Year Conference was held: 2019
Years the Conferences has been held: 115
Disciplines: Geography
Gender Balance/Diversity Statement: Yes statement of inclusion or marginalized voices such as Women and LGBTQI and respect (https://www2.aag.org/AAGAnnualMeeting/Register_to_Attend/Event_Conduct_Policy/AAGAnnualMeeting/Inclusion_and_Respect.aspx?hkey=c6febef5-c4cb-41fa-9dc7-09e7a69647d8)
Registration Cost (US dollars): $145-$515, New Virtual registeration fees ($10-$40)
Total Attendance Cost (US dollars): $2000-$4000
Travel Carbon Footprint (tons of CO2): 17000
Other Carbon Footprint (tons of CO2): 4250
Associated Scientific Society/Organization: American Association of Geographers
Approx number of Society members (as of 2018): 10000
Approximate Number of Conference Attendees (Exhibitors included): 8500
Geographic Location(s): Washington D.C. USA
Years held (Annual, Biannual, Triannual): Annual
Host, Funders and Sponsors: Elsevier, PIX4D, Routledge Taylor and Francis group, esri (the science of where)
Digital or Virtual Options: None
Digital Archives (Recorded talks & slides): None for 2019 but for 2020 (Due to COVID) recording of all presentations will be done for the 2020 virtual annual meeting.
Electronic program dissemination:
On-site Maternity Facilities: None
On-site Childcare Facilities/Services: Yes (The AAG is pleased to announce that it is continuing full-time, professionally managed and staffed onsite childcare services for the 2020 Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado. The onsite childcare services will be provided by Accent on Children’s Arrangements, Inc. (ACCENT) www.accentoca.com, which will design and run a children’s program called CAMP AAG. CAMP AAG will offer age-appropriate activities for children ranging from 6 months to 17 years of age (separated into age-appropriate groups) including curriculum-enriched, hands-on, creative activities, arts & crafts projects, active games, and more. CAMP AAG is also open to children with disabilities. ACCENT will staff CAMP AAG with teacher professional child care providers who have completed ACCENT’s specialized training program. In addition, ACCENT’s onsite supervisors are CPR and Pediatric First Aid certified. The AAG will cover the overall costs to hire ACCENT to establish and staff the onsite childcare facility, and will also subsidize their hourly childcare rates. ACCENTs standard hourly rate for childcare is $12 for children ages 6 months to 3 years and $10 for children ages 3 to 17 years. In addition to paying for all of the facility and staffing costs, the AAG will again subsidize the hourly rates by 50percent in this sixth year.)
Caregiver Grant: Yes
Career Development Events and Workshops: Yes (1. Career Mentoring A (Sponsored by Careers and Professional Development) 2. Do Human Geographers Need Computational Thinking Skills? 3. Writing Successfully for the Journal of Geography in Higher Education (JGHE) 4. Telling Your Story with Esri Story Maps Apps 5. Networking: Promoting Yourself by Making Connections that Count 6. Finding Your Career Outside Academia I: A Workshop for Graduate Students. 7. Writing from Qualitative Data: an Advanced PhD Student Workshop 8. Walking the Tightrope: Practical Ideas for Women in Geography on Finding your Voice 9. Critical Approaches to Disability Workshop 10. Preparing Students for 21st Century Careers in Geography)
ECR Promotion Events: Yes (1.Nystrom Award Papers: A fund established by former AAG Executive Director J. Warren Nystrom supports an annual prize for a paper based upon a recent dissertation in geography. Papers must be presented at the upcoming AAG Annual Meeting. Guidelines for submitting papers for this award differ substantially from those for other papers. Applicants for Nystrom awards should review the full eligibility and application details online.)
Travel Awards for ECRs: Yes (Annual Meeting Support: In addition to our Grants and Awards programs, the AAG has a variety of opportunities for students, un-/underemployed geographers, and scholars outside the discipline to attend and participate in the Annual Meeting. 1. Enrichment Funds: The Annual Meeting Enrichment Funds Committee will allocate approximately $30,000 to support participation of distinguished non-geographers in the AAG Annual Meeting. The priority deadline for applications is November 7. Any applications received after this time will be considered on a case by case basis, if there are remaining funds. 2.Community College Travel Grants: Support from this grant program is awarded to outstanding students from community colleges, junior colleges, city colleges, or similar two-year educational institutions to attend the next AAG Annual Meeting. The award consists of meeting registration, one year membership in the AAG, and a travel expense subsidy of $500 to be used to defray the costs of attending the AAG Annual Meeting. The deadline for this award is November 1. 3.Conference Assistants: Students and unemployed or underemployed geographers are encouraged to apply for this unique opportunity to help offset their meeting registration costs. All applicants must be registered and paid for the meeting to be chosen as a conference volunteer. Conference Assistants will receive $14.50 per hour in return for their time. 4.AAG Council Award for Outstanding Graduate Student Paper at a Regional Meeting: the award is designed to encourage graduate student participation at regional meetings and support their attendance at AAG annual meetings. Each awardee will receive $1,000 in funding towards registration and travel costs for the AAG annual meeting. 5.Specialty and Affinity Group Competitions: ach year many AAG Specialty and Affinity Groups confer travel grants, hold paper competitions, and bestow honors and awards to their faculty and student members at the AAG Annual Meeting. Notices for these competitions may appear on the relevant specialty group’s website or listserv, in the AAG Newsletter. For more information about a specific competition, please contact the chair of the relevant AAG Specialty or Affinity Group. Contact information for chairs and links to group webpages are available in the AAG Specialty and Affinity Group Directory.)
Code of Conduct: Yes (https://www2.aag.org/AAGAnnualMeeting/Register_to_Attend/Event_Conduct_Policy/AAGAnnualMeeting/Inclusion_and_Respect.aspx?hkey=c6febef5-c4cb-41fa-9dc7-09e7a69647d8)
Safety Instructions/Apps: None
Keynote Speaker Gender Balance: 2 Men: 1 Woman
Speaker Gender Balance: Presidential Plenary: 4 Women: 2 Men
Invited Speakers Gender Balance: Not Applicable to this meeting.
Session Chair Gender Balance: No information available online.
Conference Chair Gender Balance: No information available online.
Enviromental Sustainability efforts: None
Public Engagement Events Outreach: None
Sustainability Initiatives/Considerations/Green Strategies/Policies: None
Conference URL: https://www2.aag.org/aagannualmeeting/AAGAnnualMeeting/AAG2019DC.aspx
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