2015年3月15日日曜日

Communicating Geography: Deadline Extended, Second Keynote

EUROGEOの情報です。
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Deadline extended 
The deadline for abstracts, workshops, posters has been extended until March 16th. Note, due to several requests the early bird rate has also been extended to this date.  We invite you to submit abstracts for paper presentations and poster sessions from all areas of the discipline and related subjects. See more at: http://www.eurogeography.eu/2015-meeting-and-conference/
Booking accommodation
Special rates have been arrange at the conference venue. To book these please email your reservation to the local organiser Dr Salih Sahin by March 15th 2015. Provide your full name and contact information including cell phone, arrrval and departure dates (number of nights), the type of room and any special requirements. Further information and other accommodation options.
Second Keynote Announced
Prof. Dr. Johann-Bernhard Haversath of Justus-Liebig University Giessen, Germany will be the second keynote presenter at the conference in Ankara in 2015. As a human geographer his interests and presentation will examine Eastern and Central Europe (between Baltic and Black Sea). Professor Haversath also has published in geographical education.
Mapita Workshop
EUROGEO’s new member organization, Mapita, will present a workshop at the Ankara conference. They have been a forerunner in changing public participation practices in urban development contexts and making local resident insight a more integral element in planning processes. Mapita is a Finnish spin-off company from Aalto University's Land Use Planning and Urban Studies research group. Read more about Maptionnaire and explore how to create your own project with its easy-to-use editor at http://mapita.fi/en/
Conference Theme 
The Conference 2015 theme is "Communicating Geography: serving our world" The 2015 EUROGEO Annual Meeting and Conference will be organised in conjunction with and hosted by the Turkish Association of Geographers (TAG), in Ankara on 21-22 May 2015.
An optional field excursion to Cappadocia will take place all day on 23 May 2015. More
Journal: Conference Issue  
The European Journal of Geography (EJG) publishes at least one issue each year on the conference theme, which for 2015 is "Communicating Geography". EJG is an international, peer reviewed open access, free to download publication. The Journal now on Scopus, is based on the European Association of Geographers’ goal to make European Geography a worldwide reference and standard. The deadline for submission of articles for the conference issue (only via the journal web site) is July 15 2015. More