SCOPE
The International Conference on Geographical Information Systems Theory, Applications and Management aims at creating a meeting point of researchers and practitioners that address new challenges in geo-spatial data sensing, observation, representation, processing, visualization, sharing and managing, in all aspects concerning both information communication and technologies (ICT) as well as management information systems and knowledge-based systems. The conference welcomes original papers of either practical or theoretical nature, presenting research or applications, of specialized or interdisciplinary nature, addressing any aspect of geographic information systems and technologies.

CONFERENCE AREAS
Each of these topic areas is expanded below but the sub-topics list is not exhaustive. Papers may address one or more of the listed sub-topics, although authors should not feel limited by them. Unlisted but related sub-topics are also acceptable, provided they fit in one of the following main topic areas:

1. DATA ACQUISITION AND PROCESSING

2. REMOTE SENSING

3. MODELING, REPRESENTATION AND VISUALIZATION

4. KNOWLEDGE EXTRACTION AND MANAGEMENT

5. DOMAIN APPLICATIONS

KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Ioannis Manakos, Information Technologies Institute, Centre for Research and Technology Hellas, Greece

PAPER SUBMISSION
Authors can submit their work in the form of a complete paper or an abstract. Complete papers can be submitted as a Regular Paper, representing completed and validated research, or as a Position Paper, portraying a short report of work in progress or an arguable opinion about an issue discussing ideas, facts, situations, methods, procedures or results of scientific research focused on one of the conference topic areas.

Authors should submit a paper in English, carefully checked for correct grammar and spelling, addressing one or several of the conference areas or topics. Each paper should clearly indicate the nature of its technical/scientific contribution, and the problems, domains or environments to which it is applicable. To facilitate the double-blind paper evaluation method, authors are kindly requested to produce and provide the paper WITHOUT any reference to any of the authors, including the authors’ personal details, the acknowledgments section of the paper and any other reference that may disclose the authors’ identity.

When submitting a complete paper please note that only original papers should be submitted. Authors are advised to read INSTICC's ethical norms regarding plagiarism and self-plagiarism thoroughly before submitting and must make sure that their submissions do not substantially overlap work whichhas been published elsewhere or simultaneously submitted to a journal or another conference with proceedings. Papers that contain any form of plagiarism will be rejected without reviews.

All papers must be submitted through the online submission platform PRIMORIS and should follow the instructions and templates that can be found under Guidelines and Templates. After the paper submission has been successfully completed, authors will receive an automatic confirmation e-mail.

IMPORTANT DATES
Conference Date: 23 - 25 April, 2021

Regular Papers
Paper Submission: November 30, 2020
Authors Notification: February 5, 2021
Camera Ready and Registration: February 22, 2021

Position Papers
Paper Submission: January 19, 2021
Authors Notification: February 24, 2021
Camera Ready and Registration: March 9, 2021

Workshops
Workshop Proposal: December 18, 2020
Doctoral Consortium
Paper Submission: March 2, 2021
Authors Notification: March 15, 2021
Camera Ready and Registration: March 23, 2021

Special Sessions
Special Session Proposal: December 18, 2020
Paper Submission: February 24, 2021
Authors Notification: March 10, 2021
Camera Ready and Registration: March 18, 2021

Tutorials
Tutorial Proposal: March 15, 2021

Demos
Demo Proposal: March 15, 2021

Panels
Panel Proposal: March 15, 2021

Abstracts
Paper Submission: March 2, 2021
Authors Notification: March 15, 2021
Camera Ready and Registration: March 23, 2021