The Geographies of Children, Youth and Families Working Group (GCYF-WG) invites proposals for sessions at next year's Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers) Annual International Conference. The conference will be held in London, 28^th-31^st August 2007. The overall theme of the conference is 'Sustainability and Quality of Life'.

 

The GCYF-WG is able to sponsor a number of sessions, both independently and jointly with other research groups.

 

The session format may be any of (or a mixture of):

 

a) Research papers

b) Postgraduate student papers

c) Poster sessions (informal presentations)

d) Work in progress reports / proposals for future projects

e) Panel discussions

f) Practitioner Forums

 

Each proposal should comprise:

1. Abstract/outline of session proposal and the topics or themes it would aim to address (optionally written in the form of a draft Call for Papers)

2. The format of the session (i.e. paper session, poster session, panel discussion, practitioner forum, etc.)

 

Please email proposals for sessions to Larch Maxey ([log in to unmask]) by 20^th October 2006 for review by the GCYF-WG committee.

 

 

Please forward this call to those who may be interested