[GeoIT.org] PLATIAL'23: deadline extension

[René Westerholt]

Dear Colleagues,

Thank you to everyone who has already submitted a contribution for
PLATIAL'23!

As we have had a number of requests, we have decided to extend the
deadline for submissions in principle until 10 July!

If you are researching place, place representations, place information,
or similar topics, don't miss this great opportunity to discuss your work
with like-minded colleagues from around the world.

The following types of contributions are possible:

* Short papers (3–5 pages; we offer both a LaTeX and a Word template)
* Mini workshop proposals (1 page; any format)

The full call for papers is found below.

Further submission instructions and details:
http://platial23.platialscience.net/submission/

Kind regards,
René Westerholt and Franz-Benjamin Mocnik

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Dear Colleagues,

We are delighted to invite you to the Fourth International PLATIAL'23
Symposium, which will take place in Dortmund, Germany, on 19–21 September
2023! The event aims to put forward the notion of place in geographical
information science. We accept short paper submissions, which will be
published with separate DOIs online in high-quality proceedings. In
addition, we are encouraging submitting proposals for 1–2-hours mini
workshops.

We are looking forward to your submissions, and to exciting discussions
in September!

Best wishes,
René Westerholt and Franz-Benjamin Mocnik

PS: Please spread the word to your personal networks and forward this
call to anyone for whom it might be interesting and relevant.

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# PLATIAL'23 Symposium on Platial Information Science

Motto: Transforming Places

19–21 September 2023
Dortmund, Germany

Short Papers (3–5 pages)
Mini Workshops (1–2-hours each)
Submission Deadline: 26 June 2023

Confirmed keynote by Agnieszka Leszczynski (see below for details)

http://platial23.platialscience.net

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# PLATIAL'23 Symposium on Platial Information Science

Places are not static. For example, social-ecological sacrifice zones
influence how people see their own existence in partly economically
shaped areas with detrimental social and health characteristics, or even
support the formation of these zones through place-making. Likewise,
gentrification can lead to territorial conflicts, including cultural
hegemony, possibly leading to othering of previously resident people.
The Ruhr – where PLATIAL'23 will take place – is a prime example of
transformation itself, as it has undergone significant change as a
(post-)industrial area over the last 150 years. These processes of
transformation are not exceptions but the rule when it comes to fluid
instantiations of place.

PLATIAL'23 particularly invites researchers to explore how
transformations (in a broad sense) not only manifest in places themselves
but are also reflected in platial information. Concepts of place based on
social ontologies instead of merely geometric space conceptions are
inherently predisposed to fluidity and change. However, this character is
often not reflected in the way GIScience and related disciplines
represent and analyse platial information yet.

Additional to the symposium's theme, we welcome submissions on the
following topics:

* Which approaches of place representation exist in different fields,
   and how can these be integrated?
* How can we move forward the integration of platial information and GIS?
* What are suitable strategies for addressing subjectivity in platial
   information?
* In what ways can platial information theories accommodate the
   complexity of places?
* How can we account for dynamics, change, and fluidity in platial
   information?
* What is the role of scale in platial information?
* In which ways can places be visualised, or conveyed in other forms?
* In what ways could platial information inform future applications and
   technologies, such as question answering systems, scenario-based
   planning, and virtual/augmented reality?
* Which novel perspectives could a platial lens enable in GIScience and
   cognate fields?

Further topics that fit the overall theme of the symposium are welcome.

## IMPORTANT DATES

10 July 2023          Submission deadline for both short papers and
                       mini workshops
19–21 September 2023  PLATIAL'23 Symposium

## VENUE

U-Tower in Dortmund, Germany

## HOW TO CONTRIBUTE

We are seeking high-quality contributions on the topics proposed. For
this, we offer two different formats: compact mini workshops possibly
accompanied by citable, joint recap papers; and short papers that will
be orally presented in the regular track of the symposium.

### SHORT PAPERS

Regular short papers submitted to PLATIAL'23 should not exceed 3–5 pages,
including abstract, figures, and references. Your papers should be
prepared in adherence to the guidelines found in the Overleaf template:
http://platialscience.net/overleaf23
Submission of your paper (i.e., the PDF) should be done via Granska:
http://platialscience.net/granska23
We will only approach you upon paper acceptance to ask for submission of
all finalized files (including the compiled PDF, LaTeX source files,
figures). All submissions will be reviewed double-blind by at least two
members of the programme committee. Therefore, please prepare your
documents in anonymized form (see instructions given in the template and
on the submissions page on the PLATIAL website). Submissions prepared
using a Microsoft Word-based template are also possible:
http://platialscience.net/word23
Please note, however, that this format entails a higher downstream
(unpaid) editorial effort for both authors and organisers, as ultimately
all contributions are to appear in a single collected volume. Submissions
using our LaTeX template are therefore strongly encouraged.

### MINI WORKSHOPS

PLATIAL'23 offers the innovative format of mini workshops. Being concise
and focused, these will allow peers to discuss specialised cutting-edge
topics in a laid-back, intimate atmosphere. The idea is to have 1–2-hours
sessions dedicated to specific platial topics. These sessions will be
prepared, organised, and conducted by the workshop convenors who proposed
the respective sessions. The format can be chosen freely and purposefully
to allow for fruitful and creative interaction. For each mini workshop,
the results achieved will ideally then lead to a joint paper of all
attendees that will be given a suitable deadline for submission after the
event. These contributions will undergo the same rigorous peer review by
members of the programme committee as regular short papers. If you are
interested in proposing a mini workshop on your topic of choice, please
submit an informal one-page proposal in PDF format to
platial23 at platialscience.net by 26 June. You may want to get in touch
with the organisers prior to submission in case of any questions about
topics you want to propose. We especially encourage early-career
researchers to take this opportunity to discuss their ongoing research.

### LONG-TERM CITABILITY

We value your contributions! Therefore, your work should be visible and
sustainably citable long-term after the symposium. All short paper
contributions will be published online with individual DOIs as ZENODO
Symposium Proceedings, an outlet funded by the European Commission to
support publication of high-quality proceedings.

Please find the proceedings of the previous PLATIAL events here:
http://platialscience.net/proceedings-of-platial21
http://platialscience.net/proceedings-of-platial19
http://platialscience.net/proceedings-of-platial18

## HOW TO REGISTER?

We will soon provide information about the registration procedure as well
as further information about the event in general online:
http://platial23.platialscience.net

## KEYNOTES

Platforms transforming places in the city
Agnieszka Leszczynski  (Western University, Canada)

A possible second keynote may be announced soon.

## PROGRAMME COMMITTEE

* Thomas Blaschke  (University of Salzburg, Austria)
* Susanne Bleisch  (FHNW, Switzerland)
* Dirk Burghardt  (TU Dresden, Germany)
* Rachel Franklin  (Newcastle University, UK)
* Michael F Goodchild  (University of California Santa Barbara, US)
* Krzysztof Janowicz  (University of Vienna, Austria)
* Agnieszka Leszczynski  (Western University, Canada)
* Grant McKenzie  (McGill University, Canada)
* Mir Abolfazl Mostafavi  (Université Laval, Canada)
* Bill Palmer  (University of Newcastle, Australia)
* Alenka Poplin  (Iowa State University, US)
* Simon Scheider  (Utrecht University, the Netherlands)
* Kathleen E Stewart  (University of Maryland, US)
* Kristin Stock  (Massey University, New Zealand)
* Thora Tenbrink  (Bangor University, UK)
* Nigel Thrift  (University of Oxford, UK)
* Stephan Winter  (University of Melbourne, Australia)

## FOLLOW US

Twitter: @PLATIAL_X
Mastodon: @platial_x at mastodon.social

## SYMPOSIUM CONVENORS

René Westerholt
Department of Spatial Planning, TU Dortmund University, Germany
rene.westerholt at tu-dortmund.de

Franz-Benjamin Mocnik
ITC, University of Twente, the Netherlands
franz-benjamin.mocnik at utwente.nl

Do not hesitate to post your questions to platial23 at platialscience.net.

http://platial23.platialscience.net

--
Jun.-Prof. Dr René Westerholt FRGS

TU Dortmund University
Spatial Modelling Lab, Department of Spatial Planning
August-Schmidt-Str. 10, 44227 Dortmund, Germany

[Voice] +49 (0)231 755 2287
[Email] rene.westerholt at tu-dortmund.de
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