Please note the forthcoming Institute of Australian Geographers Annual Conference 2011, to be held at the University of Wollongong next July. Look forward to seeing you there.
Regards
Leah Gibbs
Lecturer
School of Earth & Environmental Sciences
University of Wollongong
Australia
‘Geography on the edge’
Institute of Australian Geographers Annual Conference 2011
University of Wollongong
Wollongong
3rd-6th July, 2011
The School of Earth & Environmental Sciences invites you to attend the 2011 Institute of Australian Geographers Conference in Wollongong. This is the first time since 1975 our annual conference will be held in Wollongong, in the Illawarra region – an hour and half from Sydney on the NSW south coast. We are working hard to ensure that all delegates enjoy their experience in this place, and have the chance to encounter its dynamic natural and cultural landscapes. The conference will be held in the beautiful bushland setting of the University of Wollongong campus. Good accommodation, dining, beaches and entertainment are all available in central Wollongong (about 3km away), linked by our city’s system of free public shuttle buses.
Our conference theme ‘Geography on the edge’ reflects our location at the dramatic perimeter of a continent, but also our desire to organise an integrated conference that connects and generates conversations across parts of the discipline. It will be a wonderful opportunity for all of us to meet, explore cutting-edge research in Geography, and reflect on the significance of geographical research beyond the academy. We are poised at the tip of momentous change globally, a shift which is as much about social and economic transformation as it is about environmental change. What contributions can, and should, we as geographers in Australia and beyond, be making to these transformations?
The conference website is now open at the following link, and will be updated regularly. Registrations will open on December 1, 2010.
http://www.uow.edu.au/conferences/2011/iag/index.htm
The call for themed sessions is now open, due to Chris Gibson ([log in to unmask]) by January 31, 2011.
The organizing committee look forward to welcoming you to Wollongong in July 2011.
With best wishes
Lesley Head (Chair, Organising Committee)
Colin Murray-Wallace (Head of School)
Chris Gibson (Chair, Academic Program)
on behalf of the committee
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