Lounaistieto and the University of Turku are organising the Geomob Finland event in Turku on 9 April. The informal event will showcase ideas and innovations related to location data and networking on the topic.

Whether you're a GIS professional, developer, startup founder, or just curious about location-based technologies, Geomob is the place to be! The event will also serve as an after-party for the Aluetietofoorumi event. All presentations will be in English.

Register as soon as possible by clicking on this link. Please note that Geomob is also a networking event, so it is not possible to attend remotely. Snacks and drinks will be provided.

When and where?

• Tuesday, 9 April in the afternoon at 16–18
• SparkUp premises (Tykistökatu 4, Turku)

Agenda

• Doors open at 16:00 for set up and general mingling over a glass of wine
• At 16:30 we begin the talks with a very brief introduction
• Each speaker will have slides and speak for 10-15 minutes. After each talk there will be time for 2–3 questions.
• We vote by show of hands for the best speaker. The winner will receive best speaker prize and unending glory (see the full list of all past winners).

Speakers

• Meri Malmari, Gispo Oy: Planning for rainy days – optimizing school calendars with precipitation data and QGIS
• Iiro Seppä, University of Turku: Viability of deep learning computer vision for solo projects. Case example of map processing historical Finnish Basic maps
• Arttu Koskinen, The Regional Council of Southwest Finland: Green infrastructure – regional scales, local impacts
• Msilikale Msilanga, University of Turku: Combining Geospatial Technologies and Local Talent to Empower Communities and Foster Resilience, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
• Jere Sipponen, City of Turku: NIMBY! How e-scooters challenge cities planning processes and what we can do?

The organisers

The event is organised by Location Innovation Hub's regional partners Lounaistieto and the University of Turku.

• Register for the event here by 5 April
• More information about the event: Cooperation Coordinator Maiju Kähärä, Lounaistieto
• More information about the Geomob concept: thegeomob.com
• Read about the previous Geomob Finland event: Geospatial enthusiasts gathered at the world’s northernmost Geomob in Oulu
• The best speaker of the last Geomob Finland, Miika Sikala from Biila, was interviewed for the Geomob podcast. Listen to the episode on the Geomob website.