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                               LoCA 2009
       4th International Symposium on Location and Context Awareness
                    May 7th-8th, 2009. Tokyo, Japan

                  http://loca2009.context-aware.org


	    Early bird registration deadline: March 5th, 2009
        
           Note: lower hotel room price has been negotiated
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LoCA 2009 (May 7-8, Tokyo Japan) is the 4th International Symposium on
Location and Context Awareness, with proceedings published in the LNCS
series by Springer-Verlag. LoCA 2009 is co-located with Pervasive 2009
the Seventh International Conference on Pervasive Computing, which will
be held May 11-14, 2009 in Nara, Japan.

We are pleased to announce that Dr. Shonozaki of Koozyt (PlaceEngine)
will be a Keynote Speaker for LoCA 2009.

The 2009 Symposium on Location and Context Awareness (LoCA) seeks new
and significant research on systems, services, and applications to
detect, interpret and use location and other contextual information.
Context includes physiological, environmental and computational data
whether sensed or inferred. In addition, context includes users' activities,
goals, abilities, preferences, interruptibility, affordances, and surroundings.
With context, we can expect computers to deliver information, services, and
entertainment in a way that maximizes convenience and minimizes intrusion.
Developing awareness involves research in sensing, systems, machine learning,
human computer interaction, and design. 

Online Registration is available at http://loca2009.ucd.ie/registration
The early registration deadline is March 5th, 2009.

Symposium Website:
http://loca2009.context-aware.org

General Chair:     
Thomas Strang, DLR and UIBK

Program Chairs:     
Tanzeem Choudhury, Dartmouth College USA,
Aaron Quigley, University College Dublin Ireland

Publicity Chairs:     
Alexander Varshavsky, AT&T Labs, USA
Ashish Kapoor, Microsoft Research, Redmond USA

Local Chair:     
Koji Suginuma, Sony Corporation, Japan

Important Dates:
27 February 2009       Author Notifications
5 March 2009           Early Registration Deadline
6 March 2009           Camera Ready Copy
7-8 May 2009           Symposium (Tokyo, Japan)

Sincerely,
Alexander Varshavsky <[log in to unmask]>
LoCA 2009 Publicity Chair