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<b>LBS2025 - Second call for papers</b></div>
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We are delighted to welcome you to the <b>19th International Conference on Location Based Services (LBS)
</b>which will take place in Otaniemi, Espoo, Finland on May 7-9, 2025. Please consider submitting a full paper, an abstract, or a showcase by following the guidelines given in our Call for Papers:</div>
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The deadline for full papers <s>1.11.2024</s> <span style="color: rgb(237, 92, 87);"><b>18.11.2024</b></span></div>
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The deadline for work in progress/abstracts 1.2.2025</div>
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The deadline for showcases 15.2.2025</div>
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Our confirmed keynote speakers:</div>
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<b>Prof. Anahid Basiri</b>, Professor in Geospatial Data Science, a UK Research and Innovation Future Leaders Fellow, the Director of the Centre for Data Science and AI, and the Royal Academy of Engineering's EngineeringX Champion at the University of Glasgow.</div>
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Ana leads a team working on developing solutions that consider unavailability and biases in data as useful sources of data to make inferences about the underlying reasons that caused missingness or biases.</div>
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<b>Prof. Grant McKenzie</b>, Associate Professor of Spatial Data Science, Department of Geography, McGill University in Montreal, Canada.</div>
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Grant leads the Platial Analysis Lab, an interdisciplinary research group that works at the intersection of information science and behavioural geography.</div>
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<b>Prof. Heidi Kuusniemi</b>, Professor in Computer Science, Director of the Digital Economy research platform and the Kvarken Space Center at the University of Vaasa, Finland.</div>
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Heidi¡¯s technical expertise and interests include localization methods, GNSS reliability and resilience, estimation and data fusion, mobile precision positioning and PNT in the new space economy.</div>
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Warm welcome to Finland!</div>
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Prof. Juha Oksanen</div>
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Prof. Henrikki Tenkanen</div>
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Dr. Pyry Kettunen</div>
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and the LBS2025 Local Organizing Committee</div>
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