2013 Annual Meeting of the Pennsylvania Geographical Society

Start
10/25/2013
8:00 AM
End
10/26/2013
5:00 PM
Location
Pittsburgh, PA
Registered
86 registrants

Registration

Regular non-members – $80.00
Regular non-members of the PGS will receive a one-year membership to the PGS with their paid registration.
Student non-members – $30.00
Student non-members will receive a one-year membership to the PGS with their paid registration.
Student worker
Student workers can attend the PGS for free.
Teacher's Workshop
This for K-12 teachers who are ONLY attending the Saturday workshop

Registration is closed

Please click here for a copy of the 2013 schedule of events

The annual meeting committee invites proposals for the 2013 PGS Annual Meeting in Pittsburgh, PA on October 25-26, 2013. The meeting will be held at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel & Suites in downtown Pittsburgh.

Papers on all geographic topics are accepted. Workshops, organized paper sessions, thematic discussion panels and posters are also being accepted for the meeting. Please contact the meeting chair if you are interested in running a workshop or special session. Paper presentations are limited to 15 minutes; abstracts of a maximum of 200 words should be submitted with registration. Meeting registration will begin on September 1st. We strongly encourage you to submit your abstracts and registration on-line at our web site. We can accept credit card payments on-line via PayPal. Paper submissions are only accepted until October 4th! No exceptions!

The annual luncheon will be held in the Pittsburgh room at the DoubleTree Hilton. The luncheon keynote speaker is Dr. Scott Sheridan, a professor from Kent University and the editor of the International Journal of Biometeorology. The Friday night banquet will be held at Six Penn Kitchen. Unfortunately, due to space constraints, the banquet is limited to the first 40 registrants. This year’s banquet speaker is the 2013 PGS Distinguished Geographer award winner Dr. Jay Morgan III, a professor from Towson University and the Director of the Geospatial Research and Education Laboratory. Dr. Morgan is also a Director Emeritus of the Center for Geographic Information Sciences.

Rooms are available at a group rate of $159 per night at the Double Tree Hilton (412-281-5800). If making reservations, make sure you mention the PGS meeting in order to get the group rate. YOU MUST BOOK YOUR ROOMS BY OCTOBER 4TH TO RECEIVE THE GROUP RATE! You can also go to the following link to book your room directly on-line:

http://doubletree.hilton.com/en/dt/groups/personalized/P/PITDTDT-PGS-20131024/index.jhtml?WT.mc_id=POG

The Pennsylvania Geographical Society exists to promote effective geographic teaching, research, and literacy.

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