APCG 2008
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APCG Fairbanks 2008
Welcome to Alaska and your 2008 conference in America’s Last Frontier Celebrating the International Polar Year 2007-2008
The University of Alaska Geography Program is pleased to host the 2008 APCG Annual Conference. The meeting will be held at the Westmark Fairbanks Hotel & Conference Center, Fairbanks, Alaska, October 8th - 11th. We have confirmed several outstanding keynote speakers who will address many of the dynamic geographic, historical, and political issues unique to Alaska and the Circumpolar North. This year’s field trip will be a comprehensive, full-day outing that assures a true Alaskan experience, and our APCG colleagues will once again share rich and diverse perspectives during their presentations and poster sessions. The APCG room rate at the Westmark Hotel and Convention Center in downtown Fairbanks is set at $69/night plus tax.
APCG conferences are known for their breadth and depth of paper presentations, organized sessions, and poster sessions. We hope that many of you will decide to submit program abstracts – assuring that our meeting will be an informative and educational experience for all. Paper Abstracts are due by August 10th and Poster Abstracts are due September 7, 2008.
The format for the 2008 conference will differ from previous meetings in a number of ways. The conference will be all-inclusive and fees will include:
• General conference fee
• Wednesday October 8th, Opening session with heavy hors d’oeuvres and keynote address by Dr. Terrence Cole, Professor of History, University of Alaska Fairbanks, “Crooked Past: The History of Fairbanks, Alaska, A Frontier Mining Camp.”
• Thursday October 9th, lunch and keynote address by President Mark Hamilton, University of Alaska System, “Alaska’s Role in the Circumpolar North and Pacific Rim.”
• Thursday October 9, APCG Evening at the University of Alaska Museum of the North (reception and museum tour), and keynote address by Dr. John Walsh, Director, Center for Global Climate Change and Arctic Systems research, “Climate Change in the Circumpolar North.”
• Friday October 10, lunch and keynote address by Mr. Mead Treadwell, Chairman, United States Arctic Research Commission, “US Arctic Science Policy in a Time of Change and Challenge.”
• Friday October 10, Awards Banquet and Presidential Address, and an “Evening with Pamyua: Tribal Funk in the Last Frontier” - a unique blend of traditional Alaska Native music with a twist of a cappella funk.
Come join your colleagues in beautiful Alaska – an experience of a lifetime!