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Programme

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

Conference programme

The provisional programme has now been published!

View the programme on Ex Ordo

Please send any requests for edits to ac2025@rgs.org by Tuesday 1 July.

Below you can find out more about our Chair's events and other programme highlights at the conference. We're excited to feature over 400 sessions at the conference this year, engaging with the Chair's theme of Geographies of creativity/creative geographies.

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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Research Group AGMs at the conference