Annual International Conference

Submissions have now closed for the conference programme. Thank you to everyone who submitted proposals for the annual conference programme. The review of all submissions is now underway, and we expect to be in touch with decisions in late April. For more information please see the conference timeline.

The conference will be chaired by Professor Rachel Pain of Newcastle University, on the theme Geographies beyond recovery. AC2022 will take place at Newcastle University, from Tuesday 30 August to Friday 2 September 2022, with a strong in-person element, and with hybrid and online ways to participate. 

We are thinking widely and expansively about sustainability, inclusivity and accessibility in and around the conference and our broader activities with Research Groups and the geographical community. Please see our chair's statement on inclusivity and safety, and our resource on planning inclusive conferences.

If you have any questions, please contact ac2022@rgs.org

• Guidance for individual presenters (including how to submit your paper)

• Guidance for session organisers (including how to submit your session)

• List of advertised calls for papers

• Session formats and types

• Conference timeline and key dates

• Chair's theme

• Frequently asked questions

• Inclusivity and safety at the conference

Guidance for participation

The following guidelines for participation will apply in 2022. These are intended to allow as many people as possible the chance to participate in the conference and to present, while keeping the conference programme to a manageable size.

Individual contributions

• Delegates will be limited to ONE paper presentation and ONE panel/workshop contribution, OR, TWO panel/workshop contributions. The role of discussant is included as a panel/workshop contribution. 

• A single paper may only be presented once at the conference.

• We cannot guarantee to resolve all timetable clashes for non-presenting co-authors where they are involved in multiple sessions. 

• There is no formal limit on the number of sessions one can chair, but we encourage delegates to be realistic about what they can take on.

• There is no formal limit on the number of sessions that one can (co)convene. However, we do not undertake to resolve timetable clashes for convenors where they are involved in multiple sessions, where they are not presenting or chairing.

Organising a session

• All sessions will be reviewed by the AC2022 Conference Planning Committee before being accepted for the conference.

• Sessions will be limited to TWO timeslots in the programme. A timeslot is 1 hour 40 minutes.

• Sessions may take the form of presented papers, panels, practitioner forums, discussions, workshops, or something else. Sessions may opt to be in-person, online, or to request a hybrid format. Innovative formats are encouraged, particularly for online sessions which make use of uploading 'on-demand' content in advance of sessions to be viewed ahead of time. 

• Please remind contributors of the limits on individual contributions when accepting paper proposals for a session. 

• Session organisers should ensure that they have sufficient confirmed contributors to allow the session to go ahead if one or two withdraw. 

• Sessions do not need to be sponsored by a Society Research Group in order to appear in the programme, but session organisers may wish to seek the sponsorship of one of the Society's Research Groups for their session.