The 2019 Annual Meeting of the American Association of Geographers on April 3-7, Washington
The Annual Meeting of the AAG is quite possibly the largest geography conference in the world, with over 8,500 geographers converging from the U.S., Canada, and nearly 60 other countries in a typical year. With thousands of different papers and presentations scheduled throughout the conference, you’ll find no shortage of activities that reflect your specific interests within the field of geography.
The 2019 Annual Meeting will be held at the Marriott Wardman Park and the Omni Shoreham in Washington, D.C'.s Woodley Park neighborhood.
New Options for AAG Annual Meeting Attendance
The AAG Annual Meeting serves as an important opportunity for members to convene with colleagues, connect face to face with collaborators, and share information on the latest research, techniques, and resources in geography. In order to improve the planning, implementation, and attendee experience at the meeting, the AAG is adjusting the way registration is organized.
As the AAG Annual Meeting has continued to grow, so has the number of concurrent paper and panel sessions. A very large number of concurrent sessions can result in smaller audiences for presentations, require more difficult-to-find concurrent meeting rooms, and involve more expensive audiovisual services and equipment. Poster sessions do not require audiovisual equipment, can be held in a variety of different spaces available at a venue, and allow for a greater number of participants and presentations within a session. To address these trends, the 2019 AAG Annual Meeting will offer a new discounted registration fee to encourage poster presentations at the AAG meeting.
Curated Poster sessions have been steadily growing in popularity as a venue to share and discuss research and scholarship at other meetings, such as the American Geophysical Union (AGU) and others. AAG Specialty Groups are now also developing curated poster sessions around topics of interest.
With the AAG’s new capacity to upload posters into the AAG Abstract Gallery, poster submissions can also garner more exposure to the author’s research before, during, and after the meeting through shareable links for CVs, LinkedIn, and social media. Attendees are increasingly converging on poster sessions as they can view and engage with more research and researchers in one spot, at one time. Poster presenters note how they enjoy the professional, one-on-one and small group conversations about their work. Below are the new registration categories for the 2019 meeting in Washington, DC :
Regular Registration:
· Required for paper or panel presenters (including paper and panel speakers, organizers, chairs, discussants)
· Includes access to attend the meeting, exhibit hall, receptions, and all sessions
Discounted Registration:
· Available for poster presenters, or
· attendees who are not presenting
· Includes access to attend the meeting, exhibit hall, receptions, and all sessions
Every AAG Annual Meeting attendee is an important part of what makes each year’s event unique, informative, and successful. The AAG continues to work to improve the quality of the Annual Meeting and relatedly the quality of every attendee’s Annual Meeting experience.
Please contact us at meeting@aag.org with any questions.
More info
19 February 2019
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