The steering committee members of the Task Force on Young and Early Career Geographers, International Geographical Union (IGU) aims to develop a community of early career geographers who are able to support and learn from each other. The Task Force also aims to represent the interests of young and early career geographers at the IGU. [...]
THE 8th INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM on GEOGRAPHY ”Landscapes: Perception, Knowledge, Awareness and Action” 24-26 June 2016 in Bucharest and Geoagiu-Bai, Romania Please find more information and register online: www.geosymposiumlandscapes.ro The papers will be published in Proceedings Landscapes: Perception, Knowledge, Awareness and Action, Addleton Academics Publishers, New York, U.S.A. (http://addletonacademicpublishers.com/images/stories/2012.pdf ). The Proceedings book is recorded in Library [...]
The Athens Institute for Education and Research (ATINER), a world association of academics and researchers, organizes its 6th Annual International Conference on Urban Studies & Planning, 6-9 June 2016, Athens, Greece. Call for papers Please submit a 300-word abstract before 4 April 2016, by email (atiner@atiner.com), addressed to Dr. Nicholas N. Patricios, Director, Engineering & [...]
The “Joint 3D Athens Conference 2016” is to be held in Athens, Greece The conference includes: the “11th International 3D GeoInfo Conference” (20-21 October 2016) the “5th International FIG 3D Cadastre Workshop” (18-20 October 2016) a 3D Indoor Workshop (19 October 2016) More information can be found on the 3D Athens Conference website or on the [...]
February 17-19, 2017, Grainau, Germany 38th Annual Conference of the Association for Canadian Studies in German-speaking Countries Canada, over the last several decades, has become not only a highly urbanized country but, in fact, “an overwhelmingly suburban nation” (Bourne 1991: 25, emphasis added). There is little doubt that Canada’s urban experience in the early part [...]
IGU Commission C12.29. Marginalization, Globalization and Regional and Local Responses is hosting a conference in Slovenia (Ljubjana, Koper, Maribor) from 1st to 5th September, 2016. The hosting institution is University of Primorska together with two other Slovenian public universities. The conference will start at the University of Ljubljana with the organizational help of the Department of [...]
Nominations and applications are invited for the position of Director of the School of Planning in the Faculty of Environment, at the University of Waterloo. Located in southern Ontario, Waterloo Region is globally recognized for the high quality of life it offers, blending rural traditions with a dynamic high-tech knowledge sector, fueling a socio-economic and [...]
The Commission on the Mediterranean Basin will hold its annual conference in Manavgat Antalya, Turkey June 1-5, 2016. What better location than Turkey to discuss the relationship between Climate change and impacts on Mediterranean area, with a special emphasis on vulnerable groups, human activities, adaptation and the future of governance. The Antalya Conference will be [...]
Makerere University through the department of Geography, Geoinformatics & climatic Sciences is leading the organization of the above named conference that will take place between 24th and 28th October 2016 in Kampala Uganda. Theme; Our earth, our heritage: Harnessing Geo-spatial Technologies for sustainable development in Africa. Important dates: Submission of abstracts deadline - 31 May [...]
The International Geographical Union (IGU) announces the availability of travel grants to help defray the costs of participation in the 33rd International Geographical Congress, 21 - 25 August 2016 in Beijing, China. Please note that, due to limited availability of funds, the IGU Travel Grants provide only a partial contribution to registration, transport and accommodation. A maximum of US$1000 [...]
