The Planning and Environment Research Group (PERG) is offering sponsorship for sessions for the RGS-IBG Annual International Conference 2013..

The theme of the conference is 'new geographical frontiers' and will be chaired by Jonathan Rigg. The conference will be held at RGS-IBG in London, from 28-30th August 2013. Further information is available on the conference website: http://www.rgs.org/WhatsOn/ConferencesAndSeminars/Annual+International+Conference/Annual+international+conference.htm

We would like to invite proposals for sessions that relate to the conference theme and to PERG's work. Research group sponsorship can assist in ensuring a wider audience for the session, and in scheduling sessions to minimise clashes. Potential themes for sessions might include:

· The pedagogy of climate change and frontiers of teaching

· Green economy

· Planning in austere times

· Risk and resilience

· Infrastructure provision and planning

· The politics of devolution and localism

Please send proposals for PERG-sponsored sessions to Emma Street by 17th December 2012: [log in to unmask].

Proposals such be a max of 500 words, and include the session title, abstract, format and name(s) and affiliation(s) of organiser(s). PERG encourages the submission of innovative session formats.

For further guidance on session formats see:http://www.rgs.org/WhatsOn/ConferencesAndSeminars/Annual+International+Conference/Call+for+Sessions+and+Papers/Conference+session+formats.htm

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Dr Emma Street

Lecturer in Real Estate and Planning

Room 228, Henley Business School

University of Reading

Whiteknights, Reading, RG6 6UD

Email: [log in to unmask]

Tel: +44(0)118 3787346

Personal webpage:

www.reading.ac.uk/REP/Aboutus/Staff/e-j-street.aspx

Secretary, RGS-IBG Planning & Environment Research Group:

http://planningenvironment.org