Dear Colleagues,

 

This is the final call from the Urban Geography Research Group for sessions for the RGS-IBG ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE 2008 which will take place in LONDON, 27-29 AUGUST 2008.

 

The chair of the 2008 conference is Professor **Noel Castree** (Manchester University). The theme of the Conference is 'GEOGRAPHIES THAT MATTER' and priority will be given to sessions that relate to the conference theme.

 

As you may know, arrangements for the submission of session proposals are a little different this year.

 

Individuals or groups who would like to propose a session for UGRG sponsorship should submit a PROPOSAL PACK to Dr Mags Adams [log in to unmask] by 2pm on FEBRUARY 1ST 2008. To be considered for sponsorship, the Pack must contain the following:

 

• Session title and abstract (max 400 words)
• Name(s) and affiliation(s) of session convenor(s)
• Full list of Papers to be included in the session
• Paper titles, and name(s) and affiliation(s) of author(s)
• Abstracts (c 200 words) for each Paper

 

Sessions will be 1 hour 40 minutes in length but the format is flexible, e.g. contributed papers, poster sessions, panel discussions and practitioner forums. It is expected that most sessions will contain five x 20 minute papers (with time included in each for questions) or four x 20 minute papers with discussion / questions at the end.

 

SESSION CONVENORS ARE ENCOURAGED TO PUT OUT A CALL FOR PAPERS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE SO AS TO BE ABLE TO FORWARD A COMPLETE LIST OF AUTHORS/PAPERS FOR THEIR SESSION TO THE UGRG BY THE 1ST FEBRUARY DEADLINE. 

 

Convenors will be notified as to whether or not their session has been sponsored after the meeting of the UGRG committee on 8th February. 

Any sessions not sponsored by us can be submitted directly to the RGS by the session proposer as an Independent Organiser by 22nd February.

 

Research group sponsorship provides promotion for your session, and can help manage timetabling clashes for parallel sessions. It also enables you to bid for money for Research Group guests (who may be speakers in your session). UGRG are able to sponsor 7 sessions (with sessions submitted jointly to other research groups counting as only 0.5 of the quota) and encourage submissions that are innovative and exciting and that connect the conference theme to the aims of the Urban Geography Research Group (http://www.urban-geography.org.uk/).

 

Dr Mags Adams

Senior Research Fellow

Acoustics Research Centre

Newton Building

University of Salford

Salford M5 4WT

 

Tel: +44 (0)161 295 4599

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