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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 2019, which will take place in Heidelberg on September 21-23, 2019, is now open [1].<br></div><div><br></div><div>Join us for a full day of
academic talks in Heidelberg, home to one of the largest GIScience
research groups in the world. We believe that the Academic Track is a
wonderful opportunity to connect the OpenStreetMap community with the
academic community and to provide a platform to exchange of ideas,
communication 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>May 10, 2019</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, lightning talks, 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>April 25, 2019</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 2019</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>[1] <a href="https://2019.stateofthemap.org/calls/academic">https://2019.stateofthemap.org/calls/academic</a> <br></div><div>[2] <a href="https://pretalx.com/sotm2019-at/cfp">https://pretalx.com/sotm2019-at/cfp</a></div>
</div><div>[3] <a href="https://2019.stateofthemap.org/calls/general">https://2019.stateofthemap.org/calls/general</a> <br></div><div>[4] <a href="https://pretalx.com/sotm2019/cfp">https://pretalx.com/sotm2019/cfp</a><br></div><div><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail-m_-4870424746016544830gmail_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><br><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>