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Conference programme

The three-day RGS Annual International Conference attracts over 2,000 geographers from around the world. 

The provisional programme for this year's conference is now live.

Browse the Ex Ordo virtual programme

Below you can find out more about our Chair's events and other programme highlights at the conference. We're excited to feature over 600 sessions at the conference this year, engaging with the Chair's theme of Geographies of inequalities: towards just places.

We'll keep updating these pages as we get closer to the conference and details are finalised.

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Conference dates and times

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Pre-conference activities

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Chair's events

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Journal sponsored sessions

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Author meets critics and book panels

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Receptions and socials

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Art exhibitions, installations and provocations

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Film screenings

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Field visits and walking tours

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Workshops

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Research Group AGMs at the conference