The GA Conference has a student event - this is aimed at students aged 14-18.
The next GEO Live (formerly Future Geographers) event will take place on Wednesday 13 April at the GA Annual Conference and Exhibition 2022.This programme for students aged 14–18 will enthuse them about geography and enable them to think beyond school. We are inviting teachers to bring up to six students each to the GA Annual Conference on Wednesday 13 April, where they’ll take part in their own programme of sessions. Places are free of charge and available to students of GA members only.
One teacher must be booked to attend Conference as a delegate to secure the places.
Programme
Wednesday 13 April 2022
10.30 – 11.30 Keynote Lecture: 'Africa is not a Country'
Dipo Faloyin
Dipo will talk about his newly published book, a kaleidoscopic portrait of modern Africa that pushes back against harmful stereotypes of the continent to tell a more comprehensive story that celebrates the energy and fabric of its different cultures and communities.
11.45 – 12.45 Humanitarian mapping with GIS
Tim Buckley (Alcis)
This session will explore how, through access to unique data, harnessing emerging technologies and constant innovation by superb technicians and partners, Alcis provides innovative Geographical Information Services that enable better understanding, decisions and outcomes.
12.45 – 13.30 Climate change: what it feels like to be a youth activist and how young people can change the world of climate activism
Youth Climate Ambassadors for Wales and Nicola Hawley (GA WSIG)
The Youth Climate Ambassadors for Wales are a group of 13- to 25-year-old climate activists, who aim to fight for climate justice and to amplify the youth voice. They will be covering what it feels like to be a youth activist currently, and how they and other young people are trying to make huge impacts everywhere. They will talk about their plans, achievements and challenges, from COP26 to making manifestos. They hope to spread the message that everyone should have a voice in the fight for our planet!
13.30 – 14.15 Lunch
14.15 – 15.15 A COVID sense of place? How the pandemic has changed our everyday geographies
Alastair Owens, Vice-President of the Geographical Association and Professor of Historical Geography, Queen Mary University of London
The study of place change will be familiar to A level geographers. How has the COVID-19 pandemic changed people’s understanding and experiences of place? This lecture will seek to answer this question by drawing on research carried out in London and Liverpool looking at the impact of the pandemic on people’s everyday lives. As people in the UK were told to ‘stay home’ during lockdowns it will show how the geographies of people’s lives shrunk and their attachment to local places was intensified. It will also demonstrate how technologies became more significant in mediating distance, enabling connections with other places to be maintained. A key theme of the lecture will be to emphasise people’s uneven experiences of COVID place change and how the pandemic has magnified pre-existing inequalities.
15.15 – 15.45 Break
15.45 – 16.45 Why study geography?
Alan Parkinson, GA President 2021–22 and Head of Geography at Kings Ely Junior
This session will provide guidance for those thinking of studying geography at university, and explore the variety of exciting careers that studying geography can lead on to.
16.45 – 17.00 Closing comments and thanks to the presenters
Programme
Wednesday 13 April 2022
10.30 – 11.30 Keynote Lecture: 'Africa is not a Country'
Dipo Faloyin
Dipo will talk about his newly published book, a kaleidoscopic portrait of modern Africa that pushes back against harmful stereotypes of the continent to tell a more comprehensive story that celebrates the energy and fabric of its different cultures and communities.
11.45 – 12.45 Humanitarian mapping with GIS
Tim Buckley (Alcis)
This session will explore how, through access to unique data, harnessing emerging technologies and constant innovation by superb technicians and partners, Alcis provides innovative Geographical Information Services that enable better understanding, decisions and outcomes.
12.45 – 13.30 Climate change: what it feels like to be a youth activist and how young people can change the world of climate activism
Youth Climate Ambassadors for Wales and Nicola Hawley (GA WSIG)
The Youth Climate Ambassadors for Wales are a group of 13- to 25-year-old climate activists, who aim to fight for climate justice and to amplify the youth voice. They will be covering what it feels like to be a youth activist currently, and how they and other young people are trying to make huge impacts everywhere. They will talk about their plans, achievements and challenges, from COP26 to making manifestos. They hope to spread the message that everyone should have a voice in the fight for our planet!
13.30 – 14.15 Lunch
14.15 – 15.15 A COVID sense of place? How the pandemic has changed our everyday geographies
Alastair Owens, Vice-President of the Geographical Association and Professor of Historical Geography, Queen Mary University of London
The study of place change will be familiar to A level geographers. How has the COVID-19 pandemic changed people’s understanding and experiences of place? This lecture will seek to answer this question by drawing on research carried out in London and Liverpool looking at the impact of the pandemic on people’s everyday lives. As people in the UK were told to ‘stay home’ during lockdowns it will show how the geographies of people’s lives shrunk and their attachment to local places was intensified. It will also demonstrate how technologies became more significant in mediating distance, enabling connections with other places to be maintained. A key theme of the lecture will be to emphasise people’s uneven experiences of COVID place change and how the pandemic has magnified pre-existing inequalities.
15.15 – 15.45 Break
15.45 – 16.45 Why study geography?
Alan Parkinson, GA President 2021–22 and Head of Geography at Kings Ely Junior
This session will provide guidance for those thinking of studying geography at university, and explore the variety of exciting careers that studying geography can lead on to.
16.45 – 17.00 Closing comments and thanks to the presenters
Follow the links above for booking details...
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