<div>Dear all,</div><div><br></div><div>the Local Organisation Committee of the FOSS4G-Europe conference is happy to announce a partnership with the <a href="https://scholarworks.umass.edu/foss4g/" target="_blank" title="https://scholarworks.umass.edu/foss4g/" rel="nofollow">FOSS4G Academic Track system</a> to publish and archive its academic proceedings. This system has heretofore hosted the proceedings of the international FOSS4G conference, and starts this year hosting regional conferences.<br></div><div><div><br></div></div><div>The LOC further informs that outstanding contributions to the FOSS4G-Europe 2018 academic track shall be invited to submit an extended article to later feature in a special issue of the <a href="http://www.mdpi.com/journal/data" target="_blank" title="http://www.mdpi.com/journal/data" rel="nofollow">Data</a> journal.<br></div><div><div><br></div></div><div>The FOSS4G-Europe 2018 conference takes place in Guimarães, Portugal, from the 17th to the 19th of July. Please visit the <a href="https://foss4g-europe.osgeopt.pt/" target="_blank" title="https://foss4g-europe.osgeopt.pt/" rel="nofollow">conference web page</a> for all the details.<br></div><div><div><br></div></div><div>The Local Organisation Committee<br></div><div class="protonmail_signature_block"><div class="protonmail_signature_block-user"><div><div><br></div></div></div></div><div><div><br></div></div><div><br></div>