The three-day RGS-IBG Annual International Conference attracts over 1,800 geographers from around the world.
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A provisional programme for the confernece will be published in mid-May 2018.
The Annual International Conference 2018 will start at 18.00 on Tuesday 28 August 2018 and will end at 18.30 on Friday 31 August 2018. Sessions and papers may be scheduled in any of the timeslots between 9.00 on Wednesday 29 August and 18.30 on Friday 31 August 2018.
A conference opening plenary event and drinks reception will be held on the evening of Tuesday 28 August 2018 - all are welcome.
Our mobile conference app for iOS, Android and web will be launched in summer 2018.
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Create your own agenda and take notes
Find out more about the conference
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Each region of the world faces different population challenges – reducing fertility, employing a ‘bulge’ of young people or managing ageing populations. Sarah explores these and the global implications for the future.
This illustrated assessment of Britain's impact on the world marks the 400th anniversary of the death of Richard Hakluyt, one of the UK's most influential early geographers and a historian of exploration.
Cities in low-income countries are the most dynamic places on earth and will be for decades. What makes people move, how is this changing, and what do they do when they get there?
A journey to the Darién Province to visit ancient stone petroglyphs recorded by the explorer Robert Hyman in 1994. John recounts his stay in an Embera village, at the end of the Sambu River, expressing how he was fortunate enough to discover two new petroglyph sites whilst trekking in the surrounding forest.
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