The goal of this informal workshop is to bring together researchers and practioners from all fields of pervasive computing and smart systems to discuss recent research directions and future international collaborations.

There is no registration fee, and we do not have sponsors, so you are expected to pay for the activities yourself.

Location

The workshop will take place here: WIAI building, An der Weberei 5, 96047 Bamberg, Germany

It is only a 30min walk along the river from Bambergs old town. We recommend looking for accomodation there.

A list of hotels can be found on the “accomodation” info page of a database conference we organized this March. Maybe you can still negotiate the special rates for University guests:

https://btw2025.gi.de/participation/accommodation

Bamberg is a Unesco heritage site, so we do have many options - and many tourists. Hope you get something nice for an affordable price!

Agenda 

Wednesday, 2025-06-18

The first day is dedicated to discuss future directions in industry and research and identify future collaboration options.

09:30 | Welcome and short research pitches

11:00 | Industry session with Safectory: Present and Future of Privacy-preserving Tracking Solutions

12:30 | Lunch (self-paid)

14:00 | International collaboration: Funding options

14:30 | International collaboration: Discussion of ideas

16:00 | Wrap-up and next steps

19:00 | Dinner (self-paid)

Thursday, 2025-06-19

The second day is a National Holiday in Bavaria. It is dedicated to explore the area and to provide further options for networking opportunities. It is possible to leave after or only join for lunch.

10:00 | Networking excursion 1

12:30 | Lunch (self-paid)

14:30 | Networking excursion 2

Friday, 2025-06-20

(optional)

For researchers staying longer in Bamberg, we can organize further discussions / activities on demand. Please let us know.

How to prepare

When you register, your confirmation email will ask you to prepare the following information:

"To prepare for this workshop, please prepare short presentations (if possible):

• For the morning pitches: 1-2 slides on your research interests and 1 slide with the title: “I want to work on a project that involves …”  (print the last one or send it to me via email - we will put them on a wall)
• For the afternoon session: 1-3 slides on interesting (local) funding options we might use for collaboration. We will also have some input here from our research support department, but maybe you have local options for research or mobility grants that we are not aware of"