[apologize for cross-posting] Dear Colleagues, A gentle reminder regarding the initiative of developing an LBS research agenda <http://lbs.icaci.org/research-agenda/>. The deadline for one paragraph proposals of "big problems" in LBS is due on 5 August 2016 (in three days). Please submit your one paragraph contribution here <http://cartography.tuwien.ac.at/limesurvey/index.php/863315/lang-en>. Look forward to your submission. Have a nice holiday. Best, Haosheng Huang On 15/07/16 17:16, Haosheng Huang wrote: > [apologize for cross-posting] > > Dear colleagues, > > The ICA LBS Commission is starting an initiative to develop a > cross-cutting research agenda for the field of Location-Based Services > (LBS) <http://lbs.icaci.org/research-agenda/>. As a first step, we > invite everyone to write a one paragraph proposal to describe what > she/he believes are the “big problems” that should be addressed to > bring LBS research into a higher level. > > Please note that the deadline for one paragraph proposals of “big > problems” in LBS has been just extended to *5 August 2016*. Please > submit your contribution here > <http://cartography.tuwien.ac.at/limesurvey/index.php/863315/lang-en>. > > Look forward to your contributions. > > Best, > Haosheng Huang, Georg Gartner, Jukka Krisp > > -------- Forwarded Message -------- > > > > Dear Colleagues, > > The ICA Commission on Location-Based Services <http://lbs.icaci.org/> > is currently starting an initiative to develop a cross-cutting > research agenda for the field of Location-Based Services (LBS), aiming > to identify key research questions and challenges that are essential > for the LBS development in the next 5 or 10 years. > > *The details of the initiative are available here at:* > http://lbs.icaci.org/research-agenda/ > > As a first step in this process, we invite all interested parties to > write a one paragraph proposal to describe what they believe are the > “big problems” that should be addressed to bring LBS research into a > higher level. > > The commission chairs together with several invited experts will then > examine, classify, and group these proposals, and provide a first list > of "key problems". The list will be circulated to the LBS research > community, and we will then invite everyone to write a one-page > position paper to further develop cross-cutting research directions > and plans toward these “key problems”. > > *Important Dates:* > > * *15 July 2016,* deadline for one paragraph proposals of "big > problems" in LBS. Please submit your proposal here > <http://cartography.tuwien.ac.at/limesurvey/index.php/863315/lang-en>. > * *20 August 2016,* publication of the selected "key problems" on > the commission website > * *1 October 2016,* deadline for expression of interest in writing a > one-page position paper > * *1 November 2016,* deadline for one-page position papers > > We are exploring the possibility of having a workshop, preceding the > LBS 2016 in Vienna, <http://lbsconference.org/> to discuss these > position papers and the cross-cutting research directions. > > Please feel free to distribute the information to your network and > contacts. Everyone is invited to join and contribute! > > We are looking forward to your one-paragraph proposal by 15 July 2016! > > Best, > Haosheng Huang, Georg Gartner, Jukka Krisp > -- > Haosheng HUANG, Ph.D. > > Geographic Information Science (GIS) > Department of Geography, University of Zurich > http://www.geo.uzh.ch/~hhuang > > Chair, ICA Commission on Location-based Services > http://lbs.icaci.org > > //LBS 2016,http://lbs2016.org --------------------------------------------------------------- For news of CHI books, courses & software, join CHI-RESOURCES mailto: [log in to unmask] To unsubscribe from CHI-ANNOUNCEMENTS send an email to mailto:[log in to unmask] For further details of CHI lists see http://listserv.acm.org ---------------------------------------------------------------