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Monday, August 17, 2026
10:00 - 16:15
Registration
16:15 - 17:15
Opening Ceremony & Opening Keynote
18:00 - 19:00
Welcome Reception
Tuesday, August 18, 2026
09:00 - 10:00
Keynote Lecture
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Keynote Lecture I
10:00 - 10:30
Coffee Break
10:30 - 11:30
Room 01 - Piri Reis Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.15-Geography of Governance => Local and Urban Governance: Trends, Challenges, and Innovations
Room 02 - Katip Celebi Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.08-Cultural Geography, Society and Heritage => Geographical Perspective on the Protection of Historical and Cultural Heritage
Room 03 - Evliya Celebi Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.17-Geography of Tourism, Leisure, and Global Change => Geographies of Heritage Tourism
Room 04 - Eratosthenes Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.44-Transport Geography => Modelling Mobility Behaviours: Diverse Methods, Shared Challenges, New Insights
Room 05 - Strabo Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.11-Gender and Geography: Care, Connection and Change => Mapping Gendered and Embodied Geographies of Migration: Art Based, Creative and Participatory Approaches
Room 06 - Ptolemy Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.17-Geography of Tourism, Leisure, and Global Change => Tourism Geographies: From Global Dynamics to Local Transformations.
Room 07 - Gerardus Mercator Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.23-Health and Environment => Change, Public Health, and Food Security
Room 08 - Alexander von Humboldt Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.45-Urban Commission: (Re-)Thinking Cities and the Urban: From the Global to the Local => Cities and Urban Systems: Drivers of, or Driven by Transformational Change?
Room 09 - Carl Ritter Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.05-Climatology => Extreme Weather and Climate Events: Causes, Consequences, and Impacts
Room 10 - Faik Sabri Duran Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.12-Geographical Education => Geographic Education in a Plural World: Advancing Diversity and Inclusion
Room 11 - İbrahim Hakkı Akyol Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.16-Geography of Digital Society and Connected World => Digital Planning and Territories
Room 12 - Ali Tanoğlu Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.17-Geography of Tourism, Leisure, and Global Change => Tourism Geography in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: Rethinking Human–Environment Interactions in a Digital Era
Room 13 - Prof. Dr. Sırrı Erinc Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.44-Transport Geography => Advancing the 15-Minute City and Transport Geography Research Through Perspectives of Scale
Room 14 - Prof. Dr. Ahmet Ardel Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.20-Global Change and Human Mobility => Navigating Globility: Human Mobility, Immobility, and Community Wellbeing
Room 15 - Besim Darkot Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.09-Dynamics of Economic Spaces => Dynamics of Entrepreneurship in Different Contexts
11:30 - 11:45
Break
11:45 - 12:45
Room 01 - Piri Reis Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.15-Geography of Governance => Local and Urban Governance: Trends, Challenges, and Innovations
Room 02 - Katip Celebi Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.08-Cultural Geography, Society and Heritage => Geographical Perspective on the Protection of Historical and Cultural Heritage
Room 03 - Evliya Celebi Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.17-Geography of Tourism, Leisure, and Global Change => Geographies of Heritage Tourism
Room 04 - Eratosthenes Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.44-Transport Geography => Modelling Mobility Behaviours: Diverse Methods, Shared Challenges, New Insights
Room 05 - Strabo Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.11-Gender and Geography: Care, Connection and Change => Mapping Gendered and Embodied Geographies of Migration: Art Based, Creative and Participatory Approaches
Room 06 - Ptolemy Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.17-Geography of Tourism, Leisure, and Global Change => Tourism Geographies: From Global Dynamics to Local Transformations.
Room 07 - Gerardus Mercator Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.45-Urban Commission: (Re-)Thinking Cities and the Urban: From the Global to the Local => Promoting Urban Green Space for an Inclusive and Sustainable Cities
Room 08 - Alexander von Humboldt Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.45-Urban Commission: (Re-)Thinking Cities and the Urban: From the Global to the Local => Cities and Urban Systems: Drivers of, or Driven by Transformational Change?
Room 09 - Carl Ritter Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.05-Climatology => Extreme Weather and Climate Events: Causes, Consequences, and Impacts
Room 10 - Faik Sabri Duran Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.12-Geographical Education => Geographic Education in a Plural World: Advancing Diversity and Inclusion
Room 11 - İbrahim Hakkı Akyol Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.37-Mountain Studies => Mountain Vulnerabilities: Best Practices in Resilience, Restoration and Sustainable Solutions
Room 12 - Ali Tanoğlu Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.17-Geography of Tourism, Leisure, and Global Change => Tourism Geography in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: Rethinking Human–Environment Interactions in a Digital Era
Room 13 - Prof. Dr. Sırrı Erinc Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.44-Transport Geography => Advancing the 15-Minute City and Transport Geography Research Through Perspectives of Scale / Towards a Green and Safe Arctic Shipping Corridor
Room 14 - Prof. Dr. Ahmet Ardel Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.20-Global Change and Human Mobility => Navigating Globility: Human Mobility, Immobility, and Community Wellbeing
Room 15 - Besim Darkot Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.09-Dynamics of Economic Spaces => Dynamics of Entrepreneurship in Different Contexts
12:45 - 14:00
Lunch
Exhibition Hall
Poster Presentation Session
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Poster Presentation Session
14:00 - 15:00
Room 01 - Piri Reis Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.15-Geography of Governance => Local and Urban Governance: Trends, Challenges, and Innovations
Room 02 - Katip Celebi Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.08-Cultural Geography, Society and Heritage => Geographical Perspective on the Protection of Historical and Cultural Heritage
Room 03 - Evliya Celebi Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.17-Geography of Tourism, Leisure, and Global Change => Geographies of Heritage Tourism
Room 04 - Eratosthenes Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.44-Transport Geography => Modelling Mobility Behaviours: Diverse Methods, Shared Challenges, New Insights
Room 05 - Strabo Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.11-Gender and Geography: Care, Connection and Change => Mapping Gendered and Embodied Geographies of Migration: Art Based, Creative and Participatory Approaches
Room 06 - Ptolemy Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.17-Geography of Tourism, Leisure, and Global Change => Tourism Geographies: From Global Dynamics to Local Transformations.
Room 07 - Gerardus Mercator Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.30-Land Use and Land Cover Change => Land Use/Land Cover Change Driving Forces and Impacts
Room 08 - Alexander von Humboldt Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.45-Urban Commission: (Re-)Thinking Cities and the Urban: From the Global to the Local => Cities and Urban Systems: Drivers of, or Driven by Transformational Change?
Room 09 - Carl Ritter Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.05-Climatology => Extreme Weather and Climate Events: Causes, Consequences, and Impacts
Room 10 - Faik Sabri Duran Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.12-Geographical Education => Geographic Education in a Plural World: Advancing Diversity and Inclusion
Room 11 - İbrahim Hakkı Akyol Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.14-Geography and Sustainability (Geography for Future Earth: Coupled Human-Earth Systems for Sustainability) => Integrated Geography for Sustainable Development
Room 12 - Ali Tanoğlu Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.17-Geography of Tourism, Leisure, and Global Change => Tourism Geography in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: Rethinking Human–Environment Interactions in a Digital Era
Room 13 - Prof. Dr. Sırrı Erinc Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.44-Transport Geography => Advancing the 15-Minute City and Transport Geography Research Through Perspectives of Scale / Towards a Green and Safe Arctic Shipping Corridor
Room 14 - Prof. Dr. Ahmet Ardel Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.20-Global Change and Human Mobility => Navigating Globility: Human Mobility, Immobility, and Community Wellbeing
Room 15 - Besim Darkot Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.09-Dynamics of Economic Spaces => Dynamics of Entrepreneurship in Different Contexts
15:00 - 15:15
Break
15:15 - 16:15
Room 01 - Piri Reis Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.15-Geography of Governance => Local and Urban Governance: Trends, Challenges, and Innovations
Room 02 - Katip Celebi Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.08-Cultural Geography, Society and Heritage => Geographical Perspective on the Protection of Historical and Cultural Heritage
Room 03 - Evliya Celebi Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.17-Geography of Tourism, Leisure, and Global Change => Geographies of Heritage Tourism
Room 04 - Eratosthenes Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.44-Transport Geography => Modelling Mobility Behaviours: Diverse Methods, Shared Challenges, New Insights
Room 05 - Strabo Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.17-Geography of Tourism, Leisure, and Global Change => Resilience and Sustainability in Tourism Geographies
Room 06 - Ptolemy Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.11-Gender and Geography: Care, Connection and Change => The Situation of Afghan Women Under the Resurgence of the Taliban Patriarchy
Room 07 - Gerardus Mercator Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.30-Land Use and Land Cover Change => Land Use/Land Cover Change Driving Forces and Impacts
Room 08 - Alexander von Humboldt Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.16-Geography of Digital Society and Connected World => Digital Night Studies
Room 09 - Carl Ritter Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.17-Geography of Tourism, Leisure, and Global Change => Rethinking Tourism as a Site of Protest, Resistance and Political Action
Room 10 - Faik Sabri Duran Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.45-Urban Commission: (Re-)Thinking Cities and the Urban: From the Global to the Local => Urban Systems and Urban and Regional Dynamics in Latin America
Room 11 - İbrahim Hakkı Akyol Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.14-Geography and Sustainability (Geography for Future Earth: Coupled Human-Earth Systems for Sustainability) => Integrated Geography for Sustainable Development
Room 12 - Ali Tanoğlu Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.05-Climatology => Climate Justice: Territories, Actors and Processes
Room 13 - Prof. Dr. Sırrı Erinc Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.05-Climatology => Urban Climate
Room 14 - Prof. Dr. Ahmet Ardel Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.08-Cultural Geography, Society and Heritage => Grounding the Planetary: Place-Based Knowledge, Creative Collaboration, and Geography's Interdisciplinary Futures
Room 15 - Besim Darkot Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.11-Gender and Geography: Care, Connection and Change => Gender and Sexuality
16:15 - 16:45
Coffee Break
16:30 - 17:30
Committee Meeting
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IGU National Committees Meeting
16:45 - 18:00
Room 01 - Piri Reis Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.15-Geography of Governance => Local and Urban Governance: Trends, Challenges, and Innovations
Room 02 - Katip Celebi Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.08-Cultural Geography, Society and Heritage => Geographical Perspective on the Protection of Historical and Cultural Heritage
Room 03 - Evliya Celebi Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.01-African Studies => Environmental Issues and Challenges in Sub-Saharan Africa
Room 04 - Eratosthenes Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.23-Health and Environment => Access to Healthcare for Disadvantaged Groups
Room 05 - Strabo Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.17-Geography of Tourism, Leisure, and Global Change => Resilience and Sustainability in Tourism Geographies
Room 06 - Ptolemy Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.45-Urban Commission: (Re-)Thinking Cities and the Urban: From the Global to the Local => Urban Growth and Landuse Change Studies
Room 07 - Gerardus Mercator Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.30-Land Use and Land Cover Change => Land Use/Land Cover Change Driving Forces and Impacts
Room 08 - Alexander von Humboldt Room
Oral Presentation Session
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Thematic => Earth Under Stress: Geographic Approaches to Natural Hazards and Risk Reduction
Room 09 - Carl Ritter Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.22-Hazards and Risks => Resilience Dividends for Disaster Risk Reduction and Sustainable Development With Special Reference to Developing World
Room 10 - Faik Sabri Duran Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.20-Global Change and Human Mobility => Human Mobility in Geographical Crossroads: Narratives, Governance, and Migrant Agency
Room 11 - İbrahim Hakkı Akyol Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.14-Geography and Sustainability (Geography for Future Earth: Coupled Human-Earth Systems for Sustainability) => Integrated Geography for Sustainable Development
Room 12 - Ali Tanoğlu Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.23-Health and Environment => Trafficking in Different Targets: Geographies of Illicit Mobility
Room 13 - Prof. Dr. Sırrı Erinc Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.30-Land Use and Land Cover Change => Innovative Methods for Extracting and Utilising Historical LULC Data
Room 14 - Prof. Dr. Ahmet Ardel Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.34-Marginalization, Globalization, and Regional and Local Response=> Left Behind Places and Marginality in a Changing World
Room 15 - Besim Darkot Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.38-Political Geography => Reframing Multipolarity Between Systemic and Spatial Geopolitics
Wednesday, August 19, 2026
09:00 - 10:00
Keynote Lecture - Dallen Timothy
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Connecting Worlds through Shared Heritage: Geopolitics, Borders, and the Future of Tourism
10:00 - 10:30
Coffee Break
10:30 - 11:30
Room 01 - Piri Reis Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.15-Geography of Governance => Local and Urban Governance: Trends, Challenges, and Innovations
Room 02 - Katip Celebi Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.08-Cultural Geography, Society and Heritage => Geographical Perspective on the Protection of Historical and Cultural Heritage
Room 03 - Evliya Celebi Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.33-Local and Regional Development => Rural-Urban Relationships and Development Challenges: Local and Regional Patterns of Territorial Change
Room 04 - Eratosthenes Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.05-Climatology => Impacts of Climate Change and Human Sphere Adaptation
Room 05 - Strabo Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.41-Silk Road Civilizations and Environments Commission => Climate Change and Transcontinental Exchange: Drivers of Civilizational Dynamics Across the Silk Road
Room 06 - Ptolemy Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.25-Informality, Social Change and Development => Urban socio-spatial restructuring and governance in the era of globalization
Room 07 - Gerardus Mercator Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.09-Dynamics of Economic Spaces => Digitalization and Employment: Challenges for Inclusion and Diversity in the Industry 4.0 New Spatial Configurations
Room 08 - Alexander von Humboldt Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.17-Geography of Tourism, Leisure, and Global Change => Community Empowerment, Justice, and the Local in Tourism
Room 09 - Carl Ritter Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.44-Transport Geography => Transport Shaping Space at Local, National and Global Levels
Room 10 - Faik Sabri Duran Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.44-Transport Geography => Transport Geography in Africa: Infrastructure, Mobility, and Social Transformation
Room 11 - İbrahim Hakkı Akyol Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.17-Geography of Tourism, Leisure, and Global Change => Degrowth in Tourism: Rethinking Mobilities Amidst a Changing Climate
Room 12 - Ali Tanoğlu Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.30-Land Use and Land Cover Change => Pathways to Sustainable Land Use and Land Management in the Climate Change Context - Integrated Data, Tools and Strategies
Room 13 - Prof. Dr. Sırrı Erinc Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.20-Global Change and Human Mobility => Migrations and Their Challenges in an Interconnected World: Concepts, Methodologies, and Social Actors
11:30 - 11:45
Break
11:45 - 12:45
Room 01 - Piri Reis Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.15-Geography of Governance => Local and Urban Governance: Trends, Challenges, and Innovations
Room 02 - Katip Celebi Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.17-Geography of Tourism, Leisure, and Global Change => Rural Tourism Geographies: Toward New Rural Futures
Room 03 - Evliya Celebi Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.33-Local and Regional Development => Rural-Urban Relationships and Development Challenges: Local and Regional Patterns of Territorial Change
Room 04 - Eratosthenes Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.05-Climatology => Impacts of Climate Change and Human Sphere Adaptation
Room 05 - Strabo Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.41-Silk Road Civilizations and Environments Commission => Climate Change and Transcontinental Exchange: Drivers of Civilizational Dynamics Across the Silk Road
Room 06 - Ptolemy Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.25-Informality, Social Change and Development => Urban socio-spatial restructuring and governance in the era of globalization
Room 07 - Gerardus Mercator Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.08-Cultural Geography, Society and Heritage => Artistic, Cultural, and Creative Practices and Initiatives ‘On The Edge’: Beyond The Core–Periphery Divide
Room 08 - Alexander von Humboldt Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.17-Geography of Tourism, Leisure, and Global Change => Community Empowerment, Justice, and the Local in Tourism
Room 09 - Carl Ritter Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.44-Transport Geography => Transport Shaping Space at Local, National and Global Levels
Room 10 - Faik Sabri Duran Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.44-Transport Geography => Transport Geography in Africa: Infrastructure, Mobility, and Social Transformation
Room 11 - İbrahim Hakkı Akyol Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.17-Geography of Tourism, Leisure, and Global Change => Degrowth in Tourism: Rethinking Mobilities Amidst a Changing Climate
Room 12 - Ali Tanoğlu Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.30-Land Use and Land Cover Change => Pathways to Sustainable Land Use and Land Management in the Climate Change Context - Integrated Data, Tools and Strategies
Room 13 - Prof. Dr. Sırrı Erinc Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.20-Global Change and Human Mobility => Migrations and Their Challenges in an Interconnected World: Concepts, Methodologies, and Social Actors
12:45 - 14:00
Lunch
Exhibition Hall
Poster Presentation Session
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Poster Presentation Session
14:00 - 15:00
Room 01 - Piri Reis Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.23-Health and Environment => Healthscapes in Transition: Spatial Contexts of Health and Wellbeing
Room 02 - Katip Celebi Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.17-Geography of Tourism, Leisure, and Global Change => Rural Tourism Geographies: Toward New Rural Futures
Room 03 - Evliya Celebi Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.33-Local and Regional Development => Rural-Urban Relationships and Development Challenges: Local and Regional Patterns of Territorial Change
Room 04 - Eratosthenes Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.05-Climatology => Impacts of Climate Change and Human Sphere Adaptation
Room 05 - Strabo Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.41-Silk Road Civilizations and Environments Commission => Climate Change and Transcontinental Exchange: Drivers of Civilizational Dynamics Across the Silk Road
Room 06 - Ptolemy Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.25-Informality, Social Change and Development => Urban socio-spatial restructuring and governance in the era of globalization
Room 07 - Gerardus Mercator Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.08-Cultural Geography, Society and Heritage => Artistic, Cultural, and Creative Practices and Initiatives ‘On The Edge’: Beyond The Core–Periphery Divide
Room 08 - Alexander von Humboldt Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.24-History of Geography => Histories of/Ideas in Geography for Peace
Room 09 - Carl Ritter Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.17-Geography of Tourism, Leisure, and Global Change => Island Contestations: Reclaiming Utopia From Touristification
Room 10 - Faik Sabri Duran Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.17-Geography of Tourism, Leisure, and Global Change => Sustainable Tourism in the Era of Global Climate Change
Room 11 - İbrahim Hakkı Akyol Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.17-Geography of Tourism, Leisure, and Global Change => Rethinking Access to the City
Room 12 - Ali Tanoğlu Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.43-Joint ICA/IGU Commission on Toponymy => Geographical Names in the Tension Field Between Communicative Function and Political Appropriation
Room 13 - Prof. Dr. Sırrı Erinc Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.33-Local and Regional Development => Border Regions and Communities: Reconceptualization in the Face of New Global Challenges and Crises
15:00 - 15:15
Break
15:15 - 16:15
Room 01 - Piri Reis Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.23-Health and Environment => Healthscapes in Transition: Spatial Contexts of Health and Wellbeing
Room 02 - Katip Celebi Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.17-Geography of Tourism, Leisure, and Global Change => Rural Tourism Geographies: Toward New Rural Futures
Room 03 - Evliya Celebi Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.08-Cultural Geography, Society and Heritage => Heritage, Museum and Innovation
Room 04 - Eratosthenes Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.37-Mountain Studies => Mountain Futures: Cryosphere Dynamics, Hydrology, Hazard and Resilience in a Changing Climate
Room 05 - Strabo Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.37-Mountain Studies => International Symposium of Mountain Studies
Room 06 - Ptolemy Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.47-Young and Early-Career Geographers Commission => IGU-YECG and AGA-YGWG Young and Early Career Geographers Best Paper Award 2026
Room 07 - Gerardus Mercator Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.44-Transport Geography => Harnessing Multi-Source Spatial Big Data & GeoAI: Advancing Mobility, Health, and Sustainability in Urban Futures
Room 08 - Alexander von Humboldt Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.24-History of Geography => Histories of/Ideas in Geography for Peace
Room 09 - Carl Ritter Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.17-Geography of Tourism, Leisure, and Global Change => Island Contestations: Reclaiming Utopia From Touristification
Room 10 - Faik Sabri Duran Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.08-Cultural Geography, Society and Heritage => Beyond Representation: Cultural Geographies in the Age of the Anthropocene
Room 11 - İbrahim Hakkı Akyol Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.17-Geography of Tourism, Leisure, and Global Change => Rethinking Access to the City
Room 12 – Ali Tanoğlu Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.45-Urban Commission: (Re-)Thinking Cities and the Urban: From the Global to the Local => Just Transitions in Urban and Peri-Urban Food Systems: Pathways Toward Equity and Sustainability
Room 13 - Prof. Dr. Sırrı Erinc Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.33-Local and Regional Development => Border Regions and Communities: Reconceptualization in the Face of New Global Challenges and Crises
16:15 - 16:45
Coffee Break
16:45 - 18:00
Room 01 - Piri Reis Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.23-Health and Environment => Healthscapes in Transition: Spatial Contexts of Health and Wellbeing
Room 02 - Katip Celebi Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.20-Global Change and Human Mobility => International Student Mobility as a Life Course Strategy
Room 03 - Evliya Celebi Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.08-Cultural Geography, Society and Heritage => Heritage, Museum and Innovation
Room 04 - Eratosthenes Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.37-Mountain Studies => Mountain Futures: Cryosphere Dynamics, Hydrology, Hazard and Resilience in a Changing Climate
Room 05 - Strabo Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.37-Mountain Studies => International Symposium of Mountain Studies
Room 06 - Ptolemy Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.47-Young and Early-Career Geographers Commission => IGU-YECG and AGA-YGWG Young and Early Career Geographers Best Paper Award 2026
Room 07 - Gerardus Mercator Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.44-Transport Geography => Harnessing Multi-Source Spatial Big Data & GeoAI: Advancing Mobility, Health, and Sustainability in Urban Futures
Room 08 - Alexander von Humboldt Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.22-Hazards and Risks => Compound Weather-Related Hazards in a Changing World: Geographical Spatio-Temporal Analysis
Room 09 - Carl Ritter Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.45-Urban Commission: (Re-)Thinking Cities and the Urban: From the Global to the Local => Democratising Urban Governance for Just Transitions
Room 10 - Faik Sabri Duran Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.08-Cultural Geography, Society and Heritage => Beyond Representation: Cultural Geographies in the Age of the Anthropocene
Room 11 – İbrahim Hakkı Akyol Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.43-Joint ICA/IGU Commission on Toponymy => Geographical Names in the Tension Field Between Communicative Function and Political Appropriation
Room 12 - Ali Tanoğlu Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.46-Water Sustainability => Hydrological Extremes: Changes and Challenges of Coping
Room 13 - Prof. Dr. Sırrı Erinc Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.16-Geography of Digital Society and Connected World => Airports as Hubs of the Digital Society: Interactions Between Space, Technology and Mobility
Thursday, August 20, 2026
09:00 - 10:00
Keynote Lecture
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Keynote Lecture III
10:00 - 10:30
Coffee Break
10:30 - 11:30
Room 01 - Piri Reis Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.02-Agricultural Geography and Land Engineering => Swidden Agriculture (Shifting Cultivation) and Tropical Forests: Their Sustainability, Dynamics, and Environmental/Socio-Economic Impacts
Room 02 - Katip Celebi Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.17-Geography of Tourism, Leisure, and Global Change => Cryotourism Geographies in the Polycrisis
Room 03 - Evliya Celebi Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.33-Local and Regional Development => Changing Role of Borders in Local and Regional Development
Room 04 - Eratosthenes Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.45-Urban Commission: (Re-)Thinking Cities and the Urban: From the Global to the Local => Navigating Urbanization in Developing Countries: Challenges and Opportunities
Room 05 - Strabo Room
Oral Presentation Session
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Thematic => Free Economic Zones and Overseas Zones and Investments along the BRI
Room 06 - Ptolemy Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.14-Geography and Sustainability (Geography for Future Earth: Coupled Human-Earth Systems for Sustainability) => Human-Earth System Feedbacks Under a Changing Climate
Room 07 - Gerardus Mercator Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.23-Health and Environment => Revisiting Person-Environment Fit for Active and Healthy Aging: International Experience
Room 08 - Alexander von Humboldt Room
Oral Presentation Session
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Thematic => Geographical Indications and Regional Development: Strengthening Local Identities and Sustainability
Room 09 - Carl Ritter Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.47-Young and Early-Career Geographers Commission => Accelerating Transformations Towards Sustainable Development Goals: Climate Change and Sustainable Management of Land Systems
Room 10 - Faik Sabri Duran Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.29-Land Degradation and Desertification => Land Degradation. Current Knowledge, Scientific Challenges and Solutions
Room 11 - İbrahim Hakkı Akyol Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.17-Geography of Tourism, Leisure, and Global Change => Island Tourism Futures: Rethinking Resilience and Regenerative Practice
Room 12 - Ali Tanoğlu Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.14-Geography and Sustainability (Geography for Future Earth: Coupled Human-Earth Systems for Sustainability) => Climate Change and Sustainability Issues: An Exposure–Sensitivity–Adaptive Capacity Approach for Achieving SDGs
11:30 - 11:45
Break
11:45 - 12:45
Room 01 - Piri Reis Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.02-Agricultural Geography and Land Engineering => Swidden Agriculture (Shifting Cultivation) and Tropical Forests: Their Sustainability, Dynamics, and Environmental/Socio-Economic Impacts
Room 02 - Katip Celebi Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.17-Geography of Tourism, Leisure, and Global Change => Cryotourism Geographies in the Polycrisis
Room 03 - Evliya Celebi Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.33-Local and Regional Development => Changing Role of Borders in Local and Regional Development
Room 04 - Eratosthenes Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.45-Urban Commission: (Re-)Thinking Cities and the Urban: From the Global to the Local => Navigating Urbanization in Developing Countries: Challenges and Opportunities
Room 05 - Strabo Room
Oral Presentation Session
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Thematic => Free Economic Zones and Overseas Zones and Investments along the BRI
Room 06 - Ptolemy Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.16-Geography of Digital Society and Connected World => Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Planning: What Challenges for the Making of Urban Environments?
Room 07 - Gerardus Mercator Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.29-Land Degradation and Desertification => Agricultural Land Governance and Resource Use Efficiency Under Climate Change
Room 08 - Alexander von Humboldt Room
Oral Presentation Session
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Thematic => GIS, Climatic Parameters, Tourism, Multifunctional Information System, Environmental Risks.
Room 09 - Carl Ritter Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.47-Young and Early-Career Geographers Commission => Accelerating Transformations Towards Sustainable Development Goals: Climate Change and Sustainable Management of Land Systems
Room 10 - Faik Sabri Duran Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.29-Land Degradation and Desertification => Land Degradation. Current Knowledge, Scientific Challenges and Solutions
Room 11 - İbrahim Hakkı Akyol Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.17-Geography of Tourism, Leisure, and Global Change => Island Tourism Futures: Rethinking Resilience and Regenerative Practice
Room 12 - Ali Tanoğlu Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.16-Geography of Digital Society and Connected World => Digital Societies, Peace-Building, and the Production of Territorial (In)Justice
12:45 - 14:00
Lunch
Exhibition Hall
Poster Presentation Session
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Poster Presentation Session
14:00 - 15:00
Room 01 - Piri Reis Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.04-Biogeography and Biodiversity => The World's Mountains in the Anthropocene
Room 02 - Katip Celebi Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.27-Islands => Fluid Sovereignties: Geopolitics, Climate Change, and the Future of Island and Maritime Spaces
Room 03 - Evliya Celebi Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.44-Transport Geography => Revisiting the Future of Mobility: Are We Really Experiencing Social and Technological Transformation?
Room 04 - Eratosthenes Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.46-Water Sustainability => Mountain River Basins at a Crossroads: Between Hydrotechnical Use, Environmental Degradation, Resilience and Restoration Imperatives
Room 05 - Strabo Room
Oral Presentation Session
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Thematic => Historical Geography of East Asia
Room 06 - Ptolemy Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.17-Geography of Tourism, Leisure, and Global Change => Immobility, Stuckness, and Work
Room 07 - Gerardus Mercator Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.38-Political Geography => Feminist Political Geography – Rethinking Power, Place, and Resistance
Room 08 - Alexander von Humboldt Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.17-Geography of Tourism, Leisure, and Global Change => Tourism and Community Resilience: Symbiosis and Conflicts in the Anthropocene
Room 09 - Carl Ritter Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.14-Geography and Sustainability (Geography for Future Earth: Coupled Human-Earth Systems for Sustainability) => Viable Sustainability
Room 10 - Faik Sabri Duran Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.19-Geomorphology and Society: Past, Present and Future (Jointly with International Association of Geomorphologists) => Geomorphology and Society
Room 11 - İbrahim Hakkı Akyol Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.45-Urban Commission: (Re-)Thinking Cities and the Urban: From the Global to the Local => Urban Blue and Green Spaces for a Better Life: Well-Being, Climate Adaptation, and Social Inclusion
Room 12 - Ali Tanoğlu Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.34-Marginalization, Globalization, and Regional and Local Response => Facing Marginality: Actors, Strategies, Policies and Social Responses
15:00 - 15:15
Break
15:15 - 16:15
Room 01 - Piri Reis Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.04-Biogeography and Biodiversity => The World's Mountains in the Anthropocene
Room 02 - Katip Celebi Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.27-Islands => Fluid Sovereignties: Geopolitics, Climate Change, and the Future of Island and Maritime Spaces
Room 03 - Evliya Celebi Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.44-Transport Geography => Revisiting the Future of Mobility: Are We Really Experiencing Social and Technological Transformation?
Room 04 - Eratosthenes Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.46-Water Sustainability => Mountain River Basins at a Crossroads: Between Hydrotechnical Use, Environmental Degradation, Resilience and Restoration Imperatives
Room 05 - Strabo Room
Oral Presentation Session
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Thematic => Historical Geography of East Asia
Room 06 - Ptolemy Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.17-Geography of Tourism, Leisure, and Global Change => Tourism Geographies: Personifying Interdisciplinarity
Room 07 - Gerardus Mercator Room
Oral Presentation Session
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Thematic => Assessment of Environmental Impacts in Mountain Geosystems Using GIS Technologies
Room 08 - Alexander von Humboldt Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.20-Global Change and Human Mobility => Human Mobility and Local Development: Interdependencies and Perspectives
Room 09 - Carl Ritter Room
Oral Presentation Session
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Thematic => Rediscovering Small Towns: Digitalisation and Typologies of Abandonment
Room 10 - Faik Sabri Duran Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.19-Geomorphology and Society: Past, Present and Future (Jointly with International Association of Geomorphologists) => Geomorphology and Society
Room 11 - İbrahim Hakkı Akyol Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.45-Urban Commission: (Re-)Thinking Cities and the Urban: From the Global to the Local => Urban Blue and Green Spaces for a Better Life: Well-Being, Climate Adaptation, and Social Inclusion
Room 12 - Ali Tanoğlu Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.46-Water Sustainability => Water as a Nexus Resource
16:15 - 16:45
Coffee Break
16:45 - 18:00
Room 01 - Piri Reis Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.11-Gender and Geography: Care, Connection and Change => Decolonial Thinking in Feminist Geographies
Room 02 - Katip Celebi Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.15-Geography of Governance => AI for Urban Governance; Opportunities and Challenges
Room 03 - Evliya Celebi Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.17 Geography of Tourism, Leisure, and Global Change => Inclusive Tourism and Leisure: Global Design, Local Realities
Room 04 - Eratosthenes Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.17-Geography of Tourism, Leisure, and Global Change => Climate Change, Social Vulnerability and Adaptation in Tourist Destinations at the Margins
Room 05 - Strabo Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.17-Geography of Tourism, Leisure, and Global Change => Emerging Geographies of Tourism in the Asia-Pacific Amidst Crisis, Conflict and Stasis
Room 06 - Ptolemy Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.45-Urban Commission: (Re-)Thinking Cities and the Urban: From the Global to the Local => Innovative Approaches to Spatial and Urban Planning in Times of Transformation: Between Tradition and Modernity
Room 07 - Gerardus Mercator Room
Oral Presentation Session
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Thematic => Geodiversity From Geographical Perspectives
Room 08 - Alexander von Humboldt Room
Oral Presentation Session
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Thematic => Re-Considering Regional Geography
Room 09 - Carl Ritter Room
Oral Presentation Session
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Thematic => Landscapes of Fire: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Relationships Between Wildfire, Human Settlement and Cultural Heritage
Room 10 - Faik Sabri Duran Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.14-Geography and Sustainability (Geography for Future Earth: Coupled Human-Earth Systems for Sustainability) => Landscape Sustainability Science and the Sustainable Development Goals
Room 11 - İbrahim Hakkı Akyol Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.44-Transport Geography => Resilience and Adaptability of Transport and Mobility Systems in the Face of External Shocks
Room 12 - Ali Tanoğlu Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.01-African Studies => African Development Challenges and Trajectories / Africa and Climate Change
Friday, August 21, 2026
09:00 - 09:30
Room 02 - Katip Celebi Room
Oral Presentation Session
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Thematic => Atmospheric Science and Climate Change: Interactions, Impacts, and Emerging Insights
Room 03 - Evliya Celebi Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.05-Climatology => Climate Variability in a Decade of Climate Change and Extremes in Mediterranean Basin
Room 04 – Eratosthenes Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.34-Marginalization, Globalization, and Regional and Local Response => Globalisation, Localisation and the Reconfiguration of Marginalised Spaces
Room 05 - Strabo Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.44-Transport Geography => Geographies of High-Speed Rail
Room 06 - Ptolemy Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.45-Urban Commission: (Re-)Thinking Cities and the Urban: From the Global to the Local => Global Housing Crisis and Local Responses: Cities at the Global-Local Crossroads
Room 07 - Gerardus Mercator Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.01-African Studies => Africa and Climate Change
Room 08 - Alexander von Humboldt Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.02-Agricultural Geography and Land Engineering => Agriculture's Contribution to Reaching Net Zero
Room 09 - Carl Ritter Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.22-Hazards and Risks => Cryospheric Hazards in a Changing Climate: Global Perspectives on Risk, Monitoring, and Adaptation
Room 10 - Faik Sabri Duran Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.01-African Studies => Africa and Natural Resource Use/Management - Food Security and Human Survival in Africa
09:00 - 10:00
Room 01 - Piri Reis Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.45-Urban Commission: (Re-)Thinking Cities and the Urban: From the Global to the Local => Geographies of Studentification: Investigating Spatial Transformation, Social Justice and Future Possibilities
09:30 - 10:00
Room 02 - Katip Celebi Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.23-Health and Environment => Urban Ecology and Public Health: Redesigning Resilient Cities for Social Well-Being - Globalisation, Localisation and the Reconfiguration of Marginalised Spaces
Room 03 - Evliya Celebi Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.05-Climatology => Smart Cities and Climate-Sensitive Infrastructure
Room 04 - Eratosthenes Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.34-Marginalization, Globalization, and Regional and Local Response => Globalisation, Localisation and the Reconfiguration of Marginalised Spaces
Room 05 - Strabo Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.44-Transport Geography => Towards a Green and Safe Arctic Shipping Corridor
Room 06 - Ptolemy Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.45-Urban Commission: (Re-)Thinking Cities and the Urban: From the Global to the Local => Globalisation vs Localisation
Room 07 - Gerardus Mercator Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.01-African Studies => Africa and Natural Resource Use/Management
Room 08 - Alexander von Humboldt Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.08-Cultural Geography, Society and Heritage => Global Science and the Geographies of Knowledge. 1. From the Classroom to the Field: Negotiating Global Norms and Local Practices in Geography.
Room 09 - Carl Ritter Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.26-International Geography Olympiad Commission => Global Differences and Challenges in Geography Teaching and Education Through National and International Geography Olympiads
Room 10 – Faik Sabri Duran Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.34-Marginalization, Globalization, and Regional and Local Response => A New Era of Globalization? Proposals to Reindustrialize the European Union, Protectionism in the US, and Crisis in Global Supply Chains.
10:30 - 11:00
Room 02 - Katip Celebi Room
Oral Presentation Session
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Thematic => The Effects of Climate Change / Sustainable Futures and Inclusive Spaces: A Geographic Perspective on Global Developmental Disparities
Room 03 - Evliya Celebi Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.17-Geography of Tourism, Leisure, and Global Change => Borders and Tourism: Borders as Spaces of Connection and Cooperation
Room 04 - Eratosthenes Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.34-Marginalization, Globalization, and Regional and Local Response => Spatial, Societal, and Marginalisation Dimensions of Climate Change: Integrating Environmental Science, Policy, and Inclusive Community Resilience
Room 05 - Strabo Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.44-Transport Geography => Towards Regional Integration: Ports and Corridors of Cross-Border Transport
Room 06 - Ptolemy Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.23-Health and Environment => Urban Ecology and Public Health: Redesigning Resilient Cities for Social Well-Being
Room 07 - Gerardus Mercator Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.01-African Studies => Food Security and Human Survival in Africa
Room 08 - Alexander von Humboldt Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.14-Geography and Sustainability (Geography for Future Earth: Coupled Human-Earth Systems for Sustainability) => Georelationality: Conceptual and Practical Framework to Cope With More-than-Humans in Regional and Urban Planning / Dynamics of Entrepreneurship in Different Contexts
Room 09 - Carl Ritter Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.28-Karst => Advance Karst Science and Sustainable Karst Managment
Room 10 – Faik Sabri Duran Room
Oral Presentation Session
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Thematic => Sustainable Futures and Inclusive Spaces: A Geographic Perspective on Global Developmental Disparities & Thematic => The Effects of Climate Change
10:30 - 11:30
Room 01 - Piri Reis Room
Oral Presentation Session
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Thematic => Climate and Vegetation Dynamics in the Eastern Mediterranean: Past, Present, and Future
11:00 - 11:30
Room 02 - Katip Celebi Room
Oral Presentation Session
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Thematic => Transformation of the Urban Environment Through Geospatial AI: Rehabilitation, Prediction and Urban Comfort
Room 03 - Evliya Celebi Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.17-Geography of Tourism, Leisure, and Global Change => Green Transitions in Tourism: Sustainability, Climate Adaptation, and Renewable Energy Futures
Room 04 - Eratosthenes Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.39-Population Geography => Global Disasters and Public Health: Strengthening Systems for Climate Resilience
Room 05 - Strabo Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.08-Cultural Geography, Society and Heritage => Entangled Scientific Landscapes: Discourses and Reality of the Physical and Human (Cultural) Geographies's Interactions
Room 06 - Ptolemy Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.30-Land Use and Land Cover Change => Land Use/Land Cover Changes and Land Degradation in the Anthropocene
Room 06 - Ptolemy Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.37-Mountain Studies => Coupling Science and Traditional Knowledge for Sustainable and Regenerative Livelihoods in Mountains
Room 08 - Alexander von Humboldt Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.16-Geography of Digital Society and Connected World => Geospatial Technologies and Addressing Urban and Rural Sustainability Issues
Room 09 - Carl Ritter Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.38-Political Geography => Planning for Sustainability : Equity of Access in a Changing Climate
Room 10 – Faik Sabri Duran Room
Oral Presentation Session
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C24.01-African Studies => Environmental Issues and Challenges in Sub-Saharan Africa & Migration, Regional Integration and Development
11:45 - 13:45
Closing Ceremony
