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Goals
- 1. Standardization.
- 2. Dissemination.
- 3. Romanization.
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Meetings and events
Upcoming
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3rd International Scientific Symposium on "Permanence, transformation, substitution and oblivion of geographical names"
22 - 24 September 2021 Napoli [Naples], Italia [Italy] Contact: Andrea Cantile (Email: toponomastica@geomil.esercito.difesa.it) -
Centenary Conference of the Norwegian Place-Name Archive (text in Norwegian)
27-28 October 2021 Bergen, Norway
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3rd Session of the United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names
1 - 5 May 2023 UNHQ, New York -
Cultural Heritage and Commercialization of Geographical Names UNGEGN Symposium and Joint Working Group and Division Meetings
20 - 24 October 2020 Halmstad, Sweden(This Symposium has been postponed until further notice.)
Contacts: Annette Torensjö (Email: annette.torensjo@isof.se); Sungjae Choo (Email: sjchoo@khu.ac.kr ); Leila Mattfolk (Email: leila.mattfolk@isof.se)
Recent
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2nd Session of the United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names
3 - 7 May 2021 UNHQ, New York -
GeoNames Symposion "Place names and migration"
6-8 November 2019 Vienna, Austria Contact: Gerhard Rampl (Email: gerhard.rampl@uibk.ac.at) -
5th International Symposium on Place Names "Recognition, regulation, revitalisation: place names and indigenous languages"
18 - 20 September 2019 Clarens, South Africa - Contact: Chrismi Linda Loth (Email: kongresETFB@ufs.ac.za) -
Pre-conference symposion of ICC Tokyo "National names boards"
15 July 2019 Tokyo, Japan - Contact: Peter Jordan (Email: Peter.Jordan@oeaw.ac.at) -
29th International Cartographic Conference (ICC), session of the Toponymy Commission
15 - 20 July 2019 Tokyo, Japan
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