Institute of Australian Geographers

Call for abstracts is now open until March 31 for AAEE - The Australian Association of Environmental Educators Conference Leading Change: Living for One Planet to be held in Canberra 26-30 September 2010.

Further details can be found at http://www.conferenceco.com.au/aaee/.

The Conference has a particularly strong youth component to create a dialogue for leadership at the interface of the disciplines of Health, Education and Environment on the impacts of environmental change as we consider the second half of the UN Decade for Education for Sustainable Development.

Confirmed speakers include Carmen Lawrence, Tim Flannery, Clive Hamilton and Greg Bourne (CEO World Wildlife Fund).

New Zealand Geographical Society Conference 2010
with the Institute of Australian Geographers (IAG)
5-8 July 2010
Rydges Hotel, Christchurch, New Zealand
Conference website: http://www.nzgs2010.org.nz/

The biennial conference of the New Zealand Geographical Society in conjunction with the Institute of Australian Geographers will be held in Christchurch, New Zealand 5-8 July 2010. Full details about the conference can be found at http://www.nzgs2010.org.nz/ and further information concerning keynote speakers and field trips will be added in due course. The call for panel proposals and individual abstracts on any geographic theme is now open. The conference is open to geographers anywhere in the world and we especially encourage graduate students as well as established faculty to attend and present their work.

Panel proposals

Conference attendees are invited to submit proposals for panels, special sessions or workshops. Once approved by the programme committee, convenors will be responsible for issuing a call for papers and finding speakers. Each approved panel will be given one or two 80 minutes sessions of four speakers per session.

Panel proposals of a maximum of 400 words should be submitted through the conference website at http://www.nzgs2010.org.nz/ no later than 31 January 2010. Early submission is welcome and encouraged.

General abstract submission

Speakers who are not assigned to a specific panel should submit an abstract of 250 words through the conference website at http://www.nzgs2010.org.nz/ and the programme committee will assign the paper to an appropriately themed session. The deadline for submission of abstracts is 1 April 2010.

If you have any questions about the conference programme, please contact Julie Cupples at julie.cupples@canterbury.ac.nz. If you have any questions about registration, the website, accommodation or any other conference-related matter, please contact the conference manager Eddy van Til at eddy@eenz.com.

We look forward to welcoming you in Christchurch in July 2010.

The NZGS2010 Organizing Committee
Department of Geography
University of Canterbury
Christchurch
New Zealand

The IAG Conference Final Program for the Cairns IAG 2009 Conference “Balancing Choices and Effects in a Dynamic World’, James Cook University, Cairns, 28 September - 1 October has been added to the conference website:
http://www.iag.org.au/conferences-events/iag-conference-cairns-2009/
Final Conference Program for IAG 2009 Conference has been posted to conference website..
Note the new URL for the Sunbus company http://www.sunbus.com.au/sit_timetables/cairns/Northern_Suburbs.pdf.

Institute of Australian Geographers Conference 2009 in Cairns

‘Balancing Choices and Effects in a Dynamic World’
Cairns IAG 2009 Conference
James Cook University
Cairns
28 September - 1 October, 2009

The official conference website, with details of the programme and registration, can be found at: http://www.iag.org.au/conferences-events/iag-conference-cairns-2009/

The State of Australian Cities (SOAC) 2009 conference is being jointly hosted by the University of Western Australia, Curtin University of Technology, Murdoch University and Edith Cowan University and will be held at the University of Western Australia.
The Conference will focus on the contemporary and future form and structure of Australian/New Zealand cities in light of the recent global economic downturn and recent political changes at the national level in both countries. The over-arching theme of the
2009 Conference is: CITY GROWTH, SUSTAINABILITY, VITALITY AND VULNERABILITY

Call for Abstracts closes Friday 6 March 2009
Conference Website: http://www.promaco.com.au/2009/soac

The Tenth Asian Urbanization Conference 16-19 August 2009
First call for papers - See conference website for more details http://www.hku.hk/asia2009

The Association of American Geographers invites you to join 8,000 geographers, GIS specialists, and environmental scientists from around the world in Las Vegas for the very latest in research, policy, and applications in geography, sustainability, and GIScience, during our annual conference, to be held March 22-27, 2009.
The program will feature 4,000 presentations by leading scholars and researchers from more than 60 countries, an international networking reception, and exhibitions showcasing recent scholarly publications, advanced geographic technologies, and expanding employment opportunities. Numerous field trips will also explore the rich cultural and physical geography of Las Vegas and the surrounding region.
To register for the meeting or submit a paper, visit www.aag.org/annualmeeting.

The Annual Conference of the IAG was held in Hobart from 29th June to 3rd July, with a total of 198 registered participants. The abstracts of papers presented can be viewed here. Congratulations and thanks to the Conference organisers, Jamie Kirkpatrick and Elaine Stratford, and to their army of helpers for a very successful event.

The 2008 IAG Conference will be held in Hobart from 29 June to 3 July.

The IAG provides modest funding to assist graduate students to attend the national Conference and the IGU Conference.  For details see under Postgraduates.