform
you that the call for abstracts for the Academic Track of State of the
Map 2020, which will take place in Cape Town, South Africa on July 3-5, 2020,
is now open [1].<br></div><div><br></div><div>The first two editions of the Academic Track, at State of the Map 2018 in Milan and State of the Map 2019 in Heidelberg, have proven that this track is a
wonderful chance to connect the OpenStreetMap community with the
academic community and to provide a platform to exchange ideas and opportunities for increased collaboration.</div><div><br></div><div>Abstracts
should be between 500 and 800 words in length, and should be submitted
via the conference management system [2] by no later than <b>March 9, 2020</b>.
For more information please check the call [1]. Questions directed to
the Scientific Committee should be sent to <a href="mailto:academic-sotm@openstreetmap.org" target="_blank">academic-sotm@openstreetmap.org</a>.</div><div><br></div><div>In
parallel to the Academic Track, the conference will also run a General
Track, whose call for contributions (talks, extended talks, panels, workshops and Birds of a Feather sessions) is available at [3].
Contributions should be submitted
via the conference management system [4] by no later than <b>February 23, 2020</b>.
</div><div><br></div><div>Please feel free to distribute the calls within your networks.</div><div>Best regards,<br></div><div><br></div><div>Marco - on behalf of the Scientific Committee of State of the Map 2020</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>[1] <a href="https://2020.stateofthemap.org/cfp/academic" target="_blank">https://2020.stateofthemap.org/cfp/academic</a> </div><div>[2] <a href="https://pretalx.com/state-of-the-map-2020-academic-track/cfp" target="_blank">https://pretalx.com/state-of-the-map-2020-academic-track/cfp</a></div>
</div><div>[3] <a href="https://2020.stateofthemap.org/cfp" target="_blank">https://2020.stateofthemap.org/cfp</a> </div><div>[4] <a href="https://pretalx.com/sotm2020/cfp" target="_blank">https://pretalx.com/sotm2020/cfp</a></div></div><div><div dir="ltr" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div><span></span><div><span></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>