Machine learning and artificial intelligence methods are finding increasingly wider applications in spatial analysis. The Machine Learning and Spatial Analysis with Free Open Source Software (MLSpAnFOSS 2026) conference is a forum where machine learning and spatial analysis specialists who use open-source software can meet. The conference’s purpose extends beyond presenting machine learning and spatial analysis solutions. It also introduces full accessibility to the presented methods and analytical solutions.

CONFERENCE TOPICS

• Machine learning using open-source software

• Big data analysis

• Spatial analysis applications based on freely available data

• Artificial intelligence methods in geospatial analysis

• Natural data analysis using free software

The conference is organized by the Faculty of Forestry at the University of Agriculture in Krakow, the IEEE GRSS Poland Chapter, the IEEE GRSS Austria Chapter, and the OSGeo PL. Dr. Dominika Cywicka is the conference secretary.