Events in 2008 and 2009

• April 15-19 2008, Association of American Geographers, Boston
  Involvement of WG on Toponymic Data Files and Gazetteers
  Contact: Randall Flynn (flynnre@worldnet.att.net)
  
  
• April 21-23 2008, Working Group on Evaluation and Implementation,
  Working Group on Publicity and Funding, San Francisco
  Contacts: Ki-Suk Lee (leekisuk@snu.ac.kr),
                 David Munro (David.Munro@strath.ac.uk)
  
  
• May 12-17 2008, Eastern Europe, Northern and Central Asia Division, Sofia, Bulgaria
  Contact: Ms Veneta Fakalieva (fakalieva.v@cadastre.bg)
  
  
• May 19-21 2008, Symposium GeoNames08 (DGSD), Vienna
  May 22 2008, Working Group on Pronunciation and Working Group on Terminology
  Contacts: Peter Jordan (peter.jordan@oeaw.ac.at) Registration form,
                 Dónall Mac Giolla Easpaig (dmacgiollaeaspaig@pobail.ie) - Pronunciation,
                 Staffan Nyström (staffan.nystrom@raa.se) - Terminology
  
  
• May 22-28 2008, 4th Arab Conference on Geographical Names, Beirut, Lebanon.
  Contact: Mr. Maroun Khraish (dagarmy@yahoo.com)
  
  
• Late May 2008, ISO TC211 26th plenary session, Copenhagen
  Involvement of WG on Toponymic Data Files and Gazetteers
  Contact: Randall Flynn (flynnre@worldnet.att.net)
  
  
• June 2-3  2008, Joint meeting, Freising (near München), Germany
  2 June, 14:00 hours, WG on Toponymic Data Files and Gazetteers (WGTDFG)
  3 June, EuroGeoNames (EGN) Workshop of the Consortium and the Reference Group
  Contacts: Randall Flynn (flynnre@worldnet.att.net) for WGTDFG
                 Pier-Giorgio Zaccheddu (zaccheddu@bkg.de) for EGN
  Invitation (Word and pdf),
  registration form and location
  
  
• August 4-8 2008,
  UNGEGN Training Course, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (en français)
  Contacts: Brahim Atoui (atoui.khalil@caramail.com)
                Claude Obin Tapsoba, local organizer (institut.geog@fasonet.bf)
  
  
• August 12-15 2008,
  31st Congress of the International Geographical Union, Tunis
  Special UNGEGN session relating to Africa
  Contacts: Brahim Atoui (atoui.khalil@caramail.com)
  Website: www.igc-tunis2008.com
  
  
• August 18-22 2008,
  23rd International Congress on Onomastic Sciences, Toronto
  Papers on toponymy welcomed
  Website: icos2008.yorku.ca
  
  
• September 9-10 2008, Working Group on Exonyms, Timişoara, Romania
  September 11-12 2008, ICA Commission on national and regional atlases
  September 13 2008, Local excursion
  Contacts: Peter Jordan (peter.jordan@oeaw.ac.at)
                 Registration form
                 (Click here for more details)
                 - with Serban Dragomirescu (serbangheorghe@k.ro)
                 - and Remus Cretan (cretan_remus@yahoo.com)
  (September 8 2008, Romano-Hellenic Division - POSTPONED)
                 Salvatore Arca (scuolagtc@virgilio.it)
  
  
• September 16-18, 2008,
  Baltic Division, Kaliningrad, Russia
  Contact: Federal Agency of Geodesy and Cartography of Russia (http://roskart.gov.ru/ https://email.nrcan.gc.ca/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://roskart.gov.ru/)
  
  
• October 7-9, 2008,
  Norden Division, meeting and symposium, Copenhagen
  Contact: Peder Gammeltoft (gammelt@hum.ku.dk)
  
  
• January/February 2009,
  Joint meeting EuroGeoNames and WG on Toponymic Data Files and Gazetteers
  Location and exact dates still to be determined.
  Contacts: Randall Flynn (flynnre@worldnet.att.net) - WGTDFG
                 Pier-Giorgio Zaccheddu (zaccheddu@bkg.de) - EGN
  
  
• May 5-12 2009 (tentative), 25th UNGEGN Session, Nairobi