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2026-04-29

PLATIAL'26 tudományos konferencia Salzburgban (2026.09.16-18)

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https://platial26.platialscience.net 

Elérhetőek a korábbi PLATIAL konferenciák előadáskötetei: 

https://platialscience.net/proceedings-of-platial23
https://platialscience.net/proceedings-of-platial21
https://platialscience.net/proceedings-of-platial19
https://platialscience.net/proceedings-of-platial18 

Forrás: az AGILE levelezőkörben érkezett figyelemfelhívás Simon Schneidertől: 

"Dear all,

The Fifth International PLATIAL'26 Symposium will take place in Salzburg, Austria, on 16-18 September 2026! The event aims to put forward the notion of place in geographical information science. The symposium accepts short paper submissions, which will be published with separate DOIs online in high-quality proceedings. In addition, submitting proposals for 1-2-hours mini workshops is encouraged.

Best wishes,
Simon

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'26 Symposium on Platial Information Science

Motto: Platial information practices between idealization, cliché, and
        stigmatization

16-18 September 2026
Salzburg, Austria

Short Papers (3-5 pages)
Mini Workshops (1-2-hours each)
Submission Deadline: 29 May 2026

Confirmed keynote by Alice Butler-Warke (see below for details)

https://platial26.platialscience.net/

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# PLATIAL'26 Symposium on Platial Information Science

Places can be experienced and conceptualized in very different ways.
Personal preferences and behavioural patterns, recurring misunderstandings, and varying influences from institutionalized interests are only some of the reasons for this variation. Not only exist significant differences between places but also in how they are represented. Places are commonly idealized to attract tourists, films frequently reimagine places, faraway places are subject to becoming clichés, and social hotspots are often stigmatized. Salzburg - where
PLATIAL'26 will take place - is a prime example of such a place. Loved by tourists, experienced as a place of everyday living and working, and having been subject to an eventful history, Salzburg is often portrayed as a cliché in North American films and idealized in tourist guides due to its Alpine location. Such distortions are not exceptions but the rule when it comes to the communication of place.

PLATIAL'26 invites researchers from a wide range of disciplines to explore the various facets inherent to place and platial information.
Among other aspects (see below), our chosen theme particularly invites submissions on differences in place perception, forms of place representation in media and art, and ways in which such representations can be unintentionally or deliberately distorted. Submitted research may concern both fundamental, theoretical considerations as well as methodological advances and practical examples.

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

* Which approaches of place representation exist in different fields,
   and how can these be integrated?
* 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 visualized, 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 geographical
   information science, geography, the (non)digital humanities,
   philosophy, planning, and cognate fields?

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

## IMPORTANT DATES

29 May 2026           Submission deadline for both short papers and
                       mini workshops
16-18 September 2026  PLATIAL'26 Symposium

## VENUE

University of Salzburg, Austria

## 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'26 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:
   https://platialscience.net/overleaf26
Submission of your paper (i.e., the PDF) should be done via EasyChair:
   https://platialscience.net/submission26
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:
   https://platialscience.net/word26
Please note, however, that this format entails a higher downstream
(unpaid) editorial effort for both authors and organizers, as ultimately all contributions are to appear in a single collected volume. Submissions using our LaTeX template are therefore strongly encouraged.

### MINI WORKSHOPS

PLATIAL'26 offers the innovative format of mini workshops. Being concise and to the point, these will allow peers to discuss specialized 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, organized, 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 mail@platialscience.net by 29 May. You may want to get in touch with the organizers 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:
https://platialscience.net/proceedings-of-platial23
https://platialscience.net/proceedings-of-platial21
https://platialscience.net/proceedings-of-platial19
https://platialscience.net/proceedings-of-platial18

## HOW TO REGISTER?

Please find information on the registration procedure as well as further information about the event online:
   https://platial26.platialscience.net/

## KEYNOTES

Naming, shaming and blaming: the formation and production of place-based stigma Alice Butler-Warke  (University of Reading, UK)

Where culture takes place - perspectives from cultural geo-analytics Andrea Ballatore  (King's College London, UK)

## PROGRAMME COMMITTEE

* Andrea Ballatore  (King's College London, UK)
* Thomas Blaschke  (University of Salzburg, Austria)
* Susanne Bleisch  (FHNW, Switzerland)
* Dirk Burghardt  (TU Dresden, Germany)
* Rachel Franklin  (Harvard University, US)
* Michael F Goodchild  (University of California Santa Barbara, US)
* 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)
* Thora Tenbrink  (Bangor University, UK)
* Cosima Werner  (Kiel University, Germany)

## PROGRAMME COMMITTEE

The programme committee will be announced at a later date.

## FOLLOW US

LinkedIn:  @PLATIAL'X
Bluesky:   @platialx.bsky.social
Mastodon:  @platial_x@mastodon.social

## SYMPOSIUM CONVENORS

Franz-Benjamin Mocnik
University of Salzburg, Austria
franz-benjamin.mocnik@plus.ac.at

René Westerholt
TU Dortmund University, Germany
rene.westerholt@tu-dortmund.de

Do not hesitate to post your questions to mail@platialscience.net.

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