CALL FOR PAPERS / POSTERS
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The Program Committee is now accepting abstracts for papers and posters. Oral paper
presentations or posters addressing any aspect of geography are welcome. All submissions
must include an abstract that will be included in the conference program. Only participants
registered for the meeting may present a paper. One presentation per registrant please.
Students are encouraged to enter the competitions for best undergraduate and graduate student
papers and best student poster (see the next page for details).
Oral or Poster Presentations: (Abstract Deadline: 17 Sept. 2009)
Oral presentations will be on Saturday, Sept. 26, and will be limited to 15 minutes with an
additional five minutes for questions and/or discussion. LCD projectors will be provided. Please
contact us if you need other types of presentation equipment (overhead projector, slide projector,
etc.). Posters will be displayed throughout the day on Saturday, Sept. 26. Each poster presenter
will be provided with a 40 x 60 inch panel on which to mount their poster. Pins and tape for
mounting posters to the panels will be provided.
Everyone who wishes to present a paper must submit an abstract of no more than 250 words,
using the format outlined below. Please include a title. Abstracts will be published in the
conference program.
- For author and affiliation, please follow the appropriate sample below.
- Include the e-mail address for the primary author (presenter) only.
- Text should be single-spaced.
- Do not insert any codes for justification, hyphenation, line height, line centering,
margins, spacing, fonts, page centering or page numbering.
- Abstracts may not be edited so please proofread your entry carefully.
Samples (for single author or multiple authors with same or different affiliations):
- Single author: John P. Smith, Department of Geography, University of New England,
Boston, MA 02116, john.smith@une.edu
- Multiple authors, same affiliation: John P. Smith and Jane D. Jones, Department of
Geography, University of New England, Boston, MA 02116, john.smith@une.edu.
- Multiple authors, different affiliations: John P. Smith, Department of Geography,
University of New England, Boston, MA 02116, and Jane D. Jones, Department of
Sociology, University of the Arctic, Tundra, AK 99799, john.smith@une.edu.
Please save your abstract as a Microsoft Word file, using the following format:
Lastname_Firstname.doc (e.g., Jones_Jane.doc). Submit your abstract by e-mail as an email
attachment to: doug.ramsey@usu.edu.
Please use "GPRM PAPER ABSTRACT" or "GPRM POSTER ABSTRACT," as the email
subject heading. The presenters of oral papers should indicate in the e-mail if any
projection equipment other than an LCD projector is required. Students should indicate in the email
their intention to participate in the student paper or poster competition, and whether they are
a graduate or an undergraduate student.
Student Paper Competition: (Abstract Deadline: 11 Sept. 2009)
All students attending the 2009 AAG GPRM annual conference are invited to participate in a
competition for best paper or best poster. Students may compete in one of four categories: (1)
best AAG undergraduate paper, (2) best AAG graduate student paper (MA or MS), (3)
best AAG graduate paper (PhD), (4) best AAG student poster. All papers and posters entered
into the competition must report on original research conducted primarily by the student
presenting the paper or poster. All competitors must register for the conference. Papers and
posters will be judged on the basis of content, organization, style, graphics, and, in the case of
papers, quality of oral presentation. The winners in each category will receive a $100 cash
prize. Second place finishers in each category will receive a $50 prize. Students wishing to
enter the competition must submit an abstract no later than Sept. 11, 2009 (see details for abstract
submission above).
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