The 33rd International Geographical Congress
Shaping Our Harmonious Worlds
21-25 August Beijing China
Call for Session Proposals for the IGC 2016, Beijing
The 33rd International Geographical Congress (IGC) will be held in Beijing, China, on 21-25
August 2016. The theme is Shaping Our Harmonious Worlds, which highlights today’s
common pursuit for harmony between humankind and nature, between environment and
society, and for harmonious approaches to the world’s hazards and conflicts. Under this
theme, five key topics: geographical science and future earth, global change and global
understanding, urbanization and sustainable development, environment-health and social
welfare, geography in different cultures will be focused, parallel to the quadrennial meeting
of the IGU commissions and task forces.
We cordially invite the chairs of the IGU commissions and task forces to inform of your
planned sessions and meetings and invite all interested geographers to submit proposals for
themed sessions under the five key topics by 15 April 2015. Commission sessions and the
sessions on the key topics approved by the IGC 2016 International Scientific Committee in
June 2015 will be included in the official call for papers. Registration for the Congress starts
on 15 August 2015.
We look forward to welcoming you to Beijing in August 2016!
With kind regards,
IGC 2016 Beijing Organizing Committee
IGC 2016 Beijing Scentific Committee
The 33rd International Geographical Congress
Shaping Our Harmonious Worlds
21-25 August Beijing China
Submission Form
Session title
Session type
Commissions/Task Force Session or Thematic Session
Commission
Name
or
Corresponding
Key Topic
Chair of the session:
First name
Affiliation
Address
Email
Telephone
Last name
Fax
Co-chair of the session:
First name
Last name
Affiliation
Address
Email
Telephone
Fax
Please provide below 3-4 names and affiliations of those who are expected to attend the congress
and give oral or poster presentations in the session:
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4.
A short description of the session topic, aim, content etc. (max. 1 standard page):
Please send the form to IGC2016@igsnrr.ac.cn no later than 15 April, 2015, thank you!