The DEBIAS Workshop and Symposium: Setting standards for bias-adjusted digital mobility data will take place in Liverpool on the 7th and 8th of July 2026. The programme brings together researchers and practitioners working with digital trace data to examine how bias can be measured, understood and corrected in human mobility research. Further information about the event is available in the workshop and symposium announcement.
Day 1: Technical training workshop
Date: 7th of July 2026
Workshop venue: Waterhouse Building, Block J, Large Seminar Room, first floor
Informal networking venue: Pen Factory, 13 Hope Street, Liverpool L1 9BQ
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 14:30–17:00 | Technical training workshop |
| 17:00–19:00 | Informal networking |
Day 2: Symposium
Date: 8th of July 2026
Venue: The Spine, 2 Paddington Village, Liverpool L7 3FA
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 09:30–10:00 | Registration and coffee |
| 10:00–10:15 | Welcome and symposium overview |
| 10:15–10:40 | DEBIAS: framework, evidence and tools |
| 10:40–11:10 | Keynote 1: Prof. Esteban Moro, Northeastern University |
| 11:10–11:30 | Coffee break |
| 11:30–12:30 | Lightning talks I |
| 12:30–13:30 | Lunch |
| 13:30–14:00 | Keynote 2: Damien Jusselme, UN International Organization for Migration |
| 14:00–15:00 | Lightning talks II |
| 15:00–15:20 | Coffee break |
| 15:20–16:40 | Structured discussion: measuring and correcting bias in practice |
| 16:40–17:00 | Closing reflections and next steps |
Lightning talks I
- Xianghui Zhang — University of Liverpool, UK
- Andrew Renninger — University of Glasgow, UK
- Ciro Beneduce — Mobile and Social Computing Lab, Bruno Kessler Foundation, Italy
- Massimiliano Luca — Mobile and Social Computing Lab, Bruno Kessler Foundation, Italy
- Yuanxuan Yang — University of Leeds, UK
- Anirudh Govind — KU Leuven, Belgium
- Lenka Hasova — University of Bristol, UK
- Mohamed Shamroukh — Loughborough University, UK
- Paolo Andrich — University of Oxford, UK
- Hongyi Zou — University of Canterbury, New Zealand
Lightning talks II
- Ana Belén Marín Valverde — National Statistics Institute (INE), Spain
- Paul Blanchard — World Bank, France
- Yuan Liao — Chalmers University, Sweden
- Roland Hosner — Flowminder, Austria
- Wenlan Zhang — University College London, UK
- Daniela Perrotta — Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Germany
- Qianwen Duan — University of Southampton, UK
- Samuel Benkimoun — Université de Rouen, France
- Trivik Verma — Loughborough University, UK
- Ekta Aggarwal — University of Southampton, UK
- Antonio Desiderio — ISI Foundation, Italy
Venue map
The interactive map shows the workshop, networking and symposium venues.