Following the energy, innovation and strong collaboration of our first JackDaw Code Camp in Prague, the PoliRuralPlus consortium is delighted to invite you to the next in-person development sprint - this time in Poznań, Poland!

Hosted by Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center, the upcoming PoliRuralPlus JackDaw Code Camp will bring together developers, researchers and regional innovation experts to accelerate the engineering roadmap of the JackDaw GeoLLM platform.

Building on the momentum from Prague

The first JackDaw Code Camp, held in Prague (13–15 January 2026), set the foundation for collaborative development of tool-using GeoLLMs within PoliRuralPlus. You can revisit the highlights from Prague here:

In Prague, participants worked hands-on with:

  • Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines
  • GeoRAG workflows combining spatial filtering and semantic reasoning
  • Early implementations of Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers
  • Evaluation artefacts for traceable, evidence-grounded AI

What to expect in Poznań

The Poznań Code Camp is designed as a focused, engineering-driven sprint to advance the JackDaw GeoLLM platform — PoliRuralPlus’ infrastructure for integrating large language models with authoritative geospatial data and services.

Core work streams

  • MCP Server Development
    Expose authoritative datasets and geospatial services as machine-actionable tools.
  • GeoRAG Integration
    Strengthen RAG pipelines with spatial constraints, metadata-driven discovery and transparent tool invocation.
  • Reference Workflows & Evaluation
    Extend test cases, baselines, and traceability mechanisms for trustworthy AI-supported rural-urban policy intelligence.

Participants will work in small teams supported by core developers, delivering:

  • MCP server implementations
  • Data connectors and ingestion scripts
  • Embedding and indexing components
  • Example agents and workflows
  • Concise technical documentation for reuse

All outputs will directly contribute to PoliRuralPlus deliverables and aligned European initiatives.

Why this matters for rural–urban development

JackDaw operationalises GeoLLMs that are:

  • Evidence-grounded
  • Spatially aware
  • Transparent and traceable
  • Designed for policy intelligence and regional foresight

By strengthening the technical backbone of PoliRuralPlus, the Poznań Code Camp directly supports more sustainable, balanced and inclusive rural–urban development across pilot regions.

Registration & participation

Registration is required due to capacity limits.

INVITATION

For further information, please contact:

  • Karel Charvát (charvat@ccss.cz)
  • Raul Palma (rpalma@man.poznan.pl)

We look forward to welcoming you in Poznań and continuing this journey together.