Conference Notices


Links to conferences which may be of interest to Geographers.

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8th International Conference on Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability
10-12 January 2012, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
http://www.SustainabilityConference.com

8th International Conference on Technology, Knowledge and Society
16-18 January 2012, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
http://www.Technology-Conference.com

6th Australian Stream Management Conference
‘Managing for Extremes’

5-8 February 2012, Canberra
http://www.asm6.org.au

Australasian Housing Researchers’ Conference
“Housing in an Era of Risk and Crisis”

8-10 February 2012, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide
http://www.adelaide.edu.au/churp/ahrc12/

International Conference on Multifunctional Agriculture and Urban-Rural Relations: Agriculture in an Urbanizing Society
1-4 April, 2012, Wageningen, Netherlands
http://www.agricultureinanurbanizingsociety.com/UK/

International Conference ‘Mercator Revisited - Cartography in the Age of Discovery’
25-28 April 2012, Sint-Niklaas, Belgium
http://www.mercatorconference2012.be/

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The 2nd ‘Practical Responses to Climate Change’ conference will be held in Canberra, Australia, at the National Convention Centre from 1 to 3 May 2012. The theme for 2012 is ‘Water and Climate: Policy Implementation Challenges’. The conference will provide a forum for presenting strategies for managing a variable and changing climate through the lens of the water sector. It will be an opportunity for policy makers, engineers, scientists, planners and academics to present, hear, and debate the latest research and practice on water and climate policy implementation challenges in urban, catchment and coastal environments. High profile national and international speakers will be brought together with delegates from around Australia and the world for a series of plenary lectures and contributed papers that will ensure a vibrant and interesting program. Workshops will be included to allow a forum for debate of key issues and also presentation and discussion of the most recent thinking.
Please see the Climate Change 2012 website for further information.

6th Annual International Conference on Sociology
7-10 May 2012, Athens, Greece
http://www.atiner.gr/sociology.htm

International Conference: Innovative Research in a Changing and Challenging World
16-18 May 2012, Puket Thailand
www.auamii.com/conference.html

IGU Commission on Gender and Geography Meeting
23-25 August 2012, Hamburg
http://igugender.socsci.uva.nl/activities.html

32nd International Geographical Congress
26-30 August 2012, Cologne
http://www.igc2012.org

Rural and Remote Resilience: Making the Priorities Possible
24-28 September 2012, Whyalla and Upper Spencer Gulf
www.international-rural-network.org
http://www.nirra.anu.edu.au/news/call-abstracts-rural-and-remote-resilience-making-priorities-possible

2012 New Zealand Geography Conference
6-9 December 2012 Napier, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand
http://www.nzgs.co.nz/component/content/article/59-announcements/229-nzgs-conference-2012