Laboratory of Geoinformatics - LabGeo

Θα θέλαμε να σας προσκαλέσουμε να συμμετάσχετε στο θερινό σχολείο EuroXR Summer School 2026, το οποίο θα πραγματοποιηθεί από 22 έως 26 Ιουνίου 2026 στο Aristotle University Of Thessaloniki.

Το θερινό σχολείο διοργανώνεται στο πλαίσιο του ευρωπαϊκού έργου Alliance4XR από το Laboratory of Geoinformatics - LabGeo | Aristotle University Of Thessaloniki και προσφέρει μια μοναδική ευκαιρία γνωριμίας με τον ταχέως αναπτυσσόμενο χώρο της Εκτεταμένης Πραγματικότητας - Extended Reality (XR), μέσα από:

* πρακτικά εργαστήρια και hands-on δραστηριότητες,
* διαλέξεις από διεθνώς αναγνωρισμένους ειδικούς,
* εφαρμογές XR σε πραγματικά σενάρια,
* ευκαιρίες δικτύωσης και συνεργασίας με φοιτητές, ερευνητές και επαγγελματίες από όλη την Ευρώπη.

Το πρόγραμμα απευθύνεται σε φοιτήτριες και φοιτητές, ερευνήτριες και ερευνητές, και επαγγελματίες που ενδιαφέρονται για τις τεχνολογίες επαυξημένης, εικονικής και μικτής πραγματικότητας, την καινοτομία και τις σύγχρονες ψηφιακές εφαρμογές.

📍Τοποθεσία: Αριστοτέλειο Πανεπιστήμιο Θεσσαλονίκης, Κέντρο Διάδοσης Ερευνητικών Αποτελεσμάτων - ΚΕ.Δ.Ε.Α.
📅 Ημερομηνίες: 22-26 Ιουνίου 2026

Περισσότερες πληροφορίες και δηλώσεις συμμετοχής είναι διαθέσιμες στον ακόλουθο σύνδεσμο: https://summerschool.euroxr.org

R-Map: Policy Workshop for Remote Work in Thessaloniki

On 21 May, Aristotle University Of Thessaloniki hosted a Policy workshop as part of the EU-funded R-MAP Project EU, which is coordinated by Laboratory of Geoinformatics - LabGeo. The aim of the workshop was to explore, in an open way, solutions to address the different challenges or opportunities that arise in the regional unit of Thessaloniki due to remote work, and to suggest measures and policies for mitigating the adverse effects of this.

Through participatory cooperation, several stakeholders and experts from Thessaloniki (e.g. academics, urban planners, local authorities, representatives of businesses, etc.) had fruitful discussions that led to actionable policy solutions, which were based on how feasible and impactful they would be in lowering the urban-rural divide in Thessaloniki over the next 5-10 years.
Many thanks to all our participants for their time and efforts.

Learn more about R-Map: https://r-map.eu/

Explore the future of AI-powered education with the ARTIFIGEN Platform and Coaching Development Toolkit!

We invite you to test and evaluate the ARTIFIGEN Platform and discover the potential of chatbots in educational environments.

Through the Coaching Toolkit Development course (https://artifigen.eu/courses/coaching-development-toolkit/) and handbook (https://artifigen.eu/sdc_download/9350/?key=c8n1l7tqf2bcsjjz7sgl144vpnayfe), participants will have the opportunity to explore topics such as prompt , of AI-powered solutions, critical of AI-generated information, practical for using advanced language models, and more.

The ARTIFIGEN Platform (https://www.artifigen.info/sign_in) offers an innovative online environment for chatbot consultation, together with training materials designed to support learning, research, and professional development. After exploring the platform and interacting with the chatbots, we kindly invite you to share your feedback through our online survey (https://forms.office.com/e/QM0TrciDYd). Your anonymous input is extremely valuable and will help us refine the final version of the platform according to real user needs, expectations, and future opportunities.

Participation is open to everyone, especially students, researchers, academics, professionals, business representatives, and NGO members.

Join us in shaping innovative AI tools for education and professional practice across Europe through the Erasmus+ ARTIFIGEN project (https://artifigen.eu/). ARTIFIGEN is an Erasmus+ initiative designed to bridge everyday AI use with education and training. As digital learning evolves, the project empowers educators, learners, and stakeholders to use AI chatbots in a responsible, ethical, and user-friendly way.

As Laboratory of Geoinformatics - LabGeo | Aristotle University Of Thessaloniki, we were delighted to participate in the joint symposium “Remote Work in Europe: Evidence, Impacts, Policy” held in Mannheim, Germany. The event brought together the three Horizon Europe sister projects - R-MAP Project EU, Remaking_eu, and WinWin4WorkLife - to share knowledge, exchange insights, and explore ideas shaping the future of remote work across Europe.

The symposium highlighted mid-term findings on how remote working arrangements are influencing businesses, workers, regions, and policymaking. A common objective unites these efforts: to deepen understanding of remote work trends and support the development of more effective, forward-looking EU policies that benefit citizens and society as a whole.

A big thank you to the organisers and all participants for the engaging discussions and valuable exchange of perspectives.

We’re launching the Alliance4XR Network 🚀

As part of the consortium of the Alliance4XR project, after developing the core results of the project, we are now building a community to bring them into real use, connecting professionals, educators, and organisations working with and .

If you’re interested in exploring opportunities, solutions, or simply staying with what’s happening in XR and education, you’re very welcome to join.

👉 Join the network here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScetjXGaG6bcx1KUP5AKm8rfia6irpBFK6VfoPfTNaPZ2vlCA/viewform
Deadline 6 May

Learn more about Alliance4XR - https://alliance4xr.eu/

Σας ευχόμαστε Καλό Πάσχα με υγεία, χαρά και αισιοδοξία! 🌷

Στο Laboratory of Geoinformatics - LabGeo, η περίοδος αυτή της ανανέωσης μάς υπενθυμίζει τη σημασία της καινοτομίας, της συνεργασίας και της συνεχούς εξέλιξης για τη διαμόρφωση ενός πιο βιώσιμου και ανθεκτικού μέλλοντος.

Καλό Πάσχα σε εσάς και τους αγαπημένους σας! 🐣✨

We are proud to announce that the Laboratory of Geoinformatics - LabGeo | Aristotle University Of Thessaloniki is contributing to the INNOVADE project as part of AUTH’s participation through the Hop-On facility.

Together with the Datalab - Data and Web Science Lab, we join a dynamic consortium working to strengthen across Europe. With AUTH’s involvement, Thessaloniki becomes the third pilot municipality of INNOVADE, alongside Geel and San Martín de la Vega.

Our laboratory will support the project by leveraging expertise in geoinformatics and citizen science, contributing to the testing and scaling of the INNOVADE Digital Democracy App within a complex urban environment.

INNOVADE is also advancing cutting-edge AI-driven tools, including DemocratAIze and DemocraSeek, designed to foster more inclusive, informed, and accessible democratic participation.

We would like to thank the INNOVADE consortium for the collaboration and the opportunity to contribute to this important initiative.

🔗 Read more: https://innovade-democracy.eu/news/innovade-scales-new-partnership-ai-driven-democracy-tools-and-citizen-science

🌍 5th R-MAP Project EU meeting in Milan!

On 10 March, the R-MAP Project EU consortium, in which Laboratory of Geoinformatics - LabGeo | Aristotle University Of Thessaloniki is the project coordinator, came together at SDA Bocconi School of Management to reflect on our progress over the past two years and discuss the next steps as the project enters its third and final year.

During the meeting, the project partners had the opportunity to present their achievements and progress, focusing on:
· Development and continuous improvement of the R-Map platform, an interactive platform that visualizes regional patterns and spatial impacts of remote work to support evidence-based exploration and comparison.
· The six urban and rural use cases (Thessaloniki, Istanbul, Milan, Surrey, Rheintal-Bodenseegebiet and Twente-Münsterland), for which thorough diagnoses were conducted in these areas through literature reviews, expert interviews and regional surveys involving over 1,000 respondents each, in order to identify the key remote working phenomena and the key local factors influencing them.
· The organisation of policy workshops to be held in the six regions over the next few months to help us structure coherent and clear policy recommendations.
· Strengthening our collaboration with our sister project Remaking_eu, and our synergistic SECreTour Horizon EU Project sharing interesting insights.

A heartfelt thank you to SDA Bocconi School of Management for hosting us and to all partners for their commitment.

👉 Learn more or get involved: r-map.eu

🌍 Laboratory of Geoinformatics - LabGeo | Aristotle University Of Thessaloniki participated in the 1st General Assembly Meeting of the FARM360TECH project in Tenerife, Spain, bringing together partners to review progress, align strategies, and plan the next steps of this innovative initiative.

📘 FARM360TECH focuses on advancing digital technologies for and agriculture, integrating , , and pilot applications to support modern farming ecosystems and strengthen collaboration between research, industry, and stakeholders.

🛠️ During the two-day meeting, partners discussed the current status of the project across work packages, while thematic focus groups addressed key topics such as use cases and pilot validation, technical integration and AI systems, project impact and exploitation, and management and financial coordination.

🌱 The agenda also included on-site demonstrations of project solutions, giving partners the opportunity to experience real-world pilot environments and explore how FARM360TECH technologies are applied in agricultural settings.

🤝 Meetings like this are essential for strengthening collaboration across the consortium, ensuring that our collective efforts continue to drive innovation, sustainability, and digital transformation in agriculture.

R-Map: Delphi and Forecasting Workshop for Remote Work in Thessaloniki

On 12 February, Aristotle University Of Thessaloniki hosted a Delphi and Forecasting workshop as part of the EU-funded R-MAP Project EU, which is coordinated by Laboratory of Geoinformatics. The workshop aimed to forecast how remote work may reshape the regional unit of Thessaloniki and to co-create future scenarios that explore how remote work affects the region from a socio-economic and spatial point of view over the next 5 to 10 years.

Thanks to valuable contributions and discussions with stakeholders and experts from the public and private sectors, several future scenarios were developed and the groundwork was laid for forward-looking policy discussions to be conducted in the next stages of the project.

A big thank you to all our participants for their time and efforts.

Learn more about R-Map: https://r-map.eu/