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TThe Geoinformatics Research Days event is the annual gathering for geoinformatics experts in Finland, which has been arranged by the member universities of the Finnish University Network for Geoinformatics (Fiuginet) for over 10 years.

Traditionally, the Research Days have been a relatively small-scale event with mostly invited programme. However, in 2025 the Geoinformatics Research Days is arranged in in cooperation with Location Based Services 2025 conference. The LBS2025 conference will be held in Dipoli, Otaniemi, on 7-9 May. Because of this cooperation, the 2025 iteration of the Research Days will be held as a one-day event on 6 May, 2025.

The Research Days will act as a pre-event for the LBS2025 conference, and all LBS2025 participants are welcome to join us in the Research Days. Participants of the Research Days are also invited to join the LBS2025 conference (separate registration required, open until April 27th). In addition, the Geoinformatics Research Days 2025 will act as the final event of the Geospatial Challenge Camp 2025.

Event registration#

Register to the event HERE. Registration will be open until May 1st.

Programme#

Tuesday the 6th#

Time Details
08:30
09:00

    Morning coffee for early arrivals
09:00
09:05

    Welcome and opening of the research days
09:05
10:15

    Keynote and the first session

    • Keynote: Understanding functional cross-border regions in Europe from mobilities of people: New Insights from Big Data - Research fellow Olle Järv, University of Helsinki
    • Latest news from the Geoportti research infrastructure - prof. Henrikki Tenkanen, Aalto University
10:15
10:45

    Coffee break

10:45
12:00

    Morning presentations

    • 10:45 - 11:15 Location Innovation Hub - Advancing Geospatial Research - Joonas Jokela, National Land Survey of Finland
    • 11:15 - 11:35 Shoreline migration data from full Landsat collections reveal dramatic coastal changes across the Arctic - Tua Nylen, University of Turku
    • 11:35 - 11:55 Application of large language models in hydrology - Seyed Hosseini, Aalto University
12:00
13:00

    Lunch break
13:00
14:15

    Geospatial Challenge Camp Final Event, part 1

    • 13:00 - 13:15 Welcome to the GCC final event
    • 13:15 - 14:1510+10 minute pitches by the participanting teams
14:15
14:30

    Afternoon coffee break
14:30
16:00

    Geospatial Challenge Camp Final Event, part 2

    • 14:30 - 15:30 10+10 minute pitches by the participanting teams
    • 15:30 - 15:45 How to get ESA research and development funding for geospatial innovations - Miika Kostamo, ESA Phi-Lab
    • 15:45 - 15:55 Presentation of certificates to the participants
    • 15:55 - 16:00 Closing words for the Geoinformatics research days and the geospatial challenge camp
16:00
c. 17:00

    Drinks and networking

Venue#

Event will be held at: Otakaari 1, lecture hall U9 (room U271), Otaniemi, Finland.

Event sponsors#

Contact#

For any inquiries or further information, please contact the fiuginet chairperson, Jussi Nikander.