Invitation to
The 5th International Time Geography Conference
August 2-4, 2024, the University of Toyama, Japan
(3190 Gofuku,
Toyama-shi, Toyama 930-8555, Japan)
https://www.u-toyama.ac.jp/en/
Welcome to the 5th International Time Geography Conference in Japan!
The conference offers a unique opportunity to present your research, discuss with interested colleagues, get new insights and deepen your knowledge. Focus of the conference is the time-geographic approach, its development, applications, current state of the art and its prospects.
We welcome researchers, teachers and PhD students from different disciplines in the international scientific society and hope that the conference will serve as a generative force for furthering time-geographic thinking globally and over generations.
The program includes keynote speeches, participantsf presentations, vibrant discussions and a field tour when we will visit the Tonami Plain, Toyama prefecture, one of the homelands of Japanese geography.
The conference is free of charge, but you have to pay for travel and accommodation.
Information about Toyama-city and accommodation there can be found on the following websites.
https://www.toyamashi-kankoukyoukai.jp/en/
https://www.toyamashi-kankoukyoukai.jp/en/accommdation/
The conference venue is the University of Toyama.
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Key Dates
Registration has been closed because the number of presenters far exceeded the expected number.,
The deadline for submitting abstracts for presentations to the conference is Jun 15, 2024. Submit your abstract at
https://forms.office.com/r/2CbDBCSHi2
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At th 5th International Time Geography Conference, internationally highly recognized researchers with deep knowledge of time-geography give keynote speeches:
Prof. Kajsa Ellegård (Sweden)
Prof. Chai Yanwei (China)
Prof. Shih-Lung Shaw (USA)
Prof. Mei-Po Kwan (Hong Kong)
Prof. Harvey Miller (USA)
Prof. Yoshio Arai (Japan)
Prof. Taro Kawaguchi (Japan)
Prof. Tomoki Nakaya (Japan)
There is a conference dinner on August 3, aiming to bring researchers together to discuss time-geography at the spot where the time-geographic approach was evolving.
On August 4, we will have an excursion around Toyama City, including Tonami Plain, one of the most important spots in the history of geography in Japan.
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If you have questions, please e-mail to:
Most welcome to the 5th International Time-Geography Conference in Toyama, Japan, August 2-4, 2024!
Best wishes on behalf of the organization committee
Kohei Okamoto
Professor at Aichi University
Professor emeritus at Nagoya University
The 5th International Time-Geography Conference on this website:
https://taweb.aichi-u.ac.jp/okamotok/time-geography.html
Please circulate this invitation to interested colleagues!