Events in 2008
- 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 13-14 2008, Asia South-West Division (other than Arabic), Tehran
Contact: Mr. Yahya Djamour, National Cartographic Center of Iran (NCC), Tehran.
- 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@nordiska.uu.se) - Terminology
- 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
- June 16-22 2008, 4th Arab Conference on Geographical Names, Beirut, Lebanon.
*** THESE ARE THE NEW DATES ***
Contact: Mr. Maroun Khraish (dagarmy@yahoo.com)
Website: www.adegn.org/
- 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 6-8 2008, UNGEGN Toponymy Training Course
September 9-10 2008, Working Group on Exonyms, Timişoara, Romania
September 11 2008, Local excursion
September 12-13 2008, ICA Commission on national and regional atlases
Contacts: Peter Jordan (peter.jordan@oeaw.ac.at)
Registration formfor September 9-13
(Click here for more details)
- with Serban Dragomirescu (serbangheorghe@k.ro)
- and Remus Cretan (cretan_remus@yahoo.com) for training course
(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)
- November 19-21, 2008,
East Central and South-East Europe Division, Zagreb, Croatia
Contact: Zeljko Hecimovic (zeljko.hecimovic@cgi.hr)
- Invitation letter
- General agenda
- General program
- Registration form
- Logistic support
- Hotel information
(Updates as of September 12, 2008)
- November 24-25, 2008,
Asia South-East and Pacific South-West Division, Jakarta, Indonesia
Contact: Mr. Widodo Edy Santoso (wides_bgr@bakosurtanal.go.id)
- December 2, 2008,
Portuguese-speaking Division, Rio de Janeiro
as part of the 1st Seminar on Geographical Names of the Community of Portuguese-speaking Countries held within the 3rd Statistical Conference of the Comunidade dos Países de Língua Portuguesa (CPLP)
Contacts: José Elias Mucombo (jemucombo@hotmail.com)
Moema Augusto (moemajose@ibge.gov.br)
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