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Dear all, This is a gentle reminder that the Political Geography Research Group (PolGRG) of the RGS-IBG is pleased to extend an invitation to sponsor sessions at the next RGS-IBG Annual International Conference. The conference will take place at Cardiff University from Wednesday 29 to Friday 31 August 2018 with workshops and opening events on Tuesday 28 August. The chair of the 2018 conference is Professor Paul Milbourne (Cardiff University). The conference theme is 'Geographical landscapes / changing landscapes of geography'. Full call for sessions can be found here: http://www.rgs.org/WhatsOn/ConferencesAndSeminars/Annual+Int ernational+Conference/Call+for+sessions+papers+and+posters/C all+for+sessions+papers+and+posters *The deadline for session proposals submissions to PolGRG is Monday 18 December 2017.* Please email submissions to Diana Martin ([log in to unmask]), including session title and abstract (max 400 words), name(s) and affiliation(s) of the session convenor(s), and the anticipated format of the session. Session convenors will be notified in due course as to whether or not PolGRG will be able to provide sponsorship for your session. We can sponsor up to 12 session slots. Please bear in mind that sessions cannot occupy more than two slots in the whole programme. *If sponsorship can be provided, then you have until Friday 16 February 2018 to provide the full session details (with all proposed papers and presenters) for final submission to the RGS-IBG.* The full guidelines for organizing sessions can be found at: http://www.rgs.org/WhatsOn/ConferencesAndSeminars/Annual+Int ernational+Conference/Call+for+sessions+papers+and+posters/H ow+to+organise+a+session.htm Please note that a list of key deadlines is available at http://www.rgs.org/WhatsOn/ConferencesAndSeminars/Annual+Int ernational+Conference/Timeline.htm We look forward to hearing from you. If you have any specific queries regarding session proposal submissions, please contact Diana Martin ( [log in to unmask]) Best wishes, Diana Dr Diana Martin Senior Lecturer in Human Geography | Impact Officer Department of Geography University of Portsmouth Buckingham Building, Lion Terrace Portsmouth, PO1 3HE UK Tel: +44 (0) 2392846489 *Latest publications: *Martin, D. (2015) From spaces of exception to ‘campscapes’: Palestinian refugee camps and informal settlements in Beirut, *Political Geography*, 44: 9-18 Woodyer, T., Martin, D. & Carter, S. (2016) Ludic Geographies, in Evans, B. Horton, J., and Skelton, T. (eds.) *Play, recreation, health and wellbeing*. Singapore: Springer. (Geographies of Children and Young People; Vol. 9).